Seles defies pain barrier to oust local favourite
TOKYO, Jan 29: Held together by sticky tape and a fierce will to win, top seed Monica Seles grunted and grimaced her way to a 7-5 5-7 6-1 victory over Ai...
Profitable day for backers of favourites
LAHORE, Jan 29: Backers of favourites had a profitable afternoon, when fancied horses won five out of six events during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
Faraz hammers century
KARACHI, Jan 29: Faraz Khan’s brilliant 136 was the highlight of the four more matches which were decided in Siemens Inter-school cricket cup 2002-2003 at various grounds on Tuesday....
Faiq topples fifth seed Shehzad
KARACHI: Jan 29: Punjab’s M. Faiq Malik, caused quite a stir on the ninth day of the 28th Red & White National Snooker Championship, when he toppled fifth seeded counterpart Imran...
Narrow defeat for PAF
LAHORE, Jan 29: Sherwood beat Pakistan Air Force (PAF) 6-5 1/2 in the Brig R G Hyder memorial Cup Polo on Wednesday....
FIFA tells PFF to act now
LAHORE, Jan 29: Mani Lal Fernando, incharge of FIFA’s Goal Project for South Asia has in a wake up call to Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) directed it to step up its...
Younus hospitalised
KARACHI, Jan 29: Former Pakistan No.2 Younus Amir Bux, younger brother of the late Latif Amir Bux is in serious condition in the ICU of the Dr. Ziauddin Hospital, North Nazimabad....
Premier League results
LONDON, Jan 29: Results of English Premier League soccer matches played on Tuesday:...
Gallant Nauman stands tall as NBP struggle
KARACHI, Jan 29: Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) gained slight edge over National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) after picking up two wickets late in the day in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy quarterfinal here...
No ghost of ’99, says Shaharyar
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29: Pakistan have put behind them the misery of 1999 when they were drubbed by eight wickets by Australia in the final, team manager Shaharyar Khan said on Wednesday....
Faisalabad in sight of victory
KARACHI, Jan 29: Openers Zeeshan Asif and Hasnain Haider missed their coveted hundreds but their efforts were enough to put Faisalabad in firm control of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy quarterfinal against Zarai...
John bags seven wickets
RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Paceman Stephen John razed Lahore Greens with seven for 54 on Wednesday sending the visitors crashing to 132 all out as Islamabad gained the advantage in their Cornelius...
Imran’s double helps Karachi ‘B’ share spoils
KARACHI, Jan 29: An opportunist second half equaliser from Imran Khan helped Karachi `B’ salvage a 2-2 draw with Sargodha in the 50th national hockey championship at UBL Sports Complex Wednesday....
Rain curtails play in Peshawar
KARACHI, Jan 29: Rain curtailed play to only 84 minutes on the second day of the Quaid Trophy quarterfinal between Sargodha and Rawalpindi at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Wednesday....
Akbar dumps topseed Mahir
KARACHI, Jan 29: Akbar Patudi caused the biggest of the competition when he dumped top seed Mahir Nisar of Lahore in the straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of men’s...
Azhar to appeal
HYDERABAD (India), Jan 29: Banned former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin is to challenge a court decision refusing to hand over his match-fixing case to an arbitrator....
Solid reply by PIA
RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: PIA gave a solid response to Wapda’s first innings total of 307 and were a comfortable 141 for two at the close of second day’s play in their...
Champions Okara struggle to beat Rahimyar Khan
LAHORE, Jan 29: Defending
champions Okara, Sargodha, Bahawalpur and Muzaffargarh entered the quarterfinals of the fourth Punjab Under-16 Inter-District Hockey.....