The author is a freelance sports journalist. He may be reached at ijaz62@hotmail.com
The history of FIFA World Cup throws up so many memorable stories. The 1954 World Cup is remembered for the ‘Miracle of Bern’ referring...
Since 1978, football and hockey World Cups have been staged in the same year. No need telling that the soccer event receives far more coverage and...
The 15th hockey World Cup began yesterday in The Hague, Holland. Unbelievably, Pakistan, the record four-time winners, are absent, having failed to...
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Early this month, Amir Khan outpointed the dangerous American veteran Luis Collazo at the MGM, Las Vegas, for many the boxing capital of the world....
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Bayern Munich is easily the most successful club in the history of the German football, having won the Bundesliga 24 times; nearest is FC Nuremberg...
The last four years saw Pakistan hockey going through one debacle after another: 12th position at the 2010 World Cup, 7th at the 2012 Olympics...
Women have always been conscious about how they look. Literature, art and history testify to this. In the old times, it was the face more than any...
The recent Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi saw just a token representation from Pakistan. Nothing was expected from the sole...