Mauresmo leads France to second Fed Cup crown
MOSCOW, Nov 23: Amelie Mauresmo crushed American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2 6-1 to seal a second Fed Cup title for France, who ended up 4-1 winners in the final on Sunday....
Joint-favourite Pretty Pekan gallops to victory
LAHORE, Nov 23: Three-year-old bay English filly, Pretty Pekan, ridden by jockey A. Aziz galloped to victory over 1200 metres in the feature event during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse...
WSF and PSA invite players for World Open
KARACHI, Nov 23: In a bid to promote squash in the nations struggling to popularise the game, World Squash Federation (WSF) and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) have invited five players...
World champions Brazil advance
OKAYAMA (Japan), Nov 23: World champions Brazil and Sydney Olympic champions Serbia and Montenegro fended off Asian challenges for their sixth straight wins in the World Cup men’s volleyball tournament on...
Vermeulen steers Zimbabwe to level series
BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), Nov 23: Zimbabwe batsman Mark Vermeulen steered his shaky colleagues to victory in a runs-starved match at Queens Sports Club here on Sunday to level the five-match one-day series...
Clinical Keane inspires Spurs comeback against Villa
LONDON, Nov 23: In-form Irish striker Robbie Keane scored the winner as Tottenham Hotspur recovered from a goal down with 12 minutes left to beat Aston Villa 2-1 at White Hart...
Internationals and US share Presidents Cup
GEORGE (South Africa), Nov 23: Tiger Woods and Ernie Els parred the first three extra holes in gathering gloom before the fifth Presidents Cup was declared shared by agreement between the...
Reza Zadeh takes gold
VANCOUVER (British Columbia) Nov 23: Hossein Reza Zadeh of Iran won the over-105 kilogram class at the World Weightlifting Championships for the second straight year, hoisting 457.5 kilograms ....
Miandad eyes clean sweep of Kiwis
KARACHI, Nov 23: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad is targeting a clean sweep of New Zealand in the five-match one-day series starting next week....
Turkmenistan defeat Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 23: Turkmenistan on Sunday secured their place in the Asian preliminary World Cup qualifying competition with two late goals to nil against Afghanistan at Kabul Olympic stadium....
TCC beat Police to reach final
KARACHI, Nov 23: Holders Tapal CC (TCC) once again made it through to the final of the 18th Karachi Gymkhana Habib Bank A.G. Zurich Ramazan cricket festival after edging out Sindh...
Pak Gym reach another final
KARACHI, Nov 23: Pak Gymkhana reached another final in the Ramazan tournaments being played all over the city, brushing aside Al Noor Gymkhana by a handsome margin of eight wickets at...
RSCC move into final
KARACHI, Nov 23: Rafiq Sherazi CC (RSCC) made a triumphant entry into the final of the First Ramazan Super Cup ousting KGA Gymkhana by 25 runs in the second semi-final played...
POA meeting
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The executive committee of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) that is due to meet in Lahore on Dec 8 will discuss among other matters, participation in next year’s...
Lanka confident after ODI series
COLOMBO, Nov 23: Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu believes his team’s rain-ruined one-day series victory over England will boost their confidence for next month’s Test series....