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.        

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (December 31, 2021):- Promising national tennis girl, Noor Malik claimed a valuable victory in the Women’s Singles discipline of the ongoing 7th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (BKSK) National Ranking Tennis Tournaments 2021-22 after trouncing Sheeza Sajid 2-1 in a sensational three sets challenge at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex, garden Avenue Islamabad on Friday. The final score-line was 3-6, 6-0 and 6-3. Also, in a Men’s Singles contest between Mudasir Murtaza and Barkatullah was a nice challenging contest in which Mudasir overcame his rival 2-1 with the score-line of 6-3, 3-6 and 6-2, as the rest of all seven match of Round-2 ended in straight sets. Hera Ashiq, Shahzad Khan, Mohammad Abid, Mohammad Shoaib, Muzammil Murtaza, Yousaf Khalil and Aqeel Khan have qualified for the top-8 stage of the prestigious national tennis showpiece. Results: Men's Singles (Round-2): Heera Ashiq bt Israr Gul 6-2, 6-2 Shahzad Khan bt Imran Bhatti 6-1, 6-1 Mudasir Murtaza bt Barkatullah 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Mohammad Abid bt Abdullah Adnan 6-0, 6-0 Mohammad Shoaib bt Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-4, 6-2 Muzammil Murtaza bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-0, 6-0 Yousaf Khalil bt Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-0 Aqeel Khan bt Hasheesh Kumar 6-0, 6-1 Ladies Singles (Quarter-Finals): Ushna Suhail bt Kainat Ali 6-0, 6-0 Mavish Chistie bt Asfa Shahbaz 6-4, 7-6(2) Noor Malik (Wapda) bt Sheeza Sajid 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 Boys’ Under-18 Singles (Round-2): Hasheesh Kumar bt Kamran Khan 6-4, 6-2 Faizan Fayyaz bt Azan Sajid 6-0, 6-3 Mahatir Mohammad bt H Hamza Aasim 6-1, 6-3 Sami Zeb Khan bt Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 7-5 Uzair Khan bt Hasam Khan 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 Mohammad Talha Khan bt Hasan Ali 6-1, 6-1 Boys’ Under-14 Singles (Round-2): Asad Zaman bt Imad Ali 4-0, 4-0 Hamza Roman bt Junaid Khan 4-0, 4-0 Amir Mazari bt Mohammad Haziq Aasim 4-2, 4-1 Mohammad Salar bt Samer Zaman 1-4, 4-0, 4-1 Abdul Basit bt Salman Khan 4-0, 4-0 Ibrahim ashraf bt Mohammad Talha 5-3, 0-4, 4-0 Abubakar Talha bt Ali Zain 4-1, 4-1 Zohaib Afzal Malik bt Sameer Maqsood 4-0, 4-0 Boys / Girls Under-12 Singles (Round-2): Samer Zaman bt Mahnoor Farooquie 4-0, 4-0 Lalrukh Sajid bt Ayesha Masood 4-1, 4-0 Mohammad Haziq Aasim bt Mohammad Taha Raja 4-0, 4-1

Aamir Ali Janjua DUBAI, UAE:-Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 22 runs to book their place in the ACC U19 Asia Cup final. The first semi-final was played at the ICC Cricket Academy Ground in Dubai on Thursday. Chasing 148 to win, Pakistan were bowled out for 125 in the last over. Right-handed Ahmed Khan coming to bat at number-seven top-scored with 36 off 74, hitting one four. Mohammad Shehzad contributed a 75-ball 30 and struck one four. For Sri Lanka, Traveen Mathew was pick of the bowlers with match figures of four for 14 in 10 overs. Captain Dunith Wellalage picked three for 31. Earlier, Pakistan pacers led by Zeeshan Zameer dismantled the Sri Lanka top and middle-order. Zeeshan who took five wickets in the last-ball win over India, was once again the destroyer-in-chief. The right-armer took four wickets for 32 runs. Zeeshan received admirable support from pacers Ahmed and Awais Ali who took two wickets apiece for 26 and 28 runs, respectively. Sri Lanka were reeling at 70 for eight at one stage. A 47-run ninth-wicket stand between Matheesha Pathirana (31) and Yasiru Rodrigo (31 not out) took the score to 117. The last wicket pair added 30 more runs to take the score to 147 before Sri Lanka were bowled out with 31 balls in their 50-over quota left unused. Scores in brief: Sri Lanka U19 beat Pakistan U19 by 22 runs Sri Lanka U19 147 all out, 44.5 overs (Matheesha Pathirana 32, Yasiru Rodrigo 31; Zeeshan Zameer 4-32, Ahmed Khan 2-26, Awais Ali 2-28) Pakistan U19 125 all out, 49.3 overs (Ahmed Khan 36, Mohammad Shehzad 30; Traveen Mathew 4-14, Dunith Wellalage 3-31)

