Khurram Agha retains top spot
KARACHI, May 21: The much awaited Seventh Red & White Style Snooker Championship begins on Friday, May 23, at the Karachi Gymkhana....
Three-man team for Madrid contest
ISLAMABAD, May 21: Former Mr. World Ahmed Sadiq and two other bodybuilders are to represent Pakistan at the World Championship in Madrid this June....
Top 10 clubs to battle for Premier League title
KARACHI, May 21: Soccer will get a kick-start on professional lines when Rs80,000 KASB Premier League starts on Sunday involving top 10 outfits of the city....
Twenty-seven nations qualify for Asia Cup
LAHORE, May 21: Twenty-seven teams have qualified for the Asia Cup China-2004 football championship qualifying round to be held from September to November 2003. The main round is scheduled to be...
Pakistan to compete in Cadet event
KARACHI, May 21: Pakistan will be among the top nations competing in the third World Cadet Championship to be held in Romania form June 8....
PU in final
LAHORE, May 21: Punjab University entered the final of the Inter-varsity women volleyball championship at the Lahore College courts by winning two more matches on Wednesday....
Laila fight on undercard
LOS ANGELES, May 21: Laila Ali, daughter of three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, is expected fight on the undercard...
Aussies are not liked around the world: ICC chief
MELBOURNE, May 21: Australia’s win-at-all-cost cricketers had a bad reputation and were not liked in the cricket world, International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray said here on Wednesday....
Disgraced Shoaib lets PCB down, slapped two-match ban
DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka), May 21: Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for two one-dayers for tampering with the ball during the triangular one-day series here, match referee Gundappa Viswanath announced...
Decision to quit is final, says Wasim
KARACHI, May 21: Former Pakistan captain and fast bowler Wasim Akram on Wednesday said he had been overwhelmed by expressions of support since his decision to retire from international cricket, but...
Asif Memorial, Daimond in Super Stage
ISLAMABAD, May 21: Defending champions Asif Memorial and 10 others sides including fancied Diamond Club have qualified for the Super 12 stage of the ICA-PTV League Cricket Championship....
Clubs scrutiny
LAHORE, May 21: The scrutiny of cricket clubs in Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan will be conducted from May 26 to May 30....
Argentina and Chile set up Latin-American showdown
DUESSELDORF, Germany, May 21: Argentina and Chile set up a Latin American showdown for Blue Group supremacy at the World Team Cup after both teams won their second successive matches on...
Warwickshire signs Waqar
LONDON, May 21: Former Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis has joined Warwickshire on a one-year contract as replacement for New Zealander Shane Bond who has suffered a suspected stress fracture of the...
Merchant XI in U-17 final
KARACHI, May 21: Hussain Merchant XI reached the final of the Syed Afzal Ahmed Shah Under-17 cricket championship, after beating G.H. Dars XI by four wickets on Wednesday....
Symonds, Clarke rescue Australia
CASTRIES, St Lucia, May 21: Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke smashed 75 runs each to guide Australia to 258 for four off 50 overs in the third one-day international against West...
ACB launches appeals to buy Bradman cap
SYDNEY, May 21: The Australian Cricket Board has launched a public appeal to purchase the cap Don Bradman wore in his last Test appearance in 1948....
Former Aussie women’s captain banned
SYDNEY, May 21: Anissa Tann, Australia’s most-capped female soccer player, has been suspended for two years after failing a drugs test, officials announced on Wednesday....
Hussain warns not to take tourists lightly
LONDON, May 21: England captain Nasser Hussain warned his side not to underestimate Zimbabwe ahead of Thursday’s first Test here at Lord’s....
Ranatunga vows battle to bitter end
COLOMBO, May 21: Sri Lanka’s former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday refused to accept defeat as his bid for the top job in the country’s cricket administration looked doomed...
Chinese teenager ends Boll’s dream
PARIS, May 21: German top seed Timo Boll suffered a shock second round defeat to a little known Chinese teenager at the table tennis world championships here on Wednesday....
DHA, CDGK qualify for quarterfinals
KARACHI, May 21: Defence Housing Authority (DHA) defeated City District Government Karachi (CDGK) by nine wickets to become Group ‘D’ champions in the 12th HinoPak trophy inter-firm cricket league here on...