Juventus rout Leverkusen
TURIN (Italy), Nov 29: Italy’s Juventus thrashed Bayer Leverkusen of Germany 4-0 Thursday at the Stadio Delle Alpi to get off to a perfect start in their first second-phase Group D...
Qublai’s double hat trickin vain
LAHORE, Nov 29: Shah Qublai Alam scored all the six goals, which constituted a double hat trick, but failed to save his Cherat side from a narrow 6-7 defeat from AAG...
Rangers move a step closer to semifinals
KARACHI, Nov 29: A blistering unbeaten 81 by Mohammad Khursheed, coupled by some fine leg-spin bowling by skipper Shakeel Anwar, helped Rangers Gymkhana move a step closer to the semifinals of...
Chelsea stun Leeds
LONDON, Nov 29: Two ice-cool finishes by Chelsea’s Eidur Gudjohnsen condemned Leeds United to a 2-0 defeat in a stormy English League Cup fourth-round match at Elland Road on Wednesday....
Four matches decided
LAHORE, Nov 29: Four more matches of the Ramazan-ul-Mubarak floodlit cricket tournament were decided on Wednesday night....
Farrukh hammers century
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Farrukh Hayat struck an unbeaten 102 and Madoodul Hassan captured four wickets for 36 runs as Diamond routed ITR by eight wickets in the Chairman CDA cricket championship....
Rashid blasts rapid half century
KARACHI, Nov 29: Wackenhut CC scored an exciting 11-run victory over Karachi Club in the Zultec Ramazan invitational cricket tournament played Thursday at the PCB Regional Academy ground....
KG Blues beaten
KARACHI, Nov 29: In one of the most one sided matches to date in the 16th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan cricket tournament, Ideal Group beat Karachi Gymkhana Blues by 77 runs at...
Landhi Friends home by 65 runs
KARACHI, Nov 29: Landhi Friends helped on by an attacking 52 off 30 deliveries by opening bat Alay Haider, notched up a 65-run victory over Asghar Ali Shah Club in the...
Naeem and Ali spin Northern to success
KARACHI, Nov 29: Although packing their side with a galaxy of Pakistan stars, Professional Gymkhan lost to Northern Gymkhana by four wickets in the Paragon Cup 2001, Thursday at the UBL...
Shahid and Tariq shine
KARACHI, Nov 29: A fine allround performance by Shahid Iqal and Tariq Hussain, enabled Karachi Club to register an easy 31-run victory over Korangi Friends in the A.O. Floodlight Trophy played...
Safest ever World Cup
PUSAN (South Korea), Nov 29: FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen has said that next year’s World Cup finals will be the safest ever staged with both the South Korean and Japanese...
Players hit hard by job security
KARACHI, Nov 29: Appalling state of sports affairs in the country, like other disciplines, has equally plagued the game of hockey as ten members of the current 18-man national squad have...
2nd record for Coughlin
EAST MEADOW (New York), Nov 29: American Natalie Coughlin got her second world record in two days at the FINA World Cup meet, shaving more than a second off the previous...
Unfancied Aussie Scott grabs one-stroke lead
HONG KONG, Nov 29: Australia’s Adam Scott birdied the 17th to hold off the challenge of playing partner Jose Maria Olazabal and take a one-shot lead in the opening round of...
PSF invites Yasin for talks
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) is to hold formal talks next month with Mohammad Yasin whom they intend to appoint as national coach....
Shafqat snatches superb hat trick
LAHORE, Nov 29: Shafqat scored a fine hat trick to take YoungstersClub to a convincing 5-0 win over Pak Hockets in the Ramazan-ul-Mubarak hockey tournament at the National Hockey Stadium (NHS) on Thursday....
Impressive start by defending champion
SUN CITY (South Africa), Nov 29: Defending champion Ernie Els of South Africa took the first-round lead with a five-under-par 67 as the 21st Sun City Golf Challenge got underway on...
Mahmood scores twice
LAHORE, Nov 29: Two more matches were decided in the Lahore Ramazan-ul-Mubarak Inter-Club football tournament at the Iqbal Parks Sports Complex Thursday....
United in semis
HYDERABAD, Nov 29: United Hockey Club qualified for the semifinals of Mama Shafi Baloch hockey tournament, defeating Heroes Hockey Club 7-1 Thursday....
ICC backs down, extends deadline by 24 hours
LONDON, Nov 29: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given India one last chance to salvage the crisis surrounding the selection of suspended batsman Virender Sehwag by extending their Friday deadline...
Lara back at his brilliant best
COLOMBO, Nov 29: Brian Lara took centre stage with a superb 178 not out as West Indies built the platform for a formidable total against Sri Lanka in the third and...
Australia under pressure: Fleming
PERTH (Australia), Nov 29: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said on Thursday the pressure was on his Australia counterpart Steve Waugh in the series-deciding third cricket Test which starts in Perth...
England fightback earns three-wicket win over India ‘A’
JAIPUR (India}, Nov 29: England captain Nasser Hussain hit a patient half-century as his side fought back to beat India A by three wickets on the last day of a three-day...
Selectors ignore deserving players
LAHORE, Nov 29: Deserving cricketers like Fazle Akbar, Yasir Arafat, Arshad Khan, Ijaz Ahmad Junior and Bilal Asad who showed good performances in the recently concluded Patron’s Trophy Grade-I have not been included in the list of 25...
Fletcher praises White, Flintoff
JAIPUR (India), Nov 29: England coach Duncan Fletcher praised the pace bowling of Craig White and Andrew Flintoff after they set up a three-wicket win over India’s A team on Thursday....
Dalmiya, hero at home, villain abroad
NEW DELHI, Nov 29: He may seem reckless to foreign eyes, but those who know him say Jagmohan Dalmiya realises exactly what he is doing....
KCCA official criticizes U-19 squad
KARACHI, Nov. 29: An official of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Thursday questioned the criterion of the selection of Pakistan under-19 squad for the Junior World Cup in New Zealand in...