Dur Mohammad storms into final, but Sajjad unlucky to lose
KARACHI, June 24: Pakistan’s Dur Mohammad emerged a 24-22 victor against Uzbek Mirakbarov Mirakram to sneak into Asian junior boxing middleweight finals, but his countryman Sajjad...
Hewitt back with a bang, but curtains for Safin
LONDON, June 24: Lleyton Hewitt was back to near his Wimbledon best on Friday after an injury nightmare, but Marat Safin was out of sorts losing in straight...
Klinsmann dismisses talk of tired Brazil
HERZOGENAURACH (Germany), June 24: Brazil will be even more dangerous against Germany in Saturday’s Confederations Cup semifinal due to criticism at home over their disappointing recent form, coach Juergen Klinsmann said on Friday...
Inzamam, Wasim to lead
KARACHI, June 24: A galaxy of Test and International stars will turn out for
Pakistan XI versus Rest of Pakistan XI in the Twenty20 clash to be played under
lights at National Stadium for the Rashid Khan benefit match on July 2....
Symonds shines as Australia blast back
CHESTER-LE-STREET (England), June 24: Australia, inspired by Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee, rebounded from a string of wretched results to trounce England by 57 runs in their triangular series day-nighter...
Bangladesh brace for Aussie revival
MANCHESTER (England), June 24: If a week is a long time in politics, it could seem like an age for the Bangladesh team who face Australia on Saturday exactly seven days...
NWFPHA to release white paper against PHF
PESHAWAR, June 24: Senior vice-president of NWFP Hockey Association (NWFPHA) Syed Zahir Shah has termed the constitution of a fact-finding committee by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to monitor...
Nadia sets new national mark
KARACHI, June 24: M Nadia set a new national mark in the ladies rifle contest on the opening day of the 12th Sindh national shooting at Naval Shooting Range on Friday....
CA says No further action against Symonds
MELBOURNE (Australia), June 24: Cricket Australia said on Friday there would be no further action taken against Andrew Symonds but they would examine further the management of internal team disciplinary....
Irfan bowls Nawabshah to victory
HYDERABAD, June 24: A devastating spell by Irfran Ali who claimed five wickets for 20 runs enabled Nawabshah U-19 to win the final of Inter-district Hyderabad region at Niaz stadium beating...
Army dethrone Wapda
LAHORE, June 24: Army with four gold medals dethroned Wapda to win the national Inter-departmental judo championship at the National Sports Coaching and Training Centre on Friday....
Aqeel, Asim in semifinals
KARACHI, June 24: The top seeds in the men’s singles Aqeel Khan and Asim Shafiq booked berths in the semifinals of the KC tennis championship 2005 with easy victories...
SAFF delegation to inspect venues
LAHORE, June 24: A three-member delegation of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) will visit People’s Sports Complex, Karachi and Lahore’s Punjab Stadium from June 27 to...
Lanka reschedule tri-series
COLOMBO, June 24: Sri Lanka’s cricket board says it has agreed to a request to reschedule the forthcoming triangular one-day series to allow India’s players to participate in a proposed Afro-Asian...
Controversies continue to dog Asian Jr boxing
KARACHI, June 24: The ongoing inaugural Asian junior boxing championship has become a controversial event as sport’s international ruling body....
Furyk in fast start
TORONTO, June 24: Jim Furyk fired a sizzling six-under 65 to take the
first-round lead at the Barclays Classic in Harrison, New York on Thursday,
forging three shots clear of a chasing pack led by world number two Vijay Singh....
Colombo to host 2006 South Asian Games
ISLAMABAD, June 24: The 10th South Asian Games will be held at Colombo (Sri Lanka) from April 18 to 28 next year and will feature 180 events in 19 disciplines...
Shaukat’s goal proves decisive
KARACHI, June 24: A late Amir Shaukat’s winner helped Sindh Government Press (SGP) defeat PWD to reach National Challenge Cup soccer final after a 2-1 win at CDGK Stadium on Friday....
Wajid, Riaz inspire DHA Blues
KARACHI, June 24 Wajid Ali’s unbeaten 100 and Riaz Shaikh’s four wickets for 40 powered DHA Blues to lift the KCCA Inter-departmental title beating SSGC in the final by five wickets...
PSF to honour Shahid Afridi
KARACHI, June 24: Pakistan Sports Forum (PSF) will honour Pakistan’s charismatic allrounder and “King of Sixes” Shahid Afridi for his outstanding performances against India and the West Indies today at 4.30...
Hashmi named director
LAHORE, June 24: Khalid Farooq Hashmi has been appointed as finance director Pakistan, Football Federation (PFF) in place of sacked Syed Taneem Haider. Taneem was sacked by PFF president...
U-19 cricket
KARACHI, June 24: The PCB Inter-district under-19 cricket championship, Karachi Region goes into action at various grounds of the city from Saturday. Seven KCCA zonal teams will be featuring...