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PCB officials reluctant to resign despite ultimatum

LAHORE – January 8 (ONLINE) Officials from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) aren’t resigning from their posts despite an ultimatum by the newly established Management Committee, it emerged. According to media reports, many officials from the cricket controlling body’s previous administration, including the chief executive […]

PCB willing to build cricket structure in Saudi Arabia: Najam Sethi

ISLAMABAD – January 8 (ONLINE) Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Management Committee Najam Sethi said Sunday his board will be helping Saudi Arabia build their cricket structure. In an interview with Arab News, Sethi said Pakistan has the expertise and the talent in […]

Braathen wins Adelboden slalom as Kristoffersen slides out

Adelboden, Switzerland, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Norwegian skier Lucas Braathen held his nerve on a difficult Chuenisbargli piste to win the men’s slalom in Adelboden on Sunday. The 22-year-old, who fell foul of the snow on Saturday when he did not finish the giant slalom, was quickest […]

Like Cosmos signing Pele, says Ronaldo’s new coach

Riyadh, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club coach Rudi Garcia on Sunday compared the Portuguese star’s arrival at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia to Pele’s signing with the New York Cosmos in 1975. “It’s a bit like Pele’s arrival” in what was then the North […]

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir congratulates Sarfaraz for scoring a century

KARACHI, Jan 6 (Online): Fast bowler Muhammad Amir has congratulated Sarfaraz Ahmed for scoring a century in the second innings. According to the details, in the second innings of the second test match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi, the wicketkeeper batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed […]

Second Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand ended without any result

KARACHI, Jan 6 (Online): The second and final Test match played between Pakistan and New Zealand ended without any result. Chasing the target of 319 runs in the second innings, the Pakistani team lost nine wickets at the end of the fifth and final day […]

National Women’s Gymnastic Championship 2023 on Jan 7

HYDERABAD, Jan 06 (APP):The National Women’s Gymnastics Championship 2023 will start on January 7 at the Gymnasium Academy Hall, Sindh University, Jamshoro. President, Sindh Gymnastics Association, Ahmed Ali Rajput informed here on Friday the participants from all the provinces and the units affiliated with the […]

Dakar legend Peterhansel crashes out, Al-Attiyah wins stage six

Riyadh, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): France’s Stephane Peterhansel, a record 14-time winner of the Dakar Rally, crashed out of the 2023 edition on Friday as Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah won the sixth stage in his Toyota. The 57-year-old Peterhansel, whose nickname is ‘Mr Dakar’ after eight car […]

Granerud claims Four Hills ski jumping title

Bischofshofen, Austria, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): Norway’s Halvor Egner Granerud claimed the prestigious Four Hills ski jump title on Friday by winning the final leg at Bischofshofen in Austria. Already victorious at Oberstdorf and Garmisch in Germany, and then second at Innsbruck on Wednesday, the 26-year-old […]

Pele laid to rest

BRASILIA, Brazil – January 5 (ONLINE) Mourners lined the streets in the coastal city of Santos, Brazil, on Tuesday as Pele’s body was transported in a black coffin from the Vila Belmiro stadium to the late football legend’s final resting place at the Necropole Ecumenica […]

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