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New Zealand defeated Pakistan by four runs in the first test in Abu Dhabi on Monday with debutant spinner Ajaz Patel took five wickets.

ISLAMABAD: To promote cricket in Turkey, Zalmi Foundation signed  MOU with Turkey Developing Sports Branches Federation here in the Turkey embassy Islamabad on Monday. After...

All Pakistan Girls Inter-Board Table Tennis Championship started at Government Girls Degree College Takhbhai, Mardan here on Tuesday. Principal Govt Girls Degree College Takhbhai Professor Tanzeem Bibi was the chief guest on this occasion. Director Sports BISE Mardan Sabir Khan, Organizing Secretary and Assistant Director Sports BISE Mardan Asia Noor, Miss Gul Nar, Teaching staff, players, and officials from various participating boards were also present.

The Chief Minister Cup National Junior volleyball championship for players less than 23 years of age kicked started in Qayum Sports Complex here on Monday. A colorful ceremony was held to mark the launching of the event. Directress general Rashida Ghaznavi was the chief guest on the occasion.

The Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan (AWKUM) has won the inter-universities volleyball tournament which concluded at the Qayum Sports Complex here on Friday. The final of the tournament was played between AWKUM team and University of Peshawar (UoP) in which the former beat the later by 3-1 sets. Earlier, AWKUM team had beaten University of Engineering (UET) Peshawar team while the UoP had defeated the Agriculture University Peshawar team in the semi finals.

The Under-23 Women Games of Kohat region started with a colorful opening ceremony here on Saturday. On the opening day, Kohat defeated Karak in netball and basketball competitions. Similarly, Kohat also won its match in the tug-of-war competition. In table tennis, Karak defeated Kohat.

The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) has arranged the first ever international paragliding event in Misri Banda area of Akora Khattak town in Nowshera district. As many as 18 male and female paragliders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad participated in the event. International paraglider Muhammad Asif Hasan from Bangladesh also participated in the event.

Pakistan fast bowler Usman Khan Shinwari is confronting with injury problems after series against Sri Lanka.

Pakistan defeated West Indies in third match of the Twenty20 series in Abu Dhabi and won the series 3-0 on Tuesday night. It was the first T-20 series win for Pakistan. West Indies while batting first after invited by Pakistan scored 103 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted overs. Imad Wasim took three wickets.

the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed ban of three matches and Rs1 million fine on batsman Umar Akmal.

Sri Lanka were all out for 419 in their first innings on the second day of the first Test match against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lankan captain, was the top scorer of the inning as he remained unbeaten on 155 off 372 balls. He completed his ninth Test century and first against Pakistan, to steer his side to a good total.

Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Peshawar Zalmi’s owner Javed Afridi has announced Rs2.5 million prize for Pakistani boxer Muhammad Wasim for winning the prestigious World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Flyweight title for the second consecutive time. Javed Afridi announced this on his official Twitter account on Monday. Terming him a ‘real’ hero for Pakistan, Afridi said that the Peshawar Zalmi Foundation would support the boxer in the upcoming events.