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By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR: Director General Sports Asfandyar Khan Khattak Sunday announced monthly scholarship for the budding youngsters and medalists of the 33rd National Games besides education scholarship and cash incentive already given to talented players since 2013 by the govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Talking to media men during the reception organized in honor of the Sindh Sports Writers Association ...

KARACHI: Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association has named four cueists for this month’s IBSF World Snooker Championship. According to an official of PBSA, Pakistan number one Mohammad Asif has been included in team along with Zulfiqar Qadir, Babar Masih and Mubashir Raza for the championship to be played in Turkey from 29th October. Mohammad Asif had also won the IBSF ...

Christian Pulisic hit the first hat-trick of his career as Chelsea crushed Burnley 4-2 on Saturday while Manchester City overcame a sluggish start to beat Aston Villa and increase the pressure on Liverpool. Away from the top end of the Premier League table, pressure is mounting on Everton boss Marco Silva after the Merseysiders’ fifth defeat in their past six ...

LAHORE : A three-member delegation from Khanpur under the leadership of renowned researcher, scholar and author Mujahid Jatoi called on Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The other members of delegation were Dr Waqas and columnist Amjad Kaliyar. Famous researcher, scholar and author Mujahid Jatoi presented his book ‘Diwan-e-Fareed’ to Director General Sports ...

After the headscarf (hijab) of a female soccer player from Jordan fell of during a match, other players participating in the game gathered around her to form a protective shield in order to protect her dignity. According to a video shared on social networking platform Twitter by the Jordanian Football Association, the headscarf of the player, whose identity is as ...

LAHORE:Sports Board Punjab (SBP) officers and employees as per the directions of Punjab govt, will observe October 27, 2019 as Black Day to express solidarity with the Kashmiris. The national flag, in this regard, will be flown at half-mast at Sports Board Punjab offices to show harmony with Kashmiri people who are subjected to worst atrocities at the hands of ...

Karachi:On behalf of Pakistan Navy, being a Tournament organizer I welcome you all at the press conference regarding 9th CNS Amateur Golf Championship 2019 which will tee off from 25 – 27 October at Defence Raya Golf & Country Club Lahore. This Championship represents a continuity of effort and devotion by Pakistan Navy to the cause of promoting Golf in ...

Islamabad( Nawaz Gohar) Mohan Bahadur Basnet (Nepal) and Mudassar Razak Arain (Pakistan) elected as President and Secretary General of South Asian Netball Federation (SANF) respectively for the next two years( 2019-2021). The general council meeting of the South Asian Netball Federation was held at Kathmandu, Nepal in which office bearers of South Asian Netball Federation were elected for the next ...

Former Manchester United captain Patrice Evra said recently that Islam was a beautiful religion. A recent interview of the French footballer is doing the rounds on the internet in which he has nice things to say about Islam. Evra says in the video that he was raised as a Catholic but when people started blaming Islam for terrorism, he spoke ...

LAHORE:A two-member delegation of Minhaj-ul-Quran International called on Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti at National Hockey Stadium on Monday evening.The delegation was comprised of Director Public Relations Minhaj-ul-Quran International Shahzad Rasool and Senior Deputy Director Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry.Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti on this occasion said: ...