Tag: Sports

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister Sports competitions reached final stages in football and volleyball events on Monday. The boys football final matches were held at Punjab Stadium. The first match was played between Lahore and Faisalabad. Lahore clinched the gold medal by 4-2. Sahiwal got the second position 1-0 against Bahawalpur. Lahore were first whereas Faisalabad and Sahiwal got second and third positions.
The girls volleyball matches were held at Government Pilot High

LAHORE - Faisalabad girls and Sargodha boys won the athletics titles and Sohrab Zohra of Sahiwal won gold medal in the 100 metres race of the Chief Minister Sports Competition (high school, divisional level) here at different venues of the city.
The gold medalist team in girls athletics events was Faisalabad followed by Sahiwal who got second place and Gujranwala got bronze. The team from Sargodha got gold medal in boys final athletics, Lahore won silver medal and Faisalabad

LAHORE - The Phase-III competitions of the Chief Minister's Cup are in progress at different venues and will continue till January 18.
In all, nine different divisional teams are participating in the inter school competitions which includes Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal, Sargodha and DG Khan.
A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Director General Sports Punjab Salman Ijaz to check the arrangements of the events.
The

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 - 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 - Football teams of Palestine and Malaysia will tour Pakistan in February and March for home and away series, the Pakistan Football Federation announced on Sunday. The PFF has done what the country's major sports like cricket and hockey have failed to do - bring international teams to the country.
Although the PHF has announced a series against Egypt but dates of it are yet to be finalised. Palestine footballer will visit Pakistan from February 27 to play two matches at

LAHORE - The Chief Minister Cup phase-II competitions at inter tehsil level have reached the semi-finals stage. Teams from Sargodha, Bhalwal, Silanwali, Mianwali, Khushab, Rawalpindi and Bhakkar performed well. In Sargodha, the final girls volleyball match was held among tehsil Sargodha, Silanwali and Bhalwal.
Bhalwal and Sargodha got the second position. In Mianwali, the girls final athletics matches were held in which Munawar Kanwal from Model Girls High School Mianwali won the

LAHORE - The second phase of the Chief Minister's Cup entered an interesting phase as competitions were held at Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Kasur, Okara and Muzafargarh.
At Kasur, boys competition in athletics, football, volleyball and girls competitions in volleyball and badminton were held.
S Ali won the 100m race while Ghulam Rasool and Mobeen Yasir got second and positions. The 800m race winner was Muhammad Azam. Mohammad Irfan from tehsil Pattoki and Mohammad Sajid from

LAHORE - The newly-elected PFF Women's Committee Chairperson Robina Irfan congratulated national champions Young Rising Star and Diya Women FC for getting full memberships along with Islamabad Football Association, Chaman's Afghan FC and PMC Atheltico Faisalabad.
She hailed the efforts of PFF President Faisal Saleh Hayat for women's soccer and termed it "a great landmark".
"Countries like Pakistan are free to promote women's soccer within the limits of their culture and

LAHORE - The district level competitions of the Chief Minister's Cup Sports will roll into action from today at various venues of the province.
After the completion of the competitions at the Tehsil level the next competitions will start today.
The tehsil level events were held from December 20 to 25 and after the district level, events the competition will be played at division and provincial level till February 09, 2011.
The schedule is as under:
High School

LAHORE: On the fifth day of the Chief Minister's Cup first phase, various teams displayed their potential for the final competition at Tehsil level. The players from Thesil Gujranwala, Shakar Garh, Zafarwal, Narowal, Kamoke, Nowshehra, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Malikwal, Thalia, DG Khan, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur City, Bahawalpur Saddar, Chiniot, Tallian, Faisalabad and Sargodha performed to their best.
In Tehsil Shakargarh, the final boys football competition was held at

LOS ANGELES - In certain respects, David O. Russell's boxing drama 'The Fighter' is a sports movie masquerading as an Oscar grab. It bears many of the hallmarks of awards ponies that are often trotted out this time of year:
It's set in a working-class town (Lowell, Massachusetts) in the midst of demographic upheaval; one of its lead actors, Christian Bale, put his health at risk so that he might realistically portray the corrosive effects of crack addiction; its director took

LAHORE: The Director General Sports Punjab is holding a meeting today to discuss preparations of the Punjab teams participating in the forthcoming National Games, to be held at Peshawar.
According to an official of the Punjab sports department, the meeting has been scheduled on December 11 with Sports Board Punjab Director General in the chair at National Hockey Stadium. The main issue to be discussed would be the camps of 21 different disciplines for males and seven different

LAHORE: Punjab athletes are likely to finish rock bottom in the forthcoming National Games that commence at Peshawar on December 25, as their training camps have not yet started.
Punjab Olympics Association secretary Khwaja Idris Haider said that the training camps of Punjab teams have not yet been started by the Sports department due to their non-cooperative attitude. "It is surprising that the secretary (Punjab Sports department) has issued letters to the presidents and

LAHORE: The Punjab Olympic Association is finding it increasingly difficult to lift the level of sports in the province given the insufficient finances, improper infrastructure and above all the unsupportive behaviour of the Punjab Sports department.
Talking to this scribe, Secretary POA Idris Haider Khawaja said that without the support of the government and the sports department, sports cannot flourish in the province. His association and all other sports bodies are in a fix

WEEK IN SPORTS: Pakistan hockey won the Asian Games gold after two decades, defeating a strong Malaysian outfit by a clear margin. This win was no fluke because in the semis they had defeated South Korea in a penalty shoot out. This was wonderful news for a nation that has had more than its share of tragedy in the recent past.
It is hoped that the momentum gained by this win will carry over to a grassroots development programme that will revive what is still considered our

LAHORE: Cricket is a sport where, apart from physical attributes like hand-eye coordination and strength, emotional steadiness and maturity counts for just as much. Umar Akmal, for instance, has all the hand-eye coordination he will ever need, but is emotionally and mentally handicapped.
He can't bat in a Test match to save his life. It is, therefore, left to mature players like Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to steady the sinking ship and take it out of troubled waters.
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