Peshawar (Sports Report):-Superstar Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi called on Inspector General (IG) Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Moazzam Jahan Ansari in his office at Central Police Office Peshawar on Saturday. The IGP also offered to appoint Shaheen Shah Afridi as the brand ambassador of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Force for establishing close and cordial relations between the police and the people, which he gladly accepted as a great honor for him. ? Talking to IGP, Shaheen Shah Afridi revealed that his father and uncle had also made valuable sacrifices for the nation by being part of law enforcement agencies. Appreciating the sacrifices made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police in the ongoing war on terror, Shaheen Afridi said that he was immensely happy and proud of the bravery and unparalleled sacrifices made by the police of the province at the national and international level.

Islamabad (Sports Desk):-India have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test held in Centurion. Andrew Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India was one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. In addition, as per Article 16.11 of the ICC Men’s World Test Championship Playing Conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short. Consequently, India will lose one point from their points tally for this offence. Captain, Virat Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. Umpires Marais Erasmus, Adrian Holdstock, Allahudien Paleker and Bongani Jele leveled the charge.

Sports Bulletin Report DUBAHI (January 2, 2022):-The ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup has long been a nursery for the games’ future stars and the 2022 tournament will be no different. This month, the world’s most exciting teenagers will arrive en masse to the West Indies dreaming of runs, wickets and ultimately, glory. However, they will have to go some to break some of the individual records that have been amassed in the previous 13 editions. MOST RUNS There’s a familiar name at the top of the runs column but instead of plundering boundaries for England, like he does now, Eoin Morgan competed for Ireland at the ICC U19 Men’s CWC in both 2004 and 2006. He played 13 times across the two tournaments and underlined his class by scoring 606 runs at an average of 50.50, including two centuries. Pakistan’s Babar Azam, another global superstar, is second on the list with 585, while other familiar names in the top 10 include West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite (548), India’s Shikhar Dhawan (505) and Australia’s Shaun Marsh (471). Dhawan scored all 505 of his runs in just one tournament in 2004, the most by any one batter in one competition. HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE West Indies’ Donovan Pagon held this record for 16 years but in the space of just six days, it was broken twice. Pagon scored 176 against Scotland in 2002 in Dunedin and, again in New Zealand, the record fell in 2018. First, it was home favourite Jakob Bhula who set a new highest score, as he hit 10 fours and five sixes in a 144-ball 180 against Kenya. Kenya were back in action six days on and were again on the wrong side of history as Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Boyagoda his 28 fours in a 152-ball 191. MOST CENTURIES Most players only compete in a handful of ICC U19 Men’s CWC matches in their lives, so racking up hundreds can be difficult to do. England’s Jack Burnham and India’s Dhawan currently share the record, with three each. Burnham set his across six matches in 2016, while Dhawan’s three also came in one edition of the tournament in 2004. HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP Burnham had a stellar campaign in 2016 and he holds another record alongside current England Test batter Dan Lawrence. The pair put on a mighty 303 for the second wicket in England’s match against Fiji in 2016, a game they won by 299 runs. Lawrence was named Player of the Match for his superb 174, while Burnham was not far behind by making 148. New Zealand’s BJ Watling and Brad Wilson are second on this list, after combining for 273 against Scotland in 2004. MOST WICKETS The leading wicket-takers list is packed with familiar names.  England’s Tim Bresnan, an Ashes series winner, took 25 wickets in 13 matches between 2002 and 2004, while South Africa’s left-arm paceman Wayne Parnell snared 23 in just nine. But top of the order is Zimbabwe’s Wesley Madhevere, who competed in three tournaments in 2016, 2018 and the last in 2020. The spinner has played 18 times and has 28 wickets to his name, with best figures of five for 24, but the most wickets in one tournament belongs to Bangladesh’s Enamul Haque – who took 22 in 2004. That’s three more than Wayne Holdsworth (Australia, 1988), Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan, 1988), Riaz Afridi (Pakistan, 2004) and Reece Topley (England, 2012). Afridi is also one of four players, alongside his compatriot Anwar Ali, Afghanistan's Shafiqullah Ghafari and Ireland’s Greg Thompson, to take two five-wicket hauls. BEST BOWLING FIGURES Australia’s Lloyd Pope tore through England’s batting line-up in Queenstown in 2018, the leg-spinner taking an incredible eight for 35 from 9.4 overs. Pope is the only player in tournament history to take eight wickets in an innings, but there are a few with seven – including current New Zealand star Trent Boult, who took seven for 20 against Malaysia in 2008. MOST CATCHES One for the wicketkeepers, India’s Sarfaraz Khan has taken the most catches in tournament history by safely grabbing 13 in 12 matches. That’s one more than West Indies’ Narsingh Deonarine and three more than Zimbabwe’s Sean Ervine.

