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| October 16, 2003 | Thursday | Sha'aban 19, 1424 |
Roddick spearheads American assault
 MADRID, Oct 15: Second seed Andy Roddick edged past big-serving Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-1 6-7 7-5 at the Madrid Masters on Wednesday in a morning session dominated by America’s young...
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Veteran Hameed outlasts young Shahzad
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Veteran Hameedul Haq turned back the clock to knock out fifth seed Shahzad Khan, 17 years his junior in the men’s singles event of the 20th Federal Cup...
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Left-handers top cricket statistics
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Cricket’s left-handed batsmen have an advantage at the crease, according to an analysis of statistics....
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Saleh remains unbeaten
KARACHI, Oct 15: Former world number three, Saleh Muhammad of Pakistan, maintained his winning run in World Snooker Championship by chalking out his fourth consecutive win at Ching Ming City (China)...
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NBP capture trophy
KARACHI, Oct 15: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) lifted the Junior cup hockey trophy when they beat Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd (PTCL) in sudden-death in the final at Faisalabad Hockey Stadium...
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Wapda grab first day’s honours
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Defending champions Wapda took a runaway lead at the start of the 51st National Weightlifting Championships at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Pakistan XI beat World XI
LAHORE, Oct 15: Sparkling half centuries by Misbah-ul- Haq and Yasir Hameed led Pakistan XI to a 44 runs win over World XI in a charity match at Gadaffi Stadium on...
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Fiji and US serve up late drama
 SYDNEY, Oct 15: Fiji survived a late scare to beat the United States 19-18 on Wednesday as the fifth World Cup finally served up a match which remained a contest for...
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Test series against Pakistan to be tough one: Smith
LAHORE, Oct 15: South African captain, Graeme Craig Smith, on Wednesday said that the two-Test series against Pakistan would be a tough one although he admitted that Pakistan’s spinners would be a challenge...
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Arch rivals to clash on Nov 2
LAHORE, Oct 15: Pakistan will play India at Gaddafi Stadium on Nov 2 in the Asian Under-19 cricket tournament to be held at Karachi and Lahore from Oct 31 to Nov 6....
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Pakistan capable of beating any team: Miandad
LAHORE, Oct 15: Pakistan cricket coach Javed Miandad claimed on Wednesday that he did not consider South Africa as very tough opponents and unbeatable....
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Spinner Irfan grabs six-wicket haul for Zone-VI
KARACHI, Oct 15: Rising off-spinner Irfanuddin was again in the spotlight on Wednesday after he grabbed six wickets for KCCA Zone-VI in the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Tournament....
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Losing captaincy was bitter experience: Pollock
LAHORE, Oct 15: South Africa’s Shaun Pollock has no retirement plans after putting the disappointment of losing the captaincy behind him, he said on Wednesday....
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Ganguly misses second Test
 MOHALI (India), Oct 15: India will be without their injured captain Saurav Ganguly for the second and final Test against New Zealand starting on Thursday....
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Lehmann omitted from 1-day squad
SYDNEY, Oct 15: Australia’s Darren Lehmann will miss the triangular limited-overs tournament with New Zealand and hosts India later this month because of a heel injury....
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KCCA official flays PCB’s decision to host ODIs in Punjab
KARACHI, Oct 15: A senior official of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) on Wednesday urged the chief of the ad hoc PCB, Tauqir Zia, to prevail upon New Zealand to...
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Academy Whites beat NWFP Blues
PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Regional Academy Whites defeated NWFP Sports Board Cricket Academy Blues by 42 runs in the first of five-match series on Wednesday....
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Poor ticket sales for first Test
LAHORE, Oct 15: The sale of season tickets for the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa, received a poor response when it started at different branches of a national bank from...
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Indian award for Nisar
LAHORE, Oct 15: The Cricket Club of India Limited will posthumously award a Pakistani fast bowler, late Muhammad Nisar, for taking five wickets while representing the joint Indian cricket team before...
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Hanif, Imran shine
KARACHI, Oct 15: Hanif Malik (60) and Muhammad Imran (50) cracked polished half centuries in Wackenhut Security Pakistan (WHSP) 71 run success over UBL Karachi in DHA Trophy Inter-firms cricket tournament...
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