Don’t Panic well-backed to complete hat trick
KARACHI, July 19: Don’t Panic, the Strides By Strides - Kafioca sibling is on course for a hat trick, when the Summer Gymkhana Meeting gets under way at the Karachi Racecourse...
Sohail and Waseem to appear in trials
KARACHI, July 19: Full-back Sohail Abbas and left-half Waseem Ahmad, despite facing possible disciplinary action, will appear in the two-day hockey trials which begins on Sunday....
Junior World Cup our main target: manager
KARACHI, July 19: Pakistan Juniors manager Col (Retd) Abdur Rauf Sandhu said on Saturday that his team is targeting to regain the Junior World Cup which they won in 1979 in...
Lyon secure spot in final
SEOUL, July 19: A powerful strike from Sidney Govou gave Olympique Lyon a 1-0 win over K-League title holders Seongnam Ilhwa on Saturday to secure the French champions a place in...
Kiwis crush Springboks
PRETORIA, July 19: New Zealand confirmed their status as World Cup favourites on Saturday with a record-breaking 52-16 win over South Africa in the Tri-nations championship....
POA, PSB blamed for poor standards
RAWALPINDI, July 19: Prof. Anwar Chowdhry, a known critic of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), on Saturday took a fresh swipe at the two organisations while calling for accountability in sports....
Robredo to face Coria in final
STUTTGART, July 19: Argentina’s Guillermo Coria won his 15th clay match of the last 16 in a domineering display to Saturday to rip into the final of the 765,000-euros Mercedes Cup....
Jones back on track after baby’s birth
WASHINGTON, July 19: Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones is back on the track, training for the 2004 Olympics barely two weeks after giving birth to her first child, Tim Montgomery Jnr....
Thorpe not looking to create history
BARCELONA (Spain), July 19: Ian Thorpe has the chance to create history yet again on the opening night of the world swimming championships on Sunday....
Barrichello takes pole position for British GP
SILVERSTONE (England), July 19: Rubens Barrichello took pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix after a dramatic qualifying session which saw the world championship contenders suffer a nightmare afternoon....
Rahimyar Khan, Faisalabad clash in final
LAHORE, July 19: Rahimyar Khan and Faisalabad entered the final of the Punjab Inter-district hockey championship on Saturday....
France lead against Spain
OVIEDO (Spain), July 19: Emphatic singles wins from Nathalie Dechy and Amelie Mauresmo gave France a 2-0 lead over Spain after the opening day of their Fed Cup World Group quarterfinal...
Serena makes a switch
STANFORD (California), July 19: World number one Serena Williams, coming off her second consecutive Wimbledon title, has made a change in her hardcourt schedule to try and keep a WTA title...
Tasneem nets winner
BAHAWALPUR, July 19: Tasneem Ahmad scored a 68th-minute winner in PAF’s 1-0 victory over Zico Sports in the All-Pakistan PTCL floodlit football tournament at Bahawalpur Stadium on Friday....
Netherlands retain title
HAARLEM (Netherlands), July 19: The Netherlands held on to their title of European baseball champions after beating surprise finalists Greece 2-0 on Saturday....
Kaley wins
VICTORIA (British Columbia), July 19: Defending national champion Sean Kaley captured the men’s 5000 metres at the 2003 Canadian Track and Field Championships on Friday....
Waugh equals two records as BD battle for survivial
DARWIN (Australia), July 19: Steve Waugh smashed another century on Saturday to add an extra chapter to his distinguished career and leave Australia poised for a quick victory in the first...
Oman outclass Thailand in quick time
KARACHI, July 19: Oman completed a remarkable 10-wicket victory over Thailand on Saturday to stay on course for the semifinals of the Youth Asia Cup at National Stadium....
Lankans to play in Darwin and Cairns
DARWIN, July 19: Sri Lanka will play Tests against Australia in Darwin and Cairns next July, Cricket Australia announced here on Saturday....
Aussie skipper gets better with age
DARWIN, July 19: Steve Waugh silenced his critics yey again on Saturday with a chanceless century against Bangladesh that showed he is getting better with age....
Woods falters after excellent start in third round
SANDWICH (England), July 19: Tiger Woods dropped two shots in three holes to lose his momentum just as he looked set to take the British Open by the scruff of the...
Eligibility rule paraphrased
ST JOHN’S (Antigua), July 19: West Indies Cricket Board has reworded its rule on eligibility for selection on West Indies senior teams to make it absolutely clear that players must be...
Abid targets World Cup
DUBAI, July 19: Although they last participated in a World Cricket Cup back in 1996, United Arab Emirates cricket coach Syed Abid Ali has targeted 2007 World Cup in the West...
Proteas ready to wait on Kallis
ARUNDEL, July 19: Jacques Kallis could still play in South Africa’s first Test against England at Edgbaston on Thursday even if he arrives back in the country just 24 hours before...
Wasim defies South Africa
ARUNDEL, July 19: Wasim Jaffer’s unbeaten 58 guided India ‘A’ to 195 for three at tea on the first day of their three-day tour match against South Africa here on Saturday....
Top century makers in Tests...
DARWIN, July 19: List of top 10 leading century-makers in Test history after Steve Waugh joined Sachin Tendulkar in second place with 31 in the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday...