POA gets support of IOC on sports policy
BUSAN, Oct 8: International Olympic Committee (IOC) fully supports the stance of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) on objecting some parts of the national sports policy and will not accept any decision...
India determined to ruin Hooper’s party
MUMBAI, Oct 8: India go into the opening cricket Test against the West Indies here Wednesday, keen to spoil a memorable moment in the career of rival skipper Carl Hooper....
Williams replaces injured Gillespie
MELBOURNE, Oct 8: Australia paceman Jason Gillespie, who sustained a calf injury in the first Test victory over Pakistan in Colombo Monday, has been ruled out of the rest of the...
Kardar Trophy from Saturday
LAHORE, Oct 8: Twelve departmental teams will take part in the Kardar Trophy, a non-first-class cricket tournament, which commences from Saturday (Oct 12)....
KCCA Greens, Gujranwala in Grade-II final
KARACHI, Oct 8: Karachi Greens and Gujranwala qualified for the final of the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-II Cricket Championship Tuesday....
Late strikes help United overcome Everton
MANCHESTER (England), Oct 8: Paul Scholes and Ruud van Nistelrooy plundered three goals in the last four minutes as Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 in the English Premier League Monday....
Four-member squad named for World Junior event
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) Tuesday named four players for this December’s World Junior Championship in Chennai (India) but deferred announcing another two for the individual event....
Clijsters claims her first victory over Myskina
FILDERSTADT, (Germany), Oct 8: Cheered by boyfriend Lleyton Hewitt, Kim Clijsters claimed her first victory over Russia’s Anastasia Myskina in three career meetings Tuesday to reach the second round of the...
Babar upsets Muteeb
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Fahad Khan, teaming up with Sohan Patrick of Sri Lanka, Tuesday earned a quarterfinal ticket in the ITF Pakistan International Junior Tennis Championship II at the Islamabad Club...
Two Pakistani pugilists in semis
BUSAN, Oct 8: Pakistan were assured of two bronze medals as Asghar Ali Shah and Mehrullah breezed to the semifinals of the Asian Games boxing championship after beating their respective rivals...
Darryl crowned champion
KARACHI, Oct 8: Darryl Moniz was crowned the new KGA snooker champion, when he demolished Julius Pinto 3-1, in the final played at the KGA Hall....
Fine spell by Habibullah
KARACHI, Oct 8: A fine spell of off-spin by Habibullah, enabled Young Baloch CC register a narrow two-wicket triumph over Dhorajee Sports, in the KCCA Zone III B Division League cricket...
U-15 trials
RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: Khateeb Rizwan, who conducted the Under-15 trials here Tuesday for this year’s Junior Asia Cup in the UAE, picked 21 players out of 140 who reported at the...