Special Report LAHORE (December 31, 2021):-A year that commenced with a demoralising innings defeat at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch finished on a high with a 3-0 T20I series win over two-time former T20 world champions West Indies in Karachi. According to media department of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Between the two series in a 12-month period, Pakistan won three Test series and drew one, and also reached the semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup where the penultimate over swung the match in Australia’s favour who went on to win their maiden T20 world title in Dubai. Overall, in the 2021 calendar year, Pakistan won seven of their nine Tests, lost four of the six ODIs and ended up on the winning side in 20 off the 29 T20Is. In the preceding calendar year, which was marred by Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan had won one out of five Tests, two out of three ODIs and seven off the 11 T20Is. The matches that left everlasting memories in the minds of the fans came in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup where Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets as well as New Zealand and Afghanistan by five wickets apiece. These wins were followed by 45 runs and 72 runs victories over Namibia and Scotland, respectively. The performances rejuvenated the fans as the entire nation got behind the boys in greens, by cheering and backing them throughout the competition. In the match against India on 24 October at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India, opting to bat first, were decimated by Shaheen Shah Afridi who finished with figures of three for 31 as the traditional rivals finished at 151 for seven. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were in their brilliant best, scoring 68 not out and 79 not out as Pakistan achieved victory with more than two overs to spare. This victory followed a five-wicket win over New Zealand that saw Haris Rauf grabbing four for 22 and Mohammad Rizwan (33), Shoaib Malik (26 not out) and Asif Ali (27) making valuable contributions. The match against Afghanistan, Pakistan’s third in six days, will always be remembered for Asif Ali’s four sixes in the penultimate over that earned the 2009 champions a five-wicket win. Babar Azam was the other notable scorer in a 148-run chase, scoring 51. The interim set-up of Saqlain Mushtaq (head coach), Matthew Hayden (batting consultant) and Vernon Philander (bowling coach) contributed in the complete turnaround of the Pakistan side, which looked for relax, composed, determined and resilient. Of course, Babar Azam also had a lion’s share in the success of the side has he showed great leadership and lead by example and with performance. Victory over Bangladesh in the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla was by no means less entertaining, thrilling and exciting as Pakistan romped to victory by an innings and eight runs in the final session of the match in which only 63.2 overs were bowled in the first two days and third day’s play was washed out. Pakistan’s 95 runs victory over South Africa in Rawalpindi was equally sweet. Not only Hasan Ali took a 10-for in his comeback series after a career-threatening back injury, Mohammad Rizwan stroked an unbeaten 115 in the second innings to lift Pakistan from a precarious 143 for seven in the second innings to 298 all-out that set the visitors a 370-run target. While there were heart-warming wins, there were, at least, a couple of heartbreaks as well. Pakistan narrowly lost the Jamaica Test against the West Indies by one-wicket in August that ultimately denied Pakistan a second successive series victory in the Caribbean. Then, on 11 November in Dubai, the ghost of 2010 T20 World Cup came back to haunt Pakistan when Matthew Wade struck Shaheen Shah Afridi for three successive sixes in the penultimate over to earn a five-wicket victory for Australia, who had needed 37 off the last three overs and 22 from the final 12 deliveries. From a player perspective in the ODIs, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman deserved to end up on the winning sides for their breathtaking innings, but that wasn’t to be. Babar’s 139-ball 158 against England in Birmingham went in vain as England triumphed by three wickets to win the series 3-0, while Fakhar Zaman’s 193 from 155 balls with 18 fours and 10 sixes failed to help Pakistan cross the line at Centurion where South Africa won by 17 runs. Pakistan won the series 2-1. In Test cricket, Abid Ali finished as the pick of Pakistan batters with 695 runs in nine Tests. He was followed by Fawad Alam (571), Azhar Ali (549), Mohammad Rizwan (455) and Babar Azam (416 runs). Amongst the bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 