Karachi (Sports Report):-Pakistan Navy claimed the title of the 6th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Open Shooting championship by winning 20 gold medals at the end of the day-7 competitions at Pakistan Navy Shooting Rang Karachi. Pakistan Army team remained on second position with 13 gold medals while WAPDA could lift one gold in the national championship. Results (Day-7): Double Trap (Men): Pakistan Army won Gold, Navy Silver and PAF Bronze Medal in team categories. In individual category, Pakistan Navy Shooter, Owais Ali won Gold, Farrukh Nadeem and Junaid Ali Zulfiqar from Pakistan Army won Silver and Bronze Medals. 10m Air Pistol Men (Individual Event): In individual category Pakistan Navy shooter Abdul Majid won Gold, Zeeshan from Pakistan Army Silver and Rayyan Hassan from Navy won Bronze Medal. 10m Air Pistol Women (Individual Event): In individual category Pakistan Navy Shooters Mafia Rauf & Hania Zehra won Gold & Silver, Waniya from Pakistan Army won Bronze Medal. Double Trap Men (Team Position): 1st Farrukh Nadeem, Junaid Ali Zulfiqar, Amir Iqbal (Army) Gold 2nd Owais Ali, Mohammad Mubeen, Amin Ullah (Navy) Silver 3rd Waqas Khan, Mehdi, Abdul Wahid (PAF) Bronze 10m Air Pistol Men (Individual Event): 1st Abdul Majid (Navy) Gold 2nd Zeeshan Khan (Army) Silver 3rd Rayyan Hassan (Navy) Bronze 10m Air Pistol Women (Individual Event): 1st Mafia Rauf (Navy) Gold 2nd Hania Zahra (Navy) Silver 3rd Waniya (Army) Bronze                                     Medals Table (Day-7) a.            NAVY                   20                           19                           08                                           47 b.            ARMY                  13                           13                           08                                           34 c.             WAPDA               01                           --                              01                                         02 d.            HEC                     --                             01                           04                                           05 e.            SINDH                 --                             01                           03                                           04 f.             PAF                      --                             --                             09                                           09 g.            FRA                     --                             --                             01                                           01 Grand Total                        34                            34                            34                                         102

Sports Bulletin Report Mount Maunganui (January 1, 2022):-Hosts New Zealand posted 258 for 5 runs on the board in the first Test match against Bangladesh that started at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand on Saturday. Bangladesh decided to field first after winning the toss. Devon Conway returned from injury and promptly struck his second century in Test cricket, on his home debut in the format. New Zealand, as a result, finished ahead of Bangladesh on the first day in Mount Maunganui, going to stumps 258 for 5 on New Year's Day. Conway scored 122 off 227 balls with 16 fours and a six over midwicket, which brought up his fifty after lunch. He steadied New Zealand after an early wicket with a 138-run second wicket stand with Will Young, who made 52. Ebadot also got a reward at the end of the day when he had Tom Blundell bowled off the inside edge, giving Bangladesh something to be pleased about as they trudged off the ground. Much of the day had belonged to the hosts, though. Shoriful removed New Zealand's stand-in captain Tom Latham in the fourth over of the morning - the left-arm quick got one to nip back into Latham, who inside edged the ball on to his pad and it lobbed behind where wicketkeeper Liton Das dived in front of the first slip to complete the catch. It was a big wicket given Latham was averaging 90-plus against Bangladesh before this game.