Liverpool book 2nd phase spot
LONDON, Oct 31: Former European champions Liverpool along with Boavista, Nantes and Galatasaray all celebrated Tuesday as they secured their places in the second phase of the Champions League....
Jordan fails to rub magic on Washington Wizards
NEW YORK, Oct 31: A slightly heavier, slower and off target Michael Jordan returned Tuesday, and couldn’t quite work the magic for the Washington Wizards against his old foes, the New...
Iran set up playoff with Ireland
ABU DHABI, Oct 31: Iran will play Ireland for a place in next year’s World Cup finals after beating the United Arab Emirates 3-0 in the second leg of their Asian...
Faaiz on rampage for Gladiators
LAHORE, Oct 31: Five brilliant goals by Faaiz Rahim Khan, including a hat trick, helped Gladiators defeat Master Paints 7 1/2-4 in the inaugural Cup polo tournament at the Lahore Polo...
Reversal of fortunes for Henman, Federer
PARIS, Oct 31: Briton Tim Henman and Swiss Roger Federer, finalists last week in Basle, suffered a severe reversal of fortune on Wednesday when they were ousted in the second round...
Davenport stay in top spot hunt
MUNICH (Germany), Oct 31: In-form Lindsay Davenport kept alive her hopes of finishing the year in top spot with a straightforward 6-3 6-3 win over Amanda Coetzer at the WTA Championships...
Young swimmers hailed
KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan’s promising swimmers Sana Wahid and Kiran Khan were hailed Wednesday as “motivators” after their excellent performance in Tehran’s Women’s Solidarity Games that concluded earlier this week....
PAF outplay Bahawalpur
RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: PAF outplayed Bahawalpur by 6-4 1/2 in a high goal match of the Phoenix Security Service Polo Cup at the Rawalpindi Race course here on Wednesday....
Effortless Army demolish UGC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Army scored their second successive victory in the 37th Royals National Volleyball Championship as they swept aside UGC in straight sets at the Liaquat Gymnasium Wednesday, the second...
French skier dies from brain injuries
VIENNA, Oct 31: France’s top woman skier Regine Cavagnoud died on Wednesday from brain injuries sustained in a high-speed collision in Austria two days earlier....
Clemens turns distraction to own advantage
NEW YORK, Oct 31: Roger Clemens turned the potential distraction of President George W. Bush throwing out the ceremonial first pitch into a reminder to focus, and the New York Yankees...
Well-backed horses make clean sweep
LAHORE, Oct 31: A clean sweep by the well-backed animals in the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Sunday brought thrill to the connoisseurs of the sport Wednesday....
Pakistan allocated 2005 world team event
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Pakistan have been allotted the 2005 World Men’s Team Squash Championship while they have also offered to host the World Junior tournament in 2004 in case Colombia are...
PVF spells out immediate plans
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Chaudhry Muhammad Yaqoob, president of the Pakistan Volleyball Federation, Wednesday said his goal was to help form a strong team for the 2003 Asian Senior Championship in Islamabad....
Faraz sets final date with Ahmer
KARACHI, Oct 31: Faraz Ahsan and Ahmer Ali entered the boys singles final of the All-Karachi Lions table tennis tournament after winning their respective semifinals at Sindh Sports Complex Hall Wednesday....
Flowers blossom but Zimbabwe fail
SHARJAH, Oct 31: Flowers bloomed in the desert but Pakistan inspired by the deadly duo Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis saw their team home by 29 runs to make sure of...
Aussies keep faith with Ashes heroes
MELBOURNE, Oct 31: Australia are expected to field an unchanged side for the first Test against New Zealand starting in Brisbane on Nov 8 after they named a squad of 12...
ICC sleuths conducting security audit in Sharjah
KARACHI, Oct 31: The chief investigator of International Cricket Council, Lord Paul Condon, will not go to Sharjah due to recurrence of a severe back trouble, reports received here said Wednesday....
Nawabshah in regional final
NAWABSHAH, Oct 31: Nawabshah qualified for the regional final of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II on the basis of first innings lead after their two-day match against Jacobabad ended in a draw at...
Windies arrive in Sri Lanka today
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), Oct 31: West Indies arrive in Sri Lanka for their first full tour of the country Thursday with key batsman Brian Lara in the pack but the rest of...
Vettori may figure in opening Test
BRISBANE, Oct 31: Key New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori is making a quicker-than-expected recovery from injury and may yet play against Australia in next week’s opening cricket Test here....
P&T Gym to face Appolo in title match
LAHORE, Oct 31: P and T Gymkhana entered the final of the LCCA invitational inter-club cricket tournament after defeating Servis Club by two wickets at the LCCA ground Wednesday....
Shoaib faces more trouble
SHARJAH, Oct 31: Pakistan’s controversial paceman could be in trouble again over his bowling action....
One-wicket triumph for Zone-III
KARACHI, Oct 31: Zone-I, Zone-III and Zone-VI notched up victories in the KCCA inter-zonal cricket tournament Tuesday....
St Lawrence and St Pat’s forge ahead
KARACHI, Oct 31: St.Patrick and St.Lawrence Schools moved ahead in the 6th Dr S.M.A.Shah inter-school cricket tournament after winning their matches Tuesday....
Pollock rejoins Warwicks
LONDON, Oct 31: Warwickshire confirmed Wednesday that South Africa captain and all-rounder Shaun Pollock has now signed a one-year contract to rejoin the English county as their overseas player next season....
Dravid declared fit for Test
DURBAN, Oct 31: Indian batsman Rahul Dravid is fit to play in the first Test against South Africa this week despite being diagnosed with a shoulder injury, team management said Wednesday....
Training course
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The Sindh Amateur Boxing Association (SABA) has finalised all arrangements to organise a six-day coaches training course on the pattern of Olympic from Nov 5 at the Civil...