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English cricket chiefs hopeful of increased crowds for Sri Lanka ODIs

London, England’s one-day international series against Sri Lanka is set to take place in front of larger than anticipated crowds after being included as a British government test event, it was announced Monday. An England and Wales Cricket Board statement did not reveal the exact […]

National Netball C’ship from June 27

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) would hold the National Netball Championship here at the Hamidi Hall of the Pakistan Sports Complex from June 27. “Pakistan Wapda would defend both men’s and women’s titles in the championship,” PNF President Mudassar Arain told APP. He said the […]

26-player Pak women squad announced for West Indies tour

LAHORE, The national women’s selection committee on Monday announced a 26-player squad from which the national and ‘A’ teams will be selected for white-ball matches on the tour of the West Indies. Javeria Khan, who has an experience of 208 international matches and is the […]

Taimur Jhagra inaugurates Int’l standard Badminton Courts in Hayatabad Sports Complex

PESHAWAR, Minister for Finance and Health Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Taimur Jhagra here on Sunday inaugurated four International standard Badminton Courts including one for females with synthetic flooring at Hayatabad Sports Complex. The courts were completed under Prime Minister’s 1000 Playground Projects with the total cost of […]

Pakistan women sides to tour West Indies

LAHORE, Pakistan Cricket Board here on Sunday announced its women’s national and ‘A’ teams will tour the West Indies for a series of white-ball matches. The touring party will depart for Antigua, where all matches will be played, from Lahore on 23 June. The national […]

SBP making effective efforts for top standard training of young players, DG SBP

LAHORE, Sports Board Punjab is going to organize a Badminton Coaching/Training Camp on the instructions of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh here at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall. Adnan Arshad Aulakh in a statement on Sunday said that Sports Board Punjab is […]

Amir was dropped due to performance, injuries but door is still open: Misbah

LAHORE, Pakistan cricket team head coach Misbah ul Haq has clarified that he has no personal problems with pace bowler Muhammad Amir, who was dropped due to performance and injuries but the door is still open for him to make a come back. Talking to […]

KP govt enhances budget allocation for Sports, Tourism, Youth and Culture

PESHAWAR, The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government allocated some Rs 12 billion for Sports, Tourism, Youth, Culture and Archaeology Department in provincial budget 2021-22, showing 300 percent increase than the last year’s allocation of Rs 2.90 billion. Following the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide […]

National men, women judo championships postponed

ISLAMABAD, National men and women judo championships have been postponed for an indefinite period, Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) said on Saturday. The 27th Men and 10th Women National Judo Championships were scheduled to be held from June 26 to 30 at Qayyum Stadium Peshawar. “The […]

Trials for National U23 Football Championship schedule announced

PESHAWAR, A meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and newly merged area Football Association held here at Shinwari House with former international footballer Shahid Khan Shinwari in the chair. The meeting took some important decisions regarding the holding of the forthcoming U23 National Football Championship scheduled […]

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