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A cricket match between Pakistan and Australia at Lord's.. Cricket is the most popular sport in Pakistan. Pakistan has won international cricket events, which include the 1992 Cricket World Cup, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy besides finishing as runner-up in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2022 T20 World Cup.
PTV Sports HD is a 24-hour state-owned sports channel operated by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). [1] [2] [3] PTV Sports was founded as a sports division of the PTV in the 1970s. It was licensed as a stand-alone sports channel in January 2012. [4] It broadcasts cricket, football, hockey, snooker, and tennis events in Pakistan. [5] [6 ...
Football is among the most popular team sports in Pakistan, together with long time number one cricket and field hockey. [1] [2] [3] Pakistan's current top domestic football league is the Pakistan Premier League, recognised by the AFC as the official national football league.
1.4 Sports. 1.5 Kids. 1.6 Defunct. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of English-language television channels in Pakistan. Add languages ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS. BOYS. FIRST ROUND. WEDNESDAY (All games at 7 p.m. unless noted) OPEN DIVISION. Pool A. No. 9 La Mirada at No. 1 Harvard-Westlake
In its early years, football in Pakistan was mainly dominated by departmental and armed forces teams, which hired footballers as employees and provided them with a basic wage to play for their sides and work full time in the off-season.
Within the country, the association remains the oldest sports body. It was the premier regulator of sports activities in Pakistan from 1948 until the establishment of Pakistan Sports Board in 1962. [6] The Association continues to develop programmes in co-ordination with its affiliated bodies to promote sports at various levels.
Upon Pakistan's independence in 1947, both East and West wings of the country inherited the football infrastructure of the British Raj. [3] [4] The need for establishing a nationwide football association to govern the game properly was urgent, since India had inherited the erstwhile Calcutta-based Indian Football Association and the All-India Football Federation (AIFF).