By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, the multiple-time world field hockey champion, is now considered a constant loser at the game it once ruled, because no one wants to bet on a sport that cannot generate revenues like cricket.
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Sure Shot: Lahore Qalandars cricket trials on May 17
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Players Development Program (PDP), spearheaded by Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) top cricket franchise Lahore Qalandars to give aspiring cricketers their big break, is back, organisers announced on Thursday.
Curveballs: US baseball coach here to help Pakistan hit home runs
By Staff Reporter
GUJRANWALA: Randall Arms, ace US baseball coach, has landed in Pakistan to help the country’s team step up their game for the coming world tourneys, officials said on Wednesday.
SIRBAZ KHAN: Undated Twitter photo
Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan scales world’s 10 highest peaks
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Sirbaz Khan on Saturday became the first Pakistani climber to summit 10 of the world’s highest 14 peaks above 8,000 metre after scaling Kanchenjunga 8,586 metre, Alpine club of Pakistan said.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal. Photo courtesy of APP
Govt plans summit to review Single National Curriculum
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The new government is likely to axe Imran Khan’s cherished Single National Curriculum (SNC) initiative.
Asian Games postponed until 2023 over Covid
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Games 2022 have been postponed until next year as China, the host country, is once again reeling under a renewed Covid-19 threat, the governing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Friday.
Interview: Kicking high without a leg-up
Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF), country’s apex body governing one of the most popular Korean martial arts in the world, has kicked up some high milestones in the last one decade without much resources or support, proving passion can overcome the tyranny of underfundedness.
Giving the game away
Pakistan’s power lifting future seems to have fallen apart under the “performance pressure” as six young athletes had themselves thrown out of Commonwealth Games 2022 by testing positive for doping, it is learnt.
Pakistan roasts in record-setting heat wave
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Temperatures in parts of Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across the country.