Henman triumphs in ‘Battle of Britain’
MELBOURNE, Jan 18: Tim Henman downed Greg Rusedski 6-4 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the “Battle of Britain” on Friday to book his place in the last 16 of the Australian Open....
Media hopeful about Aussies chances in Triangular
SYDNEY, Jan 18: Australia’s newspapers were pessimistic about the triangular series chances of Steve Waugh’s side on Friday in the wake of their 23-run defeat by New Zealand at the Sydney...
Ali emerges first day leader
LAHORE, Jan 18: A 16-handicapper Ali Ahmad of Lahore Gymkhana carded a net score of five under-par-67 to emerge as the first day leader of the Quaid-i-Azam Amateur golf championship which teed-off at the Lahore...
Amendments needed to hold PFF elections
LAHORE, Jan 18: The mid-term elections of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) from March this year are being held unconstitutionally as the federation must incorporate amendments in its constitution before adopting...
Brilliant Ahmed ends Farhan’s dream run
KARACHI, Jan 18: Bespectacled Farhan Idrees’ dream run finally came to an end in the Red & White Sindh Cup, when he went down 3-5 to Ahmed Bawany at the Indus...
Mazzini’s five goals prove decisive
LAHORE, Jan 18: Remounts Orange beat Diamond Paints 7-3 to enter the final of the Pepsi Cup polo tournament at the Lahore Polo Club Friday....
Lahore face D.G Khan
LAHORE, Jan 18: The defending champions Lahore will meet Dera Ghazi Khan in the opening match of the Punjab Under-16 Inter-District hockey championship which starts at the National Hockey Stadium from Jan 19...
Harris flies home
WELLINGTON, Jan 18: New Zealand all-rounder Chris Harris has returned home from the triangular limited overs series in Australia, NZ cricket officials said on Friday....
Lower Sindh tame dour Upper Sindh
KARACHI, Jan 18: Lower Sindh pumped in two second half goals to tame a battling Upper Sindh 4-2 in the preliminary round of the junior under-18 national hockey championship Friday....
Sheikhupura squad
LAHORE, Jan 18: Sheikhupura will play Rest of Punjab in the fourth round match in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy starting at the Gaddafi Stadium from Jan 20....
Young Ukrainian leads
MOSCOW, Jan 18: Ukraine’s Ruslan Ponomariov and Vassily Ivanchuk drew the third of their eight games in the FIDE world chess championship final Friday, leaving Ponomariov 2.0-1.0 up in his bid...
Pakistan blitz Netherlands
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18: Pakistan, who lost 5-2 to the Netherlands in last year’s Champions Trophy, took sweet revenge routing the reigning world champions...
Youhana sets up cakewalk victory over Bangladesh
CHITTAGONG, Jan 18: Yousuf Youhana struck an unbeaten 204 on Friday to set up a crushing Pakistan victory by an innings and 169 runs on the third day of the second...
PCB wants ACU sleuths to stay away from Sharjah
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday said it has disallowed International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to use cameras on its team when they play in Sharjah....
Sarwan out of Sharjah Test series
GEORGETOWN (Guyana), Jan 18: West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the upcoming series against Pakistan with a troublesome strained back muscle....
Bangladesh Test status questioned
KARACHI, Jan 18: Former Pakistan players questioned Bangladesh’s right to Test status on Friday after yet another humiliating defeat....
Irfanuddin shines in Pakistan’s defeat
KARACHI, Jan 18: Off-spinner Irfanuddin excelled in Pakistan’s 29-run defeat against New Zealand in a Under-19 World Cup warm-up match at Lincoln Friday....
Patron’s Trophy G-II Sheraz hits century
LAHORE, Jan 18: A fine century by Sheraz Khalid (121) helped Pakistan Army take a 75-run first innings lead over PAF on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II match...
Pressure on Black Caps
CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 18: Christchurch’s weather has been much better behaved in the latter part of this week and if it remains that way the stage is set for a thrilling opening...
Karachi ‘B’ off to Faisalabad
KARACHI, Jan 18: Karachi Blues left here Friday for Faisalabad for three upcountry Quaid-i-Azam Trophy matches....