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (January 1, 2022):-Top seed Aqeel Khan, Mohammad Shoaib, Mohammad Abid and Muzammil Murtaza qualified for the Men’s Singles semifinals of the 7th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (BKSK) National Ranking Tennis Tournaments 2021-22 after beating Shahzad Khan, Heera Ashiq, Mudassir Murtaza and Yousaf Khalil respectively straight sets 2-0 at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex, garden Avenue Islamabad on Saturday. Meanwhile, in the Ladies Singles, Sarah Mahboob defeated Noor Malik 6-4 and 6-1 in the first semifinal while Ushna Suhail outclassed Mahvish Chishtie 2-0 with the score-line of 6-0 and 6-1. The Ladies’ Singles final will be played on Sunday morning at the same venue. Results: Men's Singles Matches (Quarter-Finals): Aqeel Khan bt Shahzad Khan 6-2, 6-2 Mohammad Shoaib bt Heera Ashiq 6-4, 6-2 Mohammad Abid bt Mudassir Murtaza 6-2, 6-2 Muzammil Murtaza bt Yousaf Khalil 6-1, 6-1 Ladies Singles (Semi-Finals): Sarah Mahboob bt Noor Malik 6-4, 6-1 Ushna Suhail bt Mahvish Chishtie 6-0, 6-1 Boy's 18&Under Singles (Quarter-Finals): Hasheesh Kumar bt Shaeel Durab 6-1, 6-3 Ahmed Nael Qureshi bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Sami Zeb bt Uzair Khan 6-4, 6-1 Mahatir Mohammad bt Mohammad Talha Khan 6-3, 7-5 Girls Under-18 Singles (Quarter-Finals): Amna Ali Qayum bt Soha Ali 6-2, 6-1 Sheeza Sajid bt Zaineb Ali Raja 6-3, 7-5 Natalia Zaman bt Fatima Ali Raja 6-0, 6-0 Boys Under-14 Singles (Quarter-Finals): Asad Zaman bt Abdul Basit 4-1, 4-2 Abubakar Talha bt Amir Mazari 4-1, 5-4(3) Mohammad Salar bt Zohaib Afzal Malik 4-2, 5-3 Mohammad Ibrahim Ashraf bt Hamza Roman 5-4(9), 4-1 Boys / Girls Under-12 Singles (Quarter-Finals): Abubakar Talha bt Mohammad Haziq Aasim 4-1, 4-0 Nabeel Ali Qayum bt Lalarukh Sajid 4-0, 4-0 Amir Mazari bt Abdul Basit 4-1, 4-0.

Andrew Podnieks---- It was the best of times and the worst of times, a time of triumph and a time of sadness. There were celebrations, and there were quarantines, great goals and empty arenas. There were thrilling tournaments, and cancellations, star performances and players in isolation. The IIHF world has never seen a year like 2021, so as we look back at the complexities of the last 365 days, we can be thankful for what we have had and be mindful that a worldwide pandemic took away some things we’re used to. January 2021 The New Year started as it always has for the last 45 years, at the World Junior Championship. Red Deer was removed as co-host so Hockey Canada could create as 10-team bubble for everyone in Edmonton. Rogers Place was empty, but the games went on safely. The low point was when Germany had to face Canada with a mere 15 skaters because of Covid protocols, but the high point came when the hosts faced their geographic rivals in the gold-medal game. The U.S. spoiled the party, winning 2-0, on goals by Alex Turcotte and Trevor Zegras, and a shutout by Spencer Knight. It was their fifth all-time gold at the U20, and the fourth time they defeated Canada to win it. Zegras led all scorers with 18 points, the most in a decade at the U20. He went on to create the most buzz-worthy goal of 2021, with Anaheim, using “the Michigan” from behind the net to set up Sonny Milano for a one-of-a-kind goal. April-May 2021 The men’s U18 was scheduled to take place in Plymouth, Michigan, USA Hockey’s home base for its marquee NTDP, but once again Covid prevented the tournament from going ahead as planned. The Dallas Stars with their facilities in Frisco and Plano, Texas, however, stood up and hosted a couple of weeks later, and the bubbled event took place safely and successfully. It was the first IIHF event ever held in the Lone Star State. Nearly 20 years after the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry began, Texas can also lay claim to the start of another Canada-Russia pairing in 15-year-old Connor Bedard, and 16-year-old Matvei Michkov. Both were sensational for their teams, but Canada had its best U18 roster in years and won gold with a perfect 7-0 record, scoring 51 goals and allowing only 12. Meanwhile, the round-robin in Frisco (Group B) played host to one of the most memorable World Junior games of all time. Russia beat the U.S., 7-6, in overtime, on a