Super Star on song to capture main event
LAHORE, March 21: Three-year-old bay colt Super Star looks favourite to pick up the spoils in the Ghazali Cup featuring the card of six events drawn for the 24th Lahore Winter...
Hameed quits as Davis Cup coach
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Coach Hameedul Haq, who was to be the non-playing captain of the Pakistan Davis Cup team for next month’s Asia Oceania Group I playoff against Japan has pulled...
Three-goal Ali powers SHV into final
LAHORE, March 21: Three goals by Ali Ahmad Tiwana helped SHV Energy to enter the final of the G Mueeuddin memorial polo cup tournament beating Master Paints 9- 4 1/2 in the semifinal on...
Cheers and ovation for veteran Chang
MIAMI, March 21: Michael Chang brought cheers and a standing ovation from his adoring fans in Key Biscayne on Thursday night as he swatted aside the challenge of Nicolas Kiefer in...
Celtic, Boavista Lazio, Porto reach UEFA Cup semis
LONDON, March 21: Scottish champions Celtic stunned favourites Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield on Thursday to join Lazio and Portuguese pair Boavista and Porto in the semifinals of the UEFA Cup....
Aqeel faces Asim in final
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Top seed Aqeel Khan and Asim Shafik moved into the final of the ET Memorial Invitation Tennis Tournament on Friday with victories in straight sets over their semifinal...
Mehran defeat Sindh University
LAHORE, March 21: Four more matches were decided in the Inter varsity boys hockey championship on Saturday....
Golden Jubilee match for Atif
KARACHI, March 21; Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will be holding an exhibition match involving an international XI and Pakistan XI to mark Golden Jubilee of Brig (R) M.H. Atif in field...
Lahore squad
LAHORE, March 21: An 18-member Lahore team was announced for the national junior hockey qualifying round from Saturday....
Ganguly eyes special century tomorrow
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Saurav Ganguly, who captains India’s one-day side for the 100th time in Sunday’s World Cup final, has been described as arrogant, aloof and impulsive....
Naveed puts Wapda in quarterfinals
LAHORE, March 21: An all-round performance by Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan helped Wapda qualify for the quarterfinals of the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup with an easy seven-wicket win against Gujranwala in a Pool ‘A’ tie at Gaddafi...
Boycott’s plan to beat Aussies
LONDON, March 21: England batting legend Geoff Boycott has sent Indian captain Saurav Ganguly a personal masterplan for sinking Australia in the final....
SA tour to go ahead: ECB
LONDON, March 21: South Africa’s tour of England this summer will go ahead as scheduled, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday, raising hopes Zimbabwe will also decide...
Rashid says India can lift Cup
KARACHI, March 21: India’s cricketers have received support from an unexpected quarter as they prepare to battle Australia in World Cup final — arch rivals Pakistan....
SA skipper demands passion play
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: New South African captain Graeme Smith has pledged to put passion and fire back into the national team after their dismal World Cup failure....
Ganguly inspires India crush Kenya in semifinal
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: India exposed Kenya’s pretensions to Test status on Thursday with a World Cup semifinal victory even more comprehensive than their 91-run victory margin would suggest (partly reported in...
Boycotts, fines and corruption issues to dominate ICC moot
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: World cricket’s senior administrators will probe several of the game’s hottest topics at a two-day executive board meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which started here on...
Aussies keen to win Cup for Warne
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Australia will try to win the World Cup for disgraced spinner Shane Warne and injured Jason Gillespie and Shane Watson, Darren Lehmann said on Friday....
Shepherd, Bucknor stay on course for hat trick
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Veteran umpires David Shepherd of England and West Indies’ Steve Bucknor will take charge of the World Cup final here on Sunday....
‘Lee’s pace playing on Indian minds’
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist believes the pace of Brett Lee will play on the minds of India’s batsmen ahead of Sunday’s final....
Injured Dravid to keep wickets in final
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: India’s vice-captain Rahul Dravid will continue his role as a wicket-keeper in the final despite an injured finger....
Results and fixtures
Feb 9: West Indies beat South Africa by three runs (Cape Town, D/N)....
Angry Waqar blasts selection committee
LAHORE, March 21: Humiliated former Pakistan captain, Waqar Younis, blasted the selection committee for axing him from the Sharjah-bound squad....
Tikolo backs Australia to retain title
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Kenya captain Steve Tikolo backed reigning champions Australia to beat India in Sunday’s World Cup final at the Wanderers....