Wapda claim ten golds to emerge champions
LAHORE, Aug 26: Wapda displayed excellent performance by winning 10 gold medals out of a total 11 to win the two-day 13th national karate championship which concluded at its own Sports Complex...
Four Bidders capture weekly crown
KARACHI, Aug 26: Four Bidders with 105 Victory Points (VPs) won the weekly Swiss bridge tournament at Aslam Memorial Bridge Hall, National Stadium Sunday night....
CSC, ACC triumph
KARACHI, Aug 26: Cantt Sports Club (CSC) and All Collegiate Club (ACC) won their pool-3 matches in the Independence Day Basketball Tournament at Arambagh floodlit court Sunday night....
Baseball victim of dirty politics
LAHORE, Aug 26: The tussle between the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) over the national sports policy has deprived the Pakistan baseball team from participating in the 14th Asian Games...
Parry storms home by four strokes
SAMMAMISH (Washington), Aug 26: Australia’s Craig Parry shot a six-under-par 65 to win the WGC-NEC Invitational by four strokes over Fred Funk and fellow Australian Robert Allenby at the Sahalee Country...
Pakistan squad for Asiad
LAHORE, Aug 26: Pakistan Monday announced the 18-member football squad for the 14th Asian Games to be organized in Busan, South Korea, from Oct 30....
Qasim shocks Imran
KARACHI, Aug 26: Teenager Qasim Kamani produced a surprise on the first day of final phase of 7th Karachi Club (KC) Open snooker tournament when he shocked Imran Shahzad of Punjab...
Thorpe digs deep for third gold
YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 26: Ian Thorpe dug deep into his reserves of energy to win gold in the 200 metres freestyle with the fourth fastest time ever at the Pan Pacific...
Dalmiya slams players as contracts row rages
NEW DELHI, Aug 26: India’s cricket chief Jagmohan Dalmiya accused his country’s senior players of lacking intelligence as the row over their refusal to sign contracts intensified Monday....
India square series with innings victory
LEEDS (England), Aug 26: Leg-spinner Anil Kumble provided the killer blows, removing century-maker Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart, as India snuffed out England’s dream of a miracle escape by completing a...
Border steps in to coach Australia
MELBOURNE, Aug 26: Former Australia captain Allan Border has answered a last-minute request to coach Australia in this week’s one-day series in Kenya following the withdrawal of John Buchanan who has...
OCA no to Carla’s participation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Chances of Pakistan fielding their British import Carla Khan at next month’s Asian Games in Busan have been dealt a blow by the Olympic Council of Asia regulations...
Two-day Academy match called off
KARACHI, Aug 26: Two-day practice match between Karachi Regional Academy and Muridke Regional Academy was washed out at National Stadium Monday following downpour in the city....
Ejaz, Shams beaten, Farrukh triumphs
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Pakistanis Ejaz Azmat and Shamsul Islam were knocked out of the qualifying rounds of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open squash championship but country-fellow Farrukh Zaman advanced by...
Israeli-Pakistani doubles duo set for US Open
NEW YORK, Aug 26: Israel’s Amir Hadad and Pakistan’s Alsam ul-Haq Qureshi, a men’s doubles duo that has bridged cultural and religious differences, have accepted a wild card entry into the...
Policy to be implemented before general elections
LAHORE, Aug 26: Federal Sports Minister S.K.Tressler has pledged to implement the sports policy before General Elections in October and said Government will not bow to the pressure of the Pakistan...
CNS Trophy advanced
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has agreed to delay the next month’s CNS International Championship by three days on the request of the game’s managers in Pakistan....
Davenport and Henin advance to 2nd round
NEW YORK, Aug 26: Fourth seed Lindsay Davenport of the United States advanced to the second round of the US Open in just 41 minutes with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over...