Tag: Cup

LAHORE - Frontier Post, Lahore Garrison and Bank Alfalah registered wins on day two of the Cool & Cool Lahore Open Polo Cup here at the Lahore Polo Club grounds on Tuesday.
The Alam brothers, Shah Shamyl and Shah Qubali, Hamza Mawaz Khan, Shaukat Ali Malik and Ahmed Zubair were the stars of the day for their respective teams. In the opening match of the day, Frontier Post humbled Pakistan Air Force 8-3. Shamyl led Frontier Post to a comfortable win with seven goals including two

LAHORE - As many as six matches will be played on the opening day of the Khaban-e-Amin Media cricket Cup on the opening day here at the Khaban-e-Amin ground on Wednesday (today). A total number of 32 teams from electronic and print media organisation are participating in the tournament to be played on knock-out basis. Each team will bowl five overs in an innings. The PCB-qualified umpires will supervise the matches.
The schedule for the first day is as follows.
Pakistan

DURBAN - South Africa and India enter a five-match one-day international series at Kingsmead on Wednesday with at least half an eye on the Cricket World Cup which starts in Asia next month.
For both teams it will be the last chance to settle on combinations ahead of a global showpiece in which both have special reasons for wanting to shine.
South Africa have yet to reach a World Cup final, despite being among the favourites at every tournament since they surprised the world

LAHORE - Prominent clubs of Lahore and other districts of Punjab will show their mettle at the All Punjab Raiders Football Cup 2011, to be played at Raiders Football Club Ground from January 16. According to Organizing Secretary Kabir Ahmed Chaudhry, Raiders FC will act as organisers in the 30-clubs event. Meanwhile, 24 clubs having right of way in the upcoming Lahore football elections, and three clubs having right of play, expressed complete confidence in Model Town FC's President

LAHORE - The Khayaban-i-Aman Media Cup Cricket Tournament will roll into action from Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Punjab Union of Journalists secretary Rana Azeem, organizing committee president Ehtishamul Haq and secretary Aqeel Ahmed informed that 32 teams of print and electronic media have been divided into four groups and the tournament will be played on knock out basis while some of the matches will be played under lights. Rana informed that an

LAHORE - National Bank, Rijas and Guard Group/Diamond Paints won their matches on the opening day of The Cool & Cool Lahore Open Polo Cup that began here at the LPC ground on Monday. National Bank defeated Master Paints 8-7 with goals coming from Shiraz Qureshi, Shahid Hayat and Ahmed Ali Tiwana while the scorers from the losing side were Sufi Muhammad Haris and Ahmed Nawaz Tiwana and Sufi Muhammad Aamir. Rijas defeated Frontier Scouts 6-3 with Saqib Khan Khakwani playing the major

LAHORE - The Chief Minister's Sports Cup phase III reached closing stages at district level as volleyball, football, badminton and athletics final competitions were played in Faisalabad, DG Khan, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal and Sargodha. Faisalabad district won the boys football final and its girls volleyball team also won.
In DG Khan, Rajanpur beat Muslimgarh by 2-1 in football match. In the final boys volleyball, DG Khan district team emerged victorious 2-1. On the other hand,

LAHORE - Master Paints Whites stunned Guards Group-Diamond Paints by 6

LAHORE - Lahore's well-known Raiders Football Club has announced the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to run All Punjab Raiders Football Cup at the Raiders Football Club Ground, Faisal Town, from Sunday, 16 January 2011. Model Town FC's President Mian Rizwan Ali, former Pakistan football team manager and Pakistan Premier Football League Match Commissioner, will act as Chairman while Kabir Ahmed Chaudhry has been designated as Organising Secretary.
The LOC will be comprised of

MADRID - Real Madrid, cushioned by an 8-0 first leg lead, secured their place in the Spanish Cup quarter-finals on Thursday despite a 2-0 defeat in the return match at Levante.
Levante's two second-half goals by Xisco Nadal and Sergio Gonzalez were not enough to overturn Real's huge advantage secured over the Valencia-based side last month and the Spanish giants pushed through 8-2 on aggregate. Last season's runners-up Atletico Madrid, who took a 1-0 lead to Espanyol, made it

LAHORE - Lahore district's combined team will represent the city in the athletics and badminton competitions of the Punjab Inter-division Tournament of high school category of the second Chief Minister Sports Cup.
The events will be held from January 13 to 18 in Lahore. Lahore division won the boys and girls badminton and athletics competitions of the Chief Minister Cup, Inter-district phase III, played among various districts while Sheikhupura clinched the volleyball title of

LAHORE - Master Paints Whites and The Bank of Punjab took a step ahead after beating PICIC Insurance and Lahore Garrison, respectively in the Toyota Cup Polo Tournament on Thursday.
Hissam Ali Hyder began the match with a hat-trick in Whites' 7-4 win over PICIC Insurance. Hissam scored a total of six goals, while the remaining one goal came from Abdul Rehman. Saqib Khan Khakwani, with his three goals and Naveed M Sheikh, with one, scored for the losing side.
Shah Qublai

KARACHI - Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria Thursday sought clarification from selectors over his omission from the national team, saying he had always played clean cricket and was disappointed at being overlooked.
The 30-year-old leg-spinner was not cleared for play by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over suspicions of spot-fixing and was not included in the team for two Tests against New Zealand, the first of which starts in Hamilton on Friday.
He was also left out of the 30-man

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Thursday that the suspended Pakistan trio can become the part of World Cup squad if they are declared innocent by the independent tribunal. The ICC had suspended three Pakistani players former skipper Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for their alleged involvement in spot fixing after claims by a British tabloid News of the World (NOTW) in August last year during the fourth npower test match between Pakistan

LAHORE - The President's Bodyguard, Pakistan Air Force, Diamond Paints and Master Paints won their matches in the Toyota Cup Polo Tournament here Wednesday.
The matches took place on a day when the whole country was in a state of shock due to murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer. Last Sunday, Taseer was the chief guest at an exhibition polo match where he predicted the dominance of Pakistan Peoples Party for another term. The President's Bodyguard proved too strong for First

LAHORE - Many former cricketers have criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board for ignoring Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria in the preliminary squad for the World Cup 2011.
The PCB had formed integrity committee to scrutinise the details of the bank accounts and properties of these three players.
The PCB integrity committee cleared Kamran Akmal but denied
NOC to Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria and also did not issue any reason for their non selection.
Former captain

LAHORE - Former skipper Shoaib Malik has said he would stage a comeback in international cricket very soon.
Malik was left out of Pakistan's preliminary 30-member squad for the World Cup 2011. Malik said he was disappointed at the selectors' decision especially when he was not given any reason. Malik said that the Pakistan Cricket Board and the selection committee members were avoiding him and were not giving him any reason for their attitude.
Malik said that missing the