Shahzaib Khan’s all-round performance helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites to a five-wicket win over Central Punjab U19 Blues and clinch the National U19 Cup title here at the Rana Naveed Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura on Friday.   Chasing 215 to win, last year’s finalist Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites achieved the target in the 47th over for the loss of five wickets. ...

The countdown to ‘The Big Time’ has officially begun with Melbourne’s iconic Yarra River the backdrop for a city centre cricketing arena created to celebrate 100-days-to-go until Australia hosts the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time. Melbourne Cricket Ground’s hallowed turf took centre stage with the pitch relocated into the centre of Melbourne to mark 100 days ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Devon Thomas and Keemo Paul have been ruled out of the third and final T20 International against Bangladesh on Thursday. Thomas, the wicket-keeper/batter held three catches during the first T20I at Windsor Park, Dominica but unfortunately sustained a thigh strain. The injury kept him out of the second T20I. Paul, the seam-bowling allrounder, played in the second match ...

Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab and Commissioner Office Lahore launched historic U-13 Hockey League with a grand opening ceremony at the National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. MPA Hina Pervaiz Butt, Tahia Noon, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Asadullah Faiz, Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) M Usman, Deputy Commissioner Lahore Umer Sher Chattha, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, ...

NEW YORK/PULLY, Switzerland — The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic, which serves as WBSC’s Official National Team World Championship, will take place from 9 to 21 March 2023 and be expanded to 20 teams from the previous 16-team format of 2017. All 16 participants from the 2017 World Baseball Classic have been invited to play in 2023 tournament. They will ...

The WBSC Congress, which was held in Taipei City (TPE) from 4-5 July, welcomed Babe Ruth League as the newest WBSC Associate to join the baseball-softball global family. The youth league currently has over one million registered baseball and softball players and has operations across 24 countries and territories, including American Samoa, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bonaire, Canada, China, Chinese ...

Awards in honor of International Athletes and Sports Journalists to be held in September: Asim Shiraz   PESHAWAR: The General Body Meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Writers Association was held under the chairmanship of President Asim Shiraz in which General Secretary Shahid Afridi, Senior Vice President Imran Yousafzai and other officials and members were present. The President of the Association ...

Following the completion of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League draft the teams for this year’s tournament have been confirmed. The biggest move of the draft saw Shai Hope sign for the Guyana Amazon Warriors where he will join Ronsford Beaton and Veerasammy Permaul. Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from the Saint Lucia Kings to join the Barbados Royals. The Royals ...

Lahore, 7 July 2022:    Two unbeaten sides will clash against each other when Central Punjab U19 Blues take on the last year’s finalist Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites in the final of the National U19 Cup on Friday at the Rana Naveed Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura. Both teams topped their pools in the 12-team 50-over tournament.   The winning team will receive PKR One ...

MIES (Switzerland) – With four previous champions on hand, and members from all 52 participating teams present in the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball, the draw for the seventh season of the Basketball Champions League was completed on Thursday morning. Nicolas Richotti, who won the inaugural title with Lenovo Tenerife back in 2017, and Dusan Sakota, a winner with AEK ...