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Lionel Messi breaks Pele’s record by scoring his 644 goal for Barcelona FC

Legendary Brazilian football player Pele, now 80, made his debut at Santos football club in 1956, at the age of 15, and played for the club until his retirement from it in 1974, winning six Brazilian league titles. Pele held the all-time goal-scoring record for a single […]

Hamza Sharif of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wins All Pakistan U19 Squash title

PESHAWAR, : Hamza Sharif of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clinched the trophy after defeating Ashab Irfan of Punjab in the thrill-packed 3-1 final of the All Pakistan U19 Squash Championship played here at Qamar Zaman Squash Complex on Thursday. Former World Champion Jansher Khan was the chief […]

Forty matches decided in National Ranking Tennis

LAHORE-As many as forty (40) matches decided in the 6th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Complex, Islamabad on Wednesday. The fixtures were conducted in the men’s singles and doubles, ladies’ singles, boys U-18, boys U-14 and […]

Pakistan players move up in T20I rankings

LAHORE-Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has attained the career-best 16th position, while veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan have also earned significant improvement in the latest T20 International rankings, issued by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Pakistan-New Zealand T20I series. Pakistan’s bowlers […]

PCA chief lauds DC Lahore for conducting cycling event

LAHORE- Punjab Cycling Association (PCA) President Moazzam Khan Klair has lauded Deputy Commissioner Lahore Mudassir Riaz for conducting cycling event in the city in a befitting manner. Talking to The Nation here on Tuesday, Moazzam said: “The cycling event organized by Deputy Commissioner Lahore Mudassir […]

POA suspends recognition/membership of AFP

LAHORE-Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has suspended the recognition/membership of Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) with it after the AFP failed to implement proper anti-doping policies evident from the three anti-doping violations in one international competition. The menace of doping is something which needs to be […]

Rizwan powers Pakistan to win in final T20I, Kiwis seal series 2-1

NAPIER-Faheem Ashraf’s haul of 3/20 helped keep New Zealand down to 173/7 before Mohammad Rizwan engineered the chase with a sublime 59-ball 89 in the third T20I in Napier. Rizwan was dismissed for his career-best score in the final over of the innings, as he miscued […]

Pak cricket team bowling coach Waqar Younis to miss second Test

LAHORE, : Pakistan cricket teams bowling coach Waqar Younis will return to Pakistan after the first Test against New Zealand to meet his family, whom he has not met since June. Waqar Younis had requested the team management to be granted leave so that he […]

Punjab govt is taking measures for bright future of youth: , Special Assistant to CM Punjab

LAHORE, :Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Umer Farooq presided over an important meeting regarding E-Rozgar Scheme/Programme at National Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday. Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director General Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Sajid Latif and other officials […]

PFA stakeholders urge Sadhana to hold transparent PFF elections

LAHORE-The stakeholders of Punjab Football Association (PFA) have welcomed the appointment of Muneer Sadhana as Chairman of PFF Normalization Committee by FIFA with the hope that he will play his leading role to hold free and fair PFF elections. This was said during an urgent meeting of […]

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