The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released the shortlist for the 2022 International Women’s Day Recognition, with winners to be announced on 8 March’s global celebration of women and gender equality. Three outstanding female candidates each respectively make up the Leadership and Emerging Leadership category. Three organisations have been shortlisted for the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) and International Federation (IF) ...
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IPC introduces PLY post-nominal titles to recognise Paralympians
PLY can be added alongside the Paralympians’ name on official documentation · Pioneering Paralympians Kevin Coombs and Ragnhild Myklebust, the first athletes to receive PLY status The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its PLY post-nominal initiative to recognise the Paralympians’ contribution to the Movement through their hard work, commitment to and promotion of the Paralympic values. Post-nominal letters, ...
Read More »Unaib won the Amateur Category of 14th National Tenpin Bowling Championship 2022
Rawalpindi ( sports reporter) Four players Bablu, Faiz Ur Rehman, Jawad Ali and Unaib of Amateur event have qualified for finals in 14th National Tenpin Bowling Championship at Leisure City Bowling Club, Jinnah Park Rawalpindi. Ameature event’s results;In Final Round Each player complete a set of two games each.Unaib got 374 points in Two Games,Jawad Ali secured 372 points in ...
Read More »President, Pakistan Netball Federation, Mudassar Arain has appealed to Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination
Islamabad ( sports reporter ): President, Pakistan Netball Federation, Mudassar Arain has appealed to Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Dr. Fahmeeda Mirza that the government should include the netball game recognized by the International Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Federation in the South Asian Games-2023 so that Pakistan can win two gold medals in both men’s and women’s events. The ...
Read More »10 players of Ameature event qualified for quarter finals in 14th National Tenpin Bowling Championship
Ten players of Ameature event have qualified for quarter finals in 14th National Tenpin Bowling Championship at Leisure City Bowling Club, Jinnah Park Rawalpindi. Ameature event ‘s results; Naeem Sarwar got 544 points, Jawad Ali secured 539 points, Awais Rasheed obtained 535 points, Faiz ur Rehman bagged 528 points,Unaib received 520 points,Bablu got 516 points andUmair Iqbal obtained 532 points ...
Read More »San Juan back on the 3×3 map after winning FIBA 3×3 Lausanne Masters 2021
LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – San Juan (PUR) won their first-ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour event since the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Miami Final in 2012 in Lausanne, Switzerland on August 20-21, 2021. What a difference a day makes. Just one day after losing their opener against Ub (SRB) by nine points and winning their ticket to the knock-out stage in overtime, ...
Read More »Belgium tops France for No. 5 in ranking; Korea, Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina also move up
MIES (Switzerland) – The latest FIBA World Ranking Women, presented by Nike, has several teams rewarded after solid results at the recent FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments in Osaka (Japan), Belgrade (Serbia), and Washington D.C. (USA). While the top four teams remain unchanged, with the USA still having the No. 1 spot, followed by Spain, Australia and Canada, Belgium have leapfrogged France ...
Read More »Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti expresses deep grief over the death of legendary Olympian Abdul Waheed Khan
LAHORE (Feb 21, 2022): Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti has expressed profound grief on the sad demise of Olympian Abdul Waheed Khan, a member of the team that won Pakistan’s first hockey gold medal in 1960 Rome Olympic Games. In a condolence message on Monday, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti ...
Read More »Singapore to host FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022
SINGAPORE – The fifth edition of the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup will take place in Singapore on July 6-10, 2022. The event will mark just the second time a FIBA 3×3 official competition is organized in Singapore. The first instance was quite the milestone in 3×3 history. The first ever 3×3 game played according to FIBA rules was back in ...
Read More »FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2022 season calendar released, with record number of events and Opener in Utsunomiya
UTSUNOMIYA (Japan) – Following the news that Abu Dhabi will host the Final, FIBA announced that the FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2022 will include an all-time best 13 events, starting with a first-ever Opener, which will take place in Utsunomiya, Japan on May 14-15. Utsunomiya has hosted the World Tour four times already, including the Final and a pre-Olympic gala in 2019. The ...
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