Category: Sports

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Muslim wrestler Sami Zayn created new history by winning the competition while fasting.

During the American professional wrestling television program ‘RAW’ Sami Zayn not only stamped his ticket to WrestleMania, he also won the hearts of millions of people by observing his customs and religion.

Sami Zayn is from Canada and he is a Muslim by religion. The match was for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 40 in which Sami Zayn defeated the other two competitors at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Before the match, WWE commentator Michael Cole said, “Today is the first day of Ramadan and Sami Zayn is a Muslim, he hasn’t had anything to eat all day today so you have to think that will affect him in this match.”

Fans seemed concerned about Zayn’s performance and fully appreciated the incredible dedication.

Multan Sultans spinner Usama Mir has created history in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) becoming the highest wicket-taking spinner in a single edition of the League.

He has taken 21 wickets so far, surpassing Rashid Khan who took 20 wickets in the previous edition.

Hasan Ali took 25 wickets in 2019, Abbas Afridi took 23 wickets in 2023, Ihsanullah took 22 wickets while Faheem Ashraf took 21 wickets in the 2019 edition.

All four players who have taken more wickets than Usama Mir are fast bowlers.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finalized the schedule of the five match T20 series against New Zealand in April.

The Kiwis will arrive in Islamabad on April 14. The five-match series will be played between April 18 and 27. All the matches of the series will be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore.

The first three matches of the series will be played in Rawalpindi on April 18, 20 and 21, while the matches on April 25 and 27 will be played in Lahore.

In the 30th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Multan Sultans defeats Quetta Gladiators by 79 runs in National Stadium Karachi.

Quetta Gladiators captain Rilee Rossouw won the toss and invited Multan Sultans to bat first.

Multan Sultans inning

Multan Sultans scored 185 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 69 runs and Johnson Charles scored 53 runs. Apart from this, Yasir Khan scored 12 runs, Usman Khan 21 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed remained unbeaten by scoring 20 runs off 8 balls.

On behalf of Quetta Gladiators, Mohammad Amir took 2 wickets, Mohammad Wasim and Abrar Ahmed took one wicket each.

Quetta Gladiators inning

Chasing the target of 186, Quetta Gladiators team proved to be tha wall of sand.

From Quetta, Umair Yousuf scored 37 runs, Saud Shakeel 14, Khawaja Nafay 16, Rilee Rossouw 10, Jason Roy 3, Akeel Hosein 6, and Wasim Jr. scored 11 runs.

From Multan, Abbas Afridi took two wickets while Usama Mir and David Willey took 3 wickets each.

Pakistani Player Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG) players are facing sponsor and visa issues for PUBG Mobile Global Open (PMGO) Brazil, which will be a LAN event.

Pakistan’s PUBG Mobile, one of the best team Agonxi8 and Seventh Elements, is likely to miss out on the opportunity to play PUBG Mobile Global Open (PMGO) Brazil. PMGO is an offline tournament and the offline qualifiers of this event start from 28 March to 30 March.

The Pakistani team might not get their visas on time due to Pakistan visa policies. If they manage to get a visa, they would have to manage travel, hotel and other costs themselves in Brazil, an amount close to PKR three to four million. The prize poll of the LAN qualifiers is just $2,000 for each team, and unfortunately, if they cannot qualify for the next stage, they will have to bear a heavy loss.

The Pakistani government is not supportive of eSports. There is no platform to grow our eSports community.

The government should take serious notice of this problem because eSports is a huge income source for many players.

PMGO Roadmap:

A total of 32 qualified teams will compete in this round from which the top 1 team will qualify for the main event while the 2,3 and 4th spot teams will qualify for the ‘Prelims’. The total prize pool for the qualifiers is $64,000 which will be equally distributed among the 32 teams.

The prize pool for the Prelims stage is $80,000. The top eight teams from this stage will qualify for the main event, while 7 teams are already invited for the main event.

The prize pool for the main event will be $356,000. The winning team will secure $100,000, the runner-up $ 50,000-second runner-up $30,000, and the 4th place team will secure $15,000.

Shaheen Afridi is in danger of losing the captaincy of the Pakistan team ahead of the T20 World Cup this year.

His team Lahore Qalandars performed poorly in Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine, finishing at the bottom of the points table under Shaheen’s captaincy. According to an Urdupoint report, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has been advised to change the captain.

According to the report, “Some believe that the 23-year-old Shaheen is too young for the role and needs more maturity. On the other hand, some board members believe that the decision to change the leadership closer to the World Cup will not be wise as it could negatively affect the performance of the team.”

If Shaheen is removed, there is a strong possibility that Muhammad Rizwan will be appointed on the role. However, former captain Babar Azam is also among the contenders.

Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi are currently on top of the points table in PSL 9. Meanwhile, Rizwan’s Multan Sultans is at the second position. Fast bowler Shaheen replaced Babar Azam as the T20 captain in November last year.

Famous Palestinian footballer Muhammad Barkat has been martyred in the Israeli bombing of Gaza.

According to Al Jazeera, Barkat was martyred in Israeli bombing on his house in Khan Yunis during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Barkat represented the Palestine National Team and had also played matches for the local club. Called the legend of Khan Younis with 114 goals in his career, Barkat was also the captain of Khan Younis Youth Club.

In the 29th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Peshawar Zalmi defeats Karachi Kings by 2 runs in a last ball thriller match in National Stadium Karachi.

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat against Karachi Kings.

Peshawar Zalmi inning

Batting first, Peshawar Zalmi scored 147 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Babar Azam scored 51 runs, apart from this Saim Ayub scored 19, Muhammad Haris 13, Rovman Powell 30 and Aamir Jamal scored 8 runs.

Arafat Minhas, Zahid Mehmood and Hasan Ali took one wicket each for Karachi Kings.

Karachi Kings inning

Chasing the target of 148, Karachi Kings openers gave a very good start of 61 runs on the board. Tim Seifert scored 41 runs, James Vince 21, Shoaib Malik 22, Irfanullah Niazi 39, and Anwar Ali scored 14 runs.

On the last ball, Karachi needed 4 runs, Aamir Jamal bowled a very good yorker to Irfanullah Niazi and he missed the ball, Karachi Kings lost this match by 2 runs.

From Peshawar Zalmi Naveen took two while Luke Wood, Aamir Jamal and Saim Ayub took one wickets each,