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Gold Coast: Pakistan received news to cheer from the Commonwealth Games on Friday after Arshad Nadeem qualified for the finals of the javelin throw event with a national-record throw. Arshad’s throw in Group B qualifier was 80.45m, which is also a new national record by any Pakistani in men’s javelin throw competition. He improved his previous record which was 78.33m. ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s only World Boxing Council (WBC) title winner Muhammad Waseem will take on South Africa’s Moruti MThalane in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight world title bout on July 15 in Malaysia. This is also the first time any Pakistani will be going for the IBF world title. According to Waseem, the fight is as big as it gets since ...

GOLD COAST, Australia: Five more African athletes may have vanished from the Commonwealth Games, organizers said Thursday, after eight competitors from Cameroon were suspected of fleeing a day earlier. Gold Coast organizers confirmed reports that athletes from Rwanda and Uganda were thought to have gone missing, while they were also looking to verify the whereabouts of two squash players from ...

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA: Indian athletes Rakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi are being sent home from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games after a needle was found in a cup in their bedroom at the Athletes’ Village, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Friday. Triple jumper Babu, race walker Thodi and three Indian team officials had appeared before a CGF ...

LAHORE: Pakistani weightlifters returned home after winning bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Weightlifters Nooh Dastagir Butt and Taha Talib won bronze for Pakistan at this year games. Twenty-year-old Nooh Dastagir Butt won the Bronze medal in +105kg weightlifting competition while Taha Talib won a Bronze in men’s 62kg weightlifting competition. After lifting 173kg in snatch, Nooh successfully ...

LAHORE : Sports Board Punjab (SBP) will conduct a 4-week swimming training and coaching camp for beginners at State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex from April 16, 2018. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan informed that International ASCA Level-3 certified coaches and consultants will supervise the camp. “Our passionate, skilled and experienced coaches will impart the training of ...

Pakistan´s Muhammad Bilal (right) in action against England´s George Ramm (left) in the Men´s Freestyle 57 kg Bronze at the Carrara Sports Arena during day eight of the 2018 Commonwealth Games – PA Pakistan´s Muhammad Bilal in action against England´s George Ramm in the Men´s Freestyle 57 kg Bronze at the Carrara Sports Arena during day eight of the 2018 ...

By Nawaz Gohar Miss Nida Zahoor Director Marketing Bahria Town Lahore was the Chief Guest on 2nd Day of the tournament. Syed Fakhar Ali Shah Director Sports Bahria Town welcomes the Chief Guest. Saleem Ahmad Khan Manager Bahria Football Academy Shahid Raza Assistant Accountant Bahria Town Sports Wing were also present. Chief Guest was introduced with the players. On the ...

KARACHI: Pakistan men’s hockey team drew their fourth and last match 1-1 against Malaysia at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre to end their 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign with four draws and four points in group B. Pakistan, led by Muhammad Rizwan Sr, entered the match against Malaysia with three draws in their last three matches against Wales (1-1), India (2-2) and ...

KARACHI: Pakistan will host SAFF Football Championship 2020, an official of the Pakistan Football Federation confirmed on Wednesday. It appears that with the restoration of Pakistan Football Federation’s membership by the FIFA, the doors for international football tournaments in Pakistan have also opened as the South Asian Football Federation has allowed Pakistan to host three regional tournaments between 2019 and ...