Adere runs 2nd fastest women’s 5,000m
OSLO, June 28: World half-marathon champion Berhane Adere ran the second fastest women’s 5,000 metres ever on Friday to lead an Ethiopian clean sweep at the Bislett Games Golden League meeting....
Wapda clinch junior title
ISLAMABAD, June 28: Wapda edged out defending champions Pakistan Railways by five points to clinch their maiden title in the 12th Junior National Weightlifting Championship at Pakistan Sports Complex on Saturday....
Hataf Sara poised for 3rd successive victory
LAHORE, June 28: Bay mare Hataf Sara, an outstanding performer in her two previous outings, will be going all out to make it three in-a-row in the supporting event run over 1200 metres during the Lahore...
Raikkonen takes maiden F1 pole
NUERBURGRING (Germany), June 28: Kimi Raikkonen seized his first Formula One pole position at the European Grand Prix on Saturday to pile pressure on Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher....
Salman stars for Lahore
LAHORE, June 28: The Regional Academy at Lahore ended at Gaddafi Stadium with a two-day match between Lahore and Faisalabad academies on Saturday....
The Club Champion starts off as day’s best
KARACHI, June 28: The Club Champion, a thoroughbred five-year-old bay horse from Yateem out of Zircon, starts off as our day’s best when the Summer Gymkhana Meeting gets under way at...
Manager says PHF should deal with disciplinary case
KARACHI, June 28: Pakistan hockey manager Shahnaz Sheikh on Saturday said the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) should tackle the disciplinary case against the players as it is not a personal issue...
Sohail and Waseem deserve special favour: Shahnaz
LAHORE, June 28: Shahnaz Sheikh, the national hockey team manager, has urged the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to give what he said “a special favour” to Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmad...
Huston and Johnson share halfway lead in Memphis
MEMPHIS (Tennessee), June 28: John Huston shot an eight-under-par 63 late in the day to join Sweden’s Richard Johnson in a tie for the second-round lead at the St Jude Classic...
France, Cameroon ready for emotional homage to Foe
LYON (France), June 28: France and Cameroon will be paying homage to the memory of Marc-Vivien Foe, a much-loved friend, teammate and respected rival, when they meet on Sunday for a...
India beat Argentina in 4-nation hockey
NEW DELHI, June 28: Carrying on their recent fine form, India on Friday night thrashed Argentina 4-1 in their opening match to start the four-nation hockey tournament in Hamburg on a...
U-19 trials start in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, June 28: A three-day trials got under way here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Saturday to select Peshawar District Under-19 team for the forthcoming inter-district championship, commencing from July...
FIFA rejects World Cup expansion for 2006
PARIS, June 28: FIFA’s Executive Committee has rejected a proposal to expand the 2006 World Cup finals to 36 teams, but to do so backtracked on its promise to give Oceania...
Russian revolution rumbles on at Wimbledon
LONDON, June 28: Andre Agassi had to dig deep to reach the second week at Wimbledon on Saturday as Russia’s new generation of women stars took the All England Club by...
ICC may withdraw Canada’s cash
LONDON, June 28: World Cup giant-killers Canada could be dropped from the International Cricket Council (ICC) High Performance programme....
India agree to send jr team to Pakistan
NEW DELHI, June 28: Indian cricket officials have welcomed a restoration of India-Pakistan cricketing ties after its government allowed its junior team to tour Pakistan this year, ending a two-year ban...
Kapali steals limelight
BRISBANE, June 28: A fine all-round performance by teenager Alok Kapali helped put Bangladesh in control of their tour match against the Queensland Academy of Sport on Saturday....
Wrestling team refused visa
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Canadian authorities have refused visas not only to Pakistani but also to the Bangladeshi participants of the next week’s Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in that country, according to...
Hondo returns for Zimbabwe
LONDON, June 28: Zimbabwe have recalled pace bowler Douglas Hondo for Sunday’s triangular series one-day international against South Africa at Canterbury....
Jan’s hat trick powers Baloch to victory
KARACHI, June 28: Mohammad Jan’s sparkling hat trick gave Baloch Mohammadan a 5-1 victory over Usmanabad Union in the KASB Premier League at CDGK ground on Saturday....
Popp won’t play for Britain
LONDON, June 28: Alexander Popp has the right credentials to play under the British flag but the German will never switch allegiance....
KRA wind up with victory
KARACHI, June 28: Karachi Regional Academy (KRA) boys finished their six-week training programme with a 93-run win against Cricket Coaching Centre (CCC) in a practice game at National Stadium on Saturday...
Edwards makes dream Test debut with five wickets
KINGSTON (Jamaica), June 28: Young paceman Fidel Edwards took five wickets on his debut as the West Indies dismissed Sri Lanka for just 208 on the opening day of the second...
Record England stand sinks SAWABI:
LONDON, June 28: Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick scored high-class one-day centuries in a record opening partnership to ruin Jacques Kallis’s day as England beat South Africa by six wickets on...