Youngsters to be tried in Afro-Asian Games
LAHORE, Oct 21: Coaches of the Pakistan hockey team have said that they were ready to gamble in the Afro-Asian Games by blending young players with the senior members....
Arabian Majesty and Shining Steel today’s best bets
KARACHI, Oct 21: A card of seven races has been drawn for the Karachi Winter Gymkhana races which will be held on Wednesday. The first race will commence at 1 p.m....
History-making Italy beat Canada
CANBERRA, Oct 21: Italy withstood a fierce late rally to beat Canada 19-14 and set up a shoot-out with Wales for a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal berth here Tuesday....
Khurram unsure of reaching knockout stage
KARACHI, Oct 21: Pakistan’s top ranked cueman Khurram Hussain Agha clinched a crucial victory in his final league tie in the World Snooker Championship in Jiangmen City (China) on Monday but...
Pakistan contingent leaves
KARACHI, Oct 21: A 40-member Pakistan contingent left on Tuesday for India to take part in the first Afro-Asian Games to be held in Hyderabad, India, from Oct 24....
Scoring honours for Lubna
MULTAN, Oct 21: Karachi, Multan and Sargodha outplayed their rivals in All-Pakistan girls Inter-board basketball championship on Tuesday....
Punjab name U-16 squad
LAHORE, Oct 21: Punjab on Tuesday announced a 18-member team to participate in the Inter-provincial Under-16 hockey championship for boys to be played at the National Hockey Stadium from Wednesday....
Harmison shines on gloomy first day
DHAKA, Oct 21: English paceman Stephen Harmison took two quick wickets as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-hit opening day of their first-ever Test against England here on Tuesday....
Triangular series hit by injuries to key players
CHENNAI (India), Oct 21: Injuries to key players has cast a shadow on the one-day triangular series between world champions Australia, New Zealand and hosts India starting on Thursday....
Inzamam back but Youhana to miss second Test
LAHORE, Oct 21: Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq will lead Pakistan against South Africa in the second Test while Yousuf Youhana who led Pakistan’s victory in the first Test has been given rest due...
Farrukh, Saeed power KPT in last-8
KARACHI, Oct 21: Muhammad Farrukh and Saeed Asif put Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in the last eight stage of DHA Trophy KCCA Inter-firms cricket tournament beating Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC)...
Moin Khan to lead PIA
KARACHI, Oct 21: Moin Khan has been named to lead a 20-member PIA squad in the Inter-Departmental qualifying rounds of Patrons Trophy beginning at various centres of the country from Oct...
Misbah bowls NG to victory
KARACHI, Oct 21: Deccan Gymkhana (DG) and Nazimabad Gymkhana (NG) won their matches in Madre-i-Millat KCCA Inter- club tournament by beating their respective opponents on Monday....
Federer breezes past Rosset
BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 21: Roger Federer breezed into the second round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday with a 6-1 6-3 win over fellow Swiss Marc Rosset....
Gough sets sights on 2007 World Cup
LONDON, Oct 21: England reject Darren Gough on Tuesday shrugged off any talk of retirement and set his sights on playing in the next World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007...