Els confident of overcoming ‘Tiger factor’
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois, June 11; Twice U.S. Open winner Ernie Els has suffered from the ‘Tiger factor’ during major championships but is confident he can play his own game at Olympia...
ACF applies for ACC membership
KABUL, June 11: The Afghanistan Cricket Federation (ACF), which is already an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council, has applied for membership of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), and also...
Convincing wins for top seeds
KARACHI, June 11: Topseed Bushra Haider and second seed Alia Sarfraz moved smoothly into the quarterfinal after recording straight set victories on the opening day of the the national women’s squash...
Champions Trophy India’s target
BANGALORE, June 11: After a successful Australian campaign, the Indian hockey team is now eyeing to break the Champions Trophy jinx....
Second-string Japan hold Paraguay to goalless draw
SAITAMA,(Japan), June 11: Japan coach Zico’s final warm-up match for this month’s Confederations Cup ended in limited success as a largely reserve team held Paraguay to a goalless draw in the...
Schuettler’s title hopes shattered by Stepanek
HALLE, Germany, June 11: Rainer Schuettler’s hopes of a first title on home soil ended on Wednesday when he lost to Czech Radek Stepanek in the Halle Open second round....
Collymore and Taylor restrict Sri Lanka
KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), June 11: Disciplined work by a new generation of West Indies bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 191 all out in the third and final One-day International on Wednesday....
Younis returns to form as Pakistan win
NORTHAMPTON (England), June 11: Younis Khan made timely return to form with 69 as Pakistan defeated Northamptonshire by 62 runs in their one-day tour match here on Wednesday....
Ilyas criticizes PCB, Aamir for destroying careers of youngsters
LAHORE, June 11: Former Test batsman Mohammad Ilyas has slammed the national selection committee chairman Aamir Sohail and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for destroying the careers of youngsters and lacking a professional approach....
Dippenaar replaces injured McKenzie
JOHANNESBURG, June 11: Boeta Dippenaar will replace the injured Neil McKenzie in South Africa’s one-day squad on their tour of England....
Kiwis want to skip Karachi: PCB
KARACHI, June 11: New Zealand do not want to play in Karachi during a One-day International series against Pakistan later this year after witnessing a bombing on their last visit to...
Fleming and Vettori to play county cricket
CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), June 11: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori have signed contracts to play English county cricket this summer, it was announced on Wednesday....
BCCI acted against me, says Azhar
HYDERABAD (India), June 11: Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has sought setting aside of life ban imposed on him by the Cricket Board for match-fixing, telling a local court that...
STA picks 35 boys for camp
HYDERABAD, June 11: Sindh Tennis Association has selected 35 youngsters in the second phase of tennis coaching camp under Sindh School Programme which was launched by with Directorate of Sports (boys)...
Hall won’t seek re-election
KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), June 11: Wes Hall said Tuesday he would not seek re-election next month as president of the West Indies Cricket Board due to a medical condition....
All round show by Ashraf
LAHORE, June 11: Fayyaz Khan Memorial Club defeated Tauseef Club by 14 runs and moved to the next round of the first Tariq Shah Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Shahdara Ground...
Police release man over gear theft
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), June 11: Trinidad police have released a 45-year-old man who was assisting their investigations into the theft of thousands of dollars worth of cricket gear belonging to Australian cricket...
Murtaza hammers unbeaten century
HYDERABAD, June 11: An unbeaten 110 off only 73 balls by Murtaza helped Mehran Cricket Club beat Ghauri Sports in the quarterfinals of All-Sindh Sadiq Mohammad benefit cricket tournament at Niaz...
Fine spell by Jawwad
KARACHI, June 11: A fine all-round performance by Jawwad Khan helped Zone-IV Whites defeat Zone-III Blues by nine wickets in the KCCA Inter-zonal under-15 cricket tournament match at TMC ground here...