Chinese reign as schoolboy grabs third gold medal
BUSAN, South Korea, Oct 5: Schoolboy sensation Wu Peng won his third gold of the week as China completed a 20-11 victory over Japan in the gold medal standings after the...
Iran and Kuwait set up Bangkok final repeat
BUSAN (South Korea), Oct 5: Kuwait earned themselves a chance of revenge for their 1998 final defeat when they booked an Asian Games quarterfinal clash with football champions Iran Saturday....
Noman punches his way into last eight
BUSAN, Oct 5: Pakistan’s Noman Karim reached lightweight quarterfinals after outpointing Kazakhstan’s Berik Serikbayev 14-9 in the Asian Games boxing competition Saturday....
Pakistan Open from Dec 26
KARACHI, Oct 5: Pakistan Open Golf Championship will be held hre during Dec 26-29 at Karachi Golf Club with inclusion of Inter-provincial team championship this year, member Executive Committee Pakistan Golf...
Khayal’s dream run continues
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Khayal Muhammad continued to excel in the Squash Masters’ League being contested at the Pakistan Sports Complex....
Technical Officials course
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: A four-day women’s technical officials’ course was inaugurated by Syed Naqi Mohsin, senior vice president of Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) at the Ch. Rehmat Ali Community Centre, says...
Pakistan drawn to face New Zealand
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan have been drawn to play New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I, a tie to be played next February at home....
Ding youngest gold medallist
BUSAN, Oct 5: Snooker boy wonder Ding Junhui of China became the youngest gold medallist of the Asian Games Saturday when he won the individual title....
PASF secretary resigns
LAHORE, Oct 5: Mohammad Latif Butt at last decided to quit as secretary Pakistan Amateur Swimming Federation (PASF) after 28 years but like everyone else in this country believes in family dynasty....
Sweet Touch should make amends today
KARACHI, Oct 5: The well-bred chestnut filly Sweet Touch from My Noble Lord out of Willing Shoes, although suffering two straight humiliating defeats this season, will be going all out to...
Carlsen outlasts Srichaphan to meet Norman for trophy
TOKYO, Oct 5: Denmark’s Kenneth Carlsen advanced to the final of the Japan Open on Saturday, outlasting rising Thai hope Paradorn Srichaphan 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) to move a step closer...
Sulamani out to make Arc his temple
PARIS, Oct 5: Three weeks ago French Derby winner Sulamani returned to the winners enclosure under a barrage of jeers and boos - here at Longchamp Sunday his connections will be...
China’s Zhang claims crown
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Shuai Zhang claimed the girls’ singles crown Saturday defeating Shuang Wu in straight sets in what was an all-China final of the ITF Pakistan International Junior Tennis Championship...
Amna annexes ranking title
LAHORE, Oct 5: Amna Najam won the Punjab Women Ranking squash tournament title, beating Nadiya in the final 3-1 at the Punjab Squash Complex Saturday....
BBC TV to reveal ‘corruption’ in racing
LONDON, Oct 5: British horse racing authorities are to be accused of failing to stamp out “15 years of systematic corruption,” London’s Evening Standard newspaper said Friday....
Desert Dream, King Fisher to battle it out
LAHORE, Oct 5: A card of six-events, featuring the Islamabad Cup, has been charted out for the fourth Lahore Winter Meeting to be held at the Racecourse Sunday....
Walsh spearheads World XI to victory over Britain XI
CARDIFF (Wales), Oct 5: Former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh led the Rest of the World XI to a seven-wicket victory over Britain XI in a ‘power cricket’ match under...
Shoaib’s fiery burst sends Aussies reeling
COLOMBO, Oct 5: Pakistani tearaway Shoaib Akhtar grabbed five wickets in 15 balls to cause a dramatic Australian collapse in the first cricket Test here Saturday....
Hinds scores blazing century
BANGALORE, Oct 5: Opener Wavell Hinds scored a sizzling 147, including four sixes, in a West Indies total of 341 for two on the second day of their three-day tour opener...
ACU chief defends Windies
LONDON, Oct 5: Lord Condon, head of the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), has said West Indies manager Ricky Skerritt was “understandably upset” by his treatment by the Sri Lankan...
Srinath makes return for WI Tests
BANGALORE, Oct 5: Fast bowler Javagal Srinath has returned from Test retirement for the first two games of a three-Test home series against West Indies starting in Mumbai next week....
Miandad to launch autobiography
KARACHI, Oct 5: Former Pakistan Test skipper Javed Miandad has decided to pen down the high and low points of his illustrious cricketing career in an autobiography titled Cutting Edge....
‘I’m the best’
COLOMBO, Oct 5: Shoaib Akhtar was understandably elated after his five-wicket haul sparked an Australian collapse in the first Test Saturday....
Ngam ruled out for 3 months
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5: South African fast bowler Mfuneko Ngam has been ruled out of action for three months with a broken right foot and faces a race against time to get...