47 wickets, followed by Hasan Ali (41), Nauman Ali (19), Sajid Khan (18) and Faheem Ashraf (10). In the six ODIs, No.1 ranked Babar Azam topped the batting chart with 405 runs, followed by Fakhar Zaman (365), Imam-ul-Haq (189) and Mohammad Rizwan (134). Haris Rauf was the most successful bowler with 13 wickets, while Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged eight wickets. No.3-ranked Mohammad Rizwan stole the T20I batting honours by amassing 1,326 runs in 29 matches with one century and 12 half-centuries, including a 52-ball 67 against Australia in Dubai after spending 30 hours in a hospital due to a chest infection prior to the match. Babar Azam, who finished as the second-ranked batter, contributed 939 runs whereas Fakhar Zaman contributed 415 runs. Haris Rauf established his credentials as a successful white-ball bowler by finishing at the top with Hasan Ali on 25 wickets, while Shaheen Shah Afridi was once again amongst wickets with 23. Shadab Khan took 20 wickets. These numbers could have been more impressive had the three ODIs and five T20Is against New Zealand, two T20Is against England in September/October and three ODIs against the West Indies gone ahead as planned. However, New Zealand abandoned the tour on the day of the series opener citing security concerns and England followed suit. Both the boards later agreed to tour Pakistan in 2022 along with the West Indies, who had to return home following a Covid-19 outbreak in their ranks that left them depleted and under-strength for the ICC World Cup Super League ODIs. With Australia already scheduled to tour Pakistan for three Tests, three ODIs and one T20I in March/April 2022, Pakistan braces for one of the busiest and heaviest home international cricket calendar year with as many as eight Tests, 11 ODIs and 13 T20Is lined-up. Separately, Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka for Tests, ODI and the ACC T20 Cup, before they participate in October’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Contrary to the men’s side, the national women’s side had a forgettable calendar year, winning only three of their 13 ODIs and one of their six T20Is. However, more importantly, they qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2022 as well as the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. At the pathways level, Pakistan Shaheens welcomed 2021 with two consecutive victories against New Zealand A then toured Sri Lanka in October/November. In both the four-day matches, Sri Lanka A held their nerves to hold them to draws, while in the only completed 50-over match, Shaheens won by six wickets. Pakistan U19 then played in the ACC U19 Asia Cup in which they defeated Afghanistan, India and UAE in group matches but lost to Sri Lanka in the semi-final. In a year when a number of international sport events continued to be affected by Covid-19, HBL Pakistan Super League 6 was no different. After 14 matches in February/March in Karachi, the remaining 20 matches had to be played in Abu Dhabi in June where Multan Sultans clinched their maiden title when they defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 47 runs. Apart from the HBL PSL 6, the PCB organised nine other domestic tournaments in which 267 matches were played across Pakistan. Away from on-field action, Pakistan achieved two major successes when they were awarded hosting rights of the ACC 50-over Asia Cup in 2023 as well as the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Pakistan last staged an ACC event in 2008, while the last ICC event was in 1996, which they co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka. The awarding of the two events was a testament of Pakistan security agencies successes as the world eventually recognised security is no more an issue. Legendary Abdul Qadir and Fazal Mahmood were inducted into the PCB Hall of Fame where they will join Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Zaheer Abbas, who were the initial inductees by virtue of being part of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. There was also a change of guard in the second half of 2021 when Ehsan Mani completed his three-year term and was succeeded by former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja. After Chief Executive Wasim Khan also decided to step down from his role in September, the PCB, through a robust recruitment process, appointed experienced finance and sports administrator Faisal Hasnain as the new Chief Executive.

