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Punjab is planning to hold a two-day ‘Kite on Height’ festival at the Fort Munro in spring this year to attract tourists to the only hill station of South Punjab. The event, according to TDCP, would transform into ‘Kite on Height at Night’ after the daylight gala. Big lights will be installed to facilitate kite-flyers [...]

Pakistan would participate in the Grand Prix international A One car racing competition for first time. Managing Director Pakistan A One team Salik Hussain told Geo TV that the event will be held in London during September and 25 countries will participare it. He informed that Pakistan driver is experied and I [sic] practicing in [...]

Two teams were awarded walk-overs while all but one of the remaining six matches were decided in straight games on the opening day of 40th National Volleyball Championship at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Friday. olice downed Pakistan Air Force in straight games 25-15, 25-18, 25-22 in the day’s last match played after the [...]

World’s leading goal scorer and ace drag-flicker Sohail Abbas, and Waseem Ahmed of Pakistan, have confirmed their participation in the Premier Hockey League, adding glamour to the much-awaited competition. The presence of these two players is likely to give a further boost to the PHL, which is set to begin in Hyderabad on January 13. [...]

Pakistani pugilists won a gold and medal in the 20th President Cup International Boxing Championship that concluded at Batam Island in Indonesia and was declared the best boxer of the tournament. The celebrated Olympian boxer Asghar Ali Shah grabbed gold when he demolished G B Thamang of Indonesia by 23-8 in 64kg final. Asghar, who [...]

Pakistan won silver medal in Third World Pankration Athlima (kick boxing and karate) Team Championship held at Community Recreation Center, Sydney, Australia last month. Three Pakistanis – Sarfraz Hussain, Hashim Khan and Muhammad Ayub Awan – also earned bronze medals in individual competitions of the championship. Hosts Australia clinched gold medal, while losing semi-finalists Greece [...]

Sohail Abbas scripted yet another record and guided Pakistan to a 2-1 win over arch-rivals India in their crucial league match in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Wednesday. The ace drag-flicker, coming to the match just one goal short of erasing Australian Mark Hager’s Champions Trophy record of 32 goals, slammed home from a [...]

WORLD-record goalscorer Sohail Abbas continued his amazing run as hosts Pakistan came from behind to down New Zealand for a second consecutive win in the men’s Champions Trophy hockey today. The Netherlands and Spain also recorded their second wins on day two of the elite six-nation tournament to set up a three-way tie at the [...]

It has long been a source of debate why there are so few Asian players in English football and none at the top level — until now. Zesh Rehman, whose parents are from Pakistan, is the first British Asian to command a regular place in the top flight. The Fulham defender broke into Chris Coleman’s [...]

Spain’s men’s field hockey team shunned the offer of air travel to instead cross the picturesque Wagah border between India and Pakistan and enjoy a cup of tea with the commanding officer of the Pakistan Rangers frontier guards. Spain coach Maurits Hendricks, whose team had just completed two matches against India and was traveling to [...]