Shahzad lone Pakistani to reach semifinals
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The semifinals of the first leg of the ITF International Junior Tennis Tournament will feature only one home player - Shahzad Khan and three Indians including top seed...
Inter, Monaco, Sociedad and Juventus maintain perfect starts
LONDON, Oct 1: Inter Milan, Monaco, Juventus and Real Sociedad maintained their perfect starts in the Champions League on Tuesday while Celtic and Deportivo Coruna picked up their first victories....
Sherganzer records impressive victory
KARACHI, Oct 1: Mr Islamuddin’s Roberto Carlos Fan who was deprived of a victory on Sunday when the race was cancelled on frivolous grounds won the concluding event of the day...
Bukhsh and Essa slam golden goals
KARACHI, Oct 1: Lal Bukhsh and Essa Khan blasted home golden goals to guide KPT and PTCL into the semifinals of the President PFF Cup football in Quetta on Wednesday....
Railways retain title
QUETTA, Oct 1: Pakistan Railways won the 20th national women hockey championship outplaying Lahore Colour in the final 7-0 played at Government Girls College Quetta ground on Wednesday....
Kohat trounce Lahore
PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Kohat whipped disjointed Lahore 4-1 on Wednesday in the Inter-regional hockey championship being played at Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium....
ICC should play role on security concerns
LAHORE, Oct 1: United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCB) president Ray Mali has said that International Cricket Council (ICC) could play a major role in removing security concerns of its member countries, once and for all to avoid...
New Zealand confident of giving India tough fight
RAJKOT (India), Oct 1: New Zealand are capable of giving India a tough fight in next week’s Test series despite missing pace spearhead Shane Bond and all-rounder Chris Cairns, coach Ashley...
Tawab Kazi excels for Foundation
KARACHI, Oct 1: Tawab Kazi produced a good all-round performance to help Foundation School defeat ISS School by a comprehensive margin of 105 runs in the Askari Intermediate inter-school cricket tournament...
Streak sets up easy Zimbabwe triumph
PERTH, Oct 1: Captain Heath Streak grabbed four wickets to set up a confidence-boosting victory for Zimbabwe by seven wickets over a Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI here on Wednesday....
No excuse for defeat:Nadeem
LAHORE, Oct 1: Pakistan hockey captain, Nadeem ND, said there was no excuse for the defeat against India in the Asia Cup final and it was their below par performance in...
Proteas crush Nazim XI by eight wickets
LAHORE, Oct 1: A captain’s knock of 72 by Graeme Smith and fine batting by Jacques Kallis steered South Africa to an impressive eight-wicket win against a City Nazim XI in a 12-a-side practice match under floodlights at the...
Australians to face life bans for sledging
MELBOURNE, Oct 1: Australian players face possible life bans for sledging if they breach a new code of behaviour, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday....
Jalal criticizes trophy’s qualifiers
KARACHI, Oct 1: Former Test paceman and Customs chief coach Jalaluddin on Wednesday described inclusion of top teams in the qualifying rounds of the Patron’s Trophy as sheer injustice and said...
New rules for rain-hit games
LONDON, Oct 1: An improved system of adjusting run targets in rain-shortened matches will be introduced this week for the opening One-day International between Pakistan and South Africa in Lahore, the...
Flower and Olonga rewarded by MCC
LONDON, Oct 1: Former Zimbabwe players Andy Flower and Henry Olonga, who protested against President Robert Mugabe at this year’s World Cup, were given honorary life membership of the MCC (Marylebone...
India’s match washed out
KARACHI, Oct 1: India gained their first points in the Emerging Team Trophy triangular tournament in Colombo after their match against hosts Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball bowled on...
Amateur golf from Oct 9
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Caltex 42nd National Amateur Golf Championship of Pakistan 2003 is being held at Islamabad Golf Club from Oct 9-12....