PAAF suspended, elections ordered
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Senior Civil Judge, Muhammad Salim Saturday suspended the Pakistan Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) and ordered that its elections be held under auspices of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) within...
Semifinals lineup completed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The 37th edition of the Royals National Volleyball Championship enters the crucial knockout stage Sunday with Army, Wapda, Police and PAF the four teams on show....
Newcastle hammer Aston Villa
LONDON, Nov 3: Aston Villa’s reign at the top of the English premier league looks destined to be a short one after they were crushed 3-0 at Newcastle United on Saturday....
Salma tennis begins today
KARACHI, Nov 3: The main round of the fifth UBL Salma Noorani tennis tournament, a national ranking event which carries a cash purse of Rs203,000 begins at the Karachi Club hardcourts...
Billiard & pool tournament
KARACHI, Nov 3: The second Red & White Billiard and Pool Masters Championship will begin on Monday at the Indus Snooker Club, Bahadurabad....
Davenport captures year-end top spot
MUNICH (Germany), Nov 3: Lindsay Davenport extended a brilliant resurgence with a hard-fought 1-6 6-3 7-6 victory over Belgian teenager Kim Clijsters on Saturday to finish the year in top spot...
Bahawalpur win polo contest
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Bahawalpur Reds, enjoying a one-and-a-half goal handicap, defeated President’s Bodyguards 7-6 1/2 in the final of the Brink’s Cup polo tournament at Rawalpindi Polo Club Saturday....
Feature event an open affair
LAHORE, Nov 3: The three-year-old bay filly Dizzy Height looks set to claim supporting event of the 9th Lahore Winter Meeting to be run over a mile at the Racecourse Sunday....
Jobe and Paulson stay in front
MADISON (Mississippi), Nov 3: Brandt Jobe, looking to retain his Tour Card, shot a six-under-par 66 to join Carl Paulson with a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the season-ending Southern...
Shab-e-Noor favourite
KARACHI, Nov 3: Kamal Farooq’s highly bred bay filly Shab-e-Noor, should canter to victory when the Winter Race Meeting resumes at the Karachi Race Course Sunday afternoon....
Verplank upstages big names
HOUSTON (Texas), Nov 3: Scott Verplank upstaged golf’s biggest names to grab the lead after the second round at the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship Friday....
105 probables to appear in 3-day trials
LAHORE, Nov 3: As many as 105 probables from all the country will take part in the three-day final trials to be held at the National Hockey Stadium from Nov 13...
Struver grabs midway lead
IS MOLAS (Sardinia), Nov 3: Germany’s Sven Struver made a late bid to turn around a frustrating season when he took a one-shot lead after the third round of the Italian...
KPT and Wapda triumph
LAHORE, Nov 3: National champion Wapda and Karachi Port Trust won their respective matches on the opening day of the President PFF Football Cup super league at the Islamia University, ground...
PHF plans 8-nation tournament next year
LAHORE, Nov 3: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has invited seven countries for a proposed international tournament to be organized here from January 20 to 26....
Celtics stroll past winless Bulls
BOSTON, Nov 3: The Boston Celtics, behind Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker, got their second straight victory with a 96-82 stroll past the winless Chicago Bulls on Friday....
Explosive final in prospect today
SHARJAH, Nov 3: On paper Pakistan and Sri Lanka are ‘even stevens’ and Sunday’s Khaleej Times Trophy final is between two well-matched sides loaded with explosive individuals capable of changing the...
Tendulkar, Sehwag milk South African bowling
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Nov 3: India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest player to score 7,000 Test runs as he hit 155 on the opening day of the first Test against South...
Wajahatullah falls for 98 against PWD
KARACHI, Nov 3: Test reject Wajahatullah Wasti led an Allied Bank run spree with a sparkling 98 against PWD on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I clash at UBL...
Customs fight back after follow on
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: Defending champions Pakistan Customs staged a resilient fight back after being forced to follow-on by KRL in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at Niaz Stadium here Saturday....
Century in each innings by Qambrani
KARACHI, Nov 3: Talented Shahid Qambrani achieved a rare feat of scoring century in each innings of the match to put Dadu into the semifinals of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II on the...
Queensland restricted
BRISBANE, Nov 3: New Zealand’s morale before the Test series against Australia improved Saturday with Chris Cairns taking five wickets against Queensland....
Hooper cracks 117 in tour opener
COLOMBO, Nov 3: Skipper Carl Hooper hit 117 and Brian Lara 43 as West Indies launched their tour of Sri Lanka in positive fashion Saturday....
Quetta, Sibi disqualified
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) scratched Quetta and Sibi after the disciplinary committee found that both the teams had violated the rules....
Rashid hits unbeaten century
KARACHI, Nov 3: Mir Rashid cracked a brilliant unbeaten century in Zone-VII Blues’ two-wicket success over Zone-II in the KCCA inter-zonal cricket tournament at NBP Sports Complex Friday....
Fazle, Umer destroy ADBP
KARACHI, Nov 3: Pacemen Fazle Akbar and Umer Gul shared nine wickets between them as PIA put a stranglehold over ADBP in a Patron’s Trophy clash at the National Stadium Saturday....