Suspension of water supply to Liaqat Bagh Sports Complex has added to the miseries of national and international sportsmen, officials and complex management. Wasa tubewell No 69 which is installed in the premises of Liaqat Bagh Sports Complex is out of order since the last several months. The ...

LAHORE - A delegation of eminent players in different sports called on former Punjab Chief Minister M Shahbaz Sharif and thanked him for promoting healthy sports activities in the province during his tenure.  The 61-member team included sportspersons in the hockey, squash, badminton, swimming, ...

VADODARA - The first death anniversary of late maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad falls on May 10. A family across the border in Lahore will also pray for the late maharaja. Such is the attachment of the family with the city and its royals that its members have named a sporting equipment business of ...

ISLAMABAD - Exports of sports goods witnessed negative growth of 1.55 per cent during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year against the same period of last year. The overall exports of sports goods from the country during July-March (2012-13) stood at $ 232.773 million against the ...

Lest we forget, one of the ‘towering achievements’ of the recent federal government was the destruction of sports in Pakistan during their short Governor’s rule in Punjab. It was on account of their diversion of police resources to a political ‘witch hunt’ that proper ...

ISLAMABADPakistan ruled the world of squash for more than four decades and this particular sport gave identity to Pakistan the world over, but now a days it is very hard to find natural talent at grassroots level, and when the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) finally managed to spot out genuine ...

ISLAMABAD – OGDCL Sports Spring Gala 2013 concluding events started with the table tennis final on Tuesday.  Eight teams will vie at Bhutto cricket ground for the tournament today (Wednesday). MD OGDCL Masood Siddiqui will grace the occasion as chief guest, while the final of football ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director General Syed Amir Hamza Gilani has said that the board has already released first and second quarter grants to all the affiliated federations but third quarter grant will only be released to those federations who abide by the sports policy as per ...

LAHORE - Government College University (GCU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khaleequr Rahman Friday participated in the tug-of-war at the university’s 113th Annual Sports to promote the culture of sports among students and their teachers and parents. “Actions speak louder than words. Teachers ...

KARACHI  - Like in other walks of life, better education among the national and international sports-persons can help in producing better players for the future.This was the crux of a seminar held at Government College for Women, Sharea Liaquat held on Thursday. The seminar was titled ...

LAHORE - The 113th Annual Sports of the Government College University (GCU) Lahore Wednesday exploded into action with a grand inaugural ceremony here at the Punjab Stadium. Around 1,400 students from 26 departments of the University took part in the ceremony marked by a grand march past, sports ...

ISLAMABAD – Young, vibrant and enthusiastic students of Roots Montessori & Junior School DHA-I captivated their mothers with their energizing performances on a very pleasant day. The whole event was planned to ensure full participation of all children and mothers were invited to share the ...

BAJAUR AGENCY - Commissioner Malakand Division Dr Fakhar Alam has said that sports activities are vital for the maintaining of peace and normalcy in the militancy-hit tribal areas and the government is taking keen interest in the improvement of sports facilities in the area.He said this while ...

KHANEWAL - The Punjab Sports Festival 2012 has been concluded but players, organisers and officials of the event are still waiting for daily allowance and honorarium.  According to details, players, organisers and officials had lodged complaints to the Commissioner that in other tehsils prizes ...

LAHORE (PR) – Vision Xpertize Singapore announces Sports and Fitness Asia 2013, the Asia’s premier Sports and Fitness, Lifestyle & Technologies Exhibition and Conference that will be held in Singapore Expo Centre, from 10-12 October, 2013.It will be the first event of its kind in ...

MULTAN - Punjab Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Haji Ehsan Uddin Qureshi has said that games make girls confident and strong, turning them into future good mothers.Addressing the participants of a ceremony on occasion of finals of Punjab Youth Festival at Government Girls Postgraduate ...

LAHORE – For the first time in the history of Pakistan the Pakistani people most Favorite cricket game is promoted by the Ten Sports Float in Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan, These Floats are an example of creativity, says a ...

ISLAMABAD - Different sports organisations affiliated with Islamabad Olympic Association (IOA) have reposed confidence in the leadership of IOA president Brig (retd) Arif Siddiqui in a meeting held at a local hotel on Tuesday. The participants strongly condemned the POA efforts of trying to set up ...

ISLAMABAD  - The exports of sports goods from the country during July-August (2012-13) registered 1.31 per cent growth as against the same period of last year.The overall exports of sports goods from the country reached $53.229 million during first two months of 2012-13 against the exports of ...

Pakistani sports officials Monday rubbished claims by a British newspaper to have uncovered a visa scam that could have allowed potential terrorists into the Olympic Village.The Sun tabloid said it had busted a racket involving a politician in Lahore that could have given access to the London Games ...

A CAR enthusiast has completed his six-year project to turn his dream sports car into a 60mph sea-worth vehicle.The Sea Lion, as inventor Marc Witt calls it, is a completely bespoke car that can do 125mph on the roads - and then fly down the pier into the water and keep up a respectable speed as it ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government is constructing sports grounds by retrieving land from the land grabbers, which were patronised by Musharraf and his cronies during their regime. He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ...

LAHORE – Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Health Khawaja Salman Rafique has stressed upon the healthcare providers to participate in sports to keep themselves healthy. Doctors and paramedical staff should also participate in the next Punjab Sports Festival. Addressing first annual ...

ISLAMABAD – A weeklong Annual Sports Gala of Sweet Home kids titled `Angels on Earth’ would begin from Monday in Jinnah Sports Stadium, Managing Director Pakistan Baitul Mal Zamurrad Khan said.Addressing a Press Conference here at National Press Club he said a total of 2800 kids from 28 ...

LAHORE – Punjab University Institute of Education & Research organised the opening ceremony of Golden Jubilee Sports Gala here on Monday. IER Director Dr Mumtaz Akhtar, Dr Saeed Shahid, faculty members and a large number of students participated in the event. Addressing the ceremony, Dr ...

LAHORE – Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) outpaced Sports Writers Association of Punjab (SWAP) by 65 runs to reach the final of the Punjab Sports Festival cricket hardball event here at Faisal Town ground on Wednesday. SJAL will take on Multan Press Club in the final who ...

LAHORE – Lahore won the Special Persons Athletics final with two gold and one silver medal here in the Punjab Sports Festival on Tuesday. In 100m one-arm persons’ race, Asghar Ali of Faisalabad clinched the title after grabbing first position while M Shafique of Lahore was second. In ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Sports Festival marathon races of 17 kilometres and three kilometres will be held here on March 4 with thousands of people participating in it, organising committee chairman Rana Mashood said this in a news conference on Thursday. Talking to the reporters here,  Rana ...

WARBURTON - Punjab Sports Festival initiated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is good step but timing of the event is unsuitable as the students are preparing for their exams these days. Reportedtly, parents of the students, who are participating in games and not paying heed to their studies, ...

LAHORE - The Urdu literati and Bio-Tech scientists lifted the prestigious general trophies at the closing ceremony of the 112th Annual Sports of the Government College University (GCU). Vice Chancellor Prof Dr M Khaleeq-ur-Rahman chaired the proceedings of the closing ceremony while college’s ...