ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) would be holding the National Basketball Championship for Men 2023 at the Government College University, Lahore from November 20 to 24.According to the Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) Secretary General Khalid Bashir, top eight teams from around the country will be in action in the national men’s basketball championship organised by Punjab Basketball Association and all …
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Bahawalpur, Lahore and Islamabad won their matches in the 14th National Bank of Pakistan T-20 Blind Cricket Trophy (Grade-1) played here at two different venues on Tuesday. In the first match, AJK beat Peshawar by 10 wickets at Shalimar Cricket Ground. Peshawar won the toss and decided to bat first. They made 85 runs …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani cueists Muhammad Naseem Akhtar and Ahsan Ramzan have qualified for the last 28 Round of the IBSF World 6 Red Snooker Championship 2023 in Doha, Qatar. The 2nd day match results, Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pak) beat Santosh Putuwar (Nepal) 4-1 (39-29, 0-42, 45-07(40), 46-05(32), 38-36) and also downed Cheung Ka Wai (Hong Kong China) 4-1 (38-31, 76-24(69), 59-06(59), …
LOS ANGELES: Lacrosse, a sport invented in North America nearly 1,000 years ago, will make its return to the Olympics on native soil. Inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Games after an 80-year Olympic absence brings tremendous opportunities and possibilities for the sport in the 21stcentury. “It’s a platform like no other,” said World Lacrosse CO Jim Scherr. “More than …
LAHORE: Inzamamul Haq, the Pakistani cricket men’s team chief selector, announced on Monday that he had decided to step down till a committee formed to inquire into the Pakistani team’s dismal performance revealed its findings. News media reports claimed Inzamam had a stake in a player’s management company registered with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and that some players including …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s visually impaired archer Tanveer Ahmed flew to the Czech Republic on Monday to feature in the World Archery Para Championships 2023. The week-long Championships that commenced in Pilsen on Monday will conclude on July 23. The 39-year-old Tanveer claimed the first-ever silver medal for the country in the last edition of the championships that was held in Dubai …
LAHORE (Pakistan): The events for professional golf players concluded after three rounds in the 1st President PGA Open Golf Championship at the fascinatingly exquisite Par-72 Pakistan Air Force Skyview Golf and Country Club Golf Course here on Wednesday. This title event was a competition for the most eligible 100 top golf champions of the country and in accordance with its …
UNITED KINGDOM: England boss Steve Borthwick will bring in Tom Harrison to replace Richard Cockerill as the team’s scrum coach. Harrison will join on 1 June from Leicester Tigers as Borthwick finalised his coaching set-up for the World Cup, which starts in September. “Tom is an excellent coach and will have a real impact in an area that will be …
PACAEMBU (Sao Paulo): ‘Pele’ is now a word to describe ‘someone out of the ordinary’ as the three-time World Cup winner’s name was included as a new adjective in the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis dictionary. Earlier this month, the Pele Foundation and Sportv launched the “Pele in the dictionary” campaign to pay tribute and recognise his legacy in other …
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF) and the Pakistan Federation for Baseball (PFB) expressed their gratitude to the Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) at an Eid party on Wednesday. javascript:false The PCF and PFB were pleased that SJAL accepted their invitation and underscored the importance of sports journalism in playing an essential role in portraying the truth about sportsmen, …
