|
| October 17, 2003 | Friday | Sha'aban 20, 1424 |
|
Smooth wins for Aqeel and Asim
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Top seed Aqeel Khan and No 2 Asim Shafik scored straightforward quarterfinal victories on Thursday to check into the prefinals of the 20th Federal Cup Tennis Championship at... 
|
|
Khurram suffers third loss
KARACHI, Oct 16: Pakistan’s top cueist Khurram Hussain Agha suffered his third defeat to dampen his chances of reaching the knock-out stage of World Snooker Championship in Jiang Ming City (China),...
|
|
||
|
India, Pakistan in same group
HYDERABAD (India), Oct 16: Indian men’s hockey team is looking forward to a back-to-back title in inaugural Afro-Asian Games, beginning in Hyderabad on Oct 23....
|
|
Liverpool cruise to victory
 LIVERPOOL, Oct 16: Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 win over Slovenia’s Olimpija as goals from Anthony Le Tallec, Emile Heskey and Harry Kewell helped them to a 4-1 aggregate victory in...
|
|
|
||
|
Kashif to lead Sindh team
KARACHI, Oct 16: The Sindh Table Tennis Championship will be held at Islamia Club indoor gymnasium from Friday with all the top players from across the province in action....
|
|
Sindh trials for SAF Games
KARACHI, Oct 16: Trials to select Sindh probables for selection of Pakistan team for SAF Games will be held at City District Government (KMC) Stadium from Oct 18 to 22, it...
|
|
|
||
|
Sajjad and Shuja set new records
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Shujauddin Malik and Sajjad Amin Malik set new Pakistan records on Thursday helping Wapda retain their National Weightlifting Championship crown....
|
|
Oman Jr beaten
KARACHI, Oct 16: Oman junior hockey team ended their tour on a 5-2 defeat by National Club in the last friendly match on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
|
Memorial hockey
LAHORE, Oct 16: Javed High School, Manga Mandi won the 37th Jaffar Memorial Inter-school hockey, defeating Divisional Public School, Model Town Lahore 2-0 on Thursday....
|
|
Youhana to go all out for victory in first Test
 LAHORE, Oct 16: Pakistan stand-in-captain Yousuf Youhana declared on Thursday that he would go all out to win the first Test against South Africa rather than play for a draw. The first Test of two match series...
|
|
|
||
|
Roddick rocked by outsider Massu
MADRID, Oct 16: Outsider Nicolas Massu turned the formbook on its head when brushing aside world number two Andy Roddick 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 to race into the quarterfinals of the 2.45-million-euro...
|
|
Record Kiwi stand puts India on defensive
 MOHALI (India), Oct 16: New Zealand openers Mark Richardson and Lou Vincent punished India with a record 231-run partnership on the first day of the second and final Test against India...
|
|
|
||
|
Dark era of infighting over for ever: Tauqir
LAHORE, Oct 16: Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Lt General, Tauqir Zia said on Thursday that the dark era of infighting and disunity in the Pakistan cricket team has been closed for...
|
|
Teenager thwarts England
SAVAR (Bangladesh), Oct 16: Teenage opener Nafis Iqbal hit 118 to lift Bangladesh ‘A’ towards a respectable 242 all out on the first day of their three-day match against England on...
|
|
|
||
|
PBF invites Munir to coach bridge team
KARACHI, Oct 16: Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF), has invited bridge legend, Munir Ataullah to train and coach Monte Carlo-bound Pakistan team for Super-Bowl World Bridge Championship to be held there next...
|
|
Top hockey officials removed
KARACHI, Oct 16: The council of the District Hockey Association Central/West Zone-I, Karachi, has removed its top officials following a vote of no confidence....
|
|
|
||
|
Rugby team for Sri Lanka
LAHORE, Oct 16: A 24-member Pakistan team will take part in the three-nation rugby tournament to be held in Sri Lanka from Oct 22 to 31....
|
|
Injury-plagued Australia brace for tough test
SYDNEY, Oct 16: The cricket world will get a sneak preview into Australia’s future when the world champions take on Zimbabwe in the second and final Test starting on Friday....
|
|
|
||
|
Cejka and Jacobson given lessons
VIRGINIA WATER (England), Oct 16: Alex Cejka and Fredrik Jacobson made short and not so sweet appearances at the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on Thursday before exiting after hefty...
|
|
Faheem cracks century
KARACHI, Oct 16: Faheem Haris cracked a brilliant hundred and Faisal Ali took five wickets in Mansoor Sports (MS) massive 137 runs victory over Poona CC (PCC) in Madre-i-Millat Inter-club cricket...
|
|
|
||
|
Rashid wins 5th stage
LAHORE, Oct 16: Defending champion Haroon Rashid of Wapda won the fifth stage of the 11th Tour de Pakistan cycle race from Rahimyar Khan to Bahawalpur on Thursday....
|
|
Title for BIIT
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: BIIT won the University of Arid Agriculture Inter-Faculty table tennis title, says a press release....
|
|
|
||
