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Rain Check: England and Pakistan’s T20 Preparations Drenched Ahead of World Cup

28May

By Iman AttiqueNo Comments

Opinion, Sports & Travel

Rain Check: England and Pakistan’s T20 Preparations Drenched Ahead of World Cup

By: Iman Attique The much-anticipated T20 series between England and Pakistan has been heavily affected by relentless rain, impacting both teams' preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup. With the third match in Cardiff abandoned without a ball bowled due to persistent rain, England's 1-0 lead in the series remains the only result so far. For England, this series was meant to serve as a final tune-up under the guidance of head coach Matthew Mott and captain Jos Butler. England has played only 13 T20s since the last World Cup in 2022, a lack of match practice that could be detrimental, especially for key players like Jofra Archer, who has just returned from a long injury layoff. In contrast, Pakistan has had a decent run of cricket leading up to the tournament, with the Pakista...

9Mar

By adminNo Comments

Sports & Travel, Uncategorized

The Streets Must Not Forget

By:Ahmad bin Tahir Raheem Sterling’s legacy has been tarred. Robert Lewandowski is no longer a memorable figure for football fans. Does anyone even remember Lukaku’s heroics for Inter Milan before his move to Chelsea? Football suffers from the epidemic of recency bias. Football is a dynamic game. It changes roughly every 3 years with respect to its tactics, playstyle, and marketing strategies. While FC Barcelona’s tiki-taka might have been the peak of sporting tactics in 2011, Dortmund’s gegenpressing in 2013 overshadowed its influence on the sport. By extension, player archetypes changed very rapidly as well, with Didier Drogba’s false-9 quickly being replaced by Louis Suarez’s poaching skills. As the whirlwind of managerial dynamism transforms football, players sometimes ca...

Cricket Fever: Recounting Pakistan’s Turbulent Journey to the T20 WC Final

3Dec

By Iman AttiqueNo Comments

Sports & Travel

Cricket Fever: Recounting Pakistan’s Turbulent Journey to the T20 WC Final

By: Iman Attique and Zoha Fareed Chishti The crowd goes silent in anticipation as Shaheen Shah Afridi runs in to bowl the first over of the game. Moments later, it erupts - girls and boys alike going berserk at the umpire’s raised finger as the on-strike batter makes his way off the pitch. Such was the atmosphere at the Syed Maratib Ali Sports Complex on the afternoon of the Pakistan vs New Zealand semi-final for the 2022 T20 World Cup. Aman Khan’24, a member of the Student Council who worked on organizing the screening alongside Sports at LUMS (SLUMS), reports that over eight hundred people showed up to the complex throughout the duration of the four-hour thriller. The revenue generated from the tickets costing Rs.200 each was then spe...

All Out for the Semester: PSL Postponement

27Apr

By Khadija Faruqui3 Comments

Sports & Travel

All Out for the Semester: PSL Postponement

By: Khadija FaruquiOn March 4, 2021 the remaining matches of the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were postponed due to a COVID outbreak among the players. Considering everything the pandemic affected, the arena of sport and especially cricket in Pakistan was the one thing, which served to distract people from the anxieties of post-COVID life and online learning. Although the decision was made with regards to ensuring players’ safety, LUMS’ avid cricket watchers mourned the postponement of what seemed to be the only form of escape in a stressful semester.Before the matches were postponed, a forum where the excitement of LUMS’ students to attend the matches could be seen was LDF as it was flooded with frantic requests for tickets, indicating people’s desperation to experienc...

9Dec

By Munema ZahidNo Comments

Sports & Travel

Step Up to DanceLUMS

By: Munema ZahidYou're sitting at the Khokha (in a reopened campus) and sipping on a cup of elaichi chai when a horde of students gather near you. Suddenly, "Haaye Dil" starts blasting from the speakers and they break out into a dance.This flash mob would be one of the events the Dance Society of LUMS has envisioned for the year, in addition to a Theme Week, online dance lessons, and an interschool all-arts competition in collaboration with other societies. Founded at the start of the semester by Alina Anjum ‘22, the society aims to provide an all-inclusive platform for people who appreciate dance."We want [DanceLUMS] to be for everyone. Even if people aren’t a part of it, they can feel free to come up to us and volunteer as teachers or performers," emphasises Wadood Ahmad ‘22, Vice Presid...

Zumba and HIIT Classes at LUMS go Online

8Oct

By Laiba AhmadNo Comments

Sports & Travel

Zumba and HIIT Classes at LUMS go Online

By: Laiba AhmadThe LUMS Shredded Society has found a way to continue their Zumba and HIIT classes, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has made these large group workouts otherwise impossible, by bringing the gym to everyone’s rooms.Before the closure of campus on March 16, the Shredded Zumba and HIIT (high intensity interval training) programmes were a fitness staple for many. The latter was averaging a large turnout of 40 to 50 participants per day, according to Nabeel Ahmad Chauhan ‘22, captain of the Shredded society.The end of the fitness classes caused many students to adopt a sedentary lifestyle during the pandemic and led to compromised productivity.LUMS Shredded member and regular gym goer Abdullah Abdul Manan ‘23 commented on feeling lethargic, and said, “Besides my chores, ther...

Zumba Classes: Girls Drop Out Due To Discomfort

18Dec

By admin1 Comment

Campus News, Sports & Travel

Zumba Classes: Girls Drop Out Due To Discomfort

By Mohammad Basit KhanThis October, many female students dropped out of Zumba classes, taking place in MainHall, Sports Complex, due to the discomfort felt with its open venue. Zumba, conventionally, is practiced in closed, private settings.Notably, other unenrolled students are allowed access to the Main Hall and partake in their individual activities, during campus class hours. “It was majorly uncomfortable because there were too many people in the sports complex – mostly boys playing basketball or some randomly standing watching,” Huda Ahsan Khan ‘23 said.Saman Khan ‘22 was a regular at the Zumba sessions held in LUMS last year, yet this year she hasn’t returned after attending the first few sessions. “We used to be just nine to ten girls. It was a very relaxed environment last year,” s...