Meher and Asghar Pakistan’s best hopes
KARACHI, Oct 7: Pakistan, armed with two outstanding pugilists in Meherullah and Asghar Ali Shah, will be battling to defend their crown for the second consecutive time when the third edition...
Hantuchova earns rematch
FILDERSTADT (Germany), Oct 7: Daniela Hantuchova defeated American qualifier Lisa Raymond 6-3 6-4 at the Filderstadt Grand Prix on Tuesday to set up a second round showdown with top seed and...
Convincing victories for Rupesh, Shahzad
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Rupesh Roy of India and Pakistan’s Shahzad Khan were among those on Tuesday who booked their quarterfinal berths in the second leg of the ITF International Juniors tennis...
Terms for new Classics announced
LAHORE, Oct 7: Terms and conditions for the two new Classic events, Pakistan Oaks and Pakistan St. Leger, introduced during the ongoing Lahore Winter Meetings has been announced by the Lahore...
Cuban coach selects Pakistan teams: PBF
KARACHI, Oct 7: Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) on Tuesday categorically said that the selection of two Pakistan boxing teams for the Green Hill Cup International Boxing Tournament was purely made by...
Seeded players advance
KARACHI, Oct 7: The first and second round matches in three different categories of...
Baseball, NFL results
NEW YORK, Oct 7: Result of Monday’s Major League Baseball playoff game (home team in CAPS):...
PHF secretary should quit: Shahnaz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Former manager Shahnaz Sheikh said on Tuesday that it was time for Pakistan hockey secretary Brig Musarratullah Khan to review his own performance and resign....
Army grab first day’s honours
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Army swimmers dominated the first day of the 45th National swimming championship grabbing four gold medals at the Pakistan Sports Complex pool....
qbal shines
KARACHI, Oct 7: A fine all-round performance enabled Karachi Port Trust (KPT) defeat Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) by five wickets in the DHA Trophy KCCA Inter-firms cricket...
ICC should force India to play in Pakistan
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 7: South African cricket board has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to concentrate its actions on getting India to play in Pakistan again....
Volleyball camp
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Trials to select probables for the Pakistan volleyball camp in preparation for next year’s SAF Games are to take place at the Liaquat Gymnasium on Oct 9 and...
Peshawar win
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: Peshawar won the Inter-district baseball men’s title beating Dera Ismail Khan 11-9 in the final played at Qayyum Sports Complex on Tuesday....
Uncapped paceman Balaji set for Test debut
AHMEDABAD (India), Oct 7: India chose uncapped paceman Lakshmipathy Balaji, deciding not to play three spinners in the first Test against New Zealand starting on Wednesday....
Waugh promises improved discipline
PERTH, Oct 7: Australia captain Steve Waugh said on Tuesday his side would take it upon themselves to discipline their own players for breaches of the new national code of conduct....
Kiwi skipper criticized
AHMEDABAD, Oct 7: New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming on Tuesday was accused of insulting the memory of Mahatma Gandhi after he was photographed for a liquor advertisement in the independence...
ICC asks Pakistan for video footage of second ODI
FAISALABAD, Oct 7: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Pakistan’s Cricket Board (PCB) to provide video footage of Sunday’s spat between South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall and Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana....
Hundreds of fans denied entry
FAISALABAD, Oct 7: Hundreds of cricket fans possessing valid tickets were denied entry into Iqbal Stadium due to poor arrangements made by the local administration in the third One-day International between...
Narrow win for Generation School
KARACHI, Oct 7: Generation School pulled off a thrilling victory by one wicket against ISS in the Askari Intermediate inter-school cricket tournament on Tuesday....