Victories for Milan, Manchester United but woe for Real
LONDON, Dec 12: Victories for Manchester United, AC Milan and Barcelona put them on course for the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, but trouble is brewing for holders Real Madrid after...
Champion Nicol gets a scare
ANTWERP, Belgium, Dec 12: World champion Peter Nicol of Britain had to hang on desperately before clinging to his title in a 1-3/4 hour thriller against world number seven Anthony Ricketts...
Top teams to compete
LAHORE, Dec 12: A total of 17 teams and 40 pairs including 15 prominent pairs, are competing in the three-day 12th Balijee National Bridge Championship commences at the Lahore Gymkhana from Friday....
Mesmerizing spell by Zafar
KARACHI, Dec 12: Leg-spinner Muhammad Ali Zafar finished with match haul of nine wickets for 43 runs to spin Zone-II to easy eight wickets win over Zone-VI in KCCA Inter-zonal cricket...
Unbeaten Pakistan in last eight
LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan removed last hurdle, The Netherlands, in their way for moving to the quarterfinals of the team event of World Junior squash championship beating them 3-0 at Chennai,...
Awards for Brazil and Ronaldo
LONDON, Dec 12: Real Madrid striker Ronaldo has been named World Soccer magazine’s player of the year following his heroics for Brazil in the 2002 World Cup finals....
Pakistan beat Hong Kong
LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan defeated Hong Kong by 10 runs in its first match of the fifth Asia Cup baseball tournament at Bangkok, Thailand....
New Zealand pacers too hot for India
WELLINGTON, Dec 12: Inexperienced New Zealand fast bowlers ruined India’s batting reputation and helped the hosts gain an upper hand on the opening day of the first Test at the Basin...
We were outplayed, admits Pollock
PORT ELIZABETH, Dec 12: South African captain Shaun Pollock said his team had been outplayed in every department after their record defeat to Pakistan in the second One-day International here Wednesday....
Uncertainty surrounds over PFF coaches
KARACHI, Dec 12: Uncertainty surrounds the on-going national soccer camp as the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has appointed two head coaches at the same time for the forthcoming events....
Ibrahim topples top seed
LAHORE, Dec 12: Ibrahim Omer caused a major upset, defeating top seed Heera Ashiq to enter the final of the All-Pakistan Haleeb junior tennis tournament Boys’ Under-12 singles at the Punjab Coaching Centre...
Australia seeking revenge
SYDNEY, Dec 12: Australia plans to avenge big-match hidings from Sri Lanka and experiment with World Cup initiatives during the limited overs triangular series....
Saeed to play in Quaid Trophy
LAHORE, Dec 12: Discarded Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar is expected to represent National Bank as a guest player in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Cricket Championship...
Derbyshire player in Customs squad
KARACHI, Dec. 12: Pakistan Customs has included an England-based Pakistani Rawait Mahmood Khan in their 20-member squad for the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy Championship beginning at various centres of the country Dec...
ITF gets PTF’s protest letter
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has forwarded Pakistan’s letter of protest over venue switch of their tie against New Zealand to the Executive Director of the Davis Cup...
Alam brothers strike form
LAHORE, Dec 12: Brothers Shah Qublai Alam and Shamyl Alam, slammed three goals each to help Lahori Knight to move into the final of the December Polo Cup defeating Thuraya 8-5...
KIEB probables
KARACHI, Dec 12: Selection committee of Karachi Intermediate Education Board, headed by chairman Sirajul Islam Bukhari, has retained the following probables after a two-day trials for camp training prior to selection...