Tag: Games

Nintendo unveiled a string of new software titles at a highly anticipated Tokyo trade show on Tuesday, as it attempts to boost sales and...

British High Commission in Islamabad Adam Thomson said Monday that London was ready to hold two mega events in 2012, Olympic Games and Para-Olympic...

The fourth Inter-Schools and Inter-Colleges Games will be held from November 1 to 5 at Lahore. All the schools and colleges of the city...

The scheduled edition of the Pakistan-India Punjab Games for 2011, which were to be held in Indian Punjab, have been postponed to the next...

Madrid announced Wednesday it will fight to host the Summer Olympics in 2020, believing it had a "great probability" of winning its third bid...

The Pakistan wrestling team’s upcoming participation in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Australia is in doubt due to the unavailability of funds. The wrestling...

The Pakistani squad has returned to the country after a successful run at the recently-concluded Special Olympics Summer Games 2011 in Athens, Greece. As per...

The Pakistan Hockey Federation on Wednesday distributed cheques worth Rs nine million among the winning team members who claimed the 11th South Asian Games...

Electronics announced an exclusive agreement with footballer David Beckham, who will be Samsung’s global brand ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Beckham will...

A top Commonwealth Games official Thursday said the sports body will attempt to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to include Twenty20 cricket in...

TOKYO - Tokyo intends to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a "big catalyst" for Japan's recovery from last month's quake-tsunami disaster. Shintaro Ishihara was set to win a fourth term as Tokyo governor in local elections across the country which focused on ways to revive Japan after a 9.0-magnitude quake and monster tsunami ravaged its Pacific coast.
In late 2009, Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics after spending some 15 billion yen (176

LAHORE - Lahore clinched the overall trophy of the 71st Punjab Games, securing 3459 points after winning another 14 events contested on the final day on Saturday. Faisalabad, who were posing a severe challenge to Lahore, secured the second place with 2170 points and were followed by Gujranwala at number three position with 1533 points.
Multan and Sahiwal got fourth and fifth positions, respectively with 757 and 741 points. Lahore claimed 89 gold medals for the top position, along

KARACHI - Sindh won the shooting gold in the inaugural Pakistan Police Games by accumulating 1646 points at Razzaqabad Range on Friday. Sindh shooters collected 575 in G-3 and 738 in Sub-machine Gun to gain a 335 points lead in the four team contest.
Punjab took the silver with 1627 points while Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa secured third and fourth spot with 1542 and 1340 points, respectively.

LAHORE - Lahore's domination was severely challenged by Faisalabad and Sargodha on the second day of the 71st Samsung Punjab Games, being held at various venues of the city, but the hosts remained on top in majority of the disciplines on Friday.
Lahore were leading the medals tally after excelling exceptionally in different sporting events, but the challenge posed by Faisalabad and Sargodha in some disciplines might prevent them from taking the main trophy as the Games enter

LAHORE - The 71st Samsung Punjab Games rolled into action here on Thursday evening, with Lahore winning the rugby title at the Defence Stadium. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif declared the games open in a simple but impressive ceremony at Punjab Stadium under lights.
Senior Provincial Minister and organising committee chairman Zulfiqar Khosa, Provincial Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, organising secretary Idria Haider Khawaja, chief organiser Iftikhar Malik,

LAHORE - The full dress rehearsal of 71st Samsung Punjab Games was carried out here at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday while the formal opening of the games will be held today (Thursday) at 7.30 pm when Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif will declare the event open.
Organising secretary Idris Haider Khawaja said that all the nine divisions of the province have reached Lahore and took active part in the rehearsal. He said that different events will start at different

LAHORE - The Punjab Olympics Association on Monday reviewed all the arrangements for the 71st Samsung Punjab Games, which are being sponsored by Samsung, and handed over the documents to different sports association secretaries. PbOA secretary Idris Haider Khawaja chaired the meeting of the secretaries and went through all the details of the arrangements.
Samsung Electronics, a global leader in home appliances and mobile-phones, came in to support the sporting activities at the