PHF seeks security of players in Holland
KARACHI, Oct 9: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has sought security of its players in wake of the ‘retaliatory’ attacks on Muslims in the Netherlands and Belgium, an official said on Tuesday,...
Wallace stoops to conquer Forest
LONDON, Oct 9: Premier league Bolton Wanderers advanced to the fourth round of the English League Cup with a scrappy 1-0 home win over first division Nottingham Forest on Monday....
Aussies approve lie detectors
MELBOURNE, Oct 9: Australian cricketers cautiously welcomed moves Tuesday by the International Cricket Council to subject Test players to lie detector tests every six months in a bid to catch match-fixers....
Zidane holds key for injury-hit Real Madrid
MADRID, Oct 9: Real Madrid will look to the vast experience of Zinedine Zidane to guide a drastically weakened side past third division Playas Jandia and into the King’s Cup third...
Weir replaced by Torrance
LONDON, Oct 9: European Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance will replace Canadian Mike Weir in the World Match Play Championship starting at Wentworth on Thursday, organisers said Tuesday,...
India rout Canada but Australia held to draw
HOBART, Oct 9: Indians were off to a flying start in the 7th Junior World Cup Hockey tournament thrashing Canada 5-0 in their opening match at the Tasmania Hockey Centre Tuesday....
Championship shifted from Bali to Paris
JAKARTA, Oct 9: The decision by the World Bridge Federation (WBF) to move the 2001 world championship from Bali to Paris because of security concerns has drawn criticism from Indonesia’s local...
Lokomotiv, Dynamo suffer defeats
MOSCOW, Oct 9: Lokomotiv Moscow failed to overtake their city rivals Spartak at the top of the Russian premier division after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Chernomorets Novorossiisk on...
World Cup hosts step up security
SEOUL, Oct 9: South Korea said Tuesday it will impose even tighter security for next year’s World Cup finals after the United States and China qualified for football’s premier event....
Nadeem and Kumail shock third seeds
LAHORE, Oct 9: All the winners earned facile victories before entering the pre-quarter-final stage in the ITF world junior ranking tennis championship at the Punjab Tennis Association grass courts in Bagh-i-Jinnah...
Tricky card laid for Lahore races
LAHORE, Oct 9: A tricky card of six-events has been charted out for the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse Wednesday....
Mauresmo, Tauziat safely through
FILDERSTADT (Germany), Oct 9: French seeds Nathalie Tauziat and Amelie Mauresmo progressed to the second round of the Filderstadt Grand Prix women’s tennis tournament in contrasting styles on Monday....
Seles routs Nemeckova
SHANGHAI, Oct 9: Top seed Monica Seles needed only 42 minutes to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Open on Tuesday with a 6-0 6-0 win over Lenka Nemeckova...
PBG, Bahria emerge winners
RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: President’s Bodyguards and Bahria Town scored impressive victories on the opening day of PC Cup Polo Tournament at Rawalpindi Polo Club on Tuesday....
Security beefed up at WTA events
LONDON, Oct 9: The governing body of women’s tennis (WTA) is increasing security at its tournaments after the U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan....
Safin makes solid start
LYON (France), Oct 9: Marat Safin, desperately seeking points to snatch a last-gasp berth in the Masters Cup, beat Franco Squillari 6-4 7-5 on Tuesday in the Lyon Grand Prix first...
Dokic moves into top 10
LONDON, Oct 9: Yugoslav Jelena Dokic has entered the top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time in her career following her victory at the Kremlin Cup....
Zareen Club win
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: Three matches were decided Monday in Hyderabad Jashan-e-Azadi football tournament, being organised here at Bagh-e-Mustafa Sports Ground Latifabad....
Moin spearheads PIA recovery
LAHORE, Oct 9: A breezy unbeaten knock of 76 at run-a-ball by former Pakistan captain Moin Khan enabled PIA make a flying start against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) on the first day of...
Imran leads Habib Bank onslaught with 160
KARACHI, Oct 9: Opener Imran Farhat blasted 160 off 197 deliveries to help Habib Bank pile up 348 for five in their first innings against Allied Bank in the Patron’s Trophy...
Trescothick may lead England in today’s game
BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), Oct 9: Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick could lead England for the first time in the fourth One-day International against Zimbabwe Wednesday....
South Africa ‘A’ crush Kenya
LAUDIUM, South Africa, Oct 9: Justin Kemp and Charl Langeveldt took all 10 Kenyan wickets as South Africa A crushed the East Africans by 148 runs in a limited overs match...
Pacers thrive at Gaddafi Stadium
LAHORE, Oct 9: Pacemen Azhar Abbas and Abdur Rauf shared eight wickets to help Sui Gas restrict defending champions Pakistan Customs to 204 on opening day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match at...
Pybus turns back on Pakistan
LAHORE, Oct 9: Richard Pybus has turned his back on Pakistan and will not be returning to Pakistan to coach the national cricket team citing uncertain situation prevailing in this region....
Batsmen should be allowed to appeal
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will be pressing the International Cricket Council (ICC) to pass a resolution in which the batsmen can appeal against umpire’s decision....
Kapil comes out of exile
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Kapil Dev ended a one-year self-imposed exile by renewing links with cricket Tuesday, a year after bitterly severing all ties with the game....
63 invited for U-19 trials
LAHORE, Oct 9: Paksitan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday announced the names of 63 players to appear in national under-19 trials to be held in two phases at Gadaffi Stadium....
Workloads of pacemen being monitored
SYDNEY, Oct 9: The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) is funding a research project which requires state associations to monitor the workload of bowlers from training to match situations....
Hameed’s 101 in vain
KARACHI, Oct 9 : A stylish knock of 101 runs by Mohammad Hameed Tanoli, could not help Cantt Sports of reaching the next round of the All Karachi Lala Rab Nawaz...
Raza restricts NBP to 213
KARACHI, Oct 9: Left-arm paceman Ali Raza claimed four for 48 as Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD) curtailed National Bank to a first innings score of 213 on the opening day...