Kashif, Shahid excel in saddle
KARACHI, Feb 20: Riding boy Kashif Ali and jockey Shahid Rasheed, stole the riding honours at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting held Wednesday....
Brilliant Parra dominates American celebrations
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 20: Derek Parra highlighted a day of American celebrations at the Winter Games on Tuesday with a startling burst of sustained speed to win the men’s 1,500...
Late goals earn Real, Leverkusen points
LONDON, Feb 20: Late goals earned Real Madrid a victory and Bayer Leverkusen a draw when the second phase of the Champions League re-started after its winter break Tuesday....
Qublai grabs glory
LAHORE, Feb 20: Nee Punhal defeated Samsung Mobiles Whites 9 1/2—5 while Samsung Mobiles Blues beat Remounts 7 1/2—3 to qualify for final of the Aibak Cup polo Wednesday....
Newcomer Fancy Light makes winning start
LAHORE, Feb 20: Debutante bay filly, Fancy Light, annexed feature event of the mid-week Lahore gymkhana races in majestic style, leading from start to finish at the Lahore Race Club track Wednesday....
Farhan and Khurram for China
KARACHI, Feb 20: Reigning national Champion Farhan Mirza and Khurram Hussain Agha will represent Pakistan in Asian Snooker Championship being held at Gianmen City (Gongdong Province) from April 28 to May...
Venus too strong for Kournikova
DUBAI (UAE), Feb 20: Soon to be crowned world number one Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships Wednesday after beating Anna Kournikova for the second time...
Sohail voted best gymnast
LAHORE, Feb 20: Punjab College of Commerce, Lahore (PCC) with 94.60 points won the Punjab University Inter-Collegiate gymnastic championship at the Government College hall Wednesday....
Trophy for PCC
LAHORE, Feb 20: Punjab College of Commerce, Lahore defeated Islamia College, Civil Lines Lahore by a close margin of 14-12 goals to win the Punjab University Inter-Collegiate handball championship at the university’s Old Campus...
Collingwood and Knight keep series alive
NAPIER (New Zealand), Feb 20: Nick Knight and Paul Collingwood combined to guide England to a much-needed 43-run win over New Zealand in the third One-day International Wednesday....
Sargodha battling for survival
KARACHI, Feb 20: Sargodha will need a miracle to avoid defeat against Karachi Whites after they struggled to 190 for four in their second innings on the third day of the...
Babar, Naeem spur Pindi to victory
LAHORE, Feb 20: Rawalpindi registered a crushing 453-run victory over Lahore Blues in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match inside days at Gaddafi Stadium Wednesday....
Deadly Tariq strikes
LAHORE, Feb 20: Medium-pacer Tariq Mahmood took six for 43 to set up Lahore Whites’s narrow two-wicket win over Rest of NWFP in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I on the third day of the match at LCCA Ground...
Pakistan could face India in ICC KnockOut semifinal
KARACHI, Feb 20: Pakistan and India are likely to renew their rivalry in the cricket field as they could meet in the semifinals of the ICC KnockOut tournament scheduled for...
Faisalabad facing defeat
KARACHI, Feb 20: Faisalabad were battling for survival after being forced to follow-on on the penultimate day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie against Gujranwala at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Wednesday....
Javed and Atiq put Blues in command
KARACHI, Feb 20: Test discard Atiq-uz-Zaman smacked a splendid century and skipper Mohmmad Javed finished with match haul of 10 for 163 to put Karachi Blues (KB) in a winning position...
Hyderabad eye first success
HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Hyderabad needed only 16 runs with three wickets to achieve their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I Cricket Championship after an enthralling third day’s play in the...
Azhar wrecks Sialkot
RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Test all-rounder Azhar Mahmood bowled Islamabad to a sensational 48-run victory as he sent Sialkot crashing with a haul of seven wickets in their Quaid Trophy Grade-I match...
Shah snatches gold in Iran
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Muhammad Shah won Pakistan gold medal in 60 metres hurdles race in the 14th Fajr International Indoor Athletics Championship being held in the Iranian city of Rasht, Pakistan...
Denness nominated
LONDON, Feb 20: English cricket bosses have insisted they do not want to spark a row with their Indian counterparts after nominating Mike Denness as a Test match referee....