Friday, 17 May 2013 14:34
Posted by Parvez Jabri
PESHAWAR: Secretary FATA Basketball Association Dilawar Khan Friday announced a 16-member squad for the forthcoming National Basketball Championship to be starting from May 20-26 here at PAF Sports Complex.Accompanied by Secretary FATA Olympic Association Shahid Khan Shinwari, Dilawar Khan said that they had two-day trials before short-listing the 16-member squad for the National Championship in which teams from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police, Pakistan Railways, Higher Education Commission (HEC), and host PAF will be taking part.He also thanked Secretary Pakistan Basketball Federation Col. Nasim for organizing the National Championship and provided a chance to FATA players to come up at national level.He said they have conducted the trials for two-day and those appeared in the trials a team was finalized.He said after short-listing the players a camp is being setup with the collaboration of FATA Olympic Association here at Qayyum Sports ...
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PESHAWAR: Secretary FATA Basketball Association Dilawar Khan Friday announced a 16-member squad for the forthcoming National Basketball Championship to be starting from May 20-26 here at PAF Sports Complex.Accompanied by Secretary FATA Olympic Association Shahid Khan Shinwari, Dilawar Khan said that they had two-day trials before short-listing the 16-member squad for the National Championship in which teams from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police, Pakistan Railways, Higher Education Commission (HEC), and host PAF will be taking part.He also thanked Secretary Pakistan Basketball Federation Col. Nasim for organizing the National Championship and provided a chance to FATA players to come up at national level.He said they have conducted the trials for two-day and those appeared in the trials a team was finalized.He said after short-listing the players a camp is being setup with the collaboration of FATA Olympic Association here at Qayyum Sports ...
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Alpine Association (IAA) in collaboration with Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) and Sports for Kids and Youth is organizing Inter-School Sport Climbing Championship.The Championship would be held on Sunday (May 19) here at Hockey Ground, G-9/3. Various schools are going to participate in the event.A total of three catogories will be played in the championship including Under-8, Under-12 and Under-16 for both boys and girls.Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2013 ...
MOBILE, ALABAMA: South Korea's Ji Eun-Hee fired a bogey-free seven-under 65 on Thursday to grab a share of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic first-round lead alongside American Lexi Thompson.Thompson, trying to improve on her runner-up finish in the same tournament last year, had eight birdies and a bogey.They were one stroke in front of Jessica Korda, who had six birdies in her six-under 66.Nicole Castrale, Mina Harigae, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Thidapa Suwannapura Park Hee-Young, Jennifer ...
LONDON: Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which he became one of the most widely recognised figures in world sport.The former England captain, 38, made the announcement shortly after winning the Ligue 1 title with French giants Paris Saint-Germain, which made him the first Englishman to win league championships in four different countries.He bows out from the game at the same time ...
LONDON: Frank Lampard signed a one-year contract extension with Chelsea on Thursday and then admitted he had considered quitting the club.After months of speculation over his future, the 34-year-old had dropped a hint on Wednesday night following the club's 2-1 Europa League final success against Benfica that a new deal was imminent.And fans did not have to wait long to find out the club's all-time record goalscorer will be staying on for a 13th season ...
PARIS: Defending world champion Zhang Jike shook off the challenge of Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi to safely advance to the third round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Thursday.Chinese star Zhang, also the Olympic title-holder but seeded fourth in the French capital after a run of inconsistent performances this year, was made to labour initially against an opponent ranked 75 places below him before easing to an 11-9, 13-15, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 victory.The ...
INDIANAPOLIS: Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti has never started on the front row in the US oval classic but the Scotsman is threatening to claim the top spot on Saturday.Qualifying for the 97th Indy 500 on May 26 will be staged this weekend at the famed 2 1/2-mile (four kilometer) oval with the pole being decided on Saturday and the final spots in the 33-car field to be filled on Sunday.Defending champion Franchitti, who ...
