Montgomerie surges into 3-shot lead
WENTWORTH (England), May 24: Colin Montgomerie shrugged off his painful back injury to fire an eight-under-par 64 and surge into a three-shot lead in the first round of the Volvo PGA...
India seek to salvage pride in one-dayers
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 24: India’s preparations for a one-day series against the West Indies suffered a setback as rain washed out their workout ahead of the first match starting at Sabina...
American legend Snead dies
WASHINGTON, May 24: Sam Snead, whose unmatched 135 tournament victories worldwide and trademark straw hat made him a golfing legend, died on Thursday, his daughter-in-law said....
Bond back for tour of West Indies
CHRISTCHURCH, May 24: Paceman Shane Bond was named in New Zealand’s Test and one-day squads on Friday for the forthcoming tour to West Indies after recovering from a stress fracture of...
Irbe steals win for Hurricanes
TORONTO, May 24: Coach Pat Quinn left hospital to provide the Toronto Maple Leafs with an emotional lift, but Arturs Irbe’s shutout led the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-0 win in...
PIA Academy trials tomorrow
KARACHI, May 24: Trials to select cricketers for PIA cricket academy trials will be held at Academy Ground, Block-16 Gulistan-e-Jauhar Sunday at 3.00 p.m....
Schumacher must explain: FIA
MONTE CARLO, May 24: Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher could face sanctions from the international automobile federation FIA for his behaviour at the victory ceremony following the controversial Austrian Grand...
Cullinan expresses regret
JOHANNESBURG, May 24: South Africa’s Daryll Cullinan has expressed regret over his walkout on the eve of a Test match against Australia in Cape Town in March....
Shehryar, Riaz on top
KARACHI, May 24: Shehryar Arshad with crewman Muhammad Riaz gave another superb performance which put them on the verge of retaining their crown in the Enterprise National Sailing Championship after winning...
Under-17 camp
HYDERABAD, May 24: An under-17 free cricket coaching camp will be organised in the first week of June. Trials for boys belonging to the city will be held on May 29...
Jones returns to action tomorrow
EUGENE (Oregon), May 24: Olympic champion Marion Jones will run her first 100 metre race of the season Sunday when she heads the field at the Prefontaine Classic IAAF Grand Prix...
Baloch Mujahid in semifinal
KARACHI, May 24: Baloch Mujahid and Young Tughlaq completed semifinal line-up Friday in the All-Pakistan inter-club football tournament....
Security tightens as US arrive for World Cup
INCHON (South Korea), May 24: The U.S. team arrived for the World Cup finals in South Korea on Friday amid tight security and hopes of improving on their showing in France...
France still favourite to defend crown
LONDON, May 24: France is still rated as favorite to retain the World Cup by British bookmakers, with Argentina, Italy and Brazil ranked behind....
World Cup live on PTV
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Pakistan Television will live telecast all the matches of the World Cup footbal scheduled to be held in Korea/Japan from May 31 to June 30....
Ravi League
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Hosts Ravi scored a 2-0 victory over Evergreen Friday to make the semi-finals of the Ravi Friendly League Soccer Tournament....
LCCA committee
LAHORE, May 24: The LCCA has formed a committee to prepare different programme to promote the Under-19 cricket in the city....
Notts signs Aussie
London, May 24: Australian spinner Stuart MacGill has signed with English county Nottinghamshire as a replacement for Nicky Boje. He will join the county side for last two months of England...
Two more footballers leave without kicking a ball
TOKYO, May 24: Two more players headed home without kicking a World Cup ball on Friday — one nursing a broken foot, the other a bruised ego — as FIFA named...
Cup puts damper on Asian Games sponsorship
KUALA LUMPUR, May 24: South Korea has struggled to find sponsors for September’s Asian Games because the event has been overshadowed by the football World Cup finals, an official said Friday....
Murali unlikely to play at Edgbaston
CARDIFF (Wales), May 24: Sri Lanka’s hopes of having spin genius Muttiah Muralitharan fit in time for the second Test against England next week look doomed after he failed to impress...
PCB Regional Academy trials conclude
KARACHI, May 24: Selectors after marathon two-day trials of Sindh/Balcohistan region which concluded Friday finalized the names of 25 players to attend the three-months training and coach camp....