Manzoor Hussain Junior — The ‘Golden Boy’ of Pakistan hockey on August 31, 2022LAHORE: Manzoor Hussain Junior was Pakistan’s all-time great inside-right and one of the most decorated players in hockey’s history. Born in 1958 in Sialkot, Manzoor played for Pakistan from 1975 until 1984. He led Pakistan to Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games. Pakistan hockey never won gold after 1984. Manzoor capped […]
Sri Lanka clash with Afghanistan in opener as Asia Cup rolls into action today on August 27, 2022LAHORE: Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan in their opening match of the Asia Cup 2022, which rolls into action in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday (today). With the Twenty20 World Cup only a few months away, the tournament will serve as dress rehearsal for Asia’s top cricketing nations. The Asia Cup was […]
England Tests to be held in Rawaplindi, Multan and Karachi in December on August 23, 2022LAHORE: England will play three-Test series in Pakistan after 17 years in December this year. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the schedule of the Tests to be played in Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi. The three Tests will count towards the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. England are presently sitting in seventh position […]
Massive blow for Pakistan as injury forces pacer Shaheen out of Asia Cup, England T20Is on August 21, 2022LAHORE: Pakistan have suffered a big blow as their frontline pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the Asia Cup and the Twenty20 international home series against England with a knee injury. A spokesman for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday that Shaheen had been advised 4-6 weeks rest by the […]
Khalid Sajjad re-elected as Pakistan Hockey Federation President for third time on August 20, 2022LAHORE: Brig (r) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar was re-elected as the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President for the third time after the national federation’s elections in Karachi on Friday. Syed Haider Hussain was elected as the PHF Secretary General. Haider Hussain, who is the PHF Council member and also serving as the Karachi Hockey Association […]
Pakistan sports at 75 on August 15, 2022LAHORE: On 8th August 2022, Pakistan concluded their campaign at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 with just eight medals. In all, Pakistan won two gold, three silver and three bronze medals, improving their record on the previous Commonwealth Games 2018 held in Gold Coast, Australia, (21st edition) where they won just five medals: one gold […]
Eight-star Pakistan end their campaign on a high as Arshad shatters javelin records to claim gold on August 9, 2022BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan, with eight medals in total, concluded their campaign at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 on a high with javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem shattering record books to claim gold medal here on Sunday night. In all, Pakistan won two gold, three silver and three bronze medals, improving their record on the previous Commonwealth Games […]
Cricket, karate and motorsport invited to present their case for inclusion at Los Angeles Olympics 2028 on August 5, 2022BIRMINGHAM: Cricket, karate and motorsport are among the nine sports invited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to present their case for inclusion at the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.Baseball-softball, lacrosse, breaking, kickboxing, squash and flag football are other sports that have also been granted permission to submit Request for Information proposals for the sport programme […]
22nd Commonwealth Games begin with breathtaking and mesmerising opening ceremony at Birmingham on July 30, 2022BIRMINGHAM: The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games kicked off with a mesmerising and colourful opening ceremony at the newly redeveloped Alexander Stadium to a live audience of over 30,000 and a global audience of over a billion here on Thursday night. Throughout its history, Birmingham has been enriched by its embrace of generations of […]
75 medals for Pakistan at Commonwealth Games since debut in 1954 on July 25, 2022LAHORE: The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games rolls into action at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England on Thursday (July 28). England is hosting the Commonwealth Games for the third time after London 1934 and Manchester 2002. And this is the seventh edition in the United Kingdom: Cardiff 1958, Edinburgh 1970 and 1986, and Glasgow […]