LAHORE (Feb3, 2022): Assistant Director Youth Affairs Punjab Ms Nazish Noor, as per notification of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab, has been promoted to Grade BS-18 after the completion of her 10-year service as regular employee of Directorate General Youth Affairs and Sports Punjab here on Wednesday. Ms Nazish Noor, who has served as Manager Punjab International Swimming Complex, is also ...
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Fakhar Zaman’s purple patch with the bat continues
Win the toss and win the match mantra proved to be wrong in the third successive fixture of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 when Lahore Qalandars defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in the ninth game of the PCB’s marquee event at the National Stadium on Wednesday. Fakhar Zaman continued his rich form with the bat to stroke a ...
Read More »FIBA Press Release – February 2: FIBA Executive Committee get set for exciting line up of events in February
FEBRUARY 2, 2022 MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA’s Executive Committee convened by video conference today for their first meeting of 2022. The meeting came on the eve of a busy month with two important world cup qualifying events in February – the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments and the second window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 ...
Read More »Faisal Afridi fined and suspended for breach
Faisal Khan Afridi of the PCB Elite Panel of Umpires has been suspended for five HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 matches and fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breaching the event’s Health and Safety protocols. Tournament Director Salman Naseer: “The PCB had announced it will follow a zero-tolerance approach towards any Health and Safety breaches. This decision ...
Read More »David, Rossouw and Shadab run amok in 414-run fest
Tim David and Rilee Rossouw clobbered 10 fours and 12 sixes between them as Multan Sultans scored 93 runs in their last five overs that set the platform for a thrilling 20 runs victory over Islamabad United in a 414-run fest in the eighth match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 at the National Stadium on Tuesday. David scored ...
Read More »Daryl Mitchell receives the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2021
As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Daryl Mitchell as the winner of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2021. Mitchell won the award for his gesture of refusing to take a single in the high-pressure ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi on November 10, ...
Read More »India and Australia all set for ICC U19 Men’s CWC Semi-Final
Cooper Connolly is backing Australia’s new batting prodigy Teague Wyllie to help fire his team into the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final 2022. A talented India team stand between Australia and Saturday’s showpiece match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. However, Aussie captain Connolly believes his team have the ability to get there, particularly if his Western Australia ...
Read More »England beat Afghanistan to clinch place in ICC U19 Men’s CWC Final
England kept their nerve to become the first team to reach the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final after edging a thriller with Afghanistan by 15 runs. Spinner Rehan Ahmed became the hero for the Young Lions, taking three wickets in the penultimate over at crucial point when their opponents needed just 18 runs from the last 10 ...
Read More »Hosein, Holder move up in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings
Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and fast bowler Jason Holder have achieved career-best rankings in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after helping the West Indies to a series-deciding 17-run victory in the fifth match against England in Bridgetown. In the latest weekly update to the men’s rankings, which considers performances in the last three matches of the series, Hosein has ...
Read More »High Performance Centre will play a key role for development of hockey: Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan
LAHORE (Feb 1, 2022): Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan has said that the establishment of Hockey High Performance Centre (HPC) will play a great role for the promotion and revival of hockey in the country; he said this while presiding over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday. The key meeting was attended by Pakistan Hockey ...
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