WI series a morale booster for Pakistan ahead of T20 WC: Ramiz

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani captain Ramiz Raja sees the Pakistan-West Indies series as a morale booster for the Green-shirts before the Twenty20 World Cup which was scheduled to be held in Oman and the United Arab Emirates from October 17 to November 14. The second T20 of the four-match series would be played on July 31 […]

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PTI Sports & Cultural Wing KP to work for sports development: Engr. Saeed Mahmood

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Regional President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sports and Culture Wing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Said Mahmood Thursday said that work for the sports development in the province would continue by involving kids of school, youth of minority and madras (Seminaries) students. Talking to media persons, he said that a plan had been prepared for […]

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Judoka Shah Hussain Shah faces early exit at Olympics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prospects to win medal in the Tokyo Olympics suffered another blow on Thursday as judoka Shah Hussain Shah faced an early exit after losing his -100kg bout to Ramadan Darwish of Egypt, according to information made available here by the Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF). Shah, the son of legendary pugilist Hussain Shah put […]

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SBP announces schedule of Independence Day sports events

LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab, on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, on Thursday announced the schedule of 20 male and female games slated to be staged from August 2 to 30, 2021 at various venues of Punjab province in connection with 75th Independence Day of the country. Adnan Arshad Aulakh has […]

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Meeting chaired by Minister Sports approves SBP budget for year 2021-22

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti presided over the 3rd meeting of Sports Board Punjab’s General Body at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fuad Hashim Rabbani, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, MPAs Ms […]

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Pakistan to host World Youth Scrabble C’ship second time in a row

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been granted the rights to hold the WESPA Youth Cup (formerly known as World Youth Scrabble Championship) for the second year running. “The championship was being played annually since 2006 in different parts of the world but could not be held after 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak around the globe, […]

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