Fast bowler Umar Gul has announced he will be retiring from all forms of cricket after a 20-year professional career as his side, Balochistan, failed to qualify for the National T20 Cup semifinals. In a statement, he said he had made the decision with a \”heavy heart and after a lot of thinking\”.\”I have always […]
DROSH: Nagar Fort beat Kuro Drosh to retain the polo cup trophy for the second year on Monday. In the final match played here, Nagar Fort scored six goals against just one by the Kuru team. As many as eight teams from Drosh, comprising players from both the Lower and Upper Chitral districts, took part
An elite school produces someone who goes on to play four Tests. Another of the institution\’s alumni plays 124. Yet it is the former whose name is used to lend gravitas to the facilities. Could this be? Yes, but surely only in South Africa. The Barry Richards High Performance Cricket Centre was inaugurated at Durban
LISBON: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo \”is asymptomatic\” and \”will not play against Sweden\” in Wednesday\’s Nations League match, the federation said on its website. The 35-year-old Juventus forward, who has been voted the world\’s top player five times, played in Portugal\’s goalless
PESHAWAR: A polo player from Upper Chitral sustained injuries after falling from his horse during a match in the polo ground in Chitral town. The player, Israr Alam, a resident of Awi, Upper Chitral was shifted to Peshawar and admitted to a private hospital in the provincial capital. Sources in the hospital told ChitralToday that
In a remote village in Pakistan’s Chitral Valley, about 1500 meters above sea level, wi-fi is intermittent. It is among these mountains bordering Afghanistan that Karishma Ali is changing lives — and trying to tell her story despite technological difficulties. For Karishma Ali, it is a world away, from the capital Islamabad, where she would
CHITRAL: A political activist from Yarkhun has demanded an audit of foreign funds spent on the establishment of a new playground in which the annual Broghil festival is held every year. Talking to ChitralToday correspondent GH Farooqui, ruling PTI activist Zar Bahar Akhonzada said in the past the locals celebrated an annual festival in a lush green
Audit of foreign fund spent on setting up of playground demanded Read More »
Global peace games for youth organized organized that featured a friendly sporting event with Futsal (mini-football) matches being played among eight high school teams of Booni, says a press release issued by IYFC. The event, like all such events being held worldwide, was dedicated to the objectives of the United Nations for peace, nonviolence and
CHITRAL: Garam Chashma school lifted a badminton trophy here. A total of 16 teams participated in the event both from upper and lower Chitral with full swing of their interest and support to make the event possible. As there are no resources and lack of an indoor stadium, it was difficult for the organizers and
BOONI, Feb 10: The people of Booni have opposed the PTI-led provincial government to establish a stadium at Qaqlasht. Talking to ChitralToday, the residents of the area said that the construction of the stadium in Qaqlasht would destroy the natural beauty of the plateau. They said that being quite far-off from the populated areas, only an annual
