Manchester pins pride on Games
MANCHESTER, July 23: Manchester, still smarting after two failed Olympic bids, is determined the Commonwealth Games will prove the city can put on a world-class show as it gears up to...
Bomb memories haunt police
MANCHESTER, July 23: Haunted by the memory of a devastating bomb attack six years ago, Manchester’s police are determined to thwart any security threat to the Commonwealth Games which start on...
Top stars for CNS trophy
KARACHI, July 23: The Chief of the Naval Staff Open Golf championships 2002 starts at the Karachi Golf Club, PNS Karsaz from July 25 to 28....
Organizers keen to add cricket
MANCHESTER, July 23: Commonwealth Games organisers are keen to give cricket a long-term place in the event, especially with cricket-mad India bidding for the 2010 Games....
Thorpe puts weight in 7-gold quest
SINDELFINGEN (Germany), July 23: Australia’s Ian Thorpe has increased his weight by almost five kilograms in a bid to win a record seven swimming golds at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester....
Junior squash from today
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The qualifying round of the 6th Hashim Khan National Junior Squash Championship is set to start at the POF Wah Complex Wednesday....
Reds, Blues triumph
LAHORE, July 23: North Zone Reds and East Zone Blues won their respective matches in the LCCA Under-19 invitational cricket tournament at different grounds Tuesday....
PCB insists tri-nation contest still on: Kenyan minister says no
KARACHI, July 23: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reacted cautiously to Kenyan sports minister’s statement which Tuesday said next month’s triangular one-day tournament cannot be held in Nairobi....
Woeful Bangladesh slump to another embarrassing defeat
COLOMBO, July 23: Record-breaking Muttiah Muralitharan completed another 10-wicket match haul on Tuesday as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 196 runs within three days....
Wasim to work in USA as coach
HOUSTON,USA, July 23: Cricket super star and former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has applied for H-2 Visa to work as coach after his retirement in 2003 World Cup in South Africa....
Time Is Gold poised to complete hat trick
LAHORE, July 23: Five-year-old chestnut gelding, Time Is Gold, who is in top form, should complete a hat trick by winning the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the...
Airport Star capture trophy
KARACHI, July 23: Airport Star won the final after a thrilling five runs victory against Malir Cricket Club in the 2nd Raees Siddiqui Memorial Cricket tournament played here at Airport Stadium...
Dazzling 110 by Mahmood
RAWALPINDI, July 23: Bajwa Club scored a 24-run win against Kims Club in the ongoing Rawalpindi Cricket Association Summer League....
Hanif starts coaching
LAHORE, July 23: Former Pakistan skipper, Hanif Muhammad, popularly known as “Little Master” has started his coaching assignment at the Regional Academy at Muridke from Monday, a PCB spokesman said....
County results
LONDON, July 23: Results of four-day English County Championship cricket matches on Monday:...
Botero claims 3rd Tour stage
LES DEUX ALPES (France), July 23: Colombian Santiago Botero claimed his second stage win of the Tour de France, his third overall, here Tuedsay as the 15th and longest stage rode...