Lahore—Secretary, Pakistan Hockey Federation,
Mohammad Asif Bajwa said national senior team is
striving to join mainstream of world hockey and
success in World Cup qualifying round is a step
forward to this goal. It is a sour reality that
we are not among top teams of the world as we
are at seven number in world wide ranking, we
are endeavouring to improve our hockey by
achieving step by step success”, he told APP
here Tuesday after team’s arrival from France
where it won the qualifying round to earn a
place in next year’s World Cup in India.
Lahore—International midfielder and Navy’s
skipper Nomi Martin Gill became second leading
scorer of the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL)
as seamen outpaced Pakistan Water and Power
Development Authority WAPDA (42 pts), KRL (41)
and Pakistan Army (41) to become new leader in
the 14-team Table.
Islamabad—Expressing its utter dissatisfaction
and disappointment over performance of 40 sports
federations all over the country in promoting
and developing sports, the Senate Standing
Committee on Sports (Sports & Youth Affairs),
Tuesday, directed the Ministry of Sports to keep
a vigilant eye on the affairs of the various
federations particularly with regard
disbursement of funds and monitoring of their
elections.
Karachi—Muhammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal missed
the world record by four runs during their
amazing 103 runs tenth wicket stand in the third
One-Day International between Pakistan and New
Zealand at Abu Dhabhi on Monday. Pakistan was
heading towards massive defeat when number 11
batsmen Saeed joined left handed Aamer at the
crease under dazzling lights of Sheikh Zayed
Stadium.
Abu Dhabi—Captain Daniel Vettori said New
Zealand had grown in confidence after winning
their three-match one-day series against
Pakistan 2-1. New Zealand scored a seven-run
victory over Pakistan here on Monday, having
survived an explosive half-century by tail-ender
Mohammad Aamir, during which he and Saeed Ajmal
scored a new Pakistani record of 103 for the
10th wicket.
