TNS – The News on Sunday

No imported coach or state-of-the-art equipment or lofty stadiums can bail us out of the present state of sport crises. We have to go back to basics and invest in school and club sports

When the team needs a 100 percent fit player he is found injured and not available for the national side.

Pakistan might have finished at a dismal fifth place in the seven-nation Sultan Azlan Shah Cup but it wasn’t a bad showing from a team that is in a rebuilding stage

The task of leading the sides should have been given to such players who might play for Pakistan for the next 10 or more years

Pakistan’s below-par showing in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is yet another reminder of the fact that our team lags far behind top sides in all areas of the game

The PCB must give the new coach enough time to improve the skills of Pakistani players

Sports in Pakistan will remain in crises because sports leadership is a complex art that needs to be understood by team captains, coaches and administrators

Pakistan’s squash authorities successfully hosted a bilateral series against Egypt in Karachi, raising hopes that more such events will take place on home soil in future

As Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain, Sarfraz Ahmed should start off with a clean slate and try to emulate the likes of Imran and Misbah by bringing the best out of his players

We must get rid of cricketers who play for themselves and select ones who would be better ambassadors of the country, anywhere, anytime