Safeer and Yasir in semifinals
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: PAF players Safeer Khan and Yasir Butt entered the under-19 semifinals of the 7th Hashim Khan National Junior Squash Championship on Sunday with straight games victories....
Zafar, Asif spin KCCA to victory
KARACHI, Sept 7: Spin duo of Muhammad Ali Zafar and Asif Hameed spin Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) to an innings and 42 runs victory over Quetta at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park...
Fancied Dock Land Diva obliges backers
LAHORE, Sept 7: Three-year-old bay English filly Dock Land Diva blitz her eleven rivals to win the Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed Cup run over 1400 metres during the Lahore Gymkhana races held as part...
Chen wins Malaysia Open
KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia) Sept 7: China’s Chen Hong won the men’s singles title at the Malaysia Open badminton tournament on Sunday with a straight-sets 15-9, 15-5 victory over Malaysian national champion...
Hammad and Raheela claim honours
LAHORE, Sept 7: Hammad Hussain of Railways and Raheela Bano of Wapda won the lap races held at the National Velodrome on Sunday to celebrate the Pakistan Defence Day....
Success in Asia Cup will be big boost: Nadeem
LAHORE, Sept 7: Pakistan Hockey captain, Nadeem ND said victory in Asia Cup will be given a tremendous boost to Pakistan hockey and will help to come out of the present...
Outstanding performances by Sikandar and Mustafa
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The 16-year-old Sikandar Khan established another national record on third and final day of the 11th National Age Group Championship that concluded at the Qayyum Complex Swimming Pool...
PHF undecided over number of players
LAHORE, Sept 7: The national hockey team management and Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) are yet to decide the number of team members for Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur starting from Sept...
Roddick to tackle Ferrero for title
NEW YORK, Sept 7: Andy Roddick hauled himself into his first ever grand slam final with the sort of inspired comeback that had earlier proved beyond an ageing Andre Agassi in...
Flintoff blitz revives England’s fortunes
LONDON, Sept 7: Andrew Flintoff, a man with attitude, and Steve Harmison, a man without, combined to leave England in sight of a series-salvaging win against South Africa in the fifth...
Intikhab blames PCB boss for cricket’s decline
LAHORE, Sept 7: Former Pakistan Test skipper and manager Intikhab Alam on Sunday blamed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, as the man responsible for plummeting the country’s cricket to its lowest...
Ganguly aims to prove point
BANGALORE, Sept 7: Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has revenge in mind ahead of home series against New Zealand and Australia....
PCB not to appeal, says official
MULTAN, Sept 7: The PCB said on Sunday that it won’t appeal against the ban imposed on national captain Rashid Latif, who was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute...
Junaid named in squad for first One-dayer
MULTAN, Sept 7: Pakistan’s powerless cricket selectors sprang a huge surprise on Sunday when the uncapped medium pacer Junaid Zia was named in the 14-man squad, for the first One-day International...
Three more ties decided
HYDERABAD, Sept 7: Three more matches were decided in Hyderabad District Inter-Clubs Cricket Tournament here at PCB Academy Ground, Latifabad....
Els cruises to six-shot victory
CRANS-SUR-SIERRE (Switzerland), Sept 7: World number two Ernie Els cruised to a six-stroke victory in the European Masters on Sunday, increasing his lead in the order of merit....
Henin downs Clijsters to lift US Open crown
NEW YORK, Sept 7: Justin Henin-Hardenne defied the laws of nature for 81 magical minutes on Saturday to bring world number one Kim Clijsters to her knees and capture a first...
Rashid found guilty of misconduct, banned for 5 ODIs
MULTAN, Sept 7: Pakistan captain Rashid Latif will miss the entire limited-overs series against Bangladesh after South African Match Referee Mike Procter on Sunday found him guilty of serious misconduct during...