Struggle for Safin and Haas
TORONTO, Aug 2: Second seed Marat Safin and third seed Tommy Haas both survived third-round scares to battle their way into the quarter-finals of the $2.95 million Canada Tennis Masters on...
Amit wins epic to face Saleh in final
KARACHI, Aug 2: Fifth seed Saleh Mohammad inched closer to defending his 11th Red and Whites snooker championship when he reached the final after winning his quarterfinal and semifinal matches Friday....
Shabbir maintains superiority
KARACHI, Aug 2: Shabbir Iqbal continued to toy with his rivals when he fired a second successive six-under 66 to grab a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the 4th...
Mahmood nets twice for Victory Sports
KARACHI, Aug 2: Victory Sports overcame a spirited Tanzeem Sports 4-3 in the All-Pakistan football tournament at Baloch Mujahid Stadium Thursday....
Five new records bettered
LAHORE, Aug 2: Five new national records were created by Wapda and Customs on the opening day of the two-day Independence Day national bench press championship Thursday....
Asif’s goal puts Heroes in final
LAHORE, Aug 2: Pak Heroes and Packages Club cruised into the final of the Lahore district hockey championship at the National Hockey Stadium Friday....
Faisal lift trophy
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Faisal won the Islamabad Inter-club hockey championship Friday defeating Al-Abbas 2-1 at the Aabpara Ground....
Inter-district from Aug 7
KARACHI, Aug 2: Mirpurkhas District will meet Thatta in the opening match of Pakistan Steel Sindh Inter-district cricket tournament on Aug 7 at Pakistan Steel Cricket Stadium....
New Zealand humiliate Pakistan 7-1
MANCHESTER, Aug 2: New Zealand defeated Pakistan for the first time to cruise into the Commonwealth Games hockey final with a stunning 7-1 upset here on Friday....
Second gold for Ukranian Lisogor
BERLIN, Aug 2: Oleg Lisogor of Ukraine claimed his second gold medal in a world record time in the men’s 50 metres breaststroke on another eventful day at the European swimming...
Somerset edge out Kent
LONDON, Aug 2: Holders Somerset staged a remarkable comeback to snatch an unlikely five-run victory over Kent in the semifinals of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy Thursday....
India keeps faith in Ganguly
MUMBAI, Aug 2: Indian cricket selectors retained Saurav Ganguly as skipper for next month’s ICC Champions trophy tournament in Sri Lanka, a top cricket official said Friday....
Bhagwat strikes gold for 4th time
BISLEY (England), Aug 2: Anjali Bhagwat won her fourth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games and her country’s 11th of the shooting competition when she took victory in the women’s 50m...
Ugandan official reinstated
MANCHESTER, Aug 2: Boxing official David Agong of Uganda was reinstated on Thursday after he complained about being suspended from the Commonwealth Games....
Kiran tops in 50m heats
MANCHESTER, Aug 2: Pakistan’s Kiran Khan finished at top in 50 metres backstroke heats with a timing of 35 seconds at the Commonwealth Games Friday....
Sri Lankan squad for Morocco Cup
COLOMBO, Aug 2: Sri Lanka named its squad for the Morocco Cup Friday, sticking to the same players selected for the upcoming one-day international series against Bangladesh....
Magical spell by Hammad
KARACHI, Aug 2: Deadly bowl ing by Man of the Match Hammad Khan (6-17) enabled Zone-VII Blues beat Zone-II Blues by 97 runs in KCCA Inter-zonal U-15 tournament at...