Srichaphan hustles out Henman in untidy clash
MADRID, Oct 16: A distracted Tim Henman was hustled out of the Madrid Masters 3-6 6-3 6-3 by in-form Paradorn Srichaphan in an untidy second round clash Wednesday....
Favourites flop at Lahore races
LAHORE, Oct 16: Followers of favourites suffered heavily when fancied contestants flopped in five out of six events decided in the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday....
PWF seeks return of top weightlifter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Top weightlifter Muhammad Irfan who disappeared just before the Asian Games is currently in England, Muzaffar Qureshi, secretary of the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) said Wednesday....
Pakistan to host Asian squash next year
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The continental squash body, the ASF has confirmed that next year’s Asian Junior Championship will be staged here....
Second batch returns
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The second batch of the Pakistan contingent that took part in this month’s Asian Games in Busan arrived here at the Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday morning....
Aqeel drops set but moves ahead
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Top seed Aqeel Khan dropped a set Wednesday but sprung back to defeat his younger brother Jaleel Khan in the Federal Cup Tennis Championship at Islamabad Club Wednesday....
Players too old to play: Munir
LAHORE, Oct 16: Olympian Munir Dar said Wednesday some players of the national hockey squad were too old to carry on and were not capable of making an impact on a...
Salma tennis
KARACHI, Oct 16: The qualifying rounds of the Sixth Salma Noorani Tennis Championship will commence from Friday Oct 18, at the hard courts of the Karachi Club....
West Indies hope history will repeat itself
CHENNAI (India), Oct 16: West Indies captain Carl Hooper, whose team are one down in the three-match series against India, hopes history will repeat itself when the second Test starts Thursday....
What’s injured Razzaq doing in Sharjah?
SHARJAH (UAE), Oct 16: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s decision to call up Shahid Afridi as a replacement for ‘out of commission’ Abdul Razzaq to face the rampaging Australians in the...
India afraid of losing to Pakistan, says Nasir
SHARJAH, Oct 16: Pakistan marked 50 years of Test cricket Wednesday with a bitter attack on arch-rivals India for severing cricketing ties with them....
Czechs, Russia, Bulgaria score home victories
HAMBURG, Oct 16: Russia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria all secured home victories Wednesday to maintain 100-per-cent-record in their 2004 European Championship qualification campaigns.....
Batsmen prevail over bowlers
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: Asim Kamal scored a blazing century that propelled PTCL to a massive 324 in their first innings on the opening day of their three-day Kardar Trophy match against...
Border tells Pybus to shut up
SYDNEY, Oct 16: Former Australia captain Allan Border said Wednesday that Pakistan would struggle to beat most Sydney club sides and their coach Richard Pybus should keep his mouth shut....
Chaos and confusion at U-15 trials
LAHORE, Oct 16: The first day of the trials to select probables for an Under-15 cricket camp was marred by poor management at LCCA ground Wednesday....
Wasim, Saeed and Youhana available
LAHORE, Oct 16: Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar and Yousuf Youhana Wednesday made themselves available for selection for Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe from Nov 1....
Taha, Rehan shine
KARACHI, Oct 16: Pacers Taha Lodhi grabbed four for 13 and Rehan Nazim three for 37 as DHA O & A Level registered their second successive victory in the Rev Father...
Gillespie heads home to get ready for Ashes
MELBOURNE, Oct 16: Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie will fly home to Australia this week in a bid to be fit for the Ashes series against England, the Australian Cricket Board...