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All to play for in HBL PSL 2020 playoffs

Posted on November 13, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE :All eyes will be on Karachi’s National Stadium as the much-awaited HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 playoffs get underway tomorrow Saturday afternoon with the table-toppers Multan Sultans taking on Karachi Kings in the Qualifier.The tournament returns to action after an eight-month gap, as it […]

PCB confirms appointments of Younis Khan as batting coach

Posted on November 13, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, :The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday confirmed the appointment of former captain Younis Khan as batting coach of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team until, at least, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, which is scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November […]

National U19 Tournament matches shifted to Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Posted on November 12, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : The remaining fixtures of the National U19 Three-Day Tournament have been shifted from Lahore to Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to the change in weather conditions here in provincial metropolis. As such, the last three round matches, which were previously to be staged at […]

Newage Cables Lahore Garrison Polo Championship: Day 2

Posted on November 12, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Price Meter.PK and AOS carved out contrastive victories in the Newage Cables Lahore Garrison Polo Championship 2020 here at the Jinnah Polo and Country Club (JP&CC) on Wednesday. In the first match of the day, Price Meter PK outpaced Platinum Homes/Guard Group by […]

Babar Azam appointed Test captain

Posted on November 11, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, Nov 10 (APP): Pakistan’s most reliable batsman Babar Azam has been appointed as Pakistan Test captain, which makes him the captain across all three formats. His first assignment will be to captain Pakistan in the ICC World Test Championship fixtures against New Zealand, which […]

SBP and PHF to establish centre of excellence for revival of hockey

Posted on November 11, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that Sports Board Punjab has taken a revolutionary measure and decided to establish a Center of Excellence for the revival of hockey. Hr said that the 10-year revolutionary project will be completed with the collaboration […]

Jhang Hockey Stadium completed with Rs 10 crore: minister

Posted on November 7, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti Friday said that the Jhang Hockey Stadium which was pending since long has been completed. Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti informed that the project of Jhang Hockey Stadium had started in 2012 and […]

Total Nutrition Polo Cup: Diamond Paints/FG Polo win second semifinal

Posted on November 7, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Diamond Paints/FG Polo routed AOS team by nine goals to five and a half to qualify for the Total Nutrition Polo Cup final here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Friday. Tom Brodie and Saqib Khan Khakwani played equally well for Diamond […]

Waqas, Huraira star on day one of National U19 Three-Day Tournament

Posted on November 6, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Central Punjab’s batsmen Mohammad Waqas and Mohammad Huraira stole the limelight on day one of the National U19 Three-Day tournament on Thursday. (Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore) After being put into bat, Central Punjab managed to score 315 for six […]

Punjab Sports Minister condoles death of hockey legend Rasheed Junior

Posted on November 5, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, :Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti has expressed deep sorrow and grief on the death of Pakistan hockey legend Abdul Rasheed Junior on Wednesday. Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti lauded the great services of Abdul Rasheed Junior popularly known as […]

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