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Shabbir leads in Pakistan Open

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 30, 2011

KARACHI - Shabbir Iqbal led the first round by one stroke in the Pakistan Open Golf here at the DHA golf link course on Thursday. Shabbir grabbed the top perch on the leaderboard with fine three ...

Pakistan win 1st test against China

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 22, 2011

KARACHI - Whenever Chinese sports teams have appeared in Pakistan in the past they adopted the slogan” Friendship first competition second”. The same slogan revisited the Hockey Club of ...

Lankans to play in Pak tennis event

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 17, 2011

KARACHI - UBL International Tennis Championship which gets underway here on December 18 at the synthetic courts of Karachi Gymkhana will carry the biggest ever total prize purse of Rs one million. ...

Pakistan loses its greatest sports icon

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 17, 2011

KARACHI - Air Marshal Nur Khan, the former chief of Pakistan Air force and chairman of PIA who gave the world its first squash complex and brought crickets World Cup out of England and made it truly ...

China capable of springing surprise on Pakistan

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 16, 2011

KARACHI - Pakistan should avoid falling into the trap of overconfidence when they meet China in four international hockey test series starting at Hockey Club of Pakistan on December 21. Other tests ...

Minister vows foolproof security for Chinese

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 14, 2011

KARACHI Sindh Sports Minister Dr M Ali Shah who is also the chairman of the Pakistan/China hockey test series has hoped that the visit of the Chinese hockey team will encourage other teams to visit ...

Fitness vital but not everything

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 13, 2011

KARACHI - Physical fitness is an important part in archiving success in sports but there are other areas such as individual brilliance, team combination, good team management and the ability to ...

Chinese team visit to herald a new chapter in Pakistan

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 11, 2011

KARACHI - The visit of national hockey team of Peoples Republic of China, the silver medallist of Doha Asian Games, to Pakistan will break the five year isolation of this country when the visitors ...

UBL support helps STPA fulfil promise

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 10, 2011

KARACHI - About two months ago Raza Ali Mirza and Imran Ahmed, two former tennis players, joined hands together to launch Sindh Tennis Players Association (STPA) and in their inaugural media briefing ...

Sami makes Abbottabad struggle in Quaid Trophy

By: Aneesudin Khan | December 01, 2011

KARACHI - Karachi Bleus skipper test pacer M Sami ran through a weak Abbotabad bating line up taking four wickets on the first day of the four day Quadie Azam Trophy Division I match here Wednesday ...

Peshawar outplay Karachi in Quaid Trophy

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 28, 2011

KARACHI - Peshawar registered massive an innings and 10 runs win over Karachi Whites in Quaide Azam Trophy division II match here on Sunday at National Stadium after the host surrendered meekly in ...

PTF shuts gates after horse had bolts away

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 27, 2011

KARACHI - It was a simple case of shutting the door of the barn after the horse had bolt away or the damage to Pakistans credibility was done when Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) took up the case ...

Zaka brings Midas touch to national cricket

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 26, 2011

KARACHI - Zaka Ashraf took over as new head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the middle of October and since then there has been sharp rise in good performances from Pakistan cricket teams ...

Asif lifts Ranking Snooker title

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 21, 2011

KARACHI M Asif overran an out-of-form opponent in the final to clinch the Del Monte Ranking Snooker crown defeating Sharjeel Mahmood of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by seven frames to two here at South End ...

PHF believes in empowerment of women in hockey

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 15, 2011

KARACHI - Pakistan Hockey Federation under President Qasim Zia introduced many first in national hockey like paid coaches and retainership for the national players has decided to empower women in ...

Ali Hai wins Sindh Amateur Golf

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 14, 2011

KARACHI - Ali Hai clinched the 11th edition of the Sindh Amateur Golf title despite a poor third round of three over 75 on the final day of the three-day 54-hole championship here Sunday. Son of ...