Nikita Chibrikov goal. The Americans led 2-0, 5-1, and 6-4, but couldn’t hold the lead, and the Russians stormed back to tie the game in the third before winning in OT. May-June 2021 The World Championship had its latest start and finish ever (21 May to 6 June) because of Covid, and arenas had to be empty for most games, but again the IIHF and host Riga managed to pull off a successful event. Minsk was removed as co-host for safety concerns, giving Riga sole hosting rights as it had in 2006, the last and only previous time the Worlds had been held in Latvia. Canada won gold, which in and of itself would come as no surprise to any hockey fan, but it won in a manner never before achieved in 92 years of World Championship play. Canada lost its first three games of the round robin, yet rallied to win with a series of great games along with a little luck with other results. During that 0-3 run, Latvia beat Canada for the first time ever, and the U.S. beat them, 5-1, the worst result in that WM rivalry. But when forward Andrew Mangiapane came out of quarantine, the Canadian team was different. He played MVP hockey the rest of the way, and Nick Paul scored the golden goal in OT to give Canada gold. They defeated Finland, which had bested Canada in the previous year’s gold-medal game. The lesser-known Finns were led by towering captain Markko Anttila. At the other end of the spectrum, because of the late start, the late-running NHL playoffs, and Covid worries, the Swedes iced a team that finished a shocking 9th, its worst placing since 1937 (9th also). Along the way, the Danes beat Tre Kronor for the first time ever, 4-3, on the first day of the tournament. August-September 2021 There was no more divisive, disappointing, controversial, and, in the end, feel-good story, than the Women’s World Championship. It had been scheduled for Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, for April 2020, but same as all other IIHF tournaments that spring was cancelled when Covid was at its apex. A year later, those hosts were ready again, but only a short time before the start date it was pushed back and then cancelled by the provincial government one day before team arrival. Women from around the hockey world spoke out, but behind the scenes the IIHF and Hockey Canada kept their promise and worked towards an alternate plan, and the WW took place in an empty arena and bubble in late August, in Calgary. In the early going, the star of the show was American Hilary Knight, who became the all-time goals leader at the Women’s Worlds. A bit later, Hungary defeated Denmark, 5-1, for its first ever WW win, and in the playoffs the Swiss staged a sensational rally to defeat ROC, 3-2, in overtime of the quarter-finals. But those were all preambles to another great gold medal game between the North Americans. The U.S. was favoured because they were not only reigning Olympic champions, they had also won the last five WW tournaments dating back to 2013. But Canada rallied from a 2-0 deficit, and captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who has two gold-medal winning goals at the Olympics to her credit, wired a hard shot crossbar and in to win it for Canada for the first time in a decade. December 2021 The teams arrived early in Edmonton and Red Deer to prepare for the World Juniors, but they did so at a time when omicron was just about to explode across Alberta, Canada, and the world. The games started, punctuated by a second thrilling round of Bedard vs. Michkov which saw the Russian score three goals in two games and Bedard score four in a single game. But the Covid case counts started to rise and three games had to be cancelled with teams put in quarantine. The IIHF, in consultation with Hockey Canada and tournament doctors, saw no option but to cancel the tournament. Immediately all parties concerned promised to explore options to re-start the tournament in June or July, same as they did earlier for other cancelled tournaments such as the U18 Women's Worlds. Fingers crossed, but as we have seen over the last two years, Covid will tell everyone what to do, and the hockey world will be asked once again to be flexible.

