Unheralded Irfanullah extends Saeed
LAHORE, Oct 23: Saeed-ul-Haq went to full distance to beat Irfanullah 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3) in the only three-setter as many as 21 matches were decided in the men’s singles of the National...
Kafelnikov moves into second round
MOSCOW, Oct 23: Second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who won the inaugural Saint Petersburg Open in 1995, moved into the second round of the 800,000-dollar ATP event here on Tuesday....
Pakistan go down 2-1 to England
KARACHI, Oct 23: Pakistan pushed number three seeds England hard, but went down by two matches to one in the crucial tie of the 17th World Team Squash Championship, reports received...
Middlesbrough beat Sunderland
MIDDLESBROUGH, England, Oct 23:Two scruffy goals in the opening 20 minutes gave Middlesbrough a 2-0 English Premier League victory over north-east rivals Sunderland on Monday....
Graf and Agassi tie the knot
LAS VEGAS, Oct 23: Tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, who served their first surprise be emerging as a couple two years ago, served up another Tuesday by suddenly announcing...
US win Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup
EAST MEADOW (New York), Oct 23: Team Stars & Stripes won the first ever Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup, held on Sunday at the Nassau County Aquatic centre in East Meadow, New...
Asian title for Chandok
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: Indian teenager Karun Chandok claimed the Asian Formula 2000 championship with a record number of wins, team officials said on Tuesday....
Mali excels for Rawalpindi ‘A’
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Rawalpindi A thrashed Rawalpindi B 8-3- 1/2 on the second day of the Army Polo championship Tuesday....
Hewitt pulls out
STOCKHOLM, Oct 23: US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt pulled out of the $800,000 Stockholm Open on Tuesday due to a back injury, tournament organisers said....
Champion Wajid still king of shuttlers
LAHORE, Oct 23: National champion Wajid Ali (PTCL) added another feather to his cap winning the fourth All Pakistan badminton tournament men’s singles final at the New Khan court, beating seasoned campaigner and the...
Yankees in fourth straight World Series
NEW YORK, Oct 23: The New York Yankees, the three-time defending champions, reached their fourth straight World Series by dismantling the Seattle Mariners 12-3 Monday, Bernie Williams’s third home run in...
Pakistani contingent for Iran
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A 44-strong Pakistan contingent leaves for Iran in the small hours of Wednesday to participate in the third Islamic Women Solidarity Games....
Munir clinches trophy
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Lt. Col. Munir Ahmed Malik won the President of Pakistan Golf Cup with a three round net score of 213 at Rawalpindi Golf Club course Tuesday....
ISAS in semis
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Islamabad School of Arts and Science (ISAS) became the second team to make the semifinals of the Inter-Schools football tournament Tuesday as they beat Model School No. 1...
Awais proves match-winner
LAHORE, Oct 23: Two goals by centre-forward Awais helped Government Shakar Gunj High School, Arifwala beat Javed High School, Manga Mandi 3-0 in the...
Naveed, Zahid shine as ABL sense win
LAHORE, Oct 23: Hurricane batting by all-rounder Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and later a deadly spell by left-arm spinner Mohammad Zahid consolidated Allied Bank’s position against Sui Gas on the penultimate day of the Patron’s...
Kiwis casual about popgun attack
CANBERRA, Oct 23: New Zealand manager Jeff Crowe laughed off suggestions Tuesday that the Kiwis had a weak bowling attack for their three-Test tour of Australia....
Bazid slams sparkling century against Customs
KARACHI, Oct 23: A scintillating career-best knock of 127 by Bazid Khan enabled PWD to reach 390 for nine in their first innings in reply to Pakistan Customs’ 604 for seven...
Jaffar rocks NBP with seven for 43
KARACHI, Oct 23: Right-arm pace bowler Jaffar Nazir bowled KRL into a winning position by claiming seven for 43 in National Bank’s second innings on the third day of the Patron’s...
Wapda set PIA tough target
KARACHI, Oct 23: PIA will begin their quest for an unlikely victory on final day Wednesday after Wapda set them a challenging target of 322 in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture...
Proteas triumph by record margin
CAPE TOWN, Oct 23: Gary Kirsten and Neil McKenzie scored centuries as South Africa cruised to a record 208-run win over Kenya in the triangular series One-day International Monday (partly reported...
ADBP forced to follow-on
KARACHI, Oct 23: Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) face an uphill battle to avoid defeat after being forced to follow-on against Habib Bank on the third day of the Patron’s...
India pick rookie opener
MUMBAI, Oct 23: India’s cricket selectors on Tuesday picked a new opening batsman, Connor Williams, in a 16-member squad for next month’s three-Test series in South Africa....
Englishmen given Friday deadline
LONDON, Oct 23: England cricketers were given a Friday deadline to make themselves available for next month’s tour of India after a decision was taken Tuesday to go ahead with it....