Sports

The national sport of Pakistan is hockey, in which it has won three gold medals (1960, 1968, and 1984).^[280] Pakistan has also won the Hockey World Cup a record four times (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994).^[281]

Cricket, however, is the most popular game across the country.^[282] The national cricket team has won the Cricket World Cup once (in 1992), been runners-up once (in 1999), and co-hosted the tournament twice (in 1987 and 1996). Pakistan were runners-up in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa and won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. Lately, however, Pakistani cricket has suffered severely because teams have refused to tour Pakistan for fear of terrorism. No teams have toured Pakistan since March 2009, when militants attacked the touring Sri Lankan cricket team.^[283]

In Squash, world-class players such as Jahangir Khan, widely considered the greatest player in the sport's history,^[284] and Jansher Khan won the World Open Squash Championship several times during their careers.^[285] Jahangir Khan also won the British Open a record ten times.^[284]Pakistan has competed many times at the Olympics in field hockey, boxing, athletics, swimming, and shooting.^[286] Pakistan's Olympic medal tally stands at 10 of which 8 were earned in hockey.^[287] The Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medal tallies stand at 65 and 160 respectively.^{[citation needed][288]}

At national level, football and polo are popular, with regular national events in different parts of the country. Boxing, billiards, snooker, rowing, kayaking, caving, tennis, contract bridge, golf and volleyball are also actively pursued, and Pakistan has produced regional and international champions in these sports.