Fatima overcomes Hareem after gruelling encounter
KARACHI, June 25: Promising Fatima Hai was engaged in a very long duel before overcoming another promising youngster Hareem Fatima Bhaghat in three sets in the first round of the Caltex...
Chinese squad due on July 8
KARACHI, June 25: A strong 28-member Chinese hockey squad is due to arrive here on July 8 for a ten-day tour of Pakistan....
Confirmation from India awaited
LAHORE, June 25: India, the qualifiers of the World Cup polo tournament Asian zone qualifying round to be held in Lahore from Nov 30 to Dec 10, has not confirmed its participation...
Confident start by Shehryar and Riaz
KARACHI, June 25: Shehryar Arshad and Muhammad Riaz made confident start in defence of their National Enterprise by winning both the races on Wednesday at Pakistan Navy Aquatics Club....
Inam, Mahboob named coaches
ISLAMABAD, June 25: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has named former Davis Cup player Inamul Haq and Mahboob Khan as coaches for its under-16 camp starting in Islamabad from July 1....
Schools, clubs get boost from PCB
LAHORE, July 25: Forty-one schools have been affiliated with as many clubs under the PCB-School-Club Cricket programme which is being launched in Lahore only....
An artist’s tribute to Pakistan greats
KARACHI, June 25: A book marking the Golden Jubilee of Pakistan cricket was recently published in which Shafiq Ahmed, a graphic artist whose love for the game is insatiable, has paid...
Feofanova outpaces Dragila
TRIKALA (Greece), June 25: Russian pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova failed to break the world record of 4.81 metres on Tuesday after attempting three times to cross 4.83 during an IAAF super...
PTF wants Punjab to remove Gill
ISLAMABAD, June 25: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has written to the president of its affiliated unit in Punjab asking him to remove secretary Bashir A. Gill who has been in...
Martin wins battle of gentlemen: Roddick guns down Rusedski
LONDON, June 25: Two of tennis’s gentlemen met on number one court on Wednesday, the venerable-looking Todd Martin beating three times former French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten 7-6 6-4 6-4....
Unknown pacer picked for final Test
GROS ISLET, June 25: The West Indies selectors surprised by naming 21-year-old fast bowler Fidel Edwards in the 14-man squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka....
England and South Africa continue rebuilding plans
LONDON, June 25: Hosts England and South Africa continue long-term rebuilding programmes when they join Zimbabwe in the one-day triangular tournament starting on Thursday....
Lara hammers double century in drawn Test
GROS ISLET (St Lucia), June 25: Openers Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya made unbeaten half centuries as the first of two Tests between the West Indies and Sri Lanka ended in...
35 teams for Inter-district championship
LAHORE, June 25: The NBP-Punjab Inter-district hockey championship revived after a lapse of 18 years when its preliminary round will be held at four different centres from July 1 to 6....
Croatian sensation sleeping easy
LONDON,June 25: Towering Croatian giant-killer Ivo Karlovic finally has room to stretch his legs thanks to his first-round Wimbledon Championships upset of Lleyton Hewitt....
National junior squash results
ISLAMABAD, June 25: The first qualifying round of the Balochistan National Junior Squash Championship began in Quetta on Wednesday....
Inzamam heads for England
KARACHI, June 25: Prolific Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq is ready to play league cricket in England to try to salvage his international career....
Gilchrist defends Bangladesh
SYDNEY, June 25: Adam Gilchrist has defended Bangladesh’s right to play Australia in Tests and One-day Internationals despite the prospects of an embarrassing mis-match....
Malaysia ignore Pakistan
KARACHI, June 25: Pakistan have not been invited to participate in the 4th edition of the Asian Schools Hockey Championship that will be held in October this year....
Easy victory for Proteas
WORCESTER (England), June 25: South Africa cruised to an easy 69-run victory over Worcestershire in the one-day tour match on Wednesday....