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After the remarkable success in cricket and hockey, India and Pakistan will now meet on the badminton courts from October 30 onwards. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) plans to host two Test matches between the neighbouring countries in October-November, BAI Secretary General L C here said. The first test match would be played in [...]

Pakistan’s top tennis star, Aisamul Haq maintaining his dream run won the ITF Futures Tennis Championship toppling second seed German Sebastian Fitz in a three set thriller, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3 at the hard courts of National Tennis Centre here in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday. This is a historic and landmark victory for Aisam as he [...]

Pakistan’s tennis prodigy Aisamul Haq Qureshi breezed into the final of the ITF Futures International Tennis Championship in Lagos, Nigeria, after scoring a brilliant victory over South African Davis Cupper Raven Klaasen, said a facsimile message received here Monday. Aisam lost the first set 1-6 under hot and humid conditions. It was a real bad [...]

Pakistan beat India by three strokes to win the team international event of the 44th National Amateur golf championship, registering their fifth consecutive victory against arch rivals in the international meets, here at Lahore Gymkhana course on Saturday. Pakistan posted a score of 430 after adding 221 to previous days score of 209 to beat [...]

Penalty corner expert Sohail Abbas reached a world record of 268 goals in international play Friday, leading Pakistan to a 2-1 field hockey victory over India and an unassailable 4-1 lead in their eight-Test series. The spectators overflowing the 5,000 seats in the Guru Hargobind Stadium in northern India’s Punjab state jumped for joy as [...]

The Kirlosker Trophy tournament, on the format of the Ryder Cup (news – web sites) between the United States and Europe, was last held in 1991 and was revived amidst a thaw in India-Pakistan relations. “It was a great occasion of golf revival and winning the trophy is the icing on the cake,” Pakistan’s non-playing [...]

Ace penalty corner shooter Sohail Abbas equaled the world record of most goals in international field hockey as his two-goal burst yesterday clinched Pakistan a 3-1 victory against India in the fifth Test of the eight-match series. Abbas converted a penalty corner in the 28th minute and then sent a penalty stroke into the cage [...]

The Pakistan and Indian golf teams, after a lapse of thirteen years, finally managed to get together in Lahore at the Gymkhana Golf Course for a battle of golfing skills. This occasion arose because way back in 1989, a golfing visionary in India initiated this concept of team competitions between the arch-rivals of the subcontinent. [...]

Toromont Industries Ltd. said today its Cimco Refrigeration division has been awarded two recreational equipment orders worth about $4 million in total — one in China and the other in Pakistan. Cimco has also won a contract for the first artificial ice rink in Pakistan. The indoor rink is being built on the fifth floor [...]

After a disastrous campaign in the Athens Olympics, a depleted India will have to play out of their skin to be able to put across Pakistan in the opening match of the four-Test hockey series starting here tomorrow. A win against their much-fancied rivals seems highly unlikely for the visitors with several rookie players in [...]