Karachi (Sports Report):-Pakistan Navy Shooters were dominating in the 6th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Open Shooting Championship 2021 after garbing 13 gold medals on the end of day-5 competitions here on Thursday. Results: 25m Pistol (Women): Pakistan Navy won Gold by setting New National Record (1703/1800), Army Silver and PAF Bronze medal in team categories. In individual category, Pakistan Navy shooters, Zafar Iqbal & Ghulam Mustafa Bashir won Gold & Silver respectively. 50m Prone Rifle (Women): Navy won Gold by setting New National Record (3406/3600), HEC Silver and SINDH Bronze medal in team categories. In individual category Nadra Raees from Pakistan Navy won Gold medal by setting New National Record (1149/1200). Trap Olympic (Men): Army won Gold, Sindh Silver and Navy Bronze medal in team categories. In individual category Farrukh Nadeem from Pakistan Army won Gold medal & Amin Ullah of Pakistan Navy won Silver medal. 25m Standard Fire Pistol Men (Team Position): 1st Zafar Iqbal, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, Abdul Quddus (Navy-Gold) 2nd Mohammad Khalil Akhtar, Mohammad Kabir, Mohammad Umar Farooq (Army-Silver) 3rd Shifa Ullah, Umer Shehzad, Wahid Saleem (PAF-Bronze) 50m 3 x Position Rifle Women (Team Position): 1st Nadra Raees, Sara Saleem, Hadeeqa Iqbal (Navy-Gold) 2nd Aqsa Ghufran, Saba Mahmood, Alisha Ghufran (HEC-Silver) 3rd Saima Naz, Tasmiya Mansoor, Sidra Javed (Bronze-Sindh) Trap Olympic Men (Team Position): 1st Zafar Ul Haq, Farrukh Nadeem, Aamir Iqbal (Army-Gold) 2nd Khurram Inam, Shakeel Ilyas, Usman Sadiq (Sindh-Silver) 3rd Amin Ullah, Owais Ali, Asim Ali (Navy-Bronze). Medal Position S No       TEAM                    GOLD                    SILVER                  BRONZE                               TOTAL a.            NAVY                    13                           15                           06                                           34 b.            ARMY                    12                           09                           05                                           26 c.             WAPDA                01                             --                             01                                           02 d.            PAF                        --                             --                             06                                           06 e.            HEC                        --                             01                           04                                           05 f.             SINDH                   --                                01                           03                                           04 g.            FRA                        --                               --                             01                                           01 Grand Total                          26                    26                    26                      78

Ayaz Raza Afridi PESHAWAR:-Momna of Girl College Peace Group of School and College declared as the fastest athlete while her college clinched the overall trophy of the District Charsadda Inter-College Games held at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Charsadda on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner Charsadda Saadat Hassan was the chief guest on this occasion who gave away cash prizes and trophies to the position holders. Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali Shah, District Sports Officer Tehseen Ullah Khan, International athlete Inam Ullah Khan, Principal Peace School and Group of Colleges Shams-ul-Munir, Principal Girls College Parang Nighat, College Girls Dargai Rabia, Principal Tangai College Sajida, Principal New Principal Roheena, Girls College Dargai Suria and Games incharge Nousheen, players and officials were also present. Momna Khan of Peace Girls College won gold medal in 100m, 400m and silver medal in 200m and was declared best athlete of the Year-2021. Zebunisa of Peace College claimed the gold medal in 200m, Momna of the same took the silver medal and Eshal of Peace College took the bronze medal. In the 400m, Momna claimed the gold medal, followed by Zebunisa and Eshal. In the shot put HIna of Girls College Tangi took gold medal, followed by Uzma of Dargai Girls College took silver medal and Shehla of Girls College Charsadda got bronze medal. In the Discus throw Uzma of Dargai Girls College took the gold medal, followed by Aneela of Tangi College and Saima of Tangi College took the bronze medal. In Javelin throw Saima of Girls College Tangi took the gold medal, followed by Uzama of Girls College Dargai and Shehlah and Shaheen took the bronze medal. In the 4X100m relay Peace College team comprising Momna, Zebunisa, Eshal and Javeria took took first position, followed by Girls College Tangi team including Haseena, Hina, Aneela and Shaheen and Girls College Tajo Bibi Charsadda won third position with the team including Saima, Shehlah, Anum and Lubna. In the other Games the Peace Group of School and College defeated Peace A team in the badminton final by 3-1, in the Table Tennis event the Peace Group of School and College defeated Girls College Tajo Bibi, Charsadda, in the Tug of War the Peace College won first position, followed by Girls College Dargai and in the Volleyball Girls College Parang took first position, followed by Peace College team. At the end, the chief guest gave away trophies and cash prizes of Rs. 6000 for the first position holders and Rs. 4000 for the runners-up and Rs. 3000 for the third position holders. In the Individual events including Athletic the gold medal winner was given Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000 for silver medal and Rs. 1000 for the bronze medals.