ISLAMABAD: The 44th National Athletics Championship is starting at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex here from Friday (tomorrow). Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) president Major General (r) Mohammad Akram Sahi said that more than 500 athletes from 18 departments would take part in the national championship. “Pakistan Army are [...]
ISLAMABAD: Defending champions Pakistan WAPDA retained their National Women’s Basketball Championship title with a comfortable 51-31 victory over Higher Education Commission in the final at the Sports Hall of the Bahria University here on Tuesday. The third place playoff of the 16th edition was played at the Hamidi Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex earlier in the [...]
PHILADELPHIA: Reigning 100-meter world champion Carmelita Jeter and last year’s 100 and 200 world runner-up, Walter Dix, anchored US 4×100 relay routs of Jamaica on Saturday at the Penn Relays. With an eye toward showdowns at the London Olympics, the Americans swept all six “USA Versus the World” events, although Jamaican men’s superstars Usain Bolt, [...]
LAHORE – The 34th Velo National Boxing Championships being held here at the Punjab College Hall has reached the final stage after all the national champions eased into the title-fight round. Duda Khan Bhutto, president Pakistan Boxing Federation was the chief guest of the day and witnessed the second session of the bouts. On the [...]
LONDON: Reigning Olympic champion Usain Bolt has said that he is looking for another breathtaking performance at the London Games, aiming to go as fast as possible for the 100 and 200 metres. “People are looking forward to me running 9.4, 19 seconds, anything that’s amazing,” the 25-year-old Jamaican told the BBC in an interview [...]
LAHORE: Seven more matches were decided in LUMS Super 10’S Rugby Championship here Lums rugby ground on Sunday. On the second day a big crowd witnessed the competitions under lights at Lums ground. Rizwan Malik, Head Coach Pakistan Rugby union was the chief guest on the day. He gave useful lectures among the new generation [...]
LAHORE: After a series of trials for the selection of the Punjab Table Tennis Team for participation in the 49th National Table Tennis Championships scheduled to be held at Peshawar from April 19 to 24 at Qayyum Stadium following 8 Boys and 8 Girls are selected to represent Punjab. These trials were organized at newly [...]
Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games. London Games officials unveiled a street-by-street map of the 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) route, which begins at Land’s End — the westernmost tip of England — on May 19.Some 8,000 [...]
KARACHI: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand will clash with Hossein Vafaei Ayouri of Iran in the final of the Jubilee Insurance 7-Nation International Snooker Championship here on Friday (today). The finalists shattered the dreams of Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Sajjad in the semifinals on Thursday evening.Asif got the distinction of chalking out tournament’s highest break [...]
LONDON: Sports intelligence is a gift distinguished athletes have, yet some develop it alongside with education to become an even better athlete and student such as Tariq Almutairi, 27, who was placed fifth in the Nottingham International Bodybuilding competition recently (in October) in the UK. Almutairi finished second at the UKBFF competition held in September [...]
