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LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators will clash with Islamabad United in opener when HBL Pakistan Super League5 rolls into action at National Stadium Karachi on Thursday (today). As many as 350 artists will perform in the colourful and dazzling opening ceremony. The metropolitan city is expected to be set alight as artists from different music genres – […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test skipper Misbahul Haq, on Saturday recalled offspinner Bilal Asif and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf to Pakistan’s 16-member squad named for first Test against Bangladesh to be played in Rawalpindi from February 7. Asif has earned a recall at the back of his 43 wickets in nine Quaid-e-Azam Trophy […]

LAHORE: Captain Babar Azam and veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez struck half centuries as Pakistan crushed woeful Bangladesh by nine wickets in the second Twenty20 international at Gaddafi Stadium here on Saturday. With the win, Pakistan won the three-match series after registering five-wicket victory in the first contest on Friday. The third and final T20I will […]

Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik struck an undefeated 58 as Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Friday. Bangladesh could not put a reasonable fight as Pakistan won their first match after losing six of their last seven T20I matches with one washed out. The hosts, […]

LAHORE: Pakistan’s number one ICC Ranking will be at stake when they take on Bangladesh in the first match of a three-match Twenty20 International series at picturesque Gaddafi Stadium here on Friday (today). Babar Azam will captain Pakistan at the venue where 13 years ago he served as a ball-picker in the second Test between […]

All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who has been recalled to the Pakistan limited overs squad, has said that he is looking forward to contributing to the Pakistan cricket team as a batsman in the upcoming Twenty20 International matches against Bangladesh. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, 39-year-old Hafeez said that his plan for the moment was to […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test skipper Misbahul Haq, on Thursday recalled veteran all-rounders Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik to a 15-member national squad named for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh to be played in the last week of this month here at Gaddafi Stadium. The selection committee has also called-up speed […]

LAHORE: 2019 turned out to be the year of happy news as well as sad news. Many Pakistan sports personnel won laurels for their country while some passed away. Here are some known sports personalities who left us for their heavenly abode last year. Former national badminton player and sports organiser Farhat Saddiqui: Farhat Hussain […]

Return of Test cricket after 10 years in the country, unceremonious sacking of skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed from all formats, controversial hiring of former captain Misbahul Haq as chief selector cum head coach, thrashing of Pakistan by an inexperienced Sri Lanka in a limited overs series at home and the national squad’s pathetic performance Down Under […]

The year 2019 proved to be Pakistan hockey’s Annus Horriblis. The year will go down as one of another darkest chapter in the history of Pakistan hockey. Pakistan’s failure to qualify for the second successive Olympics marks a calamitous new low. Worryingly, there is little to suggest that 2020 will be less challenging. The agonising […]