His Excellency Dr. Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan said that traditional sports and games can offer a sense of belonging and partnership and have the power to reach marginalized groups and individuals in his Official Message on the occasion of the International Day of Traditional Sports and Games being held on 14 August. The President in ...

Provincial Sports Minister Malik Taimoor Masood inaugurated Independence Day sports events under the auspices of Sports Board Punjab at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Sunday.   Punjab Sports Minister inaugurated the chess event by playing an exhibition match with 17-time national champion Mahmood Lodhi.   Talking on the occasion, Punjab Sports Minister Malik Taimoor Masood said in a ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood and Director General Sports Punjab Mohammad Tariq Qureshi have congratulated Pakistan’s ace javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem on winning a gold medal at the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games at Konya, Turkey with a record throw of 88.55m.   It was Arshad’s second gold medal in less than a week and his ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood and Director General Sports Punjab Mohammad Tariq Qureshi have expressed deep grief and sorrow on the death of Pakistan‘s hockey legend Olympian Matiullah Khan.   Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood lauded the services of late Olympian Matiullah Khan for national hockey. In his condolence message ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood has appointed promising sports stars Pakistan’s youngest world amateur snooker champion Ahsan Ramzan and young female sprinter Sahib-e-Asra as Goodwill Ambassadors of Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab at a grand event organized on the eve of International Youth Day at SBP E-Library.   Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued the following statement / clarification in response to various media reports, published on Friday, 12 August 2022:   1-       The Daily Express, along with its cricket website, Cricket Pakistan, have reported new penalties for breaches have been incorporated in the 2022-23 central contracts.   This is factually incorrect. The Penalties for Breaches have been part of the ...

With the ambition of creating a strong talent pool at the domestic level and further strengthen its pathways programme, the Pakistan Cricket Board will hold the first of its kind U19 T20 tournament from tomorrow (Saturday).   The U19 T20 Women Cricket Tournament 2022 will be competed by six Cricket Association teams, comprising 84 players, from 13 to 22 August ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Cricket West Indies Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced the squad for the CG United One-Day International Series against New Zealand. All three matches will be day/night matches played under floodlights at Kensington Oval in Barbados on 17, 19 and 21 August.   The three matches are West Indies’ last remaining three fixtures in the ICC ODI Super League as West Indies ...

– League reveals solid cross-representation of existing and emerging world-recognised talent has signed-on – – ILT20’s six-franchises have finalised contracting players through their option to ‘Directly Acquire Players’ – UAE, Dubai, Thursday August 11th, 2022: UAE’s International League T20 (ILT20) has today revealed the next batch of exceptional, world-recognised cricketing talent that has signed-on to participate in the Inaugural event. ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood said that no task can be achieved without passion and dedication and I’m quite confident that our newly-launched Punjab Tourism Squad will attain great success in their fresh assignment; he said this while addressing the launching ceremony of Punjab Tourism Squad at Punjab Stadium here on Thursday.   Punjab Minister ...