Crowd-pleasing Flintoff grows up at last
LONDON, Sept 9: Andrew ‘Freddy’ Flintoff has been accused of many things during his colourful career but cricketing intelligence has rarely featured on the charge sheet....
Yasir Butt crowned junior champion
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Punjab’s Yasir Butt, tipped by national coach Rehmat Khan as having the potential to make it to big-time squash, on Tuesday claimed the 7th Hashim Khan National Junior...
Inzamam and Shoaib improve ratings
LONDON, Sept 9: Marcus Trescothick’s double-century against South Africa at The Oval has propelled him nine places into ninth spot in the PwC cricket ratings for batsmen....
Dokic makes early exit
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), Sept 9: Yugoslavia’s fourth seed Jelena Dokic was an early casualty at the 225,000-dollar WTA tournament here on Tuesday, falling 7-5, 6-3 to Tathiana Garbin of Italy in...
Team needs international exposure: Coach
LAHORE, Sept 9: Pakistan tennis coach, Rashid Malik, has said, it was not a foreign coach but rather maximum international exposure in major events which can improve and hone the skills of the players....
Women’s hockey from Sept 22
LAHORE, Sept 9: The 20th NBP national women’s hockey championship will be held at Quetta from Sept 22 to Oct 3...
Sachal Sarmast tourney from 21st
KARACHI, Sept 9: The Sindh Hockey Association (SHA) have granted permission for holding All-Sindh Sachal Sarmast hockey tournament from Sept 21 at Khairpur under the auspices of Khairpur Hockey Association (KHA)....
Blind cricket trials
LAHORE, Sept 9: The preliminary round of trials to select Pakistan Blind Cricket team will be held at four different cities from Sept 13 to 15....
Yasir hits maiden century as Pakistan crush Bangladesh
MULTAN, Sept 9: A brilliant maiden One-day International century by Yasir Hameed laid the foundation of Pakistan’s comprehensive 137-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening encounter of the five-match series at...
Inzamam sets sights on 10,000 ODI runs
MULTAN, Sept 9: Pakistan’s stand-in captain Inzamam-ul-Haq set his sights on scoring 10,000 one-day international runs after passing the 9,000 mark on Tuesday....
Red card for racist football teams
BRIGHTON (England), Sept 9: International soccer teams should be thrown out of European competitions if they fail to stop racist abuse by fans, the head of Britain’s race equality board said...
European big guns France, Italy eye 2004 finals berths
PARIS, Sept 9: European soccer giants France and Italy could lead as many as eight teams in booking their berths in the 16 side Euro 2004 finals on Wednesday night as...
Bradman’s cap leaves collector with big tax bill
SYDNEY, Sept 9: An Australian cricket fan who paid US$250,000 to bring Don Bradman’s last baggy green cap home from England had to pay a massive tax bill on Tuesday to...
Pakistan manager defends Rashid
MULTAN, Sept 9: Pakistan cricket manager Haroon Rasheed Tuesday defended banned captain Rashid Latif, denying the wicketkeeper cheated against Bangladesh in the third Test....
Smith looking forward to Pakistan tour
DURBAN, Sept 9: South African cricket captain Graeme Smith on Tuesday said he was satisifed with performance of his players during three-month England tour and was now looking forward to next...
India hopes Test cricket to follow
KOLKATA, Sept 9: Indian cricket board on Tuesday welcomed the government’s decision to allow India’s participation in junior tournaments involving Pakistan and hoped revival of Test cricket and one-dayers between senior...
PCB overlooks interest of fans
LAHORE, Sept 9: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has overlooked the interest of the fans of the game while finalising the itineraries of the home series against Bangladesh and South Africa, as out of total...