Spain’s Costa on course for fourth Austrian Open crown
KITZBUEHEL (Austria), July 24: French Open champion Albert Costa cruised into the last 16 of the Austrian Open on Wednesday with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Juan Antonio Marin, keeping him...
Manchester prepares to welcome the world
MANCHESTER, July 24: Manchester, Britain’s party capital, will invite the rest of the world to get on down and boogie at a spectacular Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Thursday shadowed by...
Organizers tighten eligibility rules
MANCHESTER, July 24: Commonwealth Games leaders tightened their rules on eligibility on Tuesday, removing the special standing enjoyed by British athletes who compete for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at...
National karate from Aug 23
HYDERABAD, July 24: Secretary, Sindh Karate Association, Syed Sakhawat Ali, Wednesday announced that three-day 13th National Karate Championship will be held from Aug 23 at Lahore....
Nauman excels with bat, ball
KARACHI, July 24: Nauman Javaid, a former Pakistan Emerging XI player, which toured Holland in 1999, has been in great form as an allrounder playing key role for Brentwood Cricket Club...
Classy Time Is Gold completes grand hat trick
LAHORE, July 24: Five-year-old chestnut gelding Time Is Gold registered a brilliant hat trick by claiming the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at Racecourse Wednesday....
Kapil named India’s ‘Cricketer of the Century’
NEW DELHI, July 24: Indian icon Kapil Dev, who severed all ties with cricket in disgust over match-fixing allegations two years ago, has been welcomed back into the fold with a...
Boogerd bags 16th stage as Armstrong opens gap
LA PLAGNE (France), July 24: Dutchman Michael Boogerd handed his Rabobank team their second success of the race when he won the 16th stage of the Tour de France Wednesday, a...
Kenyans seek cooperation from Pakistan board
NAIROBI, July 24: Kenyan cricket chiefs, who are at loggerhead with the government, are urging their Pakistan counterparts to deal only with them when making arrangements for next month’s troubled triangular...
Zone VI Whites, Zone IV Whites advance to semifinals
KARACHI, July 24: Two more matches were decided in KCCA inter-zonal U-17 cricket tournament when Zone VI Whites defeated Zone-I Whites by 55 runs and Zone IV Whites defeated Zone-II Blues...
Master’s Cup from Aug 12
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Master’s Cup table tennis tournament will be played Aug 12-15 at Sunset Club in Karachi, it was stated Wednesday....
Under-19 trials
CHITRAL, July 24: The Pakistan Cricket Board (pcb) will hold trials for the district under-19 cricket team in Chitral from Thursday (today)....
Junior squash results
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Results Wednesday of the 6th Hashim Khan National Junior Squash Championship qualifying rounds at POF Complex Wah:...
Zahid clobbers brilliant 121
HYDERABAD, July 24: Two more matches were decided on Wednesday in first All Hyderabad Dr. Muhammed Ali Shah Invitation cricket tournament, being organised by District Cricket Association, Hyderabad at Government Degree...
Imran nets winner
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Akbar Club held Islamabad Club to a 1-1 draw in the Independence Day Soccer tournament, now in full swing at the Pakistan Sports Complex Grounds....
England shrug off disruptive buildup
LONDON July 24: England hopes to shrug off another disruptive buildup to a Test series when it takes on India in the first Test at Lord’s Thursday....
LDBA elections
LAHORE, July 24: Hamid Shafi Malik has been appointed convener to hold the elections of the Lahore District Badminton Association before August 5....
Mujahid Club win
LAHORE, July 24: Striker Tanvir Ahmed scored the solitary goal to help Mujahid Club Moghalpura beat United Club 1-0 in the Lahore city district football tournament at the Iqbal Park ground Wednesday....