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Girls National Hockey Championship will be inaugurated on 1st March 2016 at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad. By, Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad- The U-18 Girls National Hockey Championship powered by Strawberry Sports Management will be inaugurated on 1st March 2016 at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad. The Championship is an annual activity of PHF Women’s Wing. This is the fourth edition. It is an eight teams’ tournament spread over six days where all Provincial teams and few departmental teams participate.The S&I Sports is the title sponsor while Strawberry Sports Management is managing sponsorship and marketing of the event.The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), announced the opening of the S & I 4th U-18 Girls National Hockey Championship powered by Strawberry Sports Management at a dignified ceremony at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad. The S&I Sports is the title sponsor while Strawberry Sports Management is managing sponsorship and marketing of the event. Director of S&I Mr. Mustafa Humayun expressed his delight at the opportunity to sponsor such an event, and said that the event was in line with S&I Sports’ vision to promote sports for greater peace and development in Pakistan. He further emphasized the need for women to take part in sports. Mr. Haider Ali Daud Khan, CEO of Strawberry Sports Management; termed the event as part of the journey for the revival of the country’ national sport.The PHF also expressed its resolve to cultivate talent for both the Men’s and Women’s Teams and to put in concerted efforts to revive hockey in Pakistan, and become again the giant that Pakistan Hockey once was. Mean while the Second phase of training camp of national hockey for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be held at, Lahore from 5th March 2016 the a weeklong camp was established at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad.The second phase of training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the 25thSultan Azlan Shah Cup will be established at Johar Hockey Stadium, Lahore on 5th March 2016.The PHF has directed following players to report to Mr. Abdul Hanif Khan Manager/Camp Commandant at Johar Town Hockey Stadium, Lahore on 5th March 2016/afternoon, positively:-Imran Butt, Amjad Ali, Mazhar Abbas, Yasir & Waleed (GKs); Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Aleem Bilal, Syed Kashif Shah, Asad Aziz, Nawaz, Ijaz Ahmad, Siddique Salman, Khalid Bhatti, Sultan Amir & Munawar Kakar (FULL BACKS); Fareed Ahmed, Rashid Mahmood, Tasawar Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan Junior, Muhammad Touseeq Arshad, Saleem Nazim, Zohaib Ashraf, Kashif Javaid, Ali Hassan, Faisal Qadir, Rehan Ashraf & Qazi Asfand Yar (HALVES). Irfan Junior, Muhammad Umar Bhutta, Muhammad Rizwan Senior, Muhammad Kashif Ali, Ali Shan, Muhammad Arslan Qadir, Abdul Haseem Khan, Taimoor Malik, Sami Ullah, Awais-ur-Rehman, Sheharyar, Ali Raza, Ijaz Ahmad, Fayyaz Yaqoob, Jamil Bostan, Hamid Ullah, Zeeshan Bukhari, Musharraf, S. Qamar Ali, Owais Khan, Kareem Khan, Akbar Ali & Rizwan Ali (FORWARDS).

