Welcome Shahtab is day’s best
KARACHI, Sept 14: Shahzadi Erum’s nine-year-old bay mare Welcome Shahtab starts off as the day’s best, when the Summer Gymkhana Race Meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse Sunday afternoon....
Five cup races highlight card
LAHORE, Sept 14: A card featuring five cup races highlights the second Lahore Winter Meeting to be held at the Racecourse Sunday....
Nobody can compromise on national pride
IN a country where honour killing is still practised the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has compromised on national honour as it has failed to take any action on team’s poor performance...
Mahira, Khulood create records
KARACHI, Sept 14: Mahira Karim and Khulood Bawa set two new marks on the opening day of the Sindh Open swimming championships at Karachi Grammar School (KGS) pool Saturday....
Kamran finally calls it a day
KARACHI, Sept 14: Pakistan centre-forward Kamran Ashraf Saturday announced his retirement from international hockey after representing the country for nearly a decade....
PHF revises junior trials programme
LAHORE, Sept 14: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has brought forward the dates of trials by one day for the selection of Pakistan junior team that will take part in the...
Kournikova a win away from maiden title
SHANGHAI, Sept 14: Anna Kournikova moved a step closer to her first singles title by beating Japan’s Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 7-5 in a thrilling semifinal at the Shanghai Open Saturday....
Vaqas sinks in blaze of bogeys
LAHORE, Sept 14: Overnight leader Vaqas Ahmad sank in a blaze of bogeys as Shoaib Bukhari grabbed the lead after 54 holes in the 19th Governor’s Cup golf tournament at the...
Montoya grabs pole with record speed
MONZA (Italy), Sept 14: Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya roared to pole position for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday with the fastest qualifying lap in Formula One history....
Wajid takes on Aamir in final
LAHORE, Sept 14: National champion Wajid Ali (New Khan) and former Pakistan No. 1 Aamir Islam (Wapda) moved into the final of the All-Pakistan ranking badminton tournament at the New Khan Courts Saturday....
Adeel wins gold for Pakistan
LAHORE, Sept 14: Pakistan claimed its first-ever gold in the world junior powerlifting championship through Adeel Rana at Sochi, said a facsimile message received here from Russia....
Andrade retains one-shot lead
PAOLI (Pennsylvania), Sept 14: Billy Andrade, who calls himself the “king of bogeys”, again kept his mistakes to a minimum to retain his one-shot lead after the second round of the...
New football groupings
SEOUL, Sept 14: Organizers of the Busan Asian Games Saturday unveiled new groupings for the football tournament after Jordan, Mongolia and Tajikistan pulled out while North Korea, Palestine and Afghanistan submitted...
Lahore and Okara in super round
LAHORE, Sept 14: Lahore and Okara qualified for the Punjab Inter-district super round baskeball tournament from the middle zone after winning their respective semifinals at the Iqbal Parks Sports Complex, Friday....
Flower blossoms but Zimbabwe fall short
COLOMBO, Sept 14: India beat Zimbabwe by 14 runs in the opening Champions Trophy pool 2 match Saturday, despite a magnificent 145 from the African team’s Andy Flower....
Moin recalled but Waqar’s extension put on hold
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The Pakistan cricket managers, who met here under the chairmanship of Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, decided to recall discarded wicketkeeper Moin Khan for next month’s Test series against...
Montgomery shatters 100m mark
PARIS, Sept 14: American Tim Montgomery stole the show at the Grand Prix final Saturday when he broke the world 100 metres record by one-hundredth of a second to confirm beyond...
Fleming to lead World XI
COLOMBO, Sept 14: New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming has signed up to lead the Rest of the World against The Brits in the two-match Power Cricket series at Cardiff’s Millennium...
Nicky Boje breaks finger
COLOMBO, Sept 14: South African left-arm spinner Nicky Boje has broken his finger and looks certain to miss the Proteas ICC Champions Trophy pool game against Kenya on Friday....
Haseeb blames management
KARACHI, Sept 14: Former chairman of national selection committee, Haseeb Ahsan has blamed national cricket team management for recent one-day defeats in Morocco, Kenya and Sri Lanka....
Rhodes rules out Test comeback
COLOMBO, Sept 14: Jonty Rhodes has confirmed he has no intention of returning to Test cricket despite another outstanding performance for South Africa’s one-day side on Friday....
Pybus gets third term
KARACHI, Sept 14: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reached an agreement with South African Richard Pybus to take over the charge of the team as coach....