Edwards jumps best of season
STOCKHOLM, July 17: Britain’s world champion Jonathan Edwards set a world best for the season of 17.78 metres in the triple jump at the Stockholm grand prix athletics meeting Tuesday....
Abdi inspires Zone V Whites to thrilling victory
KARACHI, July 17: Off spinner Agha Abdi captured six wickets for 22 runs heled Zone V Whites to beat Pakistan Steel Colts by eight wickets in KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 Trophy 2002...
Riding boy Imran completes fine double
LAHORE, July 17: The fancied bay gelding Thank You Boss, superbly ridden by riding boy A. Imran strode to an easy win in the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races...
Baseball results
NEW YORK, July 17: Results of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball games:...
Pakistan beat Spain 4-2
LAHORE July 17: Pakistan hockey team, currently on a warm up tour of Spain ahead of the Manchester Commonwealth Games, beat Spain 4-2 in the second Test to take 1-0 lead...
Rizwan faces Ghulam in final
KARACHI, July 17: Favourite Rizwan Rajani will take on second seed Ghulam Abbas in the final of boys and girls Under-11 final after scoring straight set victories over their rivals in...
Akram hits 135
HYDERABAD, July 17: Akram Khan slammed a century to help Fazal-ur-Rehman Sports beat Labour Gymkhana by 173 runs in Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah cricket tournament at Government Degree College, Latifabad....
Referees course
LAHORE, July 17: A two-day cricket referees course conducted by PCB for the Punjab and NWFP concluded at the Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday....
District hockey
LAHORE,July 17: Lahore District Hockey Championship will be held at the National Hockey Stadium from July 22 to Aug 4. All the 26 affiliated clubs will participate....
Nepal in ACC Trophy semifinals
SINGAPORE, July 17: Nepal claimed the remaining semi-final berth in the ACC Trophy cricket tournament Wednesday, romping to a comfortable 124-run win over Kuwait, the only other contender for a place...
Tiger Woods favourite in attempt for Grand Slam
GULLANE (Scotland), July 17: The possibility of a complete sweep of this year’s four major championships by Tiger Woods is the intriguing sub-plot for the 131st British Open, which starts at...
Hagland gives France first victory
PAU (France), July 17: Frenchman Patrice Halgand won the 147-kms 10th stage of the Tour de France Wednesday, but the day was tarnished by the death of a seven-year-old boy who...
Yorkshire, Kent in last four
LONDON, July 17: Yorkshire staged a stunning recovery to reach the semifinals of the limited overs Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy after losing fewer wickets against Essex in a dramatic victory Tuesday....
Hurricane 166 by Nauman
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Nauman Sadiq’s epic 166 in Diamond Club’s 193-run victory over Mehran was the highlight of day two of the Islamabad Cricket Association Under-19 Championship Wednesday....
Smooth sailing for seeds
STUTTGART (Germany), July 17: Younes El Aynaoui, Tommy Robredo and Alexander Popp all won first-round matches in the rain-plagued 500,000-dollar ATP tournament here Wednesday....
Cadet, junior championship from Aug12
ISLAMABAD, Jul 17: The National Cadet (under-16) and Junior (under-19) Boxing Championship will be held at KPT Sports Complex in Karachi from August 12 to 14, it was announced Wednesday....
Carla not to represent Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has decided not to make any further efforts to have Carla Khan represent Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games later this month....
ACC team due on Aug 17
ISLAMABAD, July 17: A three-man delegation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board is due to arrive in Islamabad on Aug 7 for a formal taking over of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)....
Board XI in control
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 17: Bangladesh, 147 runs behind on first innings, were 31 for no wicket in their second innings against the Sri Lanka Board Development XI at the close...
Senior series from July 22
KARACHI, July 17: Sindh Veteran Tennis Association is organizing 2nd Senior Master’s Series at Karachi Gymkhana from July 22-27....
Asad on panel
LAHORE, July 17: Asad Rauf, an international umpire of Pakistan has been nominated to be TV umpire on the ICC panel....
Clarification
LAHORE, July 17: The name of Lahore’s owner who was killed in the Rawalpindi Race Club firing incident last Thursday was Shahid Husain and not Shahid Rasool as inadvertently reported in Monday’s Dawn....