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SPORTS NEWS - National 04 Jan, 2020

All Pakistan Sports Gala starts from Monday at PSC

By Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (January 4, 2020):-All Pakistan Inter Board Sports Gala will start from Monday (January 6, 2020) at Pakistan Sports Complex (PSC) under the control of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB). According a spokesman for PSB, Mohammad Azam Dar, who is also Deputy Director General Technical, an organizing committee has been formulated to manage the all things to make this event successfully. He added, “As many as 25 Educational Boards from all over the country will participate in both boys and girls events during sports gale. Girls will reach in Islamabad on 5th January while boys on 10th January, 2020. From 6th to 9th January girls’ competition will be held and the games which will be played are Athletics, badminton, hockey, volleyball and table tennis whereas boys’ different games will be held from 11th to 15th January which games are athletics, badminton, hockey, football and table tennis, “he said. “Pakistan Sports Board will facilitate to players residence and ground. He included that because of all these events games will be promoted on grass root level and such events should be organized for the youngsters’ safety from the evils of society. Few days back in a meeting between the officials of Chairman Inter Board Committee Professor Mohammad Yousaf Baloach and Pakistan Sports Board about the final structure of the events of Sports Gala and checked out all the preparations, “he concluded..

SPORTS NEWS - National 30 Dec, 2019

Pakistan claims the second General Trophy of the 2nd Students Olympic Asian Games 2019

By Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (December 30, 2019):-Pakistan has won the second General Trophy with 1550 points in the 2nd Students Olympic Asian Games 2019 that concluded at Johor Bahru, Malaysia on Monday. India remained on top with 1600 points. According to spokesman for Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), the Students Olympic International Games 2019-2020 were held at Larkin Sports Complex Johor Bahru Malaysia from 27th to 30th December 27 to 30, 2019, which were organized under the banner of Malaysia Students Olympic Association and Students Olympic Council of Asia and Ministry of Sports Johor Bahru Malaysia. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia participated in the 4-day international students’ showpiece. Under-16, Under-17 and Under-19 events were held in the seven sports disciplines including Futsal, Throwball, Handball, Table Teenis, Badminton, Yoga and Kabbdi. Dr. Rama Crishnan Minister Johor Bahru Malaysia was the chief guest in closing ceremony and distribution to Trophies, Medals for winner and runner teams. Dr Pardeep Secretary Students Olympic Council of Asia announced the 3rd Students Olympic Games 2020 will be hosted by the Baku city Azerbaijan. Results: Futsal- (Boys U-17 Final) Pakistan beat Malaysia, 4-2 Goals and Pakistan won the GoldMedal. Throwball (Boys U-17 Final) Sri Lanka beat Pakistan, 2-1 Sets, Sri Lanka won the Gold Medal and Pakistan won the Silver Medal. Handball (Boys U-17, Final) Pakistan beat India, 12-7 Goals and Pakistan won the Gold Medal Table Tennis (U-15,16,17,19) U-16, Single Pakistan won the gold Medal and Double 17 Silver and U-15 Double Bronze Medal. Pakistan Won Medals Futsal, Gold Handball, Gold Table Tennis, Gold Throwball, Silver Table Tennis Double, Silver Table Tennis Double, Bronze

SPORTS NEWS - National 27 Dec, 2019

Saadia Khan and Children Ski Cup culminate at Naltar Ski Resort

Faraz Ahmed Kayani ISLAMABAD (December 27, 2019):-The qualifying rounds of Saadia Khan and Children Ski Cup culminated successfully at Naltar Ski Resort. A large number of ski enthusiasts and locals witnessed the thrilling and spectacular competitions. Prominent national skiers from all over the country contested for their place in the main rounds of the competition. Players demonstrated their skills at best under the freezing temperatures and treacherous slope. Pakistan Air Force has developed the resort at par with the world class standards by providing all possible facilities of international caliber. The event is named after a great young skier Saadia Khan who lost her precious life in a tragic car accident at age of 24 years. The tournament is being organized to provide opportunity to female players from all across the country to challenge their mental and physical toughness.

