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The women’s team from *Raja’s Martial Arts, Bahria Town Civic Center, has proven that women can excel in any field by securing third place in the **First Asian So Kyokushin Karate Tournament, held in **Isfahan, Iran, from September 5-8, 2024. This prestigious event featured **35 countries, with the Pakistani team…

Pakistan Cricket Board Chair Mohsin Naqvi presided over the 74th meeting of the Board of Governors in Faisalabad on Thursday. The BoG was briefed on the Bahria Town Champions One-Day Cup, which commenced at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday afternoon with the opening match between UMT Markhors and…

All roads in Faisalabad will lead to Iqbal Stadium on Thursday afternoon, where the star-studded UMT (University of Management and Technology) Markhors (previously Wolves) will face off against the Panthers in the opening match of the Champions One-Day Cup. The match will commence at 3pm, with live coverage on national…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says a comprehensive plan will be launched soon for promotion of football in the country. He was talking to Pakistan Street Child Football team in Islamabad today. The team has won silver medal in International Street Child Football tournament recently held in Norway. The Prime…

Athletes and officials of Pakistan Mixed Martial Arts Federation called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today. The athletes shared their insights about Mixed Martial Arts Combat event, recently held in Lahore. The Prime Minister said promotion of sports activities in the country is government’s topmost priority. He…

Saqlain Mushtaq has been confirmed as Panthers’ mentor for this month’s Champions One-Day Cup, which will be played in Faisalabad from 12-29 September. The Panthers have also been allocated the Inzamam-ul-Haq Cricket Academy in Multan to prepare and train during the 2024-25 domestic cricket season. So far, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq…

Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by six wickets in a rain-affected second cricket Test to convincingly sweep the two-Test series 2-0 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Bangladesh had last week won the first Test by 10 wickets after Pakistan had declared their first innings at 448 for six. This was…

Pakistan Cricket Board’s Hall of Famer Waqar Younis has been confirmed as mentor of the Lions side for this month’s Champions One-Day Cup, which will be played in Faisalabad from 12-29 September. Additionally, the Lions have been allocated National Cricket Academy for training and practice during the 2024-25 domestic cricket…

Bangladesh fast bowlers Hasan Mahmud (five for 43) and Nahid Rana (four for 44) exposed Pakistan’s vulnerability outside the off-stump, giving their side a sniff of a 2-0 series win at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, of course, rains permitting. Chasing 185 for only their third series win outside home, Bangladesh…

The Senate today unanimously passed a resolution paying rich tribute to the national hero Arshad Nadeem on his remarkable achievement of winning the Gold medal in the Javelin throw at the Paris Olympics. The Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar moved the resolution and others. It recognized the achievement of Arshad…

Ton-up Litton Das overshadowed Khurram Shahzad’s six-fer as Bangladesh left Pakistan shell-shocked with one of the greatest fightbacks to leave the second cricket Test delicately poised at the draw of stumps on the third day’s play at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan fully exploited early moisture in the…

 Jason Gillespie, the Pakistan men’s cricket team red-ball head coach today announced a 12-member squad for the second Test match against Bangladesh during a pre-match press conference at a local hotel in Islamabad. The playing XI for the second Test commencing tomorrow at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will be announced…

Former Pakistan captain and two-time ICC Event winner Shoaib Malik will mentor the Stallions in next month’s Champions One-Day Cup, which will be played at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad from 12-29 September. Shoaib Malik was one of the five champion mentors unveiled by the Pakistan Cricket Board earlier this…

Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem on Thursday received Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second-highest civilian award of Pakistan, for bringing laurels to the country in the recently-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics. He won Pakistan’s first athletic gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking feat in the men’s javelin throw competition. President Asif Ali Zardari bestowed…

The Champions One-Day Cup, featuring country’s 150 best of the best cricketers, will be played at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad from 12-29 September with the opening match between Wolves and Panthers. The PCB on Monday had announced the five champion mentors with their team names and 15-player squads to…

Pakistan and South Africa women’s cricket teams will prepare for next month’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the UAE by competing in a three-match series at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The South Africa team will arrive in Multan on 13 September, with matches scheduled for 16, 18, and…

Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis were today confirmed as mentors of the five Champions Cup sides on three-year contracts following a transparent and robust recruitment process. Names of their sides and squads will be confirmed in due course. The first assignment of the mentors in…

Right-arm fast bowler Mohammad Abbas Afridi’s five-wicket haul and half-centuries by Haseebullah and Usman Khan guided Pakistan Shaheens to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh ‘A’ in the first one-day at the Islamabad Club on Monday. The win gives Shaheens’ a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second match will…

The Patients’ Aid Foundation, in partnership with Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), is proud to announce the successful completion of the ‘Bike-A-Cause’ fundraiser. This event was organized to raise essential funds to provide free, high-quality treatment for underserved thalassemia patients at Jinnah Hospital (JPMC), catering to those from Karachi, interior Sindh,…

Fatima Sana has been named as the Pakistan women’s cricket team captain for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the United Arab Emirates from 3 to 20 October. The decision was a unanimously one made by the women’s national selection committee. 22-year-old Fatima, who has featured in 41…

r, his innings helped his side to finish the third day’s play in the first cricket Test against Pakistan at a formidable 316 for five in reply to Pakistan’s 448 for six declared at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Shadman was cleaned up by fast bowler Mohammad Ali after scoring an…