WELLINGTON: Commonwealth Games medallist Zane Robertson was banned from all sports for eight years by a tribunal in New Zealand on Wednesday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug and falsifying documents. Athletics NZ chief executive Peter Pfitzinger told AFP this is the longest ban handed out to an athlete from New Zealand. The 33-year-old […]
Commonwealth games
Arshad Nadeem’s father gets emotional after son’s terrific win in CWG 2022
Arshad Nadeem, on Sunday, August 7, won the gold medal for Pakistan in the men’s javelin throw final of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The 25-year-fifth old’s attempt saw him throw 90.18 metres, which was enough to earn him a medal. It ended up being his personal best as well. Nadeem left behind Grenada’s Anderson […]
Australia edge India to make Commonwealth Games cricket history
Hot favourites Australia held their nerve to beat India by nine runs in a Twenty20 thriller at Edgbaston on Sunday as they won the first women’s cricket gold medal in Commonwealth Games history. Opener Beth Mooney top-scored with 61 as Australia made 161-8 in their 20 overs in the warm Birmingham sunshine. India appeared on […]
Wrestlers Mohammad Inam, Zaman Anwar bag silver as sprinter Shajar Abbas reaches 200m final
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s wrestling team had two golds within its reach at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. In the end, they had only two silver medals to show for their efforts. After the country’s leading hope Mohammad Inam faltered in the much-hyped Indo-Pak clash for the +86kg title, Zaman Anwar was pinned in the +125kg […]
Two Sri Lanka athletes, one official go missing
BIRMINGHAM: The Sri Lankan team management has asked its athletes and officials at the Commonwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing. The nation, which is experiencing a major economic crisis, confirmed late Wednesday that a wrestler, a judoka, and a judo coach have disappeared from one of the Commonwealth […]
Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt bags first gold medal for Pakistan
With a record lift of 405 kg, weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt from Pakistan won the gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. This is Pakistan’s first gold medal in any competition at the current games taking place in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Hussain Shah earned the first medal of the competition earlier, a bronze medal. […]
Pakistani athletes ready to kick off quest to win medals at Commonwealth Games
Pakistani athletes will formally begin their bid to bring home gold for their nation at the Commonwealth Games Birmingham on Friday (today). They will compete in six different sports in their opening matches. There are 103 Pakistani athletes in Birmingham competing in 13 different sports, including para-athletics. Mohammad Afzal, who will compete in the […]
Malala gives inspiring speech at Commonwealth Games opening in Birmingham
Nobel Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai attended the Commonwealth Games inauguration ceremony Friday and outlined the importance of girls’ education during her address. The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was held in Birmingham and attended by Prince Charles instead of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. The Prince declared the games open […]
PSB closes training camps ahead of Asian Games 2018
LAHORE: Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) announced closure of training camps for wrestling, karate and jujitsu due to lack of funds. Athletes who have been preparing for the upcoming Asian Games 2018 to be held in Indonesia will not be able to get training due to shortage of funds. The training camp being held at Lahore […]
Pakistan bags another bronze at Commonwealth Games
Pakistani wrestler Mohammad Bilal on Thursday won the Bronze medal by beating his opponent from England at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Bilal took the victory over his opponent George Ramm with 3:1 on points. In Initial matches, the Pakistani wrestler defeated Gary Giordmaina (Malta) and Charles Fernando Divoshan (Sri Lanka). However, he lost the semi-final against India’s Rahul Aware. […]