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HEC girl’s hockey team qualifies for National Game’s semi-finals after six years

KARACHI, May 15 (APP): The Higher Education Commission (HEC) reached the semi-finals of the National Games girls hockey competition after six years. The hockey competition of the 34th National Games in Quetta was underway at the Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Hockey Stadium, according to a communiqué […]

Alcaraz gets French Open wake-up call after slumping in Rome

Rome, May 15 (AFP/APP): Carlos Alcaraz slumped to a third round defeat at the Italian Open to unheralded Hungarian Fabian Marozsan on Monday, just two weeks before he heads into the French Open as top seed. The 20-year-old Spaniard, who is guaranteed to replace Novak […]

Pakistan Shaheen rout Zimbabwe ‘A’ to sweep series

ISLAMABAD 14 May (Online): Pakistan Shaheens defeated Zimbabwe ‘A’ by an innings and 41 runs on the last day of the second four-day match at the Mutare Sports Club in Mutare on Saturday. The victory gave the Shaheens a 2-0 clean sweep in the four-day […]

Schedule announced for Pakistan’s Test tour of Australia

LAHORE 14 May (Online): Pakistan will make a trip Down Under later in the year to take on Australia for the Benaud-Qadir Trophy. The three Tests – part of the third World Test Championship cycle – will be played at Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in […]

Pakistan U-19 clinches one-day series in BD

LAHORE 14 May (Online): An impressive unbeaten century by Shahzaib Khan inspired Pakistan U-19 to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Bangladesh U-19 in the fourth youth one-day match at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Saturday. The big victory gave the tourists an unbeatable […]

Alcaraz marks world number one spot with victory in soaking Rome

Rome, May 14 (AFP/APP):Carlos Alcaraz marked his return to the world number one spot by comfortably seeing off fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas in his first ever match at the Italian Open on Saturday, as play was cut short by miserable wet weather. In-form Alcaraz ensured […]

Ian Bishop reveals Babar Azam as his favourite Pakistani cricketer

ISLAMABAD, May 13th (Online): Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop has revealed Babar Azam as his favourite cricketer from Pakistan during a video segment with ESPNCricinfo. During a question and answer session, the 55-year-old was asked to name his favourite player from different countries. […]

Grant Bradburn confirmed as Pakistan cricket team’s head coach

ISLAMABAD, May 13th (Online): – Grant Bradburn has been appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan national men’s side for two years following a robust recruitment process. Bradburn served as the head coach of the side during the recently concluded home series against New […]

Shaheen Afridi announces death of grandmother in a heartfelt post

ISLAMABAD, May 13th (Online): – Pakistani speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi’s grandmother passed away in her hometown Landi Kotal, the cricket announced Friday. Afridi took to social media to mourn the demise while he requested his fans to pray for the departed soul. “My grandmother, a […]

Nepali climbers kick off Everest summits

Everest Base Camp, Nepal, May 13 (AFP/APP): Nine Nepalis reached the summit of Mount Everest on Saturday, opening the route for hundreds of climbers expected to scale the world’s highest mountain in the coming weeks. Weather cleared for the nine to fix ropes to the […]

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