PCB must submit report to ICC
KARACHI, June 18: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is obliged to submit Justice Karamat Bhindari inquiry report to the International Cricket Council (ICC) next week....
Wasim Akram set to equal Azhar’s record
BRISBANE (Australia), June 18: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis is struggling to overcome a hamstring injury before Wednesday’s third and deciding one-day international against Australia at the Gabba on Wednesday....
Patron’s Trophy scrapped
KARACHI, June 18: Pakistan’s domestic cricket structure of the forthcoming season has been reshaped and the Patron’s Trophy first-class tournament has been scrapped....
Sri Lanka eager to salvage pride
MANCHESTER, June 18: Sri Lanka, chastened by losing the Test series in England they had craved for so long, are eager to salvage some measure of pride in the one-day triangular...
Silk Route should make amends
LAHORE, June 18: Grey mare Silk Route, who was twice beaten in her previous outings, should make amends and win the supporting event when the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races gets underway at the Racecourse...
Hewitt faces tricky opener
LONDON, June 18: Top seed Lleyton Hewitt faces a tricky opening to his Wimbledon campaign next week after being drawn against Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman in the first round....
Yousuf faces Saleh in final
KARACHI, June 18: Fancied Saleh Muhammad will face Yousuf Haroon in the final of the Red & White Billiards championship after winning their semifinals Tuesday. The final will be played Saturday...
Rusedski overcomes qualifier
NOTTINGHAM (England), June 18: Britain’s Greg Rusedski recovered from a nervous start to book his place in the second round of the Nottingham ATP tournament on Monday....
Turkey end Japan’s party in rain
MIYAGI (Japan), June 18: Turkey ended Japan’s World Cup party defeating the co-hosts 1-0 in pouring rain on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals for the first time....
Ahn turns hero from villain
TAEJON (South Korea), June 18: Ahn Jung-hwan headed a golden goal winner to put co-hosts South Korea into the quarterfinals against 10-man Italy Tuesday....
Red Devils roar, dance with uncontained joy
SEOUL, June 18: Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic South Koreans roared and danced with uncontained joy in the heart of their capital on Tuesday after their team stunned Italy....
Italian coach cries foul
TAEJON (South Korea), June 18: Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni departed complaining bitterly about the officials’ decisions....
Beckham’s hairdresser gets SOS
LONDON, June 18: David Beckham’s hairdresser was expected in Japan Wednesday after an emergency call from his Spice Girl wife Victoria after seeing the England captain’s wilting mohican haircut on TV....
Ireland not to play Keane again
LONDON, June 18: Former Republic of Ireland Ireland captain Roy Keane will not play for his country again, Irish football chief Brendan Menton was quoted as saying on Tuesday....
Death in Iranian hospital
TEHRAN, June 18: A hospital patient died in western Iran because staff had abandoned him to watch Sunday’s Senegal-Sweden World Cup football match on television, a press report said Tuesday....
Inmates leave guards red-faced
JAKARTA, June 18: Nearly 50 inmates in soccer-mad Indonesia left guards red-faced when they broke out of jail just as their captors settled down to watch the World Cup kick off...