LAHORE:- The opening ceremony of the first All Pakistan Amar Cables Twenty20 Women Cricket Tournament will be held today (Wednesday) here at the Punjab Women Cricket Academy Model Town ground. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director Game Development Intikhab Alam will be the chief guest on the ...

DUBAIPakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi surprised all and sundry who were playing in the semi-final of the Ajman Cricket Council’s Mulk Holding Twenty20 Challenge Cup on Sunday at the ICC Global Cricket Academy. He turned up to play for the Dubai Lions team against Danube Lions and topscored ...

ISLAMABAD - Roots School System (RSS) has organised Inter-branch Football Tournament at Roots Prep Branch. RSS director Riffat Mushtaq inaugurated the tournament amidst cheers and thundering applause of the students. DHA I, 15 Tulsa, 93 Harley Street, 41 Harley Street, 76/3 Harley Street, 34 Civil ...

DUBLIN WO - Police were called to a top chess tournament in Ireland after one of the players accused his opponent of cheating by using a computer in the toilet. Romanian-born Gabriel Mirza, 47, says he was on his way to winning the Cork Congress Chess Open when he noticed strange goings-on by his ...

KARACHI (PR):  Emirates and Roland Garros have announced a five-year agreement appointing Emirates as official partner of the Roland Garros tournament starting with the 2013 edition from May 21st to June 9th, 2013.The announcement was revealed today by Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline and ...

GUJRANWALA – The concluding ceremony of the 33rd Punjab Open Golf Tournament 2013 was held at Gujranwala Golf and Country Club on Sunday. Pattern-in-chief Corps Commander Gujranwala Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain was the chief guest on the occasion. Addressing the ceremony informally Corps Commander ...

LAHORE - The 2nd Ashraf Sugar Golf Tournament commenced here at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on Saturday. Ladies event and the event for veterans concluded on Saturday while the events for amateurs and the seniors will be held today (Sunday) at 11:30 am. A total of 85 amateurs and 35 seniors ...

LAHORE - The 1st JA Zaman Golf Tournament commenced here at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on Saturday. JA Zaman, 95-year-old golfer of Lahore Gymkhana, hit the tee shot to open the tournament. Zaman has been playing golf for the past five decades and is simultaneously considered an icon of ...

KARACHI – NIT cricket team played its fourth pool match of Toyota Southern Motors T-20 Cricket Tournament at Moin Khan Cricket Academy ground Karachi against South end Stallions Team, says a press release.Stallions, after winning the toss, decided to bat first to post a huge score of 223 runs ...

KARACHI – English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM, organiSed its Annual Inter-departmental Cricket Tournament 2012 at DHA Ground. The event was not only limited to cricket but was a complete fun and frolic day for EBM employees and their families, says a press release.The final match of the ...

KAPALUA - American Steve Stricker birdied two of the last three holes to fire a four-under par 69 in Monday's final round and win the $5.6 million US PGA Hyundai Tournament of Champions by three strokes.Stricker, who turns 45 next month, captured a $1.12 million top prize in the matchup of last ...

LAHORE Zorez Shabkhez and Raza Adeel Agha of the Baconhouse School, Garden Town Campus won the title The Little Masters of Lahore in the under-l 3 and under-l 7 age groups in the finals of the 3-day tournament held at the Laurelbank School System, Alhamra Town Campus from 17-19 November 2011 in ...

KARACHI JS Bank announced the launch of JS Bank Cup Women T20 Cricket Tournament at a ceremony held in a local hotel, says a press release. Khalil ur Rehman, SEVP, Group Head Operations, Kamran Jafar, SEVP- Group Head Retail Banking & Imran Shaikh, VP, Head of Marketing & Media Management were ...

LAHORE - The Adamjee Insurance Golf Tournament was held at the Karachi Golf Club on the 27th and 28th of November 201 0.The tournament which saw active participation and intense competition was played within 5 categories, which included ladies, juniors, seniors, amateurs and veterans and guest ...

LAHORE Mobilink, Pakistans market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, organised the 4th Indigo Invitational Golf Tournament-at the Islamabad Golf Club. For the past three years, this 18-hole tournament has consistently attracted golfing enthusiasts from within the ...

RAWALPINDI The cricket teams of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Educational Promotional Cricket Association (RIEPCA) have left for Lahore here on Monday to participate in Super Leaders Tournament in which 10 teams would participate. The coach of Islamabad team is former test player Masood Anwar while ...

KARACHI A lot of cricket events involving cricket teams of 18 towns and city governments own team have been put off for various reasons, TheNation learnt on Monday. Sources pointed out that since the departure of elected district government led by former city nazim Mustafa Kamal, the present ...

LAHORE Gojra, Karachi Academy No 2, Lahore and Sialkot registered victories in the first PHF Inter Academies Hockey Tournament on day six here at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday. Gojra beat Karachi No 1 while Sialkot ended Faisalabads winning streak, Lahore beat Bahawalpur and Karachi No2 ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Organizers of international boxing tournament in Pakistan, featuring teams including India and China, have stepped up security after a suicide bomb attack at a volleyball match on Friday. The boxing tournament, to be opened by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday, is ...

MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australian Open officials admit violence is nearly impossible to eradicate despite unprecedented security following the third ethnic clashes here in as many years. Tournament director Craig Tiley said it was hard to stop every incident, with organisers concentrating on preventing ...

BRISBANE (Australia) (AFP) - Seventh-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko has withdrawn from the Brisbane International tennis tournament due to a virus, the organisers said Sunday. Kirilenko, the world No.29, was due to play Australian Samantha Stosur in the opening match of the tournament but pulled ...

LAHORE - The Pak-Punjab team left for Chandigarh, India Sunday to participate in the third Punja-aab Cup Golf Tournament to be held from October 28 to 30 at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Pak-Punjab team comprises Aadil Jehangir, Danyaal Jehangir, Muhammad Safdar, Abdul Zahoor as members of the main ...

President Musharraf on Friday accused PML(N) chief Nawaz Sharif of creating political instability in the country. He expressed his views in meeting with Ch Shujaat Hussain and Ch Pervaiz Elahi at the President Camp office today. Issue of president's impeachment also came under discussion in the ...

Balochistan Assembly session on President Musharraf's impeachment will be held tomorrow while Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhotani will be in the chair. No-confidence motion against President Musharraf would be tabled in the provincial assembly session. Balochistan Assembly has total of 65 numbers. After ...

The ICMS Club won the Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Peshawar.Prize distribution ceremony was held at the Governor House where Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani gave away the prizes.Test fast-medium bowler Umar Gul was also present on the occasion.The Governor praising the performance of Umar Gul ...

DUBLIN (APP) - Pakistan's agile right winger Rehan Butt was declared best player of a 4-nation tournament here, a distinction he achieved for the second in 42-day tiring tour of national team for the build up of Beijing Olympics. Rehan scored five goals in four matches to remain the top scorer ...

DUBLIN (APP) - Rehan Butt scored a penalty corner goal two minutes before the close to set up Pakistan's 3-2 win over Olympic qualifiers Canada in the final of a four-nation tournament here on Sunday night. In fact, the green shirts came from behind to equaliser at 2-2 before being 1-0 at break ...

Australia could introduce a tournament similar to the Indian Premier League in two years after Cricket Australia revealed it has started planning for another domestic Twenty20 event. The IPL has forced other countries to consider their options, with England already involved in talks with the ...