Blue’s Night is on song to triumph again
KARACHI, March 29: Blue’s Night, the six-year-old thoroughbred grey mare on song to make it two winners in a row for owner Ashok, starts off as our day’s best, when the...
Democracy, The Conqueror to renew battle for supremacy
LAHORE, March 29: The two great four year olds, the Derby winner, bay filly Democracy and second placed bay colt, The Conqueror, are to measure each other’s strides again when they jostle for supremacy...
Capriati sets up re-match with Serena
MIAMI, March 29: Jennifer Capriati swept past Chanda Rubin 6-2 6-4 to storm into Saturday’s Nasdaq-100 Open final, where she will be hoping to celebrate her 27th birthday with victory over...
Moya routs Srichaphan, Agassi tames Aynaoui
MIAMI, March 29: Fifth seed Carlos Moya underlined his recent return to form by taming Thailand’s hard-hitting Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4 6-2 on Friday to reach the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open....
Lewis goes to court to keep world crown
LOS ANGELES, March 29: Britain’s Lennox Lewis has gone to court to keep his World Boxing Council heavyweight crown, claiming the sanctioners brokered a deal with Vitali Klitschko to force him...
PTF neglects merit in Davis Cup selection
LAHORE, March 29: Merit has been totally neglected in selection of a four-member team for the Davis Cup tie against Japan, to be held in Toyota, Japan from April 4-6....
Hackett clocks sixth fastest 1500m time
SYDNEY, March 29: World and Olympic champion Grant Hackett clocked the sixth-fastest 1500-metre freestyle time to win the 30-lap event on the final night of the Australian Swimming Championships here on...
Randhawa storms into one-shot advantage
NEW DELHI, March 29: Jyoti Randhawa, winner of last year’s Asian PGA tour order of merit, fired a five-under-par 67 to storm into a one-shot lead after the third round of...
India may attend SAF meeting
ISLAMABAD, March 29: The Indian Olympic Assocition has assured its participation in the next month’s meeting which will decide the fate of 9th SAF Games....
Maradona’s wife files for divorce
BUENOS AIRES, March 29: Claudia Villafane, wife of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, has filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage, according to television reports here on Friday....
England fans clash with Swiss police
ZURICH, March 29: English football fans went on the rampage here late on Friday clashing with Swiss police, a day ahead of England’s Euro 2004 qualifier away to Liechtenstein, the Swiss...
Munir maintains three-stroke lead
LAHORE, March 29: Despite posting a card of three-under par 69 as compared to first day of five-under 67, Muhammad Munir (Islamabad/ PTCL)) with an aggregate of eight- under par 136 continued to lead on second day of the 5th...
Karam captures trophy
KARACHI, March 29: Karam Hussain lifted Metropolitan Bank golf trophy for professional with a two round score of 142 on Saturday at the Karachi Golf Club....
Bekele retains world short-course title
LAUSANNE (Switzerland), March 29: Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele successfully defended his world cross-country short-course title on Saturday....
Two footballers banned
ATHENS, March 29: Algerian forward Karim Mouzaoui and Albanian midfielder Bledar Kola were banned on Friday from playing in Greece for two years by the Greek Association of Professional Soccer Clubs...
Kenya stun Australia as big guns rumble on
HONG KONG, March 29: Kenya’s rugby players took a leaf out of their cricket team’s giant-killing book to score a shock victory over Australia at the Hong Kong Sevens here on...
Zimbabwe’s tour of England to go ahead as planned
HARARE, March 29: Zimbabwe team will go ahead with their tour of England this year despite the boycott by Nasser Hussain’s team of their World Cup fixture in Harare last month,...
‘Cancellation of Indian tours disappointing’
KARACHI, March 29: Pakistan said on Saturday the cancellation of its cricket tours with rival India was disappointing and violated the spirits of sport....
Waugh unsure about next season
SYDNEY, March 29: Steve Waugh will lead Australia on a four-Test tour of the West Indies starting next week but said he was unsure if he would continue playing even at...
Injury puts Martyn doubtful for tour
MELBOURNE, March 29: Australia batsman Damien Martyn is an injury doubt for the four-Test tour of the West Indies and will not fly out with skipper Steve Waugh’s side on Monday....
WI players’ pay dispute resolved
BERBICE (Guyana), March 29: The West Indies Carib Beer semi-final matches will go ahead on Saturday after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players Association (WIPA) ended their...
Pakistan squad leaves for Japan today
ISLAMABAD, March 29: A new-look Pakistan Davis Cup party is due to leave for Tokyo on Sunday to compete in the Asia Oceania Group I playoff against Japan....
Mahmud to captain Bangladesh
DHAKA, March 29: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday named Khaled Mahmud as skipper of the country’s national cricket team ahead of a tri-nation tournament starting next month....
Muralitharan and Sangakkara recalled for Sharjah event
COLOMBO, March 29: Star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and wicket-keeper/batsman Kumar Sangakkara have been included in an amended Sri Lanka squad for the quadrangular cricket series at Sharjah....
Zimbabwe squad named
HARARE, March 29: Heath Streak will lead Zimbabwe in the Sharjah Cup after the the Sport and Recreation Commission cleared the team on Saturday....
Double-wicket tournament
CASTRIES (St Lucia), March 30: All competing teams, the West Indies apart, have been confirmed for next week’s World Double-Wicket Cricket Championship at Beausejour Stadium....