Hussain and Khurram crowned champions
KARACHI, Nov 11: Last year’s runner-up Mohammad Hussain from the NWFP made amends by winning the billiards crown in the second Red & White Billiards and Pool Championship, when he downed...
Pakistan to get compensation
ROTTERDAM, Nov 11: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) will take a decision on giving financial compensation to Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) because of the shifting of the Champions Trophy from Lahore...
Germans on track as Czechs and Romanians sweat
PARIS, Nov 11: A goal from Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Michael Ballack kept Germany on track Saturday for a belated place in next summer’s World Cup finals as it brought the three-times...
Shahbaz inclusion criticized
KARACHI, Nov 11: Pakistan’s dismal show at the Champions Trophy Sunday prompted the Olympians to launch a scathing attack against the decision of recalling the ageing striker Shahbaz Ahmad....
Harrington ends victory drought
JEREZ (Spain), Nov 11: Padraig Harrington finally tasted victory in 2001 after seven runner-up finishes when he won the season-ending Volvo Masters by a shot at Montecastillo Golf Club on Sunday....
Memorial polo begins today
LAHORE, Nov 11: Power Soft 19 will play Millat Tractors in opening match of the Ghulam Muhammad memorial polo tournament at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground from Tuesday....
Okara ground inaugurated
OKARA, Nov 11: The Cricket Coaching Academy (CCA) and cricket ground was inaugurated by chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen Tauqir Zia Sunday....
Margin of defeat surprises official
ROTTERDAM, Nov 11: Pakistan hockey team management Sunday expressed its disappointment over team’s performance after losing 5-2 to the Netherlands in the bronze medal playoff....
BVS celebrates sports day
KARACHI, Nov 11: The 141st annual athletic sports day of BVS Parsi school was celebrated at the KPI Sunday. Lancelot House emerged champion with 249 points. They were followed by Soparivala...
Aqeel retains title by default
KARACHI, Nov 11: Top seeded defending champion Aqeel Khan retained the men’s singles title of the fifth UBL Salma Noorani tennis tournament without hitting a ball when second seed Asim Shafik...
Belgium clinch Fed Cup with minimum of fuss
MADRID, Nov 11: Belgium were crowned Fed Cup champions for the first time on Sunday after Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters scored devastating singles victories to give them a winning 2-0...
Steal The Show on rampage
KARACHI, Nov 11: Steal The Show, with Lahore’s champion rider Shahid Rehman in the saddle, continued on his winning spree, by lifting the prestigious Colts & Fillies Trial Cup run over...
Taimur on goal-scoring spree
LAHORE, Nov 11: Taimur Mawaz Khan scored four goals to help Ist Law Company register a facile 8 1/2-3 win over Lahore Chatkhara to lift the November Cup Polo tournament title...
Vaqas lifts trophy by a stroke
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Vaqas Ahmad Sunday won the Nokia Federal Amateur Golf Championship at the Islamabad Club by just one stroke....
One Man Show captures feature event
LAHORE, Nov 11: The fancied bay gelding One Man Show registered a heart-warming win in the feature event of the 10th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday. This sixth and last race of the afternoon was run over seven furlongs....
Germany win Champions Trophy for 8th time
ROTTERDAM, Nov 11: Two goals by Florian Kunz, the tournament’s top scorer, helped Germany to a 2-1 defeat of Australia in the final of the Champions Trophy here Sunday....
Pakistan complete hat trick of titles
HONG KONG, Nov 11: Pakistan went in to Honk Kong Cricket Sixes 2001 as the hot favourites and they lived up to the top billing by winning the final against South...
Rain comes to Kiwis’ rescue
BRISBANE, Nov 11: The first cricket Test between Australia and New Zealand is heading towards a draw after rain forced play to be abandoned for the third straight day Sunday....
PWD deny PIA victory
KARACHI, Nov 11: Public Pakistan Works Department (PWD) batted solidly to deny an injury-hit PIA side victory in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match at UBL Sports Complex here Sunday....
Slater sends reminder
MELBOURNE, Nov 11: Discarded Test opener Michael Slater scored a brisk half-century on Sunday to lead New South Wales to a seven wicket victory over Victoria on the final day of...
Imran backs Shoaib
KARACHI, Nov 11: Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan came out Sunday in support of paceman Shoiab Akhtar, who is considering taking legal action after being reported for “chucking” to the International...
Atkinson dies at 75
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Nov 11: Former West Indies captain Denis Atkinson, who figured in one of the most memorable rearguard actions in Test cricket history, died at the age of 75 on...
Aqib, Arshad bowl ABL to victory
KARACHI, Nov 11: Aqib Javed and Arshad Khan bowled Allied Bank Limited (ABL) to a 112-run victory over Customs in their Patron’s Trophy match at National Stadium Sunday to secure third...
No play in Dhaka Test
DHAKA, Nov 11: Continuous rain washed out play on the fourth day of the first Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe Sunday....
Referee skips duty for personal glory
KARACHI, Nov 11: The last day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I National Cricket Championship was dominated by a bizarre incident Sunday when Mahmood Rasheed, the match referee at the PIA-PWD tie,...
NBP end season on winning note
KARACHI, Nov 11: Patron’s Trophy Grade-I champions National Bank crowned their golden season by crushing the luckless debutants Sui Gas by 153 runs at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Sunday....