Islamabad: President of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Brigadier (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar met Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan today. The decision has been taken to install blue turf of hockey in Azad Kashmir. They aimed to bring hockey with full swing in the region too. Meanwhile, PM Azad Kashmir assured full support to Hockey Federation. President PHF ...
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French Open: Birthday girl simona reach second round
paris:Former world number one Victoria Azarenka reached the French Open second round Sunday .The 31-year-old 10th seed eased past Danka Kovinic, the world number 74 from Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2. In anohter match top seed Simona Halep of Romania celebrated her 29th birthday in style with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round of Roland ...
Read More »Consortium of Tower Sports and SportzWorkz awarded production rights for domestic events
Lahore: The consortium of Tower Sports and SportzWorkz has been awarded production rights for the National T20 Cup, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the Pakistan-Zimbabwe limited overs series, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today. The rights were awarded following an RFP process that involved PCB’s pre-qualified production partners. Tower Sports and SportzWorkz produced the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 and now enter ...
Read More »Central Punjab and Sindh hope for change of fortunes in National T20 Cup
Multan: Central Punjab and Sindh will be hoping for change of fortunes when the razzmatazz of the T20 version commences on 30 September in Multan, the City of Saints, with the PKR9million National T20 Cup First XI tournament. Despite carrying star-studded line-ups in the last edition of the tournament, the two teams made early exits from Faisalabad, failing to reach ...
Read More »Zubair of Peshawar grabs 100m gold, Zainab wins doubles gold in 100m, 200m wheelchair
PESHAWAR, Sept. 26 Zubair Ullah of Peshawar grabbed 100m gold medal while Zainab Noor lifted double gold medals 100m and 200m races Men and Women Wheelchair Races in the ongoing 28th National Games of Persons with Different Abilities being continued here at Peshawar Sports Complex on Saturday. Zubair Ullah of Peshawar recorded a stunning run with his wheelchair by crossing ...
Read More »New Zealand government allowed the cricket board to play a series against Pakistan and the West Indies
By Akhtar Ali Khan Another piece of good news came from the world of cricket. The New Zealand government has allowed the cricket board to play a series against Pakistan and the West Indies. The Pakistan cricket team has to travel to New Zealand for 2 Tests and 3 T20 matches later this year. In this regard, New Zealand Cricket ...
Read More »Asif Afridi quarantined for breaching social distancing protocols
Multan: Asif Afridi, member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa First XI squad for the National T20 Cup, has been quarantined after he was found to have breached the bio-secure protocols, it was announced today. The 33-year-old violated the social distancing protocols during a meeting with his friend in the team lobby and, as such, he will now undergo an isolation as well as ...
Read More »Six players to watch out at the National T20 Cup
Multan:An action-packed domestic cricket season 2020-21 is set to commence with the National T20 Cup for First XIs at the Multan Cricket Stadium in a week’s time. The tournament promises to provide rich entertainment to cricket fans with the presence of the cream of Pakistan T20 stars. Besides the established names of the shortest format of the game, the tournament ...
Read More »Under-16 games trials completed in Lower Dir
Under-16 games trials completed in Lower Dir. 9 players each selected from hockey and football, 4 from volleyball, 2 from badminton, 3 from table tennis while 5 players were selected from athletics. The sports department Lower Dir conducted/held Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under-16 trials at Timergara Lower Dir. Under the headship of Mr. Shafqat Ullah(Chief coach from provincial directorate), Prominent professional coaches ...
Read More »Match officials for National T20 Cup announced
Multan:Pakistan Cricket Board’s policy on investing in its elite match officials by giving them maximum opportunities to show their decision-making and man-management skills was evident when it announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the PKR9million National T20 Cup, which begins in Multan on 30 September. The six match referees and 14 umpires from the PCB Elite Panel of ...
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