Salman Khan LAHORE (December 31, 2021):-Taunsa Sharif Cricket Stadium hosted historic thrilling Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal fights under the auspices of Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab on Friday. World Champion Inam Butt Pehlwan defeated international wrestler Masa’ab Khan Niazi to win the Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal. Around 35000 wrestling enthusiasts thronged the Taunsa Sharif Cricket Stadium to watch thrilling fights between top wrestlers of the country. The biggest fight of Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal was fought between World Champion and Presidential Award-winner Inam Butt Pehlwan and international wrestler Masa’ab Khan Niazi in which Inam Butt was declared winner after thrilling contest. Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs RaiTaimoor Khan Bhatti and Director General Sports Punjab JavedChohan congratulated the victorious wrestlers. They also lauded the organizers for making excellent arrangements for the grand event. "Definitely, Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal is a historic event in South Punjab and it is expected that several talented wrestlers will come to the fore after the highly successful Dangal fights," they said. SardarUmer Khan Buzdar was the chief guest at the largely attended Dangal fights. He also awarded maces (gurz) to victorious wrestlers of the grand event. The participating wrestlers and officials also had group photographs with him. Sher-e-Punjab Adnan PehlwanTairanwala defeated Rustam DG Khan Division Sher-e-Punjab Omair Pehlwan after a close fight. Similarly Malu Pehlwan Lahore wala also entertained the massive wrestling lover crowd with his agility and interesting wrestling locks against Majid Dad Potra Pehlwan.

Sports Bulletin Report LAHORE (December 30, 2021):-Top seed Tayyab Aslam beat Israr Ahmed Khan 3-1 in the final of the ongoing Chief Minister Punjab Open Squash Championship 2021 at Punjab Squash Complex on Friday. The final score-line was 11-4, 8-11, 11-6 and 11-4. Top seed Tayyab Aslam took start with the bang by played excellent stroke and eared earlier lead 4-1 which was enough for him to take the game at 11-4. However, in the second game, Israr erected against him and leveled the match 1-1 after winning game at 11-8. Tayyab won the nest two games quite comfortably to lift the title.    Results (final): Tayyab Aslam beat Israr Ahmed Khan 3-1 (11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4)

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (December 31, 2021):-Alja Tariq from Balochistn has been declared the winner of the All Pakistan National Badminton Ranking Championship 2021, as an injury during the matched forced top seed Mahoor Shahzad to leave the court despite of leading in the final at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Charsadda, Khyber Pkhutunkawa on Friday morning. When Mahoor left the court was ahead 15-8 in the second game and had won first game already at 21-6. Murad Ali Khan lifted the Men’s Single title after beating Awais Zahid (Wapda) 2-0 with the score-line of 21-12 and 21-16. An official from Charsadda told this reporter, as the official was watching the final, Mahoor slipped twice in the similar fashion, as the both times her right leg stretched, as the Matt was slippery. In the women’s Singles final Mahoor Shahzad won the 1st game easily by the score 21-6 and in the 2nd game woeful Mahoor got injured and retired hurt at the score of 15-8. According to rules, Alja Tariq was declared national badminton champion. In the men doubles final, Raja Mohammad Hasnain pairing with Raja Zulqarnain Haider won the match in straight games against Irfan Saeed and Azeem sarwar with the score 21-18, 21-16. In the Women Doubles, Palwasha Bashir & Saima Waqas took the title after outplaying Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique 2-0 at 21-13, 21-13. Rashida Director Sports was the chief guest at the closing ceremony and distributed trophies and cash prizes amongst the finalists. Wajid Ali Chaudhry President PBF, Secretary General Raja Azhar Mahmood, Tayyab Sohail SVP PBF, Zafar Ali Khan President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association, Pervaiz Habib But President Islamabad Association and treasurer PBF, Mohammad Amjad Khan Secretary General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badmiton Association and Farhan Ali Lashari Secretary General Sindh Badminton Association were present at the occasion. On this occasion, Wajid Chaudhry announced the National Junior Championships and National Senior Badminton Championships would be held at Lahore in the month of February, 2022. He also revealed that the Pakistan International Series and Pakistan International Challenge tournaments would be held at Lahore in October and November, 2022  Results: Boys’ Under-13 (Final): Najam Ul Saqib (KP) beat Mohammad Sulaman 21-13, 21-11 Girls’ Under-13 (Final): Sarwat Fatima (Balo) beat Khkhula Zaman (KP) 21-1, 21-2 Men Singles (Final): Murad Ali (KP) beat Awais Zahid (Wapda) 21-12, 21-16 Women Singles (Final): Alja Tariq (Balochistan) beat Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) by 6-21, 8-15 retired hurt Men’s Doubles (Final): Raja Mohammad Hasnain (PB) & Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) beat Irfan Saeed & Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) 21-18, 21-16 Women’s Doubles (Final): Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) & Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) 21-13, 21-13.