Retired icons compared with old planes
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The chairman of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC), Lt. Gen Hamid Nawaz, said Saturday that some of the players under the organisation’s wings were as old as a...
Race club stewards inviting trouble
KARACHI, July 28: The followers of form burnt their fingers at the Karachi Summer meeting when form horses were either withdrawn on Sunday morning or form horses were blatantly hooked by...
Shabbir holds nerves to claim CNS crown
KARACHI, July 28: Shabbir Iqbal held his nerves to clinch the CNS golf championship by three strokes after carding a final round of 72 that gave him a four-under 284 for...
Arooj completes hat trick
LAHORE, July 28: Fancied chestnut mare, Arooj completed a hat trick when she stormed home to win the supporting event run over 900 metres during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the...
Khayal and Arshad to meet in final
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Khayal Muhammad and Arshad Iqbal Burki set up a date in Monday’s under-19 final of the 6th Hashim Khan National Junior Squash Championship after overpowering their semi-final opponents...
Record 9th victory for Schumacher
HOCKENHEIM, July 28: Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher returned home in style Sunday, adding a rare and record-equalling German Grand Prix win to his historic fifth Formula One title....
Armstrong wins 4th straight title : Tour de France
PARIS, July 28: American Lance Armstrong won his fourth consecutive Tour de France race here Sunday after the 20th and final stage from Melun to Paris won in dramatic fashion by...
Shoaib is not indispensable, says Waqar
KARACHI, July 28: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis Sunday took a swipe at Shoaib Akhtar and refused to accept that his team would be underdogs in next month’s tournament in the absence...
Paceman Hoggard puts England on victory path
LONDON, July 28: England strike bowler Matthew Hoggard took three wickets in 32 balls on Sunday to reduce the India batting to ruins and set the home side up for a...
Ali Yasir qualifies for second round
MANCHESTER, July 28: Ali Yasir Rai of Pakistan qualified for the second round after he finished fourth clocking 22.27 seconds in 200 metres at Commonwealth Games Sunday....
Jayasuriya rescues Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, July 28: Captain Sanath Jayasuriya brought his experience to bear with an impressive 85 as a revamped Sri Lanka struggled to gain the upper hand over Bangladesh on the first...
Asghar makes early exit
MANCHESTER, July 28: Pakistan boxing medal hope light-welterweight Asghar Ali Shah was beaten in the preliminary bout by Scotland’s Kevin Anderson on points at the Commonwealth Games Sunday....
Inzamam may quit PCB coaching job
KARACHI, July 28: Pakistan vice-captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is all set to quit in protest from the coaching job assigned to him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)....
Australia inch closer to semis
MANCHESTER, July 28: Defending champions Australia moved closer to a semifinal berth in the men’s hockey of the Commonwealth Games with an emphatic 4-1 win over South Africa here on Sunday....
Selectors meet today
KARACHI, July 28: The Pakistan cricket selectors assemble Monday at the Gaddafi Stadium to finalize a 15-man team for next month’s tri-nation series in Tangiers....
RCA probables
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Rawalpindi Cricket Association (RCA) has selected the following players after a series of trials to attend a training camp in connection with the forthcoming National U-19 Championship:...
Mansoor and Shahid make steady progress
MANCHESTER, July 28: Pakistani young guns Mansoor Zaman and Shahid Zaman cruised ahead after straight games second round victories at Commonwealth Games squash competitions Sunday....
Kenyans suffer shock defeats in marathons
MANCHESTER, July 28: Kenya’s long-distance dominance was shattered at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday as Tanzania and Australia took the golds in the men’s and women’s marathons....