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After a few rather quiet days in Islamabad, overseeing the Pakistan Under-23 team’s training camp, Nolberto Solano’s formal welcome to the country’s football fraternity took place in Lahore. It was a grand function arranged by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to celebrate his arrival. There were moments there where the 50-year-old Peruvian would’ve felt like royalty; garlanded by all the attendees turn by turn, some tugging at him for a picture on a sweltering summer night. There was also a mini-ceremony where the former Newcastle United legend was sat on the stage and a sehrabandi — where a decorative headdress…
SHARJAH: Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz struck half-centuries as Pakistan thumped the United Arab Emirates by 31 runs in Sharjah on Saturday, making it two wins from two in their T20 tri-series also featuring Afghanistan. Opener Saim smashed a 38-ball 69, with four sixes and seven fours, while Hasan’s 26-ball 56 included six maximums, lifting Pakistan to 207 all out in exactly 20 overs. Asif Khan threatened to snatch an unlikely win for UAE with a brilliant 35-ball 77 before falling in the last over. The UAE managed 176-8 from their 20 overs. Skipper Muhammad Waseem also hit a breezy…
KARACHI: For Pakistan’s elite athletes, the pursuit of international glory is a solitary grind against a tide of financial constraints, inadequate coaching and systemic neglect. Their greatest battle is often fought far from the spotlight. When Commonwealth gold-medallist weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt stands atop the podium, the nation sees triumph. What it doesn’t see is the anxiety that once plagued him. “People initially supported me after my triumph but after that no one helped,” Nooh revealed to Dawn, his voice carrying the weight of experience. His sentiment is a familiar refrain in the echoing halls of Pakistani sports, a testament…
ABDULLAH Iqbal is waiting for a lot of big things to happen. The Pakistan captain and defensive stalwart can see the Swedish league title triumph on the horizon even though he says he and his side Mjallby are taking it “one game at a time”. A move to one of the top European leagues also seems on the cards for the 23-year-old. But most of all, he’s looking to give “moments of joy” to fans of the Pakistan national football team. Born and raised in Copenhagen, it has been some journey so far for Abdullah. From playing in the Danish…
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) inquiry committee has hurled multiple allegations towards the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) handling of the country’s participation in recently held FISU World University Games. In a report available with Dawn, the PSB called HEC out for “mismanagement, criminal negligence, nepotism, misuse of authority, violation of prescribed rules, and avoidance of accountability by an organisation” during the course of the Games held in Germany in July. The PSB had formed the committee to probe “serious irregularities” during the event, including the reported disappearance of two athletes. Besides student athletes, four officials of the HEC were…
Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Nicola Carey helped fire Northern Superchargers into the Hundred final Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Nicola Carey have helped power their Northern Superchargers into tonight’s final of the women’s Hundred. The trio continued their sparkling form in Saturday’s comprehensive ‘eliminator’ triumph over defending champs London Spirit at The Oval, all making substantial contributions on a day when even they were upstaged by their teenage English teammate Davina Perrin, who blasted an extraordinary record-breaking ton. Sutherland nearly took a hat-trick, while Litchfield and Carey both delivered dazzling batting cameos in support of Perrin, whose 42-ball ton…
Trent Rockets advanced to Sunday’s men’s Hundred final against Oval Invincibles at Lord’s after Saturday night’s wild eliminator versus Northern Superchargers at The Kia Oval was washed out.Superchargers reached 119-5 from 75 balls around two rain delays, while a third downpour came just as Rockets had begun a revised target of 134 from 75 deliveries and Superchargers Jacob Duffy started with a wide down the leg-side. Rockets’ ask was then altered to 105 from 55 balls but the wet weather returned after just five of those with the batting side 12-0 – Tom Banton six not out and Joe Root…
NETHERLANDS TOUR OF BANGLADESH 2025 Taskin Ahmed registered figures of 4/28 © BCB Bangladesh began the T20I series against Netherlands with a convincing eight-wicket win in the first match in Sylhet, chasing down a target of 137 with 6.3 overs to spare. Taskin Ahmed starred with the ball, picking four wickets in a fiery spell before Litton Das anchored the chase with a fluent half-century. Saif Hassan contributed with both bat and ball, picking a couple of wickets to go along with an unbeaten cameo to wrap the chase with 6.3 overs to spare. Put in to bat, Netherlands made…
THE HUNDRED WOMEN’S COMPETITION 2025 Courtesy Perrin’s 43-ball knock, Superchargers posted a mammoth 214/5, the highest team total in the Women’s Hundred © Getty Davina Perrin’s unbeaten 101 – the second ever century in The Women’s Hundred Competition – powered Northern Superchargers into the final with a commanding 42-run victory over London Spirit at the Oval on Saturday. Perrin cracked 15 boundaries and five sixes in her 43-ball innings as Superchargers posted a mammoth 214 for 5, the highest team total in the tournament’s history. The total proved too far beyond the reach of Spirit despite brisk knocks from Charli…
Northern Superchargers’ opener Davina Perrin credited Sir Viv Richards and Brian Lara as sources of inspiration as she smashed a record-breaking ton to lead her side to a 42-run win over London Spirit at The Oval in the women’s eliminator as they booked their place in Sunday’s final.The 18-year-old opener broke multiple records during her 43-ball outing, hitting the fastest ton in the women’s Hundred and the second fastest overall while also becoming only the second batter in the women’s competition to make triple figures after Tammy Beaumont in 2023. Perrin (101) shared a stunning 105-run opening partnership with Alice…