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بحریہ ٹاؤن تیسری انٹرنیشنل ویمن سکواش چیمپیئن شپ کاآج اتوار کو فائنل میچ مصر کی آمنہ یسرےاور ہانگ کانگ کی لیوٹزلنگ میں کھیلا ہوگا بحریہ ٹاؤن تیسری انٹرنیشنل ویمن سکواش چیمپیئن شپ کا فائنل مصرکی آمنہ یسرے میں ہانگ کانگ کی لیوٹزلنگ سے ٹاکرا ہوگاکاآج اسلام آباد(اصغر علی مبارک سے )مصرکی ابھرتی ہوئی رائزنگ سٹار 16سالہ آمنہ یسرے نے شاندار کارکردگی کا سلسلہ جاری رکتھے ہوے سیمی فائنل میں پاکستانی نمبر ون ماریا طور کو اپ سیٹ شکست سے دوچار کرتے ھوے تیسری بحریہ ٹاؤن انٹرنیشنل ویمن سکواش چیمپیئن شپ میں جگہ بنا لی ہے جہاں آمنہ یسرےکااآج فائنل میں ہانگ کانگ کی لیوٹزلنگ سے مقابلہ ہوگا۔ سفاری کلب میں کھیلے گئے پہلے سیمی فائنل میں مصرکی ٹیلنٹڈ کھلاڑی آمنہ یسرے نے ٹورنامنٹ کابڑا اپ سیٹ کرتے ہوئے دفاعی چیمپیئن اور نمبر ون پاکستان کی ماریہ طور کو 5-11، 11-9، 11-6اور 11-9سے شکست دے کر خوبصورت ٹرافی اٹھانے کے قدم بڑھا دیا ہے .. جب کے دوسرے سیمی فائنل میں ٹاپ سیڈہانگ کانگ کی لیوٹزلنگ نے اپنی ہم وطن ٹانگ ٹز ونگ کو 11-7، 11-7اور 15-13سے ہراکرفائنل میں پہنچ گئیں۔ فائنل آج ساڑھے تین بجے آمنہ یسرے اور لیوٹزلنگ کے مابینسفاری کلب میں کھیلاجائے گا۔ مصرکی ابھرتی ہوئی رائزنگ سٹار 16سالہ آمنہ یسرے نے کہاکہ ماریہ طور جیسی کھلاڑی کو اس کے اپنے ہوم کراؤڈ کے سامنے ہرانا آسان نہیں تھا تاہم وہ پہلی بار پندرہ ہزارڈالر والے پی ایس اے ٹورنامنٹ کے فائنل کیلئے کوالیفائی کرکے بے حد خوش ہے۔ انہوں نی کہا کی پاکستان میں خواتین کے لیے سپورٹس کی سہولیات دیکھ کر بے حد خوشی ہوئی ،پاکستانی فوڈ ،کلچر ،ڈریس مجھے بہو ت اچھے لگے انہو ں نے بہترین انتظامات پر بحریہ ٹاؤن اورسفاری کلب انتظامیہ کوخراج تحسین پیش کرتے ہوے کہاکے انٹرنیشنل ویمن سکواش چیمپیئن شپ میں تمام انتظامات مثالی تھے فائنل میں ھونگ کانگ کی کھلاڑی لیوٹزلنگ نے کہاکہ فائنل میں رسائی میرے لئے بڑی خوشی اور خوشگوار تجربہ ہے، یہاں ہمیں بہترین ماحول اورسہولیات ملیں۔ پاکستانی ماریہ طورنے کہاکہ اپنے اعزاز کادفاع نہ کرنے کادکھ اور افسوس ہے ۔ انہوں نے کہاکہ انشاء اللہ آئندہ مقا بلوں میں بہترکارکردگی کا مظا ہرہ کروں گی۔

Serena Hotels in celebrate ‘’A Day of Cricket’’ with media at Islamabad It was a great display of quality cricket where the Media XI emerged victorious By. Our sports correspondent/Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad: The Serena Hotels in collaboration with ET Memorial Trust hosted a fundraiser T20 match between Diplomats X1 and Media X1. ET Memorial Trust was founded by Mrs. Nighat Saeed. All proceeds of the match will go to Umeed-e-Noor, which is looked after by Mrs. Shaheen Toru, to help children with special needs. Mayor of Islamabad Sheikh Ansar graced the occasion with the Bosnian Ambassador H.E. Nedim Makarevic, Palestinian Ambassador H.E. Walid Abu Ali, and Mr. Mangala and Mr.Jayanath from the Sri Lankan High Commission, the Austrian Deputy Head of Mission H.E Lucas Bachmayer, Mr.Janesh from the Indian High Commission, Mr.Shakeel Anjum President Press Club, Mr.Javed Khan Radio Pakistan and Mr.Faisal Javed Khan along with their families. It was a great display of talent and quality cricket where the Media XI team emerged victorious. Mr.Kamran Riaz was man of the match and his team members Mr.Talat Hussain, Mr. Mohsin Ali, Mr.Abid Abbassi were there supporting him. The Serena Hotels sponsored this event under its Sports Diplomacy Initiative, which aims to promote healthy interaction amid various segments of the society and are committed to encourage and stimulate passion for sports amongst the youth of Pakistan. Serena Hotels has hosted numerous sporting events before such as the Chief of Air Staff Squash, President of Pakistan Gold Medal Golf Championship, Serena Hotels Total Football, and Serena Hotels Open Tennis Championship to name but a few.

