Favourites dominate Lahore races
LAHORE, March 13: Four favourites in a card of six won the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday. The punters had a a happy beginning when the odds-on favourite bay colt Bach View had an easy sailing by five lengths over Little Master in the first race of the afternoon....
Arsenal’s dream in balance as Juventus go out
PARIS, March 13: Arsenal’s dreams of European Champions League glory were left hanging in the balance after a 2-0 defeat by Deportivo La Coruna as Italian giants Juventus were dumped out...
Flagship Uberalles crowned champion
CHELTENHAM (England), March 13: Flagship Uberalles was crowned champion two-miler Wednesday when battling bravely up the Cheltenham hill to land the Queen Mother Champion Chase, highlight of day two at the...
Amir scores four goals
LAHORE, March 13: Raja Amir scored four consecutive goals to enable First Law Company to beat Diamond Paints 9 1/2- 5 in the SHV Energy polo tournament at the Lahore Polo...
World Cup global festivity of 21st century
KARACHI, March 13: The 2002 FIFA World Cup is the first global festivity of 21st century and both Korea and Japan are making allout efforts to display unity and harmony in...
Agassi crashes out in opening round
INDIAN WELLS (California), March 13: Defending champion and fourth seed Andre Agassi crashed out in the opening round of the Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday, falling 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) to...
Saeed, Imran Farhat and Wasim set to return for Sharjah
LAHORE, March 13: Openers Saeed Anwar, Imran Farhat and pacer Wasim Akram are likely to be named in the Pakistan team for the Sharjah Cup to be played at Sharjah from April 6....
Hussain cracks defiant 106 as England struggle
CHRISTCHURCH, March 13: England skipper Nasser Hussain led from the front Wednesday with a splendid century after his side had lost two wickets in the opening over of the first Test...
Campbell leads Zimbabwe to easy victory
KOCHI (India), March 13: Alistair Campbell hit his third successive fifty to help Zimbabwe beat India by six wickets in the third One-day International Wednesday and go 2-1 up in the...
Test stars beef up PIA
KARACHI, March 13: PIA, already possessing the services of Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq and Azhar Mahmood, are further strengthened by the return of Abdul Razzaq, Yousuf Youhana, Faisal Iqbal...
Convincing wins for Sindh ‘B’, Punjab ‘A’
KARACHI, March 13: Sindh ‘B’ crushed NWFP ‘B’ by a tennis score 6-2 in the 49th HBL national hockey championship inter- provincial preliminary round Wednesday....
Imran slams ‘impotent’ ICC
DHAKA, March 13: Former Pakistani cricket superstar Imran Khan Wednesday criticised international cricket’s governing body for allegedly failing to solve match-fixing and umpiring problems....
Waqar hits unbeaten century
LAHORE, March 13: Fine unbeaten century by Waqar Kundi (103) enabled Karachi University to take a 141-run lead against Peshawar University on the second day of their Inter-University cricket Championship at...
Cricket board compensates LCCA
LAHORE, March 13: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made good the losses suffered by the Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) by hosting the Asian Test championship final between Pakistan and Sri...
Ganguly retains captaincy
KOCHI (India), March 13: Saurav Ganguly was Wednesday retained as India captain for the upcoming tour of the West Indies despite his unimpressive overseas record....
Steve Waugh under pressure to perform or face axe
DURBAN (South Africa), March 13: Steve Waugh will be under pressure again when the third and final Test against South Africa starts at Kingsmead Friday just three days after leading Australia...
Victory for Pakistan
KARACHI, March 13: Striker Qadeer Ahmad’s match-winner helped Pakistan beat visiting South Korea’s Hyundai Tigers Club 1-0 in the second and last football match at People’s Sports Complex Wednesday....
Stay order issued
LAHORE, March 13: The Lahore High Court Justice Ijaz Chaudhary issued a stay order against the holding of elections of the Punjab Football Association (PFA) which were to be held on...