Ordinary card for Lahore meeting
LAHORE, Sept 24: A small card of five events has been laid out for the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse Wednesday....
London rivals battle out dour draw
LONDON, Sept 24: Fulham and Chelsea’s pretensions of being taken seriously as potential English Premiership forces this season were cruelly exposed Monday as they battled out a dour 0-0 draw....
US GP crowd still the biggest
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 24: Ferrari’s domination has hit ticket sales for Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix but the race will still draw the biggest one-day crowd of the Formula One season, organisers said...
17-man blind team for World Cup
LAHORE, Sept 24: Pakistan Cricket Council for the Blind announced its 17-member team to take part in the World Cup for the blind being played in India in December next....
Asiad ticket sales flop
BUSAN (South Korea), Sept 24: Asian Games organizers were scrambling Tuesday to jump-start sluggish ticket sales with 90 percent unsold just days before the opening ceremony....
Sri Lankan sprinter eyes gold
COLOMBO, Sept 24: Sri Lanka’s sole medal prospect Susanthika Jayasinghe is hoping to go two better than her Olympic result when the Asian Games kick off Sunday....
PCB’s guessing game over manager
KARACHI, Sept 24: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), known for playing musical chairs with its officials, resorted to a guessing game by declining to name new manager for next month’s offshore Test...
Jansher qualifies for main round
KARACHI, Sept 24: Former world squash champion Jansher Khan, qualified for the main round of the Chief Of Naval Staff International Squash Championship, when he ended the pretensions of Arshad Iqbal...
Streak ruled out of Pakistan Test series
COLOMBO, Sept 24: Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been ruled out of the forthcoming Test and one-day series with Pakistan after dislocating his left shoulder in a road accident on Monday....
Bangladesh squad leaves for South Africa
DHAKA, Sept 24: The Bangladesh cricket squad, fresh from a disastrous route from the ICC Champion Trophy in Sri Lanka, left here Tuesday for their month-long tour of South Africa where...
KCCA Whites clinch trophy
KARACHI, Sept 24; KCCA Whites won the final of Pakistan Sindh Inter District League cricket tournament after beating their Junior string KCCA Green by a big margin of 98 runs Monday...
Thorpe’s future in jeopardy after Ashes tour pullout
LONDON, Sept 24: England left-hand batsman Graham Thorpe has withdrawn from England’s Ashes tour of Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Tuesday....
Sri Lanka ‘A’ strongly placed
MULTAN, Sept 24: Sri Lanka ‘A’ enjoyed their best day of the tour despite conceding a marginal first innings lead to Pakistan ‘A’ on the second day of the second and...
Ganga replaces unfit Lara
ST JOHN’S (Antigua), Sept 24: The West Indies selectors Monday called-up Daren Ganga to replace Brian Lara for the tour of India next month....
Vaughan named player of the year
LONDON, Sept 24: England opener Michael Vaughan has been voted player of the year by the Professional Cricketers’ Association....