Ahtisab strides to narrow victory
LAHORE, Aug 25: Five-year-old bay horse Ahtisab, piloted by riding boy M. Jehangir, strode to a narrow win in the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Sunday....
Zahid Faiz and Baran record good double
KARACHI, Aug 25: Fine double by leading owner Faisal Farooq stable highlighted the Karachi Summer Gymkhana races held here Sunday at the local turf....
Pakistan bow out of World Bridge
MONTREAL, Aug 25: Team Munawar from Indonesia stormed into the Power Rosenblum Cup quarterfinals of the World Bridge Championships as Pakistani prepare for the pairs competition Sunday....
Hong, Zhou triumph
SINGAPORE, Aug 25: Chen Hong and Zhou Mi completed a Chinese double in the Singapore Open Sunday as they eased to respective victory in straight sets in the men’s and women’s...
Rangers close gap on Celtic
GLASGOW, Aug 25: Rangers beat 10-man Aberdeen 2-0 in the Scottish premier league Sunday to close the gap on league leaders Celtic to two points....
Trent Bridge guaranteed internationals
LONDON, Aug 25: Trent Bridge in Nottingham will stage One-day Internationals and Test matches until 2011 following a long-term agreement between the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Nottinghamshire...
American swimmers clinch four golds
YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 25: Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin were among a quartet of American swimmers who won individual golds as the US team dominated the second day of the Pan...
Hussain, Stewart keep India at bay
LEEDS (England), Aug 25: England captain Nasser Hussain and veteran keeper-batsman Alec Stewart staged a defiant rearguard action that kept India at bay on the fourth day of the third Test...
Faisal slams century
KARACHI, Aug 25: Pakistan discard Faisal Iqbal hit 122 to help Karachi Regional Academy (KRA) reach 313 all out on the first day of the two-day trial match against Muridke Regional...
Parry and Allenby share lead at invitational golf
SAMMAMISH (Washington), Aug 25: Australia’s Craig Parry shot a five-under-par 66 Saturday to join compatriot Robert Allenby at the top of the leaderboard at the WGC-NEC Invitational after three rounds....
Aussies looking for answers
BRISBANE, Aug 25: Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist expect some tough questions to be answered during a frenetic nine-month examination of Australia’s Test and one-day cricket sides....
Saqlain spins Surrey towards victory
LONDON, Aug 25: Pakistan spin wizard Saqlain Mushtaq took eleven wickets to help steer Surrey closer to victory in their English county championship clash with Hampshire at The Oval on Saturday....
China shock Olympic champions Australia
MACAU (China), Aug 25: Unsung hosts China stunned reigning Olympic champions Australia 1-0 in the elite six-nation women’s hockey Champions Trophy in Macau on Sunday....
Jansher to get wild card
LAHORE, Aug 25: World squash legend Jansher Khan will get a wild card entry for the CAS Open tournament to be held in Peshawar in October....
PTV to show hockey ties
KARACHI, Aug 25: Fans will finally be able to watch the recording of Pakistan’s 7-1 humiliation last month by minnows New Zealand at Commonwealth Games hockey contest to be telecast by...
Sampras hopes destiny will be on his side
NEW YORK, Aug 25: Pete Sampras may be a 13-times Grand Slam winner, but right now he is talking a better game than he is playing....