Shaheen Shah Afridi has been advised 4-6 weeks rest by the PCB Medical Advisory Committee and independent specialists following latest scans and reports. This means Shaheen has been ruled out of the ACC T20 Asia Cup and home series against England, but is expected to return to competitive cricket in October with the New Zealand T20I tri-series, which will be ...
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Sports Board Punjab signs MoU with Central Punjab Cricket Association (CPCA) for the promotion of cricket at grassroots level
LAHORE (August 20, 2022): Taking a major step for the promotion of cricket at grassroots level, Sports Board Punjab (SBP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Punjab Cricket Association (CPCA), a subsidiary department of PCB, here at National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi and CEO Central Punjab Cricket Association (CPCA) Abdullah ...
Read More »New Zealand and England Tours kick off West Indies Women’s ICC Future Tours Programme 2022-2025
The West Indies Women will start the first ever International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period 2022-2025 with an eight-match home series against New Zealand Women in Antigua next month, followed by England Women in December of 2022. The West Indies Women will play 66 international matches home and away across the three-year period, plus there ...
Read More »Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ali Jan Khan inspects Nishtar Park Sports Complex sports venues
LAHORE (August 19, 2022): Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ali Jan Khan visited different sports venues at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) here on Friday. Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ali Jan Khan inspected the State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex, Tennis Stadium, E-Library, National Hockey Stadium and NPSC Gymnasium Hall. Secretary Sports and ...
Read More »PSF-Combaxx Int’l Squash 2022 from Aug. 24; world-ranking players from Egypt, Iran and Malaysia to feature
The coveted PSF-Combaxx International Squash Tournament 2022 for Men being organized by Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in collaboration with Combaxx Sports is all set to commence from August 24-28 at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad. The 5-day event, which carries attractive prize money of US$ 12,000/- is also featuring international ranking players from Egypt, Iran, and Pakistan. According to Game ...
Read More »Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood performs ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s first ever Sports Medicine Center
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood performed the ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s first ever Sports Medicine Center at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Vice-Chairman SBP Zahid Qayyum, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, Director Admin Syed Omair Hasan, Deputy Directors Tariq Wattoo, Rauf Bajwa, Rana Nadeem Anjum, Assistant Director Zahoor Ahmed and other ...
Read More »West Indies Women to host New Zealand Women in Antigua
ST JOHN’S, Antigua– West Indies Women return to action on home soil when they host New Zealand Women in an eight-match white-ball tour from September 16 to October 6 in Antigua. Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed that the three CG United One-Day Internationals (ODI) and five T20 Internationals (T20I) will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The CG United ODI Series ...
Read More »Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood appoints Aisam-ul-Haq as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Punjab government
Pakistan’s international tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq called on Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood at National Hockey Stadium here on Wednesday. On this occasion, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood appointed Aisam-ul-Haq as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Punjab government and also presented him a souvenir. Director Admin Syed Omair Hasan was ...
Read More »Huge amount of Rs one million distributed among the top performers of Independence Day sports competitions: Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi has said that Sports Board Punjab has organized as many as 11 sports events to celebrate 75th Independence Day of the country in an appropriate manner. In a statement on Wednesday, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that Sports Board Punjab conducted Jashan Azadi sports competitions of hockey, wrestling, squash, ...
Read More »West Indies make forced changes for CG United ODI Series vs New Zealand in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced changes to the West Indies squad for the three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series against New Zealand which starts tomorrow on Wednesday 18 August. All three ODIs will be day/night matches played under floodlights at Kensington Oval with the 2nd and 3rd CG United ODIs on 19 and 21 August. ...
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