South Africans win 4-way World Cup playoff
GOTEMBA (Japan), Nov 18: South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen won a four-way playoff involving the United States, New Zealand and Denmark after a drama-filled final round at the golf...
Leeds United thwarted
LONDON, Nov 18: Leeds United lost their first premier league match of the season and with it the chance to go top of the table when they were beaten 2-0 at...
Hewitt lifts tour finale
SYDNEY, Nov 18: World number one Lleyton Hewitt beat Sebastien Grosjean 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win the $3.7 million Masters Cup, confirming his position as the hottest player in men’s...
Philadelphia teach Nets lesson
EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey), Nov 18: The reigning Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers showed the upstart Nets they still had a way to go to reach the top by defeating New...
Allenby triumphs in dramatic finish
BRISBANE, Nov 18: Defending champion Robert Allenby won the Australian PGA Championship by one stroke in a dramatic finish at the par-72 Royal Queensland course in Brisbane on Sunday....
Cuba retain World Cup
TAIPEI, Nov 18: Cuba on Sunday crushed the United States 5-3 in the final of the 2001 Baseball World Cup to retain the seventh crown in a row....
Ethiopian bags Tokyo Marathon
TOKYO, Nov 18: Ethiopia’s Derartu Tulu took the lead in the last three kilometers (1.8 miles) and held on to win the Tokyo International Women’s Marathon on Sunday, beating Irina Timofeyeva...
Lewis knocks out Rahman in 4th round
LAS VEGAS (Nevada), Nov 18: Lennox Lewis reclaimed the World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight titles in devastating fashion Saturday when he knocked out Hasim Rahman in...
Aurangzeb outshines Shamyl, Tiwana
LAHORE, Nov 18: Shah Shamyl Alam scored four goals to help Lahore Chatkhara beat Millat Tractors 9-8 1/2 to annex the Ghulam Muhammad memorial polo tournament at the Lahore Polo Club...
China may bid for 2010 Asiad
GUANGZHOU (China), Nov 18: China’s southern provincial capital of Guangzhou is considering hosting the Asian Games and has won the support of a senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),...
Joppy bags vacant WBA title
LAS VEGAS (Nevada), Nov 18: William Joppy posted a majority decision over Briton Howard Eastman Saturday to capture the World Boxing Association middleweight title made vacant by the WBA’s elevation of...
Opener today
LAHORE, Nov 18: Amin and Company will lock their horns with BizzyDay.Com in the inaugural match of the Lt-Col Rizvi memorial polo tournament which starts Monday....
Champion wants Tyson
LONDON, Nov 18: World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has Mike Tyson firmly in his sights after reclaiming his World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles Saturday....
Khaqan and Salman dominate Pakistan’s impressive victory
KARACHI, Nov 18: Khaqan Arsal and skipper Salman Butt hit sparkling unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan thrashed Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the opening Under-19 One-day International at National Stadium here...
South Africa stay in command
PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 18: Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock batted comfortably to keep South Africa in command before bad light ended play on the third day of the second Test against...
Bangladesh battling on
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), Nov 18: A record second-wicket partnership between Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar gave Bangladesh hope of avoiding an innings defeat in the second Test against Zimbabwe Sunday....
Pollock’s dilemma
PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 18: South African captain Shaun Pollock is backing his bowlers to make the most of a wearing pitch at St. George’s Park as the home side bid to...
Dilley unconcerned
MUMBAI, Nov 18: England assistant coach Graham Dilley was unconcerned Sunday after watching his bowlers struggle on the opening day of their Indian Test tour....
Hat trick by Tauqir
KARACHI, Nov 18: Tauqir Ahmad recorded a hat trick as Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Club defeated Pak Suzuki by one wicket in a A.O Super Cup match at their ground Sunday....
Kambli feasts on English bowlers
MUMBAI, Nov 18: Test reject Vinod Kambli smashed 110 off 111 balls Sunday to give England’s bowlers a taste of the perils that lie ahead on the Indian tour....
Naveed, Shoaib snatch win from jaws of defeat
KARACHI, Nov 18: Rana Naveed and Shoaib Malik struck half centuries to help star-studded Paragons Constructors notch-up a three-wicket victory over Professional Gymkhana in the Paragon Cup 2001 at UBL Sports...
Imran, Hanif shine
KARACHI, Nov 18: Imran Khan and Hanif-ur-Rehman gave fine all-round performances in the Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan cricket tournament Sunday at Karachi Gymkhana....
Tuffey stakes claim for second Test
ADELAIDE, Nov 18: New Zealand paceman Daryl Tuffey enhanced his claims for a Test berth with a defiant batting performance in the four-day cricket match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval...
KGA Gym beat Sadiq Sports
KARACHI, Nov 18: KGA Gymkhana registered their second success in the Sixth Danish Trophy (Ramazan) cricket tournament, after beating Sadiq Sports by 62 runs at the KGA ground Sunday....