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Islamabad:Dr.Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for IPC today enquired about health condition of Mr.Abdul Khaliq Hazara, Advisor to Chief Minister Balochistan on Sports, Culture and Tourism on phone. Mr. Hazara, who tested positive for Covid-19, is admitted and getting treatment in local hospital at Karachi. Dr.Fehmida prayed Almighty Allah for his early recovery enabling him to resume his office. She also ...

ISLAMABAD: The 2-days online National Rope Skipping Coaching Course under the auspices of Pakistan Rope Skipping Federation will start from June 27.President, International Rope Skipping Federation,Harpal Singh Flora will inaugurate the 2-days course. President of Pakistan Rope Skipping Federation Maqbool Arain said that the preparations for the coaching course are in full swing. He said that the executive Committee meeting ...

Lahore: Regarding the preparations for the Asian Under-18 Baseball Championship, a meeting of Pakistan Baseball Federation was held in Lahore in which coaches of senior and under-18 teams participated. The meeting in Lahore was chaired by Federation President Fakhr Ali Shah and was attended by coaches of Pakistan U-18 and senior teams. According to Fakhr Ali Shah, coaches have been ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) – pursuant to an agreed decision – suspended Bahraini Para athletics athlete Rooba AlOmari for 12 months for committing an anti-doping rule violation. The Rio 2016 Paralympian, who competes in the F55 class, was suspended for a failure to submit to sample collection. AlOmari competed at the 11th Fazza International Athletics Championships in Dubai in ...

The PJJF will be hosting a National Anti-Doping virtual seminar on Sunday at 4pm for all its affiliated bodies, officials and athletes. The webinar is in succession to Anti-Doping webinars being organized by Ju Jitsu Asian Union. The upcoming webinar is being held in local language to assist players, coaches, and allied to explain the doping control process and hazards ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanIslamabad:The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has decided to change the existing sports policy of the country. In the light of the 18th amendment, a committee has been constituted to review the existing sports policy and make recommendations for its change. A spokesperson of Pakistan Sports Board said that the meeting of the Executive Committee of PSB was ...

Lahore:Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq has collected more than Rs 6 million from the auction of goods of various legends. The money will be used to distribute rations to Corona and Lockdown victims. According to Aisam-ul-Haq, tennis star Roger Federer’s shoes were bought by an organization for Rs 3 million, while a Spanish tennis academy bought Rafael Nadal’s jersey for 10,000 euros.

Washington:Kurt Thomas, the first gold medalist for the United States at the World Gymnastics Championships, died of brain hemorrhage. He died last month at the age of 64. After competing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Thomas died. He was the first American gymnast to win a gold medal in the floor x-ray event at the 1978 World Championships in Anas.

Lahore:The Pakistan Hockey Federation changes the decision to fire its employees. According to sources, the PHF has also changed the decision of retrenchment after the lockdown and released the May salary. All the offices of the PHF were opened in the third week of May.

In Brazil, 16 players of Vasco da Gama football have been affected by Corona, after which a series of tests of the team members has started. The club said 250 people were tested and the results came. The good news, however, is that three of them have recovered and others are being quarantined.