Disastrous night for German clubs
LONDON, Nov 28: Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord, who contested the 2002 UEFA Cup final, were dumped out of this season’s competition at the second-round stage on Thursday....
Nicol seeded to retain Qatar Open title
DOHA, Nov 28: The 2003 Qatar Squash Classic begins at Khalifa Squash Complex on Sunday, with both the men’s and women’s finals taking place on Friday Dec 5....
Sohail and Waseem in FIH awards race
LONDON, Nov 28: Pakistan’s penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas and his colleague Waseem Ahmad have been nominated for International Hockey Federation’s FIH “Senior player of the year” prestigious award for their...
Foreign raiders chase Japan Cup bonus
TOKYO, Nov 28: The Japan Cup boasts a 250-million yen ($2.3 million) winning purse, but the stakes are even higher on Sunday if foreign raiders Johar or Fields of Omagh capture...
Bahrain Sheikh poised to buy Leeds United
LONDON, Nov 28: Crisis club Leeds United has been offered for sale at US$34m to Sheikh Abdul bin Mubarak al-Khalifa of Bahrain, it was reported on Friday....
Salma Noorani tennis from Dec 18
KARACHI, Nov 28: The 6th Salma Noorani tennis championship will be held during Dec 18-23 under the auspices of Sindh tennis Association at Karachi Club....
Stars Club in India
NEW DELHI, Nov 28: An 18-member Stars Club hockey team arrived in New Delhi for playing matches to promote good relations between the two countries....
Woods to wed Swedish ex-model Elin
STOCKHOLM, Nov 28: World number one golfer Tiger Woods is to marry his Swedish girlfriend Elin, a 23-year-old former model, a Swedish newspaper reported on Friday....
Pakistan face lowly-rated Kyrgyzstan today
KARACHI, Nov 28: Pakistan put their skills to test against Kyrgyzstan for the first time in football history when they meet the visitors in the World Cup pre-qualifying home game at...
Jones breaks world shortcourse record
MELBOURNE, Nov 28: Australian Leisel Jones broke a world record in the women’s 100-metres breaststroke at the Australian leg of the World Cup shortcourse meet here on Friday....
Perry snatches halfway lead
SUN CITY (South Africa), Nov 28: American Kenny Perry birdied the par-four closing hole to snatch a one-stroke lead Friday at the halfway mark of the Sun City challenge, where 18...
Australian cricketers recall World Series days
MELBOURNE, Nov 28: Former Australian cricketers gathered here on Friday to remember World Series Cricket (WSC) — the breakaway group that tore the game apart more than two decades ago....
Turkey to appeal against ruling
ISTANBUL, Nov 28: Turkey said on Friday it would appeal to international arbitrators to reverse UEFA’s decision to move a Champions League match to a neutral venue after a spate of...
Moya shocks Philippoussis to make it 1-1
MELBOURNE, Nov 28: Australian Mark Philippoussis said he had been just “inches away” from forcing his Davis Cup final singles match against Spain’s Carlos Moya into a deciding fifth set on...
Rogers replaces Gripper for Zimbabwe
HARARE (Zimbabwe), Nov 28: Flamboyant batsman Barney Rogers will replace opener Trevor Gripper in the Zimbabwe side to play West Indies for the fourth of five one-day internationals at Harare Sports...
Brazil win battle against Serbia and Montenegro
TOKYO, Nov 28: World champions Brazil won a top-of-the-table battle against Sydney Olympic champions Serbia and Montenegro to put a stranglehold on the World Cup men’s volleyball tournament on Friday....
Turkmenistan clinch last final place
DAMASCUS, Nov 28: Turkmenistan clinched the last qualifying place available for the 2004 Asian Cup finals with a 1-1 draw against Syria on Friday....
Fijian wants to play for All Blacks
LONDON, Nov 28: Fiji wing Rupeni Caucaunibuca, who scored two outstanding tries against Scotland in the World Cup, has said he wants to play international rugby for New Zealand....
‘It is difficult to predict with second team’
LAHORE, Nov 28: New Zealand captain Chris Cairns acknowledged on Friday that he has not set any particular target to achieve in the forthcoming five One-day International series against Pakistan starting from Saturday....
Court lifts ban on Kale over bribe charges
NEW DELHI, Nov 28: An Indian court on Friday lifted the national cricket board’s suspension of top domestic player Abhijit Kale while probing allegations that he tried to bribe selectors....
Rebuilding process should end: Inzamam, Miandad
LAHORE, Nov 28: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq and coach Javed Miandad on Friday were of the view that the rebuilding process of the national team had been completed and the practice of making frequent changes should...
World Cup final remains one match, says Speed
MELBOURNE (Australia) Nov 28: Plans for a best-of-three final at the 2007 cricket World Cup have been rejected, but the tournament in the West Indies will be structured differently from its...
England match foiled by rain
COLOMBO, Nov 28: England’s final warm-up before next week’s first Test against Sri Lanka petered out into a draw after another rain-interrupted day on Friday....
Coulthard sets new lap record
VALENCIA (Spain), Nov 28: David Coulthard smashed the Valencia lap record here on Thursday as the new McLaren finally got on the pace....
Bichel warns India with 4-wkt haul
SYDNEY, Nov 28: Australian paceman Andy Bichel warmed up on Friday for next week’s first Test against India in Brisbane with a four-wicket Sheffield Shield haul for Queensland against South Australia....
PTV to telecast ODI series
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Pakistan Television (PTV) will after all be telecasting live the one-day International series against New Zealand that starts on Saturday....