Pakistan struggle against Chile
KARACHI, June 30: Pakistan managed to avoid an embarrassing draw against lowly-rated Chile when they scored a narrow 2-1 victory in the pool ‘C’ match of the Junior World Cup hockey...
ICC trophy reduced to eight teams
LONDON, June 30: The 2006 Champions Trophy to be held in India has been reduced to eight teams instead of 12 to make limited-overs tournament more competitive, International Cricket Council (ICC) said....
Karachi favoured to host Pakistan Open
LAHORE, June 30: The Pakistan Open golf offering prize money of $200,000 will be held, most probably in Karachi, from Jan 26 to 29 next. The Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) secretary...
Ruthless Venus storms into final
LONDON, June 30: Former double champion Venus Williams dethroned Centre Court queen and defending champion...
Old rivals agree to play under new rules
LONDON, June 30: England and Australia have agreed to play next month’s three-match one-day series under new International Cricket Council (ICC) rules introducing substitutions...
14-member tentative squad for Colombo
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Fourteen swimmers have been tentatively selected to represent Pakistan at the multi-sports 10th South Asian Games (SAG) at Colombo (Sri Lanka) next year....
Africans and Asians set for 3-match series
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Pakistan have agreed to a debut three-match series between an Asian team and an African side to be staged in August by the newly formed Afro-Asian Cricket Council,...
Arshad, Assad power ECB past PNG
SAINTFIELD (Ireland), June 30: In-form opener Arshad Ali struck fine century and pacer Ali Assad Abbas snapped five wickets as Emirates Cricket Board scored a massive 196-run victory over Papua New...
Army overwhelm Punjab, Sindh
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Defending champions Pakistan Army trounced Punjab 15-0 and Sindh 7-0 while two other matches also featured on the opening day of the three-day 6th National Water Polo championship...
SAFF officials unhappy with Lahore lights
LAHORE, June 30: The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) delegation has ruled out the possibility of holding the SAFF championship under temporary lights at Lahore’s Punjab Stadium....
U-18, U-15 and ladies teams announced
LAHORE, June 30: Two-member Under-18, one-member U-15 and four-member ladies golf teams have been announced for different international competitions after the conclusion of three-day trials...
Lin Dan exacts revenge against Susilo
SINGAPORE, June 30: Chinese world number one Lin Dan avenged his shock Athens Olympic loss to Singapore’s Ronald Susilo with a straight sets win in the third-round of the US$170,...
Numera Cup trials
KARACHI, June 30: First round of two-day trials to pick a four-member Pakistan squad for Asia Pacific team golf for Numera Cup will be held at Karachi Golf Club on July...
One-day golf on Sunday
KARACHI, June 30: One-day Inter-club Sindh golf classic will be held at Karachi Golf Club on Sunday under the auspices of Sindh Golf Association (SGA). The team competition will be played...
Atlas outlasts Indian star
MUMBAI, June 30: Pakistan’s Khalid Atlas Khan overcame unseeded Indian Gaurav Nandrajog 3-2 to reach Herald Maritime Services Squash quarterfinals on Wednesday night....