Sweden’s Johansson crushes Koubek
MONTE CARLO, April 17: Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson tore into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, crushing Stefan Koubek 6-4 6-1....
Pistol Pete atones for last defeat
LAHORE, April 17: Horse-racing lacked competition during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday....
Pakistan face England in opener
LAHORE, April 17: Pakistan will play England in the opening hockey match of the 17th Commonwealth Games on July 27. The Games are scheduled to be held at Manchester, England from July...
Layton avoids comment on chances
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Pakistan football coach John Layton Wednesday refrained from predicting the outcome of next week’s Asian Qualifying tournament in Karachi, saying the players couldn’t be judged because of lack...
Imran excels for PAF
LAHORE, April 17: Fine play by Imran who scored 24 points helped Pakistan Air Force (PAF) beat Pakistan Navy 65 -64 in the opening match of the fourth All Pakistan Noor...
Soccer team for South Africa
LAHORE, April 17: Pakistan football team will tour South Africa from May 6 to 20 to play four matches with different teams...
Punjab U-16 capture title
LAHORE, April 17: Punjab with 31 points won the Inter- Provincial Under-16 karate championship at Quetta, according to a message received Wednesday....
Iesco, ARL, PTCL win
ISLAMABAD, April 17: Iesco, ARL and PTCL gained big victories Wednesday in the First Choudhry Sports League cricket tournament....
Lone, Gulzar grab hat tricks
LAHORE, April 17: Adnan Lone and Feroz Gulzar struck hat tricks to help Texcon Research beat Sherwood 7-6 in the second match of the Malik Ata Muhammad Memorial Polo Cup tournament...
Tour de Pakistan
LAHORE, April 17 : The Tour de Pakistan cycle race will be held from Oct 23 to Nov 4 this year....
District hockey
LAHORE, April 17: The Lahore District Inter-Club hockey championship will be held from May 4. All the 26 clubs, affiliated with the Lahore District Hockey Association have been advised to clear...
Pakistan capture Sharjah Cup
SHARJAH, April 17: Pakistan well and truly whipped Sri Lanka to lift the Sharjah Cup in style, by a massive margin of 217 runs Wednesday....
Yorkshire open season fuming over Byas treason
LONDON, April 17: A veteran batsman just back from one of the shortest retirements on record will steal the limelight ahead of a host of international overseas players when the English...
Hooper pins hopes on pacemen against India
PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), April 17: West Indies captain Carl Hooper is hoping his pace bowlers can make the most of a well-grassed pitch at the Queen’s Park Oval in the...
Amit humbles fancied Saleh to storm into last 16
KARACHI, April 17: Amit Parwani made a triumphant entry into the last 16 of the Sixth Red & White Style snooker tournament, when he humbled fifth seed Saleh Mohammad 4-3, in...
Muralitharan suffers nasty injury
SHARJAH, April 17: Sri Lanka suffered a big setback when ace off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan sustained a nasty shoulder injury while fielding during the Pakistan innings in the final of the Sharjah...
Gavaskar blasts Ganguly
NEW DELHI, April 17: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar Wednesday criticised Indian captain Saurav Ganguly for not being flexible on the team’s tour of the West Indies....
Imran completes 1,000 runs
SHARJAH, April 17: Opener Imran Nazir, who scored back-to-back half centuries here reached the first landmark of his career Wednesday, completing 1000 runs in One-day Internationals....