SPORTS NEWS - National 25 Dec, 2019

Naltar Resort is ready for national and international ski events

Faraz Ahmed Kayani ISLAMABAD ( December 25, 2019):-The picturesque winter resort of Naltar in Gilgit Baltistan is all set to host some exhilarating winter sports in the upcoming days. Prominent national skiers from all over the country have arrived at Naltar Ski Resort to participate in different events. Charged up skiers participated in practice runs in a pleasant sunny day. The energetic athletes appreciated Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for making this Resort truly world class and providing all possible facilities of International standard. They also expressed that competing with the famous skiers of the world would provide an excellent opportunity to Pakistani athletes to learn from their competitors and improve their performance in this game. The winter sports season will be commencing with the Saadia Khan and Children Ski Cup from December 27, 2019. Winter Sports Federation of Pakistan (WSPF), under the auspices Pakistan Air Force has chalked out an elaborate calendar of events for the season. Besides skiing, figure skating, snowboarding, ice skating and ice hockey competitions would also be held during the season. Prominent among these would be Shah Khan Ski Cup, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Ski Championship and National Ski Championship. Other than these national events, Malam Jabba Ski Cup and CAS International Karakoram Alpine Ski Cup, featuring international skiers would also be held at Naltar and Malam Jabba Ski Resorts. These sports would not only promote tourism in the Northern Areas of Pakistan but also pave way for the conduct of International sporting events in the country.

SPORTS NEWS - National 17 Dec, 2019

SISJA honours visiting journalists with Excellence Award

SISJA honours visiting journalists with Excellence Award Abdullah Asjad RAWALPINDI:-The President and the members of South Asian Sports Journalists Association (SISJA) honored the visiting sports journalists from Sri Lanka and other countries with the "Excellence Award" on historic occasion of revival Test Cricket after 10 years at the soil of Pakistan at Media Center Hall of Pindi Cricket Stadium. On this occasion, President SISJA Asghar Ali Mubarak thanked the international media especially media friends from Sri Lanka, who came in Pakistan to cover game of cricket. He said that the entire Pakistani nation was feeling proud of reviving international cricket in the country after over one decade. The ceremony was attended by representatives of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), Pakistan Sports Writers’ Federation (PSWF) and Rawalpindi Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA). The veteran sports journaliss Asghar Ali Mubarak organised the ceremony on behalf of SISJAand RISJA with some renowned senior sports journalists including Abdul Mohi Shah, Abdul Jabbar Faisal, Rizwan Ehsan Ali aka Joji, Gabriel de Souza, Mohsin Ijaz, Zulfikar Baig, Arif Mehmood Khan, Nasir Aslam Raja, Rozina Ali, Sadia Rafay, Shakir Abbasi, Shakeel Awan, Nasir Abbas Naqvi, Malik, Khurram Shahzad, and others. Hosts journalists of twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad presented the awards and souvenirs to visiting journalists from Sri Lanka and Karachi. The fonder founder member RISJA Abdul Mohi Shah hoped that the Excellence Awards would remind the visiting journalists of their presence on the return of international cricket to Pakistan in the rest of their journalistic career. Asghar Ali Mabarak also thanked all the journalists for sparing their time for the Excellence Awards ceremony. The visiting journalists from Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Karachi and Lahore also received their memento. These included Shahid Hashmi, Saveera Pasha, Mirza Iqbal Baig, Tariq Saeed, Syed Yahya Hussani, Khalid Hasan Khan, Farhan Khan. Young local journalists Amber Ali, RozenaAli, Bushra Gull, Shah Khalid Hamdani, Faisal Javeed Mughal and Abdul Wajid were also given awards to encourage them in the field of sports especially in cricket. Name of Sri Lankan Journalists, who received awards: Chamila Karavta, Ishra Kodikara, Oshitha Warakapitiya, Damith Weerasnghe, Andrew Fernando, Samsudeen Aroos, Udara de Silva, C Dissanayaka, Aboobucker Askar, Wichithra Weerasinghe DG Danushka Aravinda, Asela Vithana, Prince Gunasekara, Althaf Navaz and NV Anthony. Beside media persons, some awards were also distributed among the cricket lovers including Chach Domestic Cricket Mohammad Yameen Gongha, Mama Cricket Khalid Jalil, Baba Cricket Yasir Hakim, Dada Cricket Dr. Abdul Rehman, Rescue 1122, Massood Khan.

