Pakistan in must win situation: Tri-nation hockey
SYDNEY, June 6: Having put themselves in a comfortable position for a place in the final, a confident India would be keen to maintain their dominance over arch-rivals Pakistan in their...
Belmont jockeys know how to mar Funny Cide’s bid
NEW YORK, June 6: Jose Santos, who will ride pre-post favourite Funny Cide in the Belmont Stakes here Saturday, knows what it is like to spoil a horse’s bid for a...
Real Madrid world’s richest soccer club
LONDON, June 6: Real Madrid have replaced Manchester United as the world’s richest club, says a survey of club finances carried out by World Soccer magazine....
Iran to organize Asian Futsal Tournament
SINGAPORE, June 6: Asian Football Confederation has announced that AFC Futsal Championship 2003 has been relocated to Iran from Japan due to Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) situation, at the request...
Casual Look captures English Oaks
EPSOM (England), June 6: Casual Look, ridden by Martin Dwyer and trained by Andrew Balding, won the English Oaks here on Friday....
HPS and Railways in final
KARACHI, June 6: Railway School Karachi Cantt and Habib Public School (HPS) set-up a title clash in the 4th Tanveer Dar Inter-school hockey tournament after winning their semifinals on Friday....
PHA issues show cause
LAHORE, June 6: Punjab Hockey Association (PHA) has sent a show cause notice to the Sialkot District Hockey Association president, Ghazanfar Rasheed, for dissolving the body unconstitutionally....
Zeeshan fails to save Zone-III
KARACHI, June 6: Off-spinner Zeeshan Kirmani captured six wickets for 96 runs but failed to save Zone-III Blues from massive 202 runs defeat against Zone-I Whites in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15...
Aussie Fowler maintains his revival
MERIDEN (England), June 6: Australia’s Peter Fowler maintained his form revival of 2003 by surging into the early lead with a blemish-free round of seven-under-par 65 in the British Masters first...
Sri Lanka facing financial crisis, says president
COLOMBO (Sri Lanka), June 6: Sri Lanka cricket is facing a serious financial crisis, newly-elected board president Thilanga Sumathipala said on Friday....
KCCA picks 100 for U-16 open trials
KARACHI, June 6: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) on Friday named 100 cricketers to appear in the PCB-Imran Khan under-16 trials which commence at National Stadium from June 10....
Ranatunga fails to become president of BCCSL
COLOMBO, June 6: Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga has failed in his attempt to become president of the country’s cricket board. He was defeated by former president Thilanga Sumathipala, who...
West Indies look beyond revenge against Sri Lanka
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) June 6: West Indies will focus more on consolidating gains than exacting revenge when they clash with Sri Lanka in the three-match one-day cricket series starting on Saturday....
Premier League match ends in a draw
KARACHI, June 6: Nawab XI managed to hold Baloch Mohammadan 0-0 in the second round of the KASB Premier League at CDGK ground on Friday....
Shiv Sena against cricket ties
MUMBAI, June 6: Indian Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, a staunch critic of the BJP-led NDA government’s soft stance vis-a-vis Pakistan, Friday strongly opposed resuming cricketing ties with the neighbouring country....