Lahore: Director General Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Usman Anwar saw the cyclists off to their ultimate destiny, which is Islamabad. The cyclists reached Lahore from Muzaffargarh on April 28. Before leaving for Gujranwala, the cyclists also had a meeting with Usman Anwar, who told them that the Sports Board Punjab was ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionPakistan’s hockey would not improve under the present administration:Former Olympian Samiullah
KARACHI: Former hockey stalwart, Samiullah has lambasted the bunch of former Olympians, recently joined hands with the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), and claimed that the standard of Pakistan’s hockey would not improve under the present administration. “Our former mates, especially Islahuddin, Shahnaz Sheikh, Ayaz Mahmood and Shahbaz should not have ... Read More »
PIA won the final of 9th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament
Lahore: PIA won the final of 9th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament beating WAPDA 3-1 at the Mutiullah Astroturf Hockey Stadium. The flood light final was witnessed by a large crowd and Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee and Sports Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada was the chief guest. The final started at a ... Read More »
PCB forms a committee to review domestic cricket structure
Lahore: A presentation on domestic cricket structure was given by Mr. Haroon Rashid, Director Game Development to Chairman PCB and some members of the PCB Management Committee. After deliberations, the Chairman PCB has constituted the following committee to work on the domestic cricket structure of Pakistan with a view to ... Read More »
Australia reclaims the number-one Test & ODI ranking
Lahore: Australia has reclaimed the number-one Test ranking and has also retained its top ODI spot in the Reliance ICC Team Rankings at the 1 May annual update. This is the first time since December 2008 that Australia has been ranked number-one in both Tests and ODIs at the same ... Read More »
PIA and WAPDA will vie to lift the coveted trophy
Lahore: Country’s two top teams PIA and WAPDA will vie to lift the coveted trophy in the ongoing 9thNishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament at the Muttihullah Astroturf Hockey Stadium. The flood light final will start at 8.30 pm and Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee and Sports Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada will ... Read More »
WAPDA and NBP won their matches in 9th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament
Lahore: WAPDA and NBP have won their matches in the ongoing 9thNishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament at the Muttihullah Astroturf Hockey Stadium. WAPDA beat PIA 4-2 and NBP defeated Army (Red) 4-2. The Tournament is a part of Pakistan Hockey Federation efforts to promote the game throughout the country. The first match between ... Read More »
Junior U-18 National Hockey Championship will be played at Hockey Stadium Karachi
Lahore: The 33rd edition of Junior U-18 National Hockey Championship will be played at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium Karachi from 14th to 25th May 2014, in which two hockey teams from Punjab will participate. The trials to select two teams of Punjab will be held on 10th May 2014 at 1100 hours at ... Read More »
PCB announces Junior Selection Committee
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the Junior Selection Committee comprising the following Cricketers: Chief Selector: Basit Ali (Ex-Test Cricketer) Selectors: Ali Naqvi (Ex-Test Cricketer) Ali Zia (NCA) Farrukh Zaman (Ex-Test Cricketer) Read More »
PHF organizes two-day Open Trials
Lahore: The PHF National Selection Committee comprising Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui (Chairman), Olympian Ayaz Mahmood, Olympian Khalid Bashir, Olympian Musaddiq Hussain and Olympian Arshad Ali Chawdhry, (Members) observed the trials. More than 180 players including national team captain Muhammed Imran and Olympian Akhtar Ali appeared for the two-day Open Trials conducted ... Read More »