ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia) – Just one week after claiming the Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022, France just added another trophy to their cabinet with a victory at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Ulaanbaatar Stop 2022, which took place in the Mongolian capital on July 1-2. Different roster, same result. France claimed their first Women’s Series win of 2022 in Ulaanbaatar after ...
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Three T20Is to follow ICC Women’s Championship fixtures on 1, 3 and 5 June at Karachi’s Southend Club
Pakistan national women’s team will begin their ICC Women’s Championship campaign on 1 June when they host Sri Lanka for the first of the three One-Day International matches at Karachi’s Southend Club. Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka will arrive in the cricket-mad city of Karachi on 19 May and will have three days of practice in the lead-up ...
Read More »Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and Marnus Labuschagne of Australia reflect on 19 days of grueling
Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and Marnus Labuschagne of Australia reflect on 19 days of grueling, exciting and high-voltage cricket between the two sides in the latest edition of the PCB Podcast, which is available here for viewing and downloading. Shaheen, who took nine wickets in three Tests, said: “This series has brought players from either side closer than ever. We visited Australia ...
Read More »BRB Group to support PCB Pathway Cricket Programme
The BRB Group will sponsor 100 contracts for junior cricketers that will be awarded under the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme. Alongside the financial support, the PCB will invest in personality development and grooming of these youngsters. The focus will be on providing quality education whilst also upskilling cricketing talent. These 100 players will be earning monthly retainers of PKR 30,000 ...
Read More »PCB and Engro Corporation join hands under Pathway Cricket Programme
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Engro Corporation Limited will collaborate for the development of cricket at the grassroots level, making Engro Corporation an official partner of the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme. Today, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding naming this sponsored leg of the Programme the Engro Cricket Coaching Project. Under this commitment, ...
Read More »Punjab Stadium will be upgraded to hold South Asian Games 2023 events in a befitting manner: Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan Pakistan has been blessed with immense sports talent and world class players in every game: Secretary POA Khalid Mehmood
Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan has said that Punjab Stadium will be upgraded for the holding of South Asian Games 2023 events in a befitting manner; he said this while chairing an important meeting in connection with South Asian Games 2023 at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. The meeting was convened to review the arrangements, particularly venues ...
Read More »Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan expresses grief and sorrow on the death of former Test cricketer Mohammad Hussain
Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan has expressed heartfelt condolence on the death of former Test cricketer Mohammad Hussain, who played two Tests and 14 One-day Internationals for Pakistan during a brief 2-year international career. Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, in his condolence message on Tuesday, prayed that Almighty Allah may shower His blessings upon the departed ...
Read More »FIBA Press Release – April 13: FIBA appoints IMG licensing as FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Global Master Licensee
MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, has appointed IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, as Global Master Licensee of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, taking place from August 25 to September 10, 2023, in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia. This is the first time in the history of the competition that multiple countries will ...
Read More »Sports Board Punjab holds Quran khawani for former Secretary Sports Punjab late Arshad Bhatti
LAHORE (11 April 2022): The employees and officers of Sports Board Punjab organized Quran khawani on the death anniversary of former Secretary Sports Punjab Arshad Bhatti at National Hockey Stadium. Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Administrator Gymnasium Hall Mustafa Shah, Divisional Sports Officer Multan Rana Nadeem Anjum, Superintendent Sufi Abdul Sattar, Assistant Director M Bilal, PRO Sports Board Punjab ...
Read More »Babar Azam and Rachael Haynes crowned ICC Players of the Month for March 2022
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that Pakistan’s superstar skipper Babar Azam, and Australia’s run-machine Rachael Haynes have been named the ICC Men’s and Women’s Players of the Month for March 2022. Azam scoops the Men’s award following a number of thrilling batting displays in Pakistan’s multi-format series against Australia. Amassing 390 runs in the pulsating Test ...
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