Dillagi poised to complete hat trick
LAHORE, Aug 20: Seven-year-old bay mare Dillagi, can make it a hat trick if turf conditions are suitable, by going all out to win the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Race...
Pakistan bridge team in Canada
MONTREAL, Aug. 20: A five-member Pakistan team flew in here Monday night as US players dominate the 11th World Bridge Championships currently in progress here....
Lua Lua inspires Newcastle to rout West Ham United
LONDON, Aug 20: Two goals by somersaulting striker Lomano Lua Lua inspired Newcastle United to a crushing 4-0 victory over West Ham United in their opening English premier league game of...
US-based Hassan declines offer
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: US-based Pakistani player Hassan Akmal, whom the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) had invited to appear in the Davis Cup trials next month has sent in his regrets....
Khurram misses bronze
KARACHI, Aug 20: Sydney Olympian Khurram Inam of Pakistan just missed bronze medal and had to be content with fourth position in the skeet event of Asian Clay Shooting Championship in...
Adil’s hat trick spurs Yaseen Star
KARACHI, Aug 20: Layri Brothers, Qadri Baloch, and Asif XI advanced in the second round of Karachi City Jashan-e-Azadi Sports Festival Football Tournament at People’s Sports Complex, says a news release...
Krajicek overwhelms struggling Hrbaty
COMMACK (New York), Aug 20: Former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek rolled past Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty 6-1, 6-2, in Monday night’s feature match at the ATP tennis tournament here....
Lankans wary of S. African backlash
TANGIERS (Morocco), Aug 20: Sri Lanka were wary of a South African backlash after Shaun Pollock warned that his team knew what to do in Wednesday’s final of the Morocco Cup....
Inzamam bitterly disappointed
TANGIERS, Aug 20: Pakistan vice-captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was kicking himself for his unusual dismissal in the game against South Africa Sunday that led to pre-tournament favourites making an early exit from the...
Harmison bowled over by thieves
LONDON, Aug 20: England fast bowler Steve Harmison had his bat stolen after thieves broke into his car, police confirmed Tuesday....
Refresher course ends
LAHORE, Aug 20: Thirty one cricket umpires from Punjab and NWFP attended the two-day refresher course which concluded at the Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday....
BCCI urges players to sign ICC contract
BANGALORE, Aug 20: India Tuesday asked their cricketers to sign a sponsorship agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC), but only for next month’s Champions Trophy in a bid to defuse...
Wasim and Shoaib may represent World XI
CARDIFF, Aug 20: There will be no chance of rain stopping play when Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium hosts its first cricket match in October....
Thorpe likely to miss Ashes tour
LONDON, Aug 20: England look set to travel to Australia later this winter without Graham Thorpe following an announcement by his county, Surrey, that he is “extremely unlikely” to play for...
Brothers strike gold medals
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Brothers Muhammad Awais and Moin-ud-Din Miraj won gold medals at the third International Taekwondo Championship in Eschwege, Germany....
Dubai’s Nayef gains revenge on Golan
YORK, England, Aug 20: Nayef exacted sweet revenge on Golan and had punters heading for the champagne bars when winning the $398,000 Group One Juddmonte International Stakes Tuesday....