France and Sweden book slots for Euro finals
LONDON, Sept 11: Reigning champions France, Sweden, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic all booked their places in next year’s European championship finals after a night of 20 qualifying matches on Wednesday....
Four more Pakistanis to compete in British Open
KARACHI, Sept 11: Four more Pakistanis have been included in the qualifying round draw of the 2003 British Open Squash Championship following a series of withdrawals from the prestigious tournament to...
Sluggish Martinez suffers defeat
BALI (Indonesia), Sept 11: Spanish third seed Conchita Martinez slumped out of the Wismilak International on Thursday, humbled 6-1 6-3 by unseeded Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela in the second round....
Ten teams to vie in 11-stage marathon
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: As many as 60 cyclists from 10 teams will compete in the 11th Tour de Pakistan cycle race which will start from Karachi on Oct 11 and wind...
Boxing and hockey squads for Afro-Asian Games
LAHORE, Sept 11: Pakistan will take part only in two disciplines, hockey and boxing in the Afro-Asian Games to be held at Hyderabad (India) from Oct 24 to 31....
Rehmat unhappy over lack of appreciation
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Rehmat Khan’s enthusiasm for coaching does not seem to wane as he looks ahead to next month’s World Team Squash Championship, but the man who has worked wonders...
NWFP trials on Sept 15
PESHAWAR, Sept 11: The NWFP Swimming Association will hold a three-day trials to select NWFP squad for the forthcoming national senior championship on Sept 15 at Qayyum Sports Complex....
Inoue leads Japan’s gold medal haul
OSAKA (Japan), Sept 11: Sydney Olympics judo champion Kosei Inoue Thursday proved he is still top of the world as he helped hosts Japan snatch three of four golds at stake...
Bangladesh face tough task in second ODI
FAISALABAD, Sept 11: It is looking increasingly unlikely that Bangladesh will win a game in the five-match series because Pakistan are on verge of abandoning their selection experiments as the teams...
AIBA offers Afghanistan provisional affiliation
KARACHI, Sept 11: International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Thursday offered Afghanistan provisional affiliation with the intention to revive boxing in the war-torn country....
Army and KPT dominate
KARACHI, Sept 11: Pakistan Army dominated on the second day of the national ranking boxing tournament which saw six of their pugilists marching into the finals on Thursday....
Match Referee cautions Bangladesh manager
FAISALABAD, Sept 11: The manager of Bangladesh cricket team, M.A. Latif Khan, was verbally cautioned on Thursday by the ICC Match Referee Mike Procter for making comments on Rashid Latif’s “unfair”...
Klusener eager to tour Pakistan
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11: All-rounder Lance Klusener wants to travel to Pakistan with the South African cricket team in 11 days’ time....
Magical spell by Akhtar
ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Akhtar Gul claimed five wickets for only 11 runs as Imran Memorial swept aside Shalimar by six wickets in the Islamabad Cricket Association President Cup....
KCCA flays selection of probables
KARACHI, Sept 11: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) was shocked over the glaring omission of several deserving cricketers from the city from the list of 34 probables invited for trials for...
Afghan U-19 cricketers arrive
KARACHI, Sept 11: A 16-member Afghanistan Under-19 cricket squad arrived here Thursday on a training- cum- preparatory tour at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy (RLCA)....
Khurram slams double century for KCCA
KARACHI, Sept 11: Opener Khurram Manzoor maintained his dazzling form as he blasted an unbeaten double hundred against Multan as Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) raced to 375 for five wickets...
Superb all-round show by Zubair
KARACHI, Sept 11: Zubair Siddiqui took five wickets and slammed an unbeaten hundred to power Pak Students CC (PSCC) to four wicket success over Memon Gymkhana (MG) in Madar-i-Millat Inter-club cricket...
Eight England players awarded contracts
LONDON, Sept 11: Eight players have been awarded central contracts by England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a deal which could net each of them as much as 400,000 pounds...
Goosen leads
VERSAILLES (France), Sept 11: Retief Goosen missed out on the St-Nom-la-Breteche course record but an eight-under-par 63 earned the South African a one-stroke lead in the Lancome Trophy first round on...