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Indian hockey team in Pakistan after five years

An 18-member Indian hockey team received a warm welcome here from banner waving fans today when it arrived in Pakistan for the first series in the rival country in five years. The players will take part in a four-match series starting later this month. Some 200 policemen were deployed to maintain security at the airport, [...]

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Indian Olympians to be honoured in Pakistan

India’s World Cup winning captain Ajitpal Singh and former Olympian-turned-selectors BP Govinda, Aslam Sher Khan and Surinder Singh Sodhi will be felicitated during Indian hockey team’s tour of Pakistan next week. Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and its Pakistan counterpart have decided to felicitate four former players from each country during the eight-match home-and-away series. “Pakistan [...]

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First-ever women soccer match held in Islamabad

Pakistan Saturday staged its first ever women’s soccer match to mark the FIFA (International Football Federation) Fair Play Day which officials said would help boost women’s sports in this Muslim country. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) organised the match and coach Tariq Lutfi told AFP it would go a long way in promoting women’s sports [...]

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Pakistan to host Snooker World Cup

Pakistan will be hosting the world snooker cup early next year, said President of the Pakistan Billards and Snooker Association. He mentioned this at the prize distribution of the 18th Latif Masters snooker tournament which ended on Friday night at Karachi Club. He added that the tournament would be held either in Karachi or Islamabad [...]

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Punjab Plans ‘Sports City’ Near Jallo Park Resort

The [Punjab] government plans to construct a multipurpose ‘Sports City’ over 500 kanals at Rakh Chabeel near Jallo Park for hosting large functions such as the Horse and Cattle Show. Sources told Daily Times on Thursday that the government felt the need for a stadium because it had to pay the army a large sum [...]

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Karachi sports club plans to host snooker events

The Arabian Sea Country Club, located here in Bin Qasim, has the plans to develop cue sports facilities of the highest class and host national as well as international snooker events. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer, Arabian Sea Country Club, while talking to the media during the launching ceremony of the 18th Latif [...]

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Pakistan’s Aisam storms into Asian Tennis final

Aisam-ul- Haq outclassed the top Chinese Davis Cupper and their highest ranked ATP tennis player Peng Sun in the semi final of the Asian Tennis Championship in Tashkent after a marathon match which was fully stretched to three sets, 7-6 (12-10), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Both the players had to use every bit of their armoury [...]

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Aqeel wins ITF Futures’ title in India

Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan lived up to his top billing and won the USD 10,000 ITF Mens’ Futures title defeating Chinese Taipei’s Liu Tai-Wei 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1 at the Lal Bahadur stadium tennis complex here today. Twenty-four-year-old Khan had a good beginning and he rolled on to 5-3 in the first set until he relaxed [...]

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The Oldest Living Olympic Gold-Medalist Turns 100 in Pakistan

The oldest surviving Olympic gold medalist will have a field hockey match dedicated to him after celebrating his 100th birthday yesterday. Feroz Khan played in the Indian team that won the gold at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. He settled in Karachi, Pakistan, after partition in 1947. Khan became the oldest-known living Olympic medalist after [...]

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Pakistan whip India in Athens Hockey

India’s hopes of a top six finish in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament were dashed when they went down 0-3 to Pakistan on Wednesday night. They will now take on South Korea, who were beaten 4-3 by New Zealand in another play-off match for the fifth to eight places…

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