Ashfaq’s golden strike saves ABL
KARACHI, Oct 27: Ashfaq Ahmad’s golden goal saved 10-man ABL from the jaws of defeat against KPT as the bankers moved into the quarterfinals of the President PFF Cup football championship...
Raqeeb-i-Azam lifts Colts & Fillies Trial Cup
KARACHI, Oct 27: The fashionably bred three-year-old bay colt Raqeeb-i-Azam, setting a scorching pace over seven furlongs, lifted the Colts & Fillies Trials Cup at the Winter Gymkhana Race Meeting held...
Lack of exposure caused jrs’ poor show
KARACHI, Oct 27: Pakistan junior hockey coach Ayaz Mahmood cited lack of exposure as the major reason for his side’s dismal performance at the recent four-nation contest in Cairo, Egypt....
Rubab, Kiran excel in age group championship
LAHORE, Oct 27: Punjab with 222 points won the keenly contested fifth National Women Junior Age group swimming championship at the Fatima Jinnah Medical College pool Sunday....
Gulrez clinches President Cup
RAWALPINDI, Oct 27: Gulrez Shahid, Sunday claimed the President Cup title with a net score of 210 at the Rawalpindi Golf Club....
Impressive victory by Canwara
LAHORE: Oct 27: Odds-on favourite bay colt Canwara showed an impressive turn of speed to land the term race for two-year- old halfbreds run over 1000 metres at the Racecourse Sunday....
Norman to undergo knee surgery
STOCKHOLM, Oct 27: Swede Magnus Norman, who has pulled out of this week’s Paris Masters to rest his sore hip, will undergo knee surgery in early November, the Swedish news agency...
Selectors’ choice raise doubts about separate teams
KARACHI, Oct 27: Australia, undisputed world champions at both Test and one-day level, have different teams as well as separate captains for both versions of cricket....
Paradorn outpowers Rios to win title
STOCKHOLM, Oct 27: Thai seventh-seed Paradorn Srichaphan scored his second title win of the year when he defeated Chile’s Marcelo Rios 6-7 6-0 6-3 6-2 at the $650,000 Stockholm Open final...
Time right to blood young talent: Healy
BRISBANE, Oct 27: Former Test wicket-keeper Ian Healy thinks the Australian selectors should blood some young talent in the Ashes series against England starting next month....
Eberharter breaks jinx
SOELDEN (Austria), Oct 27: Olympic and World Cup champion Stephan Eberharter threw down the gauntlet to his rivals with victory in the season-opening giant slalom Sunday — his first win here...
Mudassar quits NCA job
KARACHI, Oct 27: Mudassar Nazar, who was sacked as Pakistan coach during ICC Champions Trophy in Colombo last month, has resigned from his post at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore...
Big ordeal awaits England batsmen
PERTH, Oct 27: England’s shell-shocked batsmen face their toughest ordeal of the tour so far in the three-day match against Western Australia starting at the WACA Ground here Monday....
Fitz-Gerald eyes record for fifth time
DOHA (Qatar), Oct 27: Australian Sarah Fitz-Gerald will be aiming to win the World Open for a record fifth time at the $102,500 event starting Monday....
Aqeel beats Nomi in three-set thriller
KARACHI, Oct 27: Top seed Aqeel Khan lifted the Men’s Singles trophy, after beating second seed Nomi Qamar in three sets in the final of the Sixth UBL Salma Noorani Ranking...
Kallis wrecks Bangladesh with bat and ball
POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa), Oct 27: Jacques Kallis took five wickets in 12 balls to cap a superb all-round performance as South Africa beat Bangladesh by an innings and 160 runs in...