Saleh bows out against Thailand’s Kunthawung
CAIRO, Oct. 31: Saleh Mohammaed, Pakistan’s main hope, Thursday crashed out of the 2002 World Snooker Championship going down 5-3 to Thailand’s Somporn Kunthawung to give his opponent a place in...
Hull re-elected IBSF chief
CAIRO, Oct 31: Anthony Hull, a Finland-based Englishman was re-elected as the President of International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Thursday....
Gulzar’s penalty miss proves costly for Habib Bank
KARACHI, Oct 31: Wapda hustled HBL out of the President PFF Cup football championship to sneak into the final after a 5-3 victory on penalty shootout at People’s Sports Complex Thursday....
Nigerian extends ex-champion
BEIJING, Oct 31: The 2002 table tennis Men’s World Cup singles event began with a bang Thursday as Nigerian outsider Segun Toriola almost delivered a shock defeat to former champion Zoran...
Fine treble by trainer Akram
RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Results of the Rawalpindi Races held at the Race Course Ladian Nau Thursday:...
Nandrolone case rocks English soccer
LONDON, Oct 31: The Football Association (FA) Thursday confirmed that they were investigating the first suspected use of the banned drug nandrolone in English professional football....
Foreign coach made redundant
KARACHI, Oct 31: Although Pakistan is to release its two foreign soccer coaches the local trainer is calling the shots bypassing chief coach’s authority....
Arsenal, Real lose but win qualifying battle
PARIS, Oct 31: No manager likes to lose but both Arsenal’s and Champions League holders Real Madrid’s defeats Wednesday had a sugar-coated edge as results elsewhere dictated they qualified for the...
Hinds hits century as West Indies make strong reply
KOLKATA, Oct 31: Wavell Hinds hammered a solid 100 in the third and final Test against India Thursday as the West Indies enjoyed their best batting day of the tour despite...
Wasif and Shahzad oust seeded players
LAHORE, Oct 31: Sixth seed Mohammad Shafiq and ninth seed Jalil Khan were eliminated, while all other top seeds entered the quarterfinals of the Global Telecom Cup National Grass Court tennis championship at the Punjab Coaching Centre...
Pakistan fourth in new ODI rankings
LONDON, Oct 31: Australia’s domination of world cricket was further confirmed Thursday when the International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled the new One-day International Championship rankings....
Wartusch pulls Austria level against Spain
MASPALOMAS (Gran Canaria): Austrian Patricia Wartusch caused a huge shock on Thursday when she beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain 4-6 6-4 9-7 to force their Fed Cup semifinal into a deciding...
Zaheer may miss one-dayers
KOLKATA, Oct 31: Indian left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan is likely to miss the upcoming one-day series against the West Indies due to a knee injury, a top cricket official said...
Yawar rebuts Mudassar’s allegations
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Former Pakistan cricket manager Yawar Saeed Thursday hit back strongly at Mudassar Nazar saying he was perhaps the first coach in the world blaming the manager for the...
Double delight for Wapda
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: It was a double delight for Wapda as they claimed both the men’s and women’s team titles in the 46th National Badminton Championship at the Rodham Hall of...
Players promise better showing
LAHORE, Oct 31: Pakistan cricketers have vowed that they will not let the nation down with sloppy and poor performance they had displayed in the past three months....
Five grounds handed over to KCCA
KARACHI, Oct 31: Five cricket grounds fully developed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were handed over to the officials of the Karachi City Cricket Association Thursday....
Hewitt outlasts Kafelnikov to reach quarters
PARIS, Oct 31: Top seed Lleyton Hewitt moved a step closer to the season-ending world number one ranking and simultaneously booked his passage into the Paris Masters Series quarterfinals Thursday by...