GILGIT: The first Tour de Khunjrab 2018 race, which starts on May 11, promises to take cyclists on a ride of their lives. The three-day event will start from Gilgit, which is located at an elevation of 4,200 feet, and conclude at Khunjrab which lies at an elevation of 15,300 feet. As many of 12 teams comprising 75 cyclists are ...
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Barca’s Roberto handed four-game ban for striking Marcelo
BARCELONA: Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto will miss the rest of the Liga season and the first match of the next campaign after being given a four-game ban for striking Real Madrid´s Marcelo in last Sunday´s tension-filled 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced the ban for “assaulting another player” in its weekly disciplinary statement on ...
Read More »SBP plans to invite male, female students to witness Punjab Open Boxing Championship
LAHORE: Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh said Sports Board Punjab (SBP) has planned to invite a large number of male and female students from various schools and colleges to witness the upcoming Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship and this measure will definitely help a lot in promoting the game of boxing among young generation; he said this while presiding over ...
Read More »PAKISTAN BASEBALL COACHES COMPLETED BFA – MLB COACH’S SEMINAR 2018 IN CHINA
Nanjing:Baseball Federation of Asia and Major League Baseball China has organized BFA Coach Clinic 2018 in Nanjing China from May 5 – 8, 2018. Two Baseball Coaches of Pakistan Umair Imdad Bhatti and Nadeem Sajjad Shah were participated in the Clinic. Syed Fakhar Ali Shah President Pakistan Federation Baseball told that Federation sent two baseball coaches who are Baseball Players ...
Read More »Director Sports Anees Sheikh and Director Admin Javed Chohan inspect arrangements of Punjab Open Boxing Championship
LAHORE : Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh and Director Admin Javed Chohan, on Tuesday, visited Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall to inspect the arrangements of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship scheduled to be held from May 12 to 15, 2018. Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Deputy Director Hafeez Bhatti, Iqbal Shahid, SBP PRO Abdul Rauf and Punjab Boxing Association (PBA) ...
Read More »Madrid Open: Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishikori in round one
Novak Djokovic said his first-round win over Kei Nishikori at the Madrid Open was “exactly” what he needed for his confidence after a run of poor form. The 30-year-old former world number one has failed to reach the quarter-finals in five tournaments since returning from elbow surgery in January. But he impressed in beating Nishikori 7-5 6-4 to set up ...
Read More »PAKISTAN SQUASH CIRCUIT-1 FOR MEN & WOMEN
Islamabad:Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) is organizing Pakistan Squash Circuit-1 at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad. The tournament includes Men & Women Events. An amount of US$ 10,000/- has been set as prize money in Men event whereas US$ 5,000/- in Women Event. The Men event is being played with Qualifying as well as Main round whereas Women event is to be ...
Read More »Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada chairs SBP General Body meeting
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada presided over the general body meeting of Sports Board Punjab at National Hockey Stadium the other day. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, Head of Cricket Coaching Academies Sports Board Punjab Zaheer Abbas, Farzana Butt, former PHF President Olympian Akhtar Rasool, Olympian Kh Junaid, Awais Akbar and P&D and Finance Department officers also ...
Read More »Over 100 women’s participation in trials: Secretary PBA Sharjeel Zia Butt
LAHORE: The trials of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship have been completed in a befitting manner under the banner of Sports Board Punjab (SBP) and the participation of over 100 women from in the trials reflected that Punjab province had immense boxing talent among its females; this was stated by Secretary Punjab Boxing Association (PBA) Sharjeel Zia Butt while addressing ...
Read More »Men & Women squash teams finalized for Asian Games
Islamabad:-Pakistan Squash Federation has finalized the Men & Women teams for participation in the forthcoming Asian Games, being held at Jakarta (Indonesia) between 18 Aug – 02 Sept, 2018. Open trials were conducted in Feb,18 and the best possible teams were selected through transparent procedure. After trials, selected Pakistan squash teams for Men & Women participated in the Asian Team ...
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