Woods takes six-stroke lead with 65
LEMONT (Illinois), July 6: Tiger Woods broke away from the field on Saturday after shooting a seven-under-par 65 to build a six-shot lead after three rounds of the Western Open....
Ahmed almost missed out winning bodybuilding event
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Pakistan’s Ahmed Sadiq, who won the Masters Class competition in the World Bodybuilding Championships in Spain last month, almost missed competing in the event....
Candyland trounce Allana
KARACHI, July 6: All the seeded teams were leading the bunch after four rounds were completed in the Yousuf Dada Bridge tournament being played at the Aslam Bridge Hall....
Rubab adjudged best swimmer
LAHORE, July 6: Rubab Raza, a promising swimmer from Lahore performed superbly in the seventh Punjab Open/Talent Hunt swimming championship at the Fatima Jinnah Medical College pool on Sunday....
Favourites fail to oblige punters at weekend races
LAHORE, July 6: Punters suffered heavy losses when only one firm favourite obliged them in a card of six during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Sunday....
Federer neutralises Scud to make Wimbledon history
LONDON, July 6: Roger Federer mesmerised man mountain Mark Philippoussis on Sunday to win his maiden grand slam crown and become the first Swiss men’s singles champion in Wimbledon’s 126-year history....
LLWC rout Bhutta Mohammadan
KARACHI, July 6: LLWC, aided by two second half goals from Shakir Lashari, routed Bhutta Mohammadan 4-0 in the last game of the KASB Premier League sixth round on a rainy...
Mianwali upset Lahore
LAHORE, July 6: Fine batting by Aamir Hayat and Asad Raja, who shared a sixth wicket stand of 116, helped lowly Mianwali stun Lahore by 37 runs in the PCB-Imran-Pepsi inter-regional cricket tournament...
Five new faces in jr squad
KARACHI, July 6: Five new players were included on Monday when a 20-member squad for Europe tour from July 22 was announced after the trials here....
KCCA names teams for Nepal ties
KARACHI, July 6: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) announced on Sunday squads for the two practice matches against the visiting Nepal youth team....
Desperate British officials turn to McEnroe
LONDON, July 6: John McEnroe, once the scourge of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, has been identified as the man to help save British tennis from oblivion....
Bangladesh improving, claims Whatmore
DARWIN (Australia), July 6: Test cricket minnows Bangladesh are improving and heading in the right direction, coach Dav Whatmore said on Sunday, less than a fortnight before their first Test with...
ACC official to oversee Afghan cricket
KARACHI, July 6: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said on Sunday it would send an official to oversee cricket development in war ravaged Afghanistan next month with hopes that the country...
‘Thorpe must be recalled’
LONDON, July 6: Former England captain Michael Atherton says Surrey batsman Graham Thorpe should be recalled to the one-day side to provide “short-term stability” to a middle-order struggling for runs....
Memorial cricket
LAHORE, July 6: Mehboob Park and Cricket Centre entered the second round of the M.Siddiq memorial cricket tournament at different grounds on Sunday....
Petacchi wins crash-marred opening stage
MEAUX (France), July 6: Italian Alessandro Petacchi won a mass sprint tarnished by a bad crash to snatch victory in the 168-km first stage of the Tour de France from Montgeron...