Shab-e-Noor on song for third straight victory
KARACHI, March 2: Shab-e-Noor, a half-bred filly from Flaming Arrow out of Aa Sania, on song for her third victory on the trot, starts off as our day’s best when the...
Ferrari’s Barrichello takes Melbourne pole
MELBOURNE, March 2: Rubens Barrichello pushed world champion Michael Schumacher aside and handed Ferrari the first pole position of the 2002 Formula One season in Australia Saturday....
World’s top squash stars for Pakistan Open
LAHORE, Mar 2: World’s top-ranked players, barring one, and eight qualifiers will participate in the Bank Alfalah Pakistan Open Squash Championship 2002 at the newly-imported glass-court, in Fortress Stadium from March 20...
Royal Soul to make amends for last defeat
LAHORE, March 2: If every thing goes her way, four-year-old bay filly Royal Soul can make amends for her last defeat by winning feature event of the 21st Lahore Winter Meeting...
Houdini Higgins survives
SHANGHAI, March 2: Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ken Doherty have both crashed out of the China Open but former world champion John Higgins survived a scare to reach the last four....
Student records fourth best indoor long jump
NEW YORK, March 2 - American university student Miguel Pate recorded the fourth best indoor long jump in history with a leap of 8.59 metres to win the event at the...
Shahid loses in semis
KARACHI, March 2: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman failed yet again to win a title when he went down in the semifinal of the Milo Open squash championship, reports from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
S. Korean soccer team arrives
LAHORE, March 2: A 19-member Hyndai Ulsan Football Club team of South Korea will arrive at Karachi on March 10 to play a two-match series against Pakistan at the People’s Stadium,...
Shafique and Mehmood close in on leaders
LAHORE, March 2: Despite posting the day’s best score of three-under-69 Shafique Masih and Mehmood Kayani, the first day leader Abbas Ali with two-day aggregate of three-under-141 and second placed Matloob Ahmed with...
Hewitt and Roddick advance to semis
SAN JOSE (California), March 2: Lleyton Hewitt, in one of the most impressive serving displays of his five-year career, fired 16 aces to beat American Todd Martin 6-3 7-5 on Friday...
Els takes lead, Woods four shots adrift
MIAMI (Florida), March 2: Ernie Els shot a five-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead over American Briny Baird after a windy second round in the $4.7 million Genuity Championship at...
Forsyth sets pace with 69 despite late slip
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2: Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth fired a two-under-par 69 to lead the Malaysian Open by two strokes after three rounds Saturday, but blotted an otherwise bogey-free card with a...
England struggling against Otago
QUEENSTOWN (New Zealand), March 2: England crashed to 82 for six against lowly Otago on a rain-affected first day of their opening Test tour match Saturday....
LCCA trials
LAHORE, March 2: Trials to select two Lahore City teams for the forthcoming national one-day cricket tournament will be held at the LCCA ground Sunday at 1pm....
Garcia wins 3,000 metres
VIENNA, March 2 - Alberto Garcia of Spain won the men’s 3,000 metres gold medal at the European indoor athletics championships Saturday....
Pakistan’s hopes of making semis take another jolt
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2: A controversial 38th minute penalty stroke left Pakistan’s World Cup campaign virtually in tatters as they crashed 1-2 to defending champions Holland Saturday....
Germans down Kiwis to remain in contention
KULA LUMPUR, March 2: European champions Germany needed a second half goal from Christoph Bechmann Saturday to beat New Zealand 2-1 and ensure they stayed in the run for a spot...
Karachi Whites well placed in Quaid Trophy final
KARACHI, March 2: Karachi Whites put themselves in driving seat in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket championship final after obtaining a 102-run lead on the first innings against Peshawar at National...
India sack manager for poor show in World Cup
KULALA LUMPUR, March 2: Indian coach Cedric D’Souza was sacked Saturday by the Indian Hockey Federation following a string of defeats at the on-going World Cup hockey tournament....
FIH coaching conference
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2: An FIH Coaching Conference penciled in for Wednesday (March 6) will discuss and evaluate the development of hockey and coaching as observed during the World Cup and...
Mark Waugh, Langer hit centuries
PORT ELIZABETH, March 2: Justin Langer and Mark Waugh hammered centuries as the touring Australians dominated the second day of their four-day match against South Africa A at St George’s Park...
One-day event may get scant coverage
KARACHI, March 2: The forthcoming National One-day Cricket Championship, organized by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), with a record 28 teams in the fray is most likely to get inadequate media coverage...
Tendulkar out of one-day series
NEW DELHI, March 2: India’s leading batsman Sachin Tendulkar will miss this month’s one-day series against Zimbabwe to undergo treatment for knee trouble, an Indian cricket official said Saturday....
Vettori told to rest before Test
AUCKLAND, March 2: New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has been asked to sit out his Northern Districts side’s next match in the State Championship to ensure his fitness for the...