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BAKSH: HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE UNSUNG HEROES Tournament Director, Fawwaz Baksh, is sending a “loud thanks” to all the unsung heroes of the recent ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022. While stating he “takes great pride in what the West Indies has achieved in successfully hosting this challenging tournament”, he stressed “the real spotlight should be on the ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Tunisian Para athletics athlete Yassine Gharbi for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Tunisian, who competes in the men’s T54 class, returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Prohibited Substances in a urine sample provided Out-of-Competition on 7 December 2020. The substance was boldenone and its ...

LAHORE (Feb 11, 2022): Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti has expressed his determination to hold 14th edition of South Asian Games in a befitting manner. “The preparations for the mega games have been started and the Pakistan contingent will participate in the South Asian Games with full preparation and devotion,” he said this while addressing ...

First meeting of Steering Committee for holding of South Asian Games to be held in March – 2023 was held under the chairman Mr Asad Umar Minister for Planning and Development and Dr Fehmida Mirza vice chairman in the Ministry IPC. Secretary IPC briefed the committee regarding the preparedness of sports infrastructure for holding different events of South Asian Games ...

MIES (Switzerland) – The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments are set to tip off on Thursday with rosters of all teams now finalized. Hosted in Osaka (Japan), Belgrade (Serbia) and Washington D.C. (USA), the four events will take place from February 10-13, qualifying a total of 10 teams to complete the 12-team field for the World Cup. Two of ...

The project will strengthen Para sports in Guatemala, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago·       Latest project means a third of the National Paralympic Committees in Latin America and the Caribbean region will have received development support·       IDB investment in Para sport as a tool for social inclusion in the Americas now tops USD 1.5 million The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has ...

21st  National Men and Women Netball Championships will start from March 27, at Pakistan Sports Comlex here.Pakistan WAPDA will defend their both titles Men and Women in the Championships.This was stated by the President, Pakistan Netball Federation, Mudassar Arain on Wednesday.He said that 18 teams from all over the country have been invited for the participation of Championship, namely Pakistan ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, on Monday, congratulated the newly-elected office-bearers of Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL). It may be noted here that Aqeel Ahmed and Ashraf Ch won elections of President and Secretary SJAL respectively while Ehteshamul Haq and Makhdoom Abubakar Bilal will serve SJAL officer for ...

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti laid the foundation stone of Sports Board Punjab’s Masjid in the lawns of National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, Secretary Punjab Olympic Association Idris Haider Khawaja, Deputy Directors Tariq Wattoo, Chand Perveen, Chief Sports Consultant SBP Hafeez Bhatti, Assistant Directors Zahoor Ahmed, Raees ur ...

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 ...