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Pakistan Women cricket team crush Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODI series
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Pakistan Women cricket team crush Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODI series
Pakistan women cricket team chances of qualifying for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2021 brightened when the national team clean-swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in a bilateral One-Day International (ODI) series, which was part of the eight-team ICC Women’s Championship. The top four teams in the championship will gain automatic entry into the ICC’s Women’s World Cup, scheduled to be held in New Zealand in 2021. The national women’s team’s superb…
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Pakistan clinch bronze at World Junior Ju-Jitsu Championships
Pakistani youngsters made the country proud on March 3, finishing with a bronze medal at the Ju-Jitsu International Federation’s World Junior and Aspirants Championships in Abu Dhabi. What made this performance all the more special was that the medal-winners, Hamza Farooq and Tanveer Ahmed were representing Pakistan for the first time in the duo show under-21 event in World Junior Ju-Jitsu Championships. The youngsters’ victory at the World Junior Ju-Jitsu Championship…
Pakistan reclaim top spot in ICC T20 rankings
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Pakistan reclaim top spot in ICC T20 rankings after beating New Zealand
Pakistan ICC T20 ranking is back to the top spot as they outplayed New Zealand by 18 runs on January 28 to win the three-match Twenty20 International series against the hosts 2-1. Importantly, the victory also saw them reclaim the number one spot in the ICC T20 rankings. Staging a stirring comeback after being blanked out 5-0 in the One-Day International (ODI) series against the hosts, Pakistan displayed their traditional…
first pakistani women samar khan scale African mountain on bicycle
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Samar Khan becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Africa’s highest peak
Pakistani cyclist and athlete Samar Khan created history in December 2017 when she became the first woman from the country to scale Africa’s highest peak, The 27-year-old from Dir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is clearly on a quest to break stereotypes and records as this is not the first time her instinct for adventure has led to history being made. In 2016, she became the first woman in the world to have cycled…
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Pakistan clinches 15 gold medals at Oceania Powerlifting Championship 2017
Pakistani female power-lifters paid off the trust reposed in them in dramatic fashion, winning 12 of the 15 gold medals that the country’s athletes won at the Oceania Powerlifting Championship 2017 and Pacific Invitational held in Singapore from December 7-10. At the event Pakistan were represented by four female power lifters making it the largest female contingent from the country to take part in an international competition. The country’s spectacular…
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Pakistan junior squash team wins World Team Junior Squash Championships 2016
Pakistan Junior Squash Team upset top seeds and defending champions Egypt 2-1 to lift the World Team Junior Squash Championships 2016 on August 16. The event, held in Poland, saw the second-seeded Pakistan regain the title they had last won back in 2008. The Pakistan junior squash team comprised Ayaz Ahsan, Israr Ahmed and Shoukat Abbas with the latter two winning their respective matches against their Egyptian counterparts in the…
Pakistan grab top spot in ICC T20 rankings
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Pakistan grab top spot in ICC T20 rankings
Pakistan created history on November 1 when the national team climbed one spot to become the number one ranked side in the International Cricket Council ICC T20 rankings for the first time ever. The development came about when New Zealand, who were the previously top-ranked team, were beaten by India by 53 runs in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals between the two sides. To maintain the number one ranking,…
Victorious Pakistan snooker team members return home
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Pakistan win IBSF World 6-Red Team Snooker Championship 2017
Pakistani cueists put up a stupendous show at the IBSF World 6-Red Snooker Championship 2017, winning both the gold and silver medals at the team event, and the bronze medal in the individual championship. The 36-team event, held in Hurghada, Egypt, saw Pakistan fielding two teams, with both the national outfits winning their respective semi-finals to reach the final of the World Team Snooker Championship, held on August 10. This…