Arch-rivals Pakistan and India will meet at Mirpur in high voltage T20s Asia Cup 2016 match today. By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Mirpur, Dhaka– Bangladesh: The Asia Cup 2016 high voltage big match will be held here today at Mirpur between the arch rival Pakistan and India, the Twenty20 format as teams aim to assess their strengths and weaknesses ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in March. As two most bitter rivals in the world cricket, Pakistan and India are going to take on each other in a round-robin league encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Bangladesh on today (27th February, 2016), the most intriguing rivalry is again set to be renewed. The two teams met exactly a year and 11 days back in Adelaide Australia during the 50-over World Cup 2015’s match which was won by India 76 runs. The unpredictable Pakistan team will take in-form Indian team with rehabilitated pacer Mohammed Amir being the focus of attention. Saturday’s clash will also serve as a pre-cursor to the arch-rivals’ opening round battle in the ICC World T20, next month in India. Traditionally, India have never ever lost to Pakistan in the global events but it has not been the case in the continental event where Shahid Afridi and co have performed well .The Asia Cup has never been played in the T20 format, which is also a first. India and Pakistan’s rivalry in T20Is and Asia Cup has been so far the battle between India and Pakistan in Asia Cup has been equal both the teams have won 5-5 ODI games each they have faced in this tournament. T20Is: India has won 5 games out of six T20 international matches played against Pakistan. Highest individual score (Asia Cup): India’s star batter Virat Kohli slammed his highest ever individual total of 183 (148 balls) in ODI against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2012. Kohli’s breathtaking innings helped India successfully chase a daunting total of 330. View Photos Highest Opening partnership (Asia Cup): Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jameshed’s 224-run opening stand during Asia Cup 2012. (Indo-Pak game is normal for me: Kohli) Highest individual score (T20Is): Virat Kohli’s 78* in the 2012 World Cup in Colombo is also the highest individual score by a batsman in India-Pakistan T20 match. Most runs by an individual (T20Is): With 150 runs in 4 T20 games played, Virat Kohli tops the list of most number of runs scored by a batsman in games between India-Pakistan. Most 50’s in T20Is: Mohammad Hafeez has slammed 2 fifties against India, during the bilateral series in India back in 2012, happens to be the only batter to have scored maximum number of half centuries between India-Pakistan clashes. Most wickets (T20Is): Pakistan’s Umar Gul has bagged 11 wickets, maximum no. of wickets by an individual bowler, between arch-rivals. His best figure is 4/37 at an average of 16.18. View Photos for India, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the best bowling figures of 3/9, during T20 game between India and Pakistan played at Bangalore in 2012. Most 6’s in a T20I game: Yuvraj Singh holds the record for hitting 7 sixes in his whirlwind knock of 72 (36 balls) during the match at Ahmadabad. India cleared its first hurdle with relative ease and now gears up for a showdown with bitter-rival Pakistan in the glamour game of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh on Saturday. Once again this tie will draw millions of television viewers across the world and one can expect empty streets in the main cities of the two countries as most will be glued to television sets. The arch-enemies on and off the field haven’t met in a bilateral series in several years, but have been forced to face each other in ICC-run tournaments. Their last meeting came in the World Cup in Australia last year that India won and, despite extraordinary efforts by the Pakistan board to kick-start a bilateral series in a neutral country, it was snubbed by India. So, one can expect tensions to run high in Mirpure on Saturday as Pakistan tries to turn the tables on its arrogant neighbor in this regional tournament that will serve as a dress rehearsal for the World Twenty20 that starts in India next month. As the luck of the draw would have it India will lock horns with Pakistan yet again in a group encounter. India, favored to win both the tournaments, got off to a flying start on Wednesday by thrashing Bangladesh in the opener of the biennial 12-day competition in Dhaka. India piled on 166 for six thanks to a superb 83 off 55 balls by red-hot opener Rohit Sharma and newcomer Hardik Pandya who made an impressive 31 off 18 balls. Veteran medium-pacer Ashish Nehra then captured three for 23 to send the home team crashing to 121 for seven … Skipper Lasith Malinga (4 for 26) and fellow pace bowler Nuwan Kulasekara (3 for 10) proved too much for United Arab Republic in Mirpur as Sri Lanka romped to a 14-run win in the Asia Cup on Thursday. The islanders made 129 for eight with Dinesh Chandimal top-scoring with 50 and then restricted U.A.E. to 115 for nine.Mean while the Government of Pakistan has conveyed its decision with regard to Pakistan cricket team’s participation in the ICC World T20 2016 scheduled in India.As per the decision, Pakistan cricket team has been allowed to participate in the matches of ICC World T20 scheduled in various venues in India. The permission has been given specifically for the ICC World T20 2016.Since the Government advise in respect of the security of the member of cricket team and Pakistani national would be adhere in letter and spirit.The Chairman PCB Mr. Shaharyar M. Khan who is currently in Dhaka said:“I am pleased that our Government has given its consent for our team to visit India. As a duty of care, we have asked ICC to put in place special arrangements for the Pakistan cricket team while in India we will also be expecting visa facilitation and other arrangements for the Pakistani fans wishing to visit India for the ICC World T20 2016”. February 27: India vs Pakistan, Mirpur February 28: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur February 29: Pakistan vs UAE, Mirpur March 1: India vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur March 2: Bangladesh vs Pakistan, Mirpur March 3: India vs UAE, Mirpur March 4: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur March 6: Final, Mirpur, Before the start of the main tournament, there was a qualifying event played before the Asia Cup that saw the likes of Oman, UAE, Hong Kong and Afghanistan competing for the one spot.

Pakistan ready to face arch-rivals India in T20s Asia Cup 2016.Pakistani Govt, has conveyed its decision to cricket team’s participation in ICC World T20 2016 India. By.Asghar Ali Mubarak