Armstrong risks angry Tour welcome
SOCHI - Disgraced champion Lance Armstrong will be risking an angry reception if he carries out his own Tour de France charity ride this year, the UCI chief warned. The American, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, plans to go over this year's "Grande Boucle" route one day before the main race with former England footballer Geoff Thomas. The pair say they will raise money for cancer sufferers. "I think he needs to bear in mind that he may not get quite the welcome he would like in France riding around the route of the Tour the day before," UCI president Brian Cookson said. "There are a lot of people already out on the route the day before the Tour and I am not so sure they would be delighted to see Lance Armstrong, so maybe he needs to bear that in mind."–AFP

PFF elections on June 30
LAHORE – The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Wednesday announced that after successful completion of district football associations, Islamabad Football Association (IFA) and provincial football associations' elections in a free and fair manner in accordance with the PFF statutes and rules, now the federation’s elections will be held on June 30. According to PFF spokesman, nomination forms will be issued and submitted to the PFF secretary from April 24 and 28. The PFF elections will be held for the seats of president (1), vice presidents (3), EXCO members (11) and women representatives (3). The elected office bearers will join their offices with effect from September 1, 2015. The comprehensive election rules and complete schedule of PFF elections can be visited on PFF website: www.pff.com.pk.–Staff Reporter

Air Chief gives Mahin cash award
ISLAMABAD - Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, awarded cash prize to young Pakistani tennis star Mahin Aftab Qureshi at Air Headquarters Wednesday. The Air Chief appreciated the achievements of emerging tennis player. He also lauded her performance for bringing laurels to the country and extended his best wishes for her in future. Mahin is the daughter of Air Commodore Aftab Sadiq Qureshi. She is the first Pakistani tennis player, who created history by clinching the Asian Under 14 ITF Tennis Championship at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She beat Anika Seneviratne of Sri Lanka in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the finals of ITF Asian Championship. She has the honour to be the only Pakistani who had been selected by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to play as a part of Asian Team in the ITF Under 14 Team Championship in Thailand as well.–Staff Reporter

PIMSAT, Sir Syed win in RBC Cricket
LAHORE – PIMSAT and Sir Syed University scored victories in the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2015 matches. In the opening match at the IBA ground, PIMSAT routed Hamdard University by 178 runs. PIMSAT, batting first, hammered 226 with Daniyal Liaqat smashing 112 while opener Qazi Mujahid hit 60. In reply, Hamdard was sent packing for 48. Bilalur Reham snapped five wickets. Daniyal was named man of the match. In another encounter, Sir Syed University thrashed Baqai Medical University (BMU) by a huge margin of 111 runs. Sir Syed University, batting first, scored 177-8 in 20 overs. Opener Waqas Mehboob gathered 92 runs. Ajmal Khan claimed 5-25. BMU innings was folded at 66. Faraz Hussain, Noman Naseem and Waqarul Huda claimed two wickets each. Waqas was named man of the match.–Staff Reporter