SPORTS NEWS - National 29 Nov, 2019

Andy Murray has 'no chance' of winning another Grand Slam, according to Goran Ivanisevic

Andy Murray has 'no chance' of winning another Grand Slam, according to Goran Ivanisevic Sports Desk ISLAMABAD:-Andy Murray has "no chance" of winning another Grand Slam title, according to former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic. The former world No 1 recently revealed he contemplated retirement a matter of weeks before winning the European Open in Antwerp last month. But gaining more confidence during tournaments in Zhuhai, Beijing and Shanghai, the Scot produced a remarkable level of consistency to win in Belgium - his first title since 2017. Although he was only able to compete in one match for Great Britain at last week's Davis Cup, Murray confirmed he was "ahead of where I expected to be at this stage" with regard to his hip. Ivanisevic, who is the current coach of Novak Djokovic, was brutally honest in his assessment of three-time Grand Slam champion ever winning a major again.

SPORTS NEWS - National 27 Nov, 2019

Shah Hussain Shah Jumps up five more steps

Shah Hussain Shah Jumps up five more steps Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (November 27, 2019):In his pursuit for the place for Tokyo 2020, while playing in Osaka Grand Slam, Olympian Judoka Shah Hussain Shah reached to 39th position in recently updated Olympic ranking list. According to Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF), this is ever highest any South Asian judoka could earn. He lost against world number 4 and world champion of 2017 Aaron Wolf from Japan in pre quarterfinal. He secured 160 points in this highest level of contest after World championship. With this he accumulated 904 points thus far ahead of his rivals of this Asian continent. Col (Retd) Junaid Alam, President PJF expressed entire satisfaction over his unprecedented marvelous performance. “Pakistan Judo Federation is holding all his expenditure of his Olympic run by giving him full priority. We are not sending anyone else anywhere other than Shah who is being sent alone even without coach, “he said. “Judo qualifying for Olympic is unlike other sports where there are 3-4 Olympic qualifiers, contested by an athlete or a team. Here it is entirely a different game which poor federations simply cannot afford. A Federation has to field him in maximum number of IJF Calendar events of last 2 years qualifying period with each having different weightage. Usually there are more than 10 events in half of a year. If you miss any event the others get full benefit and their ranking go up against you. In last four months, he was sent by PJF to participate in 7 different championships round the globe, “he said. It is pertinent to mention here that Shah had missed Australian Grand Prix Nov 2019 due to visa issue. In start of next year he would suffer another setback as the first Grand Slam is being held in Israel, which he cannot participate due to obvious reason. This is likely to harm his standing, but nothing could be done in this regard. However PJF has planned to send him to a 6 weeks tour of Europe in Feb to March where he would not only attend IJF training Camp but will also participate in all grand prix and grand slam tournaments. In this crucial time unfortunately, there is no support from any quarter so far despite so many requests to all concerned. Even routine monetary grants given to the National Federations were stopped due to ongoing sports reforms. However, on request of President PJF as well as Shah’s father (Boxing Legend Olympic medalist Hussain Shah) one month ago, Federal Minister IPC Fahmida Mirza has reportedly approved 1.5 million RS for his participation in qualifiers from August to December 2019 but nothing is released so far. Same way, there is no sponsor found as these are usually attracted to the popular sports like cricket, football, hockey and Kabaddi.

