Shama makes every post a winning one
KARACHI, May 25: Shama, the thoroughbred four-year-old filly, made every post a winning one, sprinting to victory at the Gymkhana Race Meeting held on Sunday afternoon at the Karachi Racecourse....
Schlager claims gold for Europe
PARIS, May 25: Austria’s Werner Schlager won the men’s singles title at the table tennis world championships here on Sunday to record Europe’s first success in the blue riband event since...
Guevara leaves Freeman trailing
EUGENE (Oregon), May 25: Ana Guevara of Mexico was established as the clear favourite for the world championships in August after running the year’s fastest women’s 400 metres time of 49.34...
Sohail wins bodybuilding contest
ISLAMABAD, May 25: Sohail Anwar on Sunday won the All-Pakistan Top 10 Bodybuilding Championship at the Islamabad Club....
Naveen close to being derailed
KARACHI, May 25: Fourth seed Naveen Perwani, winning his first two matches in style by 4-0 margins, came close to being derailed, before winning an intriguing seven frame battle against unseeded...
Wrestler dies
MULTAN, May 25: Renowned wrestler, Malik Ahmed Bakhsh, the eldest son of Rustam-i-Hind, Late Malik Hassan Bakhsh Pehelwan Bajjay Wala, died here on Sunday. He was 95....
Feature event ends in dead-heat at LRC
LAHORE, May 25: Imported filly Laser Lass and Pakistani filly Fair Play competed aggressively in trying to land the spoils in a dead-heat in the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at...
Zimbabwe butchered by innings inside three days
LONDON, May 25: Mark Butcher had a match to remember as England beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 92 runs in the first Test with more than two days to spare...
Australians seal series with easy win
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), May 25: Australia dismissed West Indies for 219 on Saturday to win the fourth One-day International by 67 runs and take an unassailable lead in the seven-match series....
Lara gives Windies some hope
PORT-OF-SPAIN, May 25: A classy 80 by Brian Lara guided West Indies to 290 for five on Sunday and gave his team a real chance of ending Australia’s run of 21...
So simple for Hussain
LONDON, May 25: Captain Nasser Hussain conceded on Saturday it was easy work leading England in home conditions after his side crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 92 runs at Lord’s....
Garrido sinks Immelman in Wentworth playoff
VIRGINIA WATER (England), May 25: Spain’s Ignacio Garrido birdied the first extra hole in a sudden-death playoff with South African Trevor Immelman to win Europe’s flagship event on Sunday, the Volvo...
Chile lift World Team Cup
DUESSELDORF (Germany), May 25: Chile clinched their first World Team Cup title on Saturday after Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu beat Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek in the deciding doubles for...
Big names face personal battles in French Open
PARIS, May 25: Records hang in the air, tempting Andre Agassi. Fears lurk, taunting Lleyton Hewitt and an emotional farewell beckons for one of the French Open’s fairytale characters when the...
‘No plan to withdraw Bangladesh’s Test status’
KARACHI, May 25: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has no plans to withdraw Bangladesh’s Test status and was committed to improving cricket in that country, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said...
Ronaldo puts Real back on top
MADRID, May 25: A classy double from Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to a 2-1 win over Valencia that saw them return to the top of the table on Saturday as title...