Bitter rivals on course for final showdown
ANTWERP (Belgium), Dec 13: Bitter rivals Peter Nicol and Jonathon Power stayed on course for a World Open final showdown after the two top seeds came through their quarterfinals on Thursday....
Liverpool, Lazio through, Leeds exit UEFA Cup
LONDON, Dec 13: Liverpool, Auxerre and Lazio booked their places in the UEFA Cup fourth round on Thursday, but there was no room for struggling Leeds United....
PFF releases foreign coaches
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has released two foreign coaches despite having an option to utilise FIFA funds to bear their expenses after the suspension of AFC programme....
Pakistan beat Thailand by narrow margin
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pakistan defeated host Thailand by a narrow margin of two runs, in the fifth Asia Cup Baseball championship being held in Bangkok....
Top seeds enter semifinals
LAHORE, Dec 13: All four top seeded players entered the semifinals of the sixth Haleeb All-Pakistan junior ranking tennis tournament boys Under-18 singles at Punjab Coaching Centre, Friday....
Zia-Hamid take lead on first day
LAHORE, Dec 13: Ziaullah Baig and Hamid Mohiuddin from Karachi, have slight edge over Lahore’s Tahir Abbas- Fehmina Shauq, both pairs competing in the East-West Zone on the first day of...
In-form Arsalan on goal spree
LAHORE, Dec 13: Five goals by in-form Arsalan Najib including a hat trick enabled Sindh Horse to enter the final of the December Cup polo tournament, defeating Avtex Media 6-2 in...
U-16 hockey now from March 1
DHAKA, Dec 13: The Under-16 Asian Cup hockey tournament has been rescheduled and it will now start here from March 1 next year....
Quickfire Hayden hounds England
SYDNEY, Dec 13: Matthew Hayden hammered 98 as Australia crushed England by seven wickets with five overs to spare in the opening match of the triangular limited-overs series here Friday....
India strike back to leave Test in balance
WELLINGTON, Dec 13: New Zealand opener Mark Richardson extended his impressive run with the bat as he slammed an unbeaten 83, but he failed to stop India from bouncing back into...
South African batting crumbles in third tie
EAST LONDON (South Africa), Dec 13: South Africa’s batting crumbled against an inspired Pakistan team in the third One-day International at Buffalo Park Friday....
Rupprath retains 100m title
RIESA (Germany), Dec 13: Germany’s Thomas Rupprath retained his 100 metres butterfly title in great style at the European short-course championships on Friday....
Big field to battle for cash prizes
LAHORE, Dec 13: The Hills Cycle race, the country’s toughest endurance event scheduled to be held on Dec 25 will carry a cash prize of Rs 10,000 for the winner....
Bradman, Murali best ever in Tests
LONDON, Dec 13: Don Bradman and Muttiah Muralitharan have been named as the top Test players in history by cricket bible Wisden....
Giles to miss fourth Test also
LONDON, Dec 13: England left-arm spinner Ashley Giles will miss the fourth Test against Australia, which begins in Melbourne on Dec 26, officials said in a statement here Friday....
ICC one-day shield for Australia
SYDNEY, Dec 13: Australian captain Ricky Ponting was presented with the International Cricket Council’s one-day world championship shield before the start of triangular series Friday....