SPORTS NEWS - National 31 Oct, 2019

Wrestler Inam meets DG Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh

Salman Khan LAHORE:-Pakistan's celebrated wrestler Mohammad Inam Butt called on Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Director Admin JavedChohan, Pakistan Wrestling Federation Secretary Arshad Sattar, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary Punjab Olympic Association Idris Haider Khawaja and Deputy Director Rauf Bajwa were also present during the meeting. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh congratulated wrestler Inam Butt for winning gold medal in World Beach Games wrestling event in Doha. It is worth-mentioning that Pakistan's premier wrestler Inam Butt lifted the gold medal when he defeated Olympic bronze medallistMarsagishvili Dato of Georgia in the 90 kg final of the World Beach Games wrestling event in Doha. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh appreciated feats of premier wrestler Inam Butt saying that the entire nation is proud of his remarkable accomplishments. “Sports Board Punjab will continue to extend every possible facility for the promotion of wrestling in the country,” he said. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, on this occasion, announced that Sports Board Punjab is going to introduce a scheme for the promotion wrestling in Punjab in near future. “Wrestling is quite famous in Pakistan and Inam Butt’s latest achievement will play a key role in further popularizing this game among the youth of the country,” he added. Inam Butt, a 3-time World Beach Games gold medallist, thanked Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh for providing every kind of assistance for the preparation of World Beach Wrestling. “Sports Board Punjab had extended ample cooperation in the past for the growth of wrestling”. Later, wrestler Inam Butt also met with Sports Board Punjab Vice-Chairman Rao Zahid Qayyum in his office. Sports Board Punjab Vice-Chairman Rao Zahid Qayyum also congratulated the wrestler for his fresh accomplishment and vowed to provide every kind of assistance for the cause wresting in the province.

SPORTS NEWS - National 31 Oct, 2019

Punjab Minister for Sports urges athletes to prepare well for 33rd National Games

SB Report LAHORE:-The camp training of Punjab’s different teams remained underway on Thursday for the preparation of 33rd edition of National Games being staged at Peshawar in November 2019. Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, in a statement on Thursday, stressed upon the Punjab athletes to prepare themselves fully for the grand event of National Games. “All the participating teams have top class athletes in their ranks and our players should not take their opponents lightly in the National Games,” he added. Expert coaches conducted basketball, table tennis, badminton, karate, taekwondo and volleyball training camps at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall, athletics, boxing, rugby camps at Punjab Stadium while the hockey camp is in progress at National Hockey Stadium. According to detail, 18 boys and 12 girls attended the athletics camp at Punjab Stadium while the strength of other camps remained as follow: kabaddi 10 boys, rugby 12 boys and 12 girls, badminton 6 boys and 6 girls, basketball 14 boys and 14 girls, boxing 12 boys, hockey 22 boys and 22 girls, karate 10 boys and 8 girls, taekwondo, 10 boys and 8 girls, table tennis 6 boys and 6 girls, volleyball 14 boys and 14 girls and judo camp has 8 boys and 6 girl probables for the preparation of grand event of National Games.

SPORTS NEWS - National 29 Oct, 2019

PSFF aims to uplift the soft image of Pakistan through sports and cultural, Says Raja Hafeez

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-President, Pak-Swiss Friendship Forum (PSFF), Raja Hafeez Ahmed said that PSFF basic aim was to uplift the positive image of the country Switzerland particularly in whole Europe, which was defused by international media after 9/11 incident despite of this Pakistan had no link with said incident. While talking to this scribe during an exclusive sitting on other day he hoped that he would people of both countries close to understand each other through cultural and sports activities in Switzerland. “We are organizing our social, cultural and sports activities regularly. We also celebrate our national day with enthusiasm especially Independent day on August 14, Defense Day on September 6 and Pakistan Day on March 23 each year, as the cricket match always part of independent day August 14. We organize a match in which Pakistani people participate in large number to enjoy the game. We invite Pakistani community and also Swiss People to attend our traditional events and they could understand our norms, traditions and cultural, “he viewed. “Our basis aim is to enhance people-to-people contact. We invite people of both communities in all types of cultural and sports activities. We have established a Geneva Eleven Stars cricket club that participates in all the events. Under the banner of this club we support blind, disable persons, helpless women and street children of Pakistani community, “he said. To a question Raja Hafeez said that there were 22 registered cricket clubs in Switzerland and Pakistani, Indian and Afghanistan play cricket from different clubs. “Our club had won the League Championship in 2012 and we had given fair play award too. “We also stage other social activities including Musharia, Naat competitions. Our club also manages to tell the Muslims history to our youth and about our historical tourist places that are attractive for the local people of Switzerland. “ACV’s Chief Organizer Malik Naseer, Director Tourism Malik Mahroof and Director Development Sports Raja Saeed are doing also splendid job for our Forum, “he replied a question. Responding to another question, Raja said, “PSFF invites Pakistani diplomats in the ceremony, as the last time Pakistani ambassador Naseem Ahmed Warach had graced our ceremony as chief guest. Pakistani officials also support us because our basic aim to highlight the soft image of the country among the Swiss people, “he concluded.

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