Hai on verge of winning Sindh Amateur Golf crown

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 13, 2011

KARACHI - Ali Hai brought himself on the verge of winning the 11th Sindh Amateur Golf title with an improved performance on the second day when he fired one under 71 to finish with an overall score ...

Karachi Whites win in Quaid Trophy

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 03, 2011

KARACHI - Karachi Whites, as expected, won their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-II match against Hyderabad by nine wickets here at the NBP Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. After the host had scored 371 ...

Karachi gain lead against HBL

By: Aneesudin Khan | November 02, 2011

KARACHI - Karachi Blues took first innings lead over Habib Bank Limited (HBL) when it posted 394 on the penultimate day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division I match here on Tuesday at the National ...

Karachi Blues in trouble against PIA in Quaid Trophy

By: Aneesudin Khan | October 27, 2011

KARACHI - Karachi Blues first innings crumbled and was tottering at 136 for eight after PIA had posted huge 450 runs total in its first knock at the end of second days play in the fourth round of ...

Ali Hai carries Pakistan hopes to Sri Lankan Amateur Golf

By: Aneesudin Khan | October 17, 2011

KARACHI - Pakistan's leading amateur star Ali Hai is carrying Pakistan hopes in the Sri Lankan Amateur Golf Championships which will be played at the historic Victoria Golf Club in Kandy from October ...

Zaheer urges SLC to send team to Pakistan

By: Aneesudin Khan | October 06, 2011

KARACHI - Former Pakistan Test captain Zaheer Abbas has urged Sri Lankan cricket authorities to resume sending teams to Pakistan, according to information received here Wednesday. Zaheer who is ...

Selectors meet to finalise squad today

By: Aneesudin Khan | October 02, 2011

KARACHI - PCB selection committee headed by former Test batsman Mohsin Hasan Khan will meet here today (Sunday) to finalize Pakistan team for home series against Sri Lanka that will be played at the ...

PCB shortlists five coaches

By: Aneesudin Khan | September 30, 2011

KARACHI - Pakistan have shortlisted five candidates to replace coach Waqar Younis after the deadline expired to apply for one of the toughest jobs in cricket, an official said Thursday. Waqar ...

Dengue fever spoils Mirzas T20 dream

By: Aneesudin Khan | September 27, 2011

KARACHI - Jahangir Mirza, a member of Lahore Lions team playing here in the 14-team Faysal Bank Twenty20 Cricket Cup, would be sent back home after he was found affected with dengue fever, a ...

Jashn-e-Azadi Boxing held

By: Aneesudin Khan | August 16, 2011

KARACHI - Pak National club won the Jashne Azadi Inter Club Boxing organized by the District South Boxing Association with support from Sindh Sports Board here the other day. As many as seven clubs ...

Shabbir and Munir reach Malaysia to represent Pakistan

By: Aneesudin Khan | August 03, 2011

KARACHI - Pakistan's Shabbir Iqbal and M Munir have reached Malaysia to join other sixteen countries who will vie for three places at the top of the event to book a place for the world event to be ...

No Pakistani in AFC refs panel

By: Aneesudin Khan | August 02, 2011

KARACHI - After Asian Football Confederation introduced foolproof referee assessment policy to induct fresh hands in AFC referees panel a few years ago Pakistan had failed to get any of his ...

Mubariz earns double honour in junior golf

By: Aneesudin Khan | August 01, 2011

KARACHI - Mubariz Ahmed of KGC won double honour at the Nick Faldo junior Asia series Pakistan when he emerged as overall winner at the three day 54 hole event that concluded here Sunday at Karachi ...

Nick Faldo Jr Series Golf in full swing

By: Aneesudin Khan | July 31, 2011

KARACHI - Tom Phillips, Chief Executive Nick Faldo Asia Junior Golf Series, watched 39 Pakistani juniors playing in the Pakistani series here on Saturday at Karachi Golf Club. He met the youngsters ...

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