Four Aces cruises to easy victory
LAHORE, Jan 30: The odds-on favourite bay mare Four Aces cruised to an easy victory in feature event of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday....
NBP and Sindh ‘A’ top groups
KARACHI, Jan 30: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) routed Sindh ‘B’ 5-1 to almost guarantee Punjab ‘A’ a place in the quarterfinals of the Junior Under-18 National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Wednesday.
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Attock elections deferred
ATTOCK, Jan 30: The elections for Attock District Hockey Association were deferred till Feb 1 due to a stay order....
Probables retained
KARACHI, Jan 30: The selection committee of Karachi Intermediate Board has retained 38 cricketers after holding preliminary trials held at Bukhtari Youth Centre for participation in Pakistan inter-board cricket tournament to...
Demonstration at LRC
LAHORE, Jan 30: Hundreds of punters demonstrated at the Lahore Race Club (LRC) alleging that they were “robbed” during the fifth race of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana events Wednesday....
Garros steals limelight
LAHORE, Jan 30: Five goals by Ramiro Garros, which included a hat-trick, helped Samsung Mobiles defeat Union Bank 7—4 1/2 in the Uni Gas polo tournament Wednesday....
LDTTA office bearers elected
LAHORE, Jan 30: Sikandar Hayat Malhi and Saghir Ahmed were elected as president and secretary of the Lahore District Table Tennis Association....
SSUET squads
KARACHI, Jan 30: Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology has named squads for badminton and table tennis teams after trials....
Cameroon eliminate Togo in style
SIKASSO (Mali), Jan 30: Cameroon condemned Togo to yet another first round elimination in the African Nations Cup with a 3-0 win in Tuesday’s group C match....
West Indies face spin threat in opening Test
SHARJAH (UAE), Jan 30: Pakistan and the West Indies are unlikely to feel the difference when they clash from Thursday in Test cricket’s first bilateral series on neutral ground....
Odds stacked against Hooper’s men
LONDON, Jan 30: The West Indies face an awesome task in Sharjah, according to bookmakers bet365, Carl Hooper’s men are rank 8/1 outsiders, and 10/1 to take the series....
Australia pick uncapped allrounder Watson
MELBOURNE, Jan 30: Australia named young uncapped all-rounder Shane Watson and recalled batsman Darren Lehmann Wednesday to their 15-man squad for next month’s three-Test tour of South Africa....
Tyson’s licence rejected
LAS VEGAS, Jan 30: Nevada state officials denied Mike Tyson a boxing licence on Tuesday, thereby barring his planned April 6 fight with Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas....
Pakistan to host ATC final
COLOMBO, Jan 30: The Asian Test Championship (ATC), which has lain quietly dormant for five months, is set to spring back into action in March when Sri Lanka and Pakistan contest...
Kiwi skipper fined for dissent
MELBOURNE, Jan 30: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has been fined 40 percent of his match fee for showing dissent....
Yousuf blazes his way into last 16 with excellent 111 break
KARACHI, Jan 30: Defending champion Mohammad Yousuf, blazed his way into the last 16 of the Red & White National Snooker championship, chalking up a magnificent break of 111, in his...
Old rivals prepare for battle
CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 30: India and Pakistan resume their rivalry on the cricket field after an 18-month gap Thursday when they meet in the Super League of the ICC Under-19 World Cup...
Farhan clinches U-17 title
PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Top seed Farhan Mehboob of PAF clinched the Under-17 title of the 13th CAS Open Squash Championship beating Alamzeb Senior being played at PAF Squash Complex Wednesday. He...
Hingis eases past Weingartner
TOKYO, Jan 30: Martina Hingis eased aside Marlene Weingartner at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament here Wednesday, taking a comfortable step toward reclaiming title she has held three times....
Iftikhar replaces Naqvi as captain
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The Islamabad Cricket Association has appointed Rao Iftikhar as the captain while making wholesale changes to its squad for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade I tie against Lahore Whites....
Nomi added to Pakistan squad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Anwar Saifullah Khan, president of Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Wednesday added Nomi Qamar to the list of players for next month’s Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group II tie...
Games postponement loss over Rs.30m
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The official postponement Wednesday of the 9th SAF Games for the second time in four months has led to the organisers suffering losses of over Rs 30 million....