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A resilient Pakistan came from behind to beat Olympic champions Australia 4-3 in a pulsating summit clash to claim the Rabo Trophy here today. Trailing 2-3 at the break, Pakistan outwitted the favourites with a display of aggression backed by a solid defence, where goalkeeper Salman Akbar emerged as the hero.

At the age of 11, Maria Toorpakai Wazir would often engage in brawls with boys her age in the streets of South Waziristan, a tribal region more known to the world these days for being a notorious hideout for pro-Al Qaeda militants. Nearly three years later, she has become Pakistan’s national women’s squash champion. Maria [...]

A1 Team Pakistan announces Racing Team and New Driver. Super Nova is one of the world’s most successful racing teams with a staggering history of wins. It has been responsible for developing world class stars such as Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Webber. A1 Team Pakistan is also proud to announce another driver, Adam Khan. [...]

An eight-member team from Pakistan will take part in the World Cyber Games (WCG) for the very first time. 72 countries are participating in the event to be held in Singapore in November this year. Mamoor said the preliminary rounds for the selection of the Pakistan team would be conducted in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. [...]

It took Amir Khan just one minute 39 seconds to underline what we already knew, that he is the most exciting talent to arrive in British boxing for years. Here in an area of the country where the Muslim way of life is woven tightly into the culture, a group of Asian Khan fans carried [...]

India and Pakistan will extend their sporting rivalry to the racetrack when they clash in the “World Cup of motor sport” – the A1 Grand Prix – in Britain in September. The 12 races will be staged in various locations around the world with the last being run in Beijing April 3, 2006. Points will [...]

The project, Pakistan’s first, and the biggest ever sports investment in the country by a foreign company, envisages state of the art sports facilities like training and lodging academies in football, cricket, golf and tennis besides constructing stadia and courses for the various sports. Founder of cricket in the UAE and leading sports patron and [...]

They call it the “game of kings” but surely only the most courageous sovereign would dare to brave the annual polo tournament in Pakistan’s northern mountains. Every year the teams from Gilgit and Chitral meet mid-way at Shandur, a spectacular natural arena ringed by snow-sprinkled peaks that is the world’s highest polo ground. The best [...]

The four-day expedition will take place in the third week of August and will cover some northern areas of Pakistan. Pakistan is endowed with a collection of high mountains having 720 peaks above 6,000 metres with 162 peaks above 7,000 metres and five above 8,000 metres, including the second tallest mountain — Chogori — the [...]

IF national pride has anything to do with it soccer could become the rising sporting phenomena in Pakistan. Fans all over the country are celebrating their unfancied national side’s narrow win in the first ever soccer ‘test’ against India. India started clear favourites in the three match series. They are ranked 125th in the world [...]