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LAHORE : Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh has said that snooker is quite popular game in Pakistan and Sports Board Punjab will organsie first SBP Snooker Championship to trace fresh talent in this game; he said this during his meeting with 2-time World Snooker Champion Muhammad Asif at National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Muhammad Asif, who is the ...

LAHORE : A delegation of newly-appointed Tehsil Sports Officers (TSOs) and Divisional Coaches called on Secretary Sports Punjab Ehsan Bhutta and Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at Punjab Stadium on Monday. Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti and Deputy Director Shahid Nizami were also present on this occasion. All the 42 Tehsil Sports Officers (TSOs) and ...

LAHORE: The four-member athletics team which is due to participate in Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 in Dubai, met with Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti at National Hockey Stadium on Monday. The 4-member team includes Asmatullah Niazi, Amir Khan, Amir Shahzad and Naseem Masih and the Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 will be organised in Dubai ...

Hong Kong:An intense ten-round Saxo Markets Premiership league comes to a close on Saturday with a Hong Kong rugby classic match-up between defending league champions Natixis HKFC and Societe Generale Valley when they do battle at 15.00 at Happy Valley with league honours at stake. The stage is set for some fitting final fireworks as the two deepest sides in ...

LAHORE:The 3-day judo and baseball preparation camp for Pre-Paralympic qualifying round concluded here at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Wednesday. Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum was the chief guest on the final day at prize distribution ceremony. He also distributed prizes among the prominent players at the training camp. Deputy Director Shahid Nizami, Assistant Director Raees ...

Syed Khawar Shah was born on 07-12-1949 in District Jhang of Punjab province. Syed Khawar Shah has been very interested in sports since childhood. He was one of the best players in football and athletics. Besides, he was also very interested in kabaddi and desi kushti. Khawar Shah got his early education from Jhang. He was also President of the ...

Serena Williams thrashed fellow American Amanda Anisimova in just 43 minutes to reach the final of the Auckland International. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, searching for her first title since the 2017 Australian Open, hammered the 18-year-old 6-1 6-1. Williams, 38, will face Jessica Pegula in the final after the unseeded American overcame Williams’ doubles partner Caroline Wozniacki. Pegula ...

US Open champion Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the Australian Open in Melbourne as she continues her recovery from a knee injury. The Canadian, ranked sixth in the world, picked up the injury at the season-ending WTA Finals in October. Andreescu beat Serena Williams at Flushing Meadows in September to win her maiden Grand Slam title. “I have to respect ...

Rafael Nadal will play Novak Djokovic as Spain take on Serbia in the inaugural ATP Cup final in Sydney. Top-ranked Nadal came from a set down to beat Australia’s Alex de Minaur 4-6 7-5 6-1 and give Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead over the hosts. World number two Djokovic had earlier beaten US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev 6-1 5-7 6-4 ...

Marcus Rashford marked his 200th Manchester United appearance in style by scoring twice as the Red Devils returned to winning ways by easily despatching bottom-of-the-table Norwich. Rashford, 22, became the third youngest player to reach the landmark for the club and opened the scoring in the first half by stabbing home Juan Mata’s deep cross to the back post. United ...