Back-to-back Masters titles for Roddick
CINCINNATI, Aug 18: American Andy Roddick secured back-to-back Masters Series titles with a thrilling 4-6 7-6 7-6 victory over friend and compatriot Mardy Fish in the $2.45 million Cincinnati final on...
Uruguayan snatches last gold
SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Republic), Aug 18: Uruguayan cyclist Milton Wynants, a silver medallist at the Sydney Olympics three years ago, surprised himself on Sunday by winning the men’s road race to...
Shahab IV win weekly Swiss competition
KARACHI, Aug 18: Shahab IV trounced four challenges out of five to win the weekly title of Swiss Bridge with a score of 101 V.P on Sunday....
Shock triumph for journeyman Micheel
ROCHESTER (New York), Aug 18: Journeyman Shaun Micheel struck a brilliant approach to two inches to birdie the last for a shock win at the US PGA Championship on Sunday as...
IOC invites Pakistan for Athens Olympic
LAHORE, Aug 18: International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially invited Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to take part in the 27th Olympic Games to be held at Athens, Greece from Aug 13 to...
Naumans in final
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Numan Yahya and Nouman- ul-Haq qualified for the final of Independence Day Junior Tennis Championship on Monday....
Pakistan Whites capture Independence Day Cup
LAHORE, Aug 18: Pakistan Whites bagged 50 points to win the Independence Day Judo Tournament at the National Coaching and Training Centre, Ferozepur Road on Monday. Pakistan Greens secured second position with 40 points....
Ammad pedals to victory
LAHORE, Aug 18: Ammad Hussain of Railways won the Independence Day racing cycle covering the 70-kilometre distance of the Lahore-Raiwind- Lahore route in one hour 41 minutes 39.71 seconds....
PFF banned me not AFC, FIFA: Salman Butt
LAHORE, Aug 18: FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have clarified they have not imposed 10-year ban on a former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary as claimed by Pakistani soccer officials....
Spinner Tariq triggers Karachi collapse
KARACHI, Aug 18: Sialkot dominated the opening day of their three-day PCB Under-19 Inter-region cricket championship game after bowling out Karachi for 161 at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Monday....
PCB’s apathy surfaces before first Test
KARACHI, Aug 18: With barely 36 hours left before the start of the first Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the National Stadium there were no trace of tickets on Monday....
Argentina humble Germany
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug 18: Argentina defeated Germany 3-1 in the only match of the men’s Champions Trophy field hockey tournament on Monday....
Tour match ends in stalemate
LAHORE, Aug 18: The four-day match between Pakistan Under-19 and their Sri Lanka counterpart ended in a draw at Colombo, according to a message received on Monday....
Pakistan rout Malaysia
GNIEZNO, Aug 18: Pakistan recovered from a shaky start to defeat Malaysia 5-2 in the six-nation Challenge Cup Under-21 International hockey tournament on Monday....
AHF umpires course
LAHORE, Aug 18: Twenty-one umpires have been named by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) to attend the Asian umpires clinic allotted to Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to be held in Karachi...
Farrukh stuns Shabana
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Farrukh Zaman of Pakistan pulled off the biggest upset when be topped top seed Amr Shabana of Egypt on the opening day of the main round of CAS...
Magical spell by Mushtaq
LONDON, Aug 18: Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed clinched a match haul off 11 wickets and took his season’s tally to 82 victims as Sussex pulled off a 252-run win against Lancashire...
Nawaz guides SSC home
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 18: Shaheen Sports Club (SSC), Mirpurkhas, beat Munawar Qureshi Memorial Sports (MQMSC), Hyderabad, by 84 runs in the inaugural match of Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Gold Cup tournament at...
Sumera, Sana, Aamina grab crowns
KARACHI, Aug 18: Sumera Haq Arain, Aamina Arain and Sana Ghayoor captured girls Under-1, Under-17and Under-15 titles of the Sukkur District Squash championship on Monday, according to a Sindh Squash Association...
Coaches clinic
LAHORE, Aug 18: Twenty-four coaches will attend the coaches clinic to be organised by the Pakistan Hockey Federation in Quetta from Aug 31 to Sept 6....
Rahmat for Cairo
KARACHI, Aug 18: Pakistan’s squash coach Rahmat Khan left Islamabad for Cairo on Sunday night to attend the 6th World Squash Development and Coaching Conference to be staged there from Aug...