Moin Khan

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Mohammad Moin Khan (Urdu: محمد معین خان; born September 23, 1971), popularly known as Moin Khan (Urdu: معین خان), is a former Pakistani cricketer, primarily a wicketkeeper-batsman, who remained a member of the Pakistani national cricket team from 1990 to 2004. He has also captained the Pakistani side. He made his international debut against the West Indies at Multan. He took over 100 catches in […]

Feroze Khan (field hockey)

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Feroze Khan (Urdu: فیروز خان) (September 9, 1904 – April 21, 2005) was, at the time of his death, the world’s oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of U.S. athlete James Rockefeller in 2004. He was part of British India’s Olympic hockey team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, who won the gold medal for the event.  After his death, Roger Beaufrand of France became the oldest living Olympic […]

Haider Ali

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KARACHI: Pakistan’s Haider Ali wants to create history by becoming the first Pakistani athlete to lift a Paralympic gold as he prepares for tomorrow’s long jump event. Ali, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, took part in F-37/38 Category men’s long jump in Beijing Paralympics in 2008 and covered a distance of 6.44 meters, winning a silver […]

Pakistani polio survivor Mudassar Baig dreams of winning a medal at the London Paralympics, hoping to inspire a nation

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“It’s a dream come true for me and I want to be a role model — not only for disabled people in my country but also for the able-bodied who lose courage,” said Baig, whose right leg was left shorter than his left by polio in childhood. The 33-year-old post office clerk who thought life […]

Sarah Nasir

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Twenty-one year old Sarah Nasir (Left) is the only female karateka from Pakistan to have earned a gold medal in karate at a recognised martial arts competition. It was during the South Asian Games in Dhaka that Sarah bagged a gold in the -53kg kumite (sparring) and bronze in kata (imaginary fight routine) events. A […]

Saad Shahid

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Saad Shahid, is a first year medical student, and a professional squash player in second position in the world ranking for under 17 squash players. Saad won the Under 15 event in India and grabbed the second ranking in the Under 15 category in Pakistan. Grateful to his parent’s support both financially and morally, Saad […]

Saadi Abbas

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Pakistan’s first-ever Asian karate champion. Abbas etched his name in history when he beat his South Korean opponent to win gold in the sub-67 kilogramme category at the Asian Karate-do Championships. He not only became the first Pakistani but also the first south Asian to achieve this feat at an event, and a sport, dominated […]

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Urdu: اعصام الحق قریشی) (born March 17, 1980, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan’s top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the formerAsian No. 3. He is the only Pakistani tennis player to reach the final of a Grand Slam, which […]

Adeel Ameer

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The Special Olympics is a global event held every four years where athletes with intellectual disabilities, ranging from moderate to severe, show the world they are capable of taking centre-stage as well. Taking part in a global event is a gruesome ask. And performing with the world watching is even more daunting, especially if your […]

Shahid Khan Afridi

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Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi(Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, popularly known asShahid Afridi (Pashto:شاهد ‏افریدی), is a Pakistani Cricketer. Between 1996 and 2012, Afridi played 27 Tests, 334 One Day Internationals, and 46 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national […]

Sohail Abbas

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Sohail Abbas (Urdu: سہیل عباس) (born 9 June 1977 in Karachi) is a field hockey defender and penalty corner specialist from Pakistan. He is the highest scorer of goals in Hockey breaking Dhyan Chand’s record 274 goals for the most goals scored in international competition] with his current goal tally at 328. (on 30.06.2011). When […]

Aleem Dar

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Aleem Sarwar Dar(Urdu:علیم سرور ڈار) (born June 6, 1968 in jhang,Punjab) is a retired Pakistani first-class cricketer and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards 2009, 2010 and 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar and Simon Taufelare the only umpires to have received the award since […]

Saeed Anwar

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Saeed Anwar (Urdu: سعید انور; born September 6, 1968 in Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani left-handed opening batsmanand ocasional Slow left arm orthodox bowler who played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. He played 55Test matches scoring 4052 with the help of eleven centuries while in 247 One Day Internationals (ODIs) he made 8824 runs. He made twenty centuries in ODIs which are the most than any other pakistani […]

Saqlain Mushtaq

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Saqlain Mushtaq (Urdu: ثقلین مشتاق) (born December 29, 1976) is Pakistani cricketer. He is best known for pioneering the “doosra”, which he employed to great effect during his career. Saqlain has not been active in international cricket since 2004. Saqlain made his international debut in September 1995 playing against Sri Lanka at Peshawar. He picked up four wickets at an average of […]

Inzamam-ul-Haq

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Inzamam-ul-Haq(Saraiki, Punjabi, Urdu:انضمام الحق; born 3 March 1970[1]), also known as Inzy, is a Pakistani cricketer who was a leading batsman and the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2003 to 2007. He is the second-highest run scorer for Pakistan inTest cricket, after Javed Miandad. Inzamam rose to fame in the semi-final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup, in which he […]

Javed Miandad

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Javed Miandad is the greatest batsman Pakistan has ever produced. There was little doubt in the mind of Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistan’s first Test captain and influential administrator, when he first laid eyes on him as a youngster in the early 70s and famously predicted Miandad “the find of the decade.” He wasn’t wrong, as […]

Jahangir Khan

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Jahangir Khan, HI, (born 10 December 1963, in Karachi, Pakistan) (sometimes spelled “Jehangir Khan“) is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. Jahangir Khan is an ethnic Pashtun, originally from Neway Kelay, Peshawar.  During his career he won the World Opensix times and the British Open a record […]