Tag: League

Fulham given Europa League berth

Fulham will play in the Europa League next season after being awarded a place on Thursday under the Premier League’s Fair Play League. England...

Champions League past finals

2001: Bayern Munich 1 (Effenberg 50-pen) Valencia 1 (Mendieta 2-pen) (After extra-time; Bayern won 5-4 on penalties) 2002: Real Madrid 2 (Raul 8, Zidane 45) Bayer...

New hockey league to follow IPL blueprint

World hockey’s governing body wants its new competition to draw on the success of cricket’s glitzy Indian Premier League and plans to circumvent any...

Jansher plans to launch Squash League

Pakistan squash legend Jansher Khan is planning to lure top players of the world to Pakistan by organising an IPL-style cash-rich Squash League next...

Porto eye Europa League glory

Andre Villas-Boas has a golden opportunity to underline his reputation as the new ‘Special One’ when his Porto team face Braga in an all-Portuguese...

Sri Lanka launches own T20 league

Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Thursday announced its own glitzy Twenty20 tournament, seeking to emulate the success of the hugely popular Indian Premier League....

Pakistanis prepare for Sri Lankan League

The Pakistani cricketers would most likely play in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League which is to be played in July...

Faisalabad clinch PHF Super League

Faisalabad thrashed Lahore by five goals to two in the final to clinch the 3rd PHF Junior Super Hockey League here at the National...

Shahid in limelight at Super League

Shahid Ilyas displayed his all-round skills in Junoon Club’s 51-run victory against Essco Club in the BSB-ICA Super Cricket League here at National Ground....

PHF Junior Super League from 27th

LAHORE - The third PHF Junior Super Hockey League will be played at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, from April 27 to May 8. The Pakistan Hockey Federation has announced eight team for the competition. The teams are: Lahore, Quetta, Sialkot, Karachi, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar and PHF Academy team.

CM Summer League gets underway

LAHORE - President Lahore City Cricket Association Khawaja Nadeem Ahmad inaugurated the Punjab Chief Minister's Summer Cricket League today. Nadeem was of the view that the league will help in identifying talented player besides formulating performance-based criteria for the selection of Lahore's team to take part in PCB's domestic tournaments. "We have picked 15 grounds for the event in order to revive club cricket on the pattern of summer leagues of yester years," said Nadeem. He

CM Summer Cricket League from 18th

LAHORE - The inaugural Punjab Chief Minister Summer Cricket League will roll into action from April 18 at 15 grounds of the city. The event is an effort by the Lahore City Cricket Association to revive club cricket on the pattern of summer leagues organised in the past.
President LCCA, Khawaja Nadim Ahmad, said that National Gymkhana will meet Pindi Gymkhana in the opening match at LCCA ground. He said in all 550 matches will be played in the event. "The main objective of this

Real, Schalke in Champions League semis

PARIS - Nine-time champions Real Madrid and surprise packets Schalke 04 made no mistake in securing their places in the last four of the Champions League on Wednesday. Real beat English side Tottenham 1-0 in London to win 5-0 on aggregate after a howler by goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes saw Cristiano Ronaldo's shot go over the line and set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash with bitter rivals Barcelona.
It also kept alive the hopes of coach Jose Mourinho of winning the trophy with

PCB plans to launch IPL-style league

LAHORE - The PCB has been pushing the idea of a Pakistani tournament on the lines of the IPL, PCB's domestic cricket department chief Sultan Rana has said. Rana stated that the setting up of the Pakistani Premier League had been in their plans for the past couple of years. "We first considered the idea a couple of years ago. The documents were complete and we were all set to go, but the attack on the Sri Lankan team meant that we had to shelve all of our plans at that time,"

Indian Premier League – Rajasthan post second win

JAIPUR - Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals thrashed Delhi Daredevils by six wickets to pocket their second successive victory in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Chasing a stiff 152, Rajasthan rode on fine knocks by Rahul Dravid and Johan Botha to overhaul the target with nine balls to spare at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The usually sedate Dravid struck a quickfire 38 off 31 balls and South African Botha continued his fine form with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 39 with four fours.

Villarreal thump Twente in Europa League

PARIS - Spanish side Villarreal and Portuguese giants FC Porto put their Europa League-winning credentials on show with 5-1 wins apiece in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday.
Three Portuguese sides -- Porto, Benfica and Sporting Braga -- are among the last eight of Europe's second tier club competition for the first time, boosting the chances of an all-Portuguese final at the Dublin Arena on May 18. While 2004 Champions League winners Porto impressed with a 5-1

Saifullah expects League factions to unite against PPP

ISLAMABAD - Anticipating reunification of various factions of Muslim League in near future, Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded President Senator Salim Saifullah on Friday said that he was expecting general elections in 2012.
"The various factions of Pakistan Muslim League will ultimately reunify...they will unite on one platform against the Pakistan People's Party," he said in an exclusive talk with Pakistan Today.
Admitting that the move to reunite various factions of Muslim