Defending Champions PIA lost yet another match in the Super Round of the 64th National Hockey Championships in Sukkur. -The match between WAPDA and PIA was an interesting and closely fought contest.WAPDA defeated the airlines 3-1 SCORERS WAPDA: Captain Umar Bhutta, Asad Basheer & Ajaz Ahmad PIA: Ehsnaullah. Sui Southern Gas Company, one of the strongest sides in the fray, ...

The 2nd edition of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games got underway with a grand opening ceremony at Liaqat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad on Monday. Senior political leader Senator Raja Zafarul Haq was the chief guest at the opening ceremony. Federal Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Dr Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera, Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad ...

The one-off day-night Test between South Africa and Zimbabwe, starting on Tuesday, will be staged under experimental playing conditions. The International Cricket Council gave permission to Cricket South Africa to stage a four-day Test. There are several variations from standard Test playing conditions. Play will be scheduled for six-and-a-half hours each day, half an hour more than in five-day games, ...

KARACHI: The 4th edition of World Corporate Golf Challenge Pakistan commenced here on Sunday with the team of Ali Mania and Zulfiqar Khan leading at the conclusion of the day one after playing 18 holes. The duo of Ali and Zulfiqar were leading with the net score of 135 followed by Zubair Rasheed and Asim Siddiqi on second position with ...

KARACHI: SNGPL won their fourth Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title on Monday with an epic 103-run victory over defending champions WAPDA in the final. SNGPL needed three wickets on the fifth day of the match to bag the trophy and it took them 50 minutes to send WAPDA packing. Winner and runner up teams group photo The last three batsmen from WAPDA ...

KARACHI: A magnificent century by Test cricketer Iftekhar Ahmad and a fiery spell by fast bowler Samiullah Niazi has put SNGPL on track to the 4th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title. Chasing a target of 257, the defending champions WAPDA were 7 down for 108 runs at the end of the fourth day of the final at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday. ...

Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s season-opening exhibition event in Abu Dhabi due to ongoing fitness problems, the world number one has said. The 16-time grand slam champion, who won the French and U.S. Opens earlier this year, withdrew from the ATP Finals in November after struggling with a knee injury during his round-robin defeat by Belgian David Goffin. ...

KARACHI: Chairman PCB Najam Sethi has said that playing a series against India is Pakistan’s right and it is not fair to say that Pakistan is begging to play with India. Talking to media in Karachi, the chairman PCB said that if India didn’t want to play against Pakistan then they shouldn’t have signed the contract with us earlier. “There’s ...

The hastily assembled and inexperienced provincial sides continue to suffer big defeats at the hands of well drilled departmental outfits at the 64th National Hockey Championships in Sukkur Navy scored half a dozen goals against the Punjab without a reply. SCORERS: Mohammad Sabir (2), Asif Ali, Akbar Ali, Ali Sher & Olympian Rashid Mahmood Customs also had a big win ...

LAHORE: The 385-member Punjab contingent has reached Islamabad to participate in the 2nd edition of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games on Sunday. Punjab players will feature in 19 different games during the mega event being organised at Islamabad from December 25-29, 2017. Prior to their departure, the members of Punjab contingent were upbeat about their performance in the sports extravaganza. Secretary Sports ...