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Pakistan improves in World Baseball rankings

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan has moved up in the new Baseball World Rankings from 27th place to 26th, released by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). According to the President of Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) Syed Fakhar Ali Shah the efforts of the federation had began to […]

Central Punjab, KPK Sindh CCA coaches for inter-city Cricket tournament announced

LAHORE, Pakistan Cricket Board here on Wednesday announced coaches of the 19 City Cricket Association sides of Central Punjab, 17 sides of Sindh and 19 sides of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the City Cricket Association Tournament 2021-22, which will commence next month. The remaining coaches of […]

Shahnawaz has skills to become good asset for Pakistan: Azhar Mahmood

ISLAMABAD, Former Pakistani all-rounder Azhar Mahmood believes to have found another Shoaib Akhtar in pacer Shahnawaz Dahani saying the Larkana-born cricketer has the skills to become a very good asset for Pakistan in the future. “Shahnawaz Dahani obviously has a bright future ahead of him. […]

Construction work of Squash Complex finally starts under supervision of SBP, Punjab Sports Minister

LAHORE, Finally the effective efforts of Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh yielded productive results as construction work of Squash Complex in Nishtar Park Sports Complex began here on Tuesday. Talking about […]

Fakhar Zaman becomes icon player of Kotli Lions

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan’s top-order batsman Fakhar Zaman has become the part of Kashmir Premier League (KPL) franchise Kotli Lions, joining it as its icon player for the inaugural edition. “We are announcing it with great pleasure that Fakhar Zaman will represent us as our icon player […]

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup shifted to UAE, Oman

ISLAMABAD, The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India. The BCCI will remain the hosts of the event, which will now be […]

West Indies tour is an opportunity for us to leave a mark: Javeria Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan national women’s cricket team’s third tour of the year will commence tomorrow, Wednesday when they play West Indies in the first of the three T20Is at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium. They have made trips of the Caribbean islands for three ODI […]

Shadab Khan upbeat about Pakistan’s chances against England

LAHORE, Pakistan men’s national cricket team has commenced seven-day preparations for their white-ball UK tour with the first training session of the tour at the Incora Derby cricket ground after spending the first three days in room isolation. Pakistan will play England in three ODIs […]

History in the making as Nida Dar nears century of T20I wickets

ISLAMABAD, When Pakistan women’s historic tour of the West Indies kicks off with the first of the three T20Is against West Indies Women at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Wednesday, the national side’s star all-rounder, Nida Dar, will be eyeing to achieve a historic landmark […]

PCB announces central contracts of women cricketers

LAHORE, Pakistan Cricket Board , in its bid to continue to reward and incentivise top-performing women cricketers, has added three more spots in the central contracts for women cricketers for the 2021-22 season. These contracts, which come into effect from 1 July, include 12 spots, […]

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