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Islamabad :  33 international skiers arrived in Pakistan to participate in different categories of international ski races being held at the PAF Ski Resort Naltar (Gilgit). It is a landmark event as 33 international skiers from various countries including Holland, Slovakia, Greece, China, Afghanistan, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Switzerland and Tajikistan will be racing in different categories of this thrilling sport. ...

LAHORE: Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan inspected the pace of work in Bahawalpur sports gymnasium and E-Library on Thursday. Secretary Sports Punjab Aamir Jan was accompanied by Senior Engineer SBP Khalid Saeed, District Sports Officers Rauf Bajwa and Maqsood ul Hasan during his visit. Earlier, he also chaired a meeting at Commissioner Office to review the progress of sports ...

Pakistan team for the PAKISTAN vs WORLD XI has been announced The two matches are to be played on Friday and Sunday at Karachi and Lahore respectively.The team will later leave for a tour of Argentina on February 5. Junaid Manzoor is the captain and Rizwan Ali, the vice captain  Team: WAQAR YOUNAS (goal keeper), ADIL RAO (goal keeper), RIZWAN ALI, ...

LAHORE: Chairman Steering Committee Sports Punjab Hanif Abbasi has said that the State of the Art International Swimming Complex is another remarkable landmark achieved under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he expressed these views in the inaugural ceremony of State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Tuesday. The grand opening ...

KARACHI: Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg is set to be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in April. He will headline the class of WWE Hall of Fame 2018, which is rumored to include other wrestlers, such as The Dudley Boyz. The news was first reported by ESPN and then announced on Monday Night Raw. The former WCW Champion also shared ...

Pakistan defeated Indonesia by three goals to nil at the Asian Games Qualifiers for women hockey in Bangkok, Thailand.It was Pakistani’s first victory in the event.Star forward Mayira Sabir scored two open play goals in the 4th and 16th minutes Amreen Arshad completed the tally converting a penalty corner in the 29th minute.

KARACHI: Former Netherlands penalty corner specialist Floris Jan Bovelander shared his excitement regarding coming back to Pakistan as part of World XI tour. “I am very happy to be back in Pakistan,” he said in a video statement shared by Pakistan Hockey Federation. Bovelander can be seen in the video sitting in his office with a picture of Netherlands match ...

MELBOURNE:Defending champion Roger Federer dazzled under the Australian Open lights to waltz through to the second round with a straight sets win over Aljaz Bedene on Tuesday. The ageless Swiss marvel, rated as the favourite to win his 20th Grand Slam title, thrilled the Rod Laver Arena crowd with a virtuoso performance. The second seed cruised to a 6-3, 6-4, ...

Pele won three World Cups with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 RIO DE JANEIRO: Footballing legend Pele said that Brazil are favourites to win the World Cup in Russia, four years on from their humiliation on home soil. Five-time winners Brazil were thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-finals by eventual champions Germany at the Maracana, but Pele, considered one ...

Maria Sharapova acknowledges the crowd after winning her match/Australian Open Twitter  MELBOURNE: Former champions Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber turned on the style to sweep into the Australian Open second round Tuesday, but it was curtains for lanky Canadian Milos Raonic. With temperatures heating up in Melbourne, the two Grand Slam winners wasted little time on court. Sharapova, still working ...