Champions title hopes endangered
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 3: Yugoslavia’s chances of defending their World Basketball Championships title were put in serious danger Monday with a loss to Puerto Rico, while the United States continued to roll...
Pakistan face China in opener
LAHORE, Sept 3: Pakistan has been placed in a relatively easy pool alongwith China, Bangladesh and Malaysia in the 14th Busan Asian Games Hockey competition and face China in their opening...
Sikander smashes three more records
LAHORE, Sept 3: Lahore with 326 points won the overall trophy of the Punjab Inter-district swimming championship which concluded at the Agricultural University pool, Faisalabad, as more results were received Tuesday....
Newcastle fight back to draw against Liverpool
LONDON, Sept 3: Newcastle United scored twice in the last nine minutes to force a 2-2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield Monday and deprive Liverpool first place in the English premier...
DILLAGI fancied for feature race
LAHORE, Sept 3: Seven-year-old bay mare Dillagi is fancied to make amends by going all out to win the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday....
Pakistan’s performance satisfactory
TORONTO, Sept 3: Pakistan’s performance in the just concluded Montreal 2002 World Bridge Championships is “more than satisfactory,” especially in the Pairs contest, an event of upsets and surprises....
Netherlands dent Pakistan hopes of reaching final
COLOGNE, Sept 3: Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the final of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament were severely dented when they were beaten 3-1 by Olympic champions Netherlands Tuesday....
Saif and Shakir shine for Islamabad in drawn game
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Islamabad pace bowler Saif-ur-Rehman ripped through Kohat batting Tuesday taking an impressive six for 58 as the rain-hit National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I Cricket Championship match ended in a...
Pakistan face Aussies today
NAIROBI, Sept 3: Pakistan face Australia Wednesday in their last league match in the triangular one-day tournament....
Another official for Germany
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The head of the Pakistan Sports Board, Brig. Saulat Abbas is flying out to Cologne, Germany Wednesday to analyse the performance of...
Indian rebels offered new compromise
NEW DELHI, Sept 3: India’s cricket chief said Tuesday he will persuade the sport’s world governing body to alter contentious sponsorship contracts — provided the top stars sign up for next...
S. Africans refuse to sign ICC contract
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 3: South Africa’s players and administrators were at loggerheads Monday over the International Cricket Council’s controversial marketing contract for the Champions Trophy....
Irish support for Jahangir
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Irish Squash Federation has announced its support for the legendary Jahangir Khan, who is running for president of the World Squash Federation (WSF)...
Wins prove worth the weather wait for American trio
NEW YORK, Sept 3: America’s two veteran tennis icons and its fast-rising young gun all waited out the weather, then released the fire-power to march ahead of a day of rain...