Ibarra strike gives Argentina maiden world jr crown
KARACHI, July 10: Powered by a last-gasp Pedro Ibarra penalty corner conversion Argentina became the Junior World Cup hockey champions after a thrilling 2-1 victory over Australia in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Sunday.
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Ponting, Lee help Australia crush England
LONDON, July 10: Brett Lee ripped the heart out of the England batting and Ricky Ponting stroked a century as Australia cruised to a seven-wicket win to level their three-match series 1-1 at Lord’s on Sunday....
English sets up all-Celtic ICC Trophy final
DUBLIN, July 10: Scotland will face Ireland in all-Celtic ICC Trophy final after Scottish batsman Cedric English came to his team’s rescue on Saturday. With both sides having already booked their...
Sangakkara hits century in Test warm-up
COLOMBO, July 10: Kumar Sangakkara warmed up for an upcoming two-Test series with a solid century for Sri Lanka Cricket XI against the touring West Indians here on Sunday....
Russia face France in Fed Cup final
PARIS, July 10: Defending champions Russia and runners-up France booked a rematch of last year’s Fed Cup final by winning their semifinal ties at home on Sunday....
Nadal becomes first man to lift 7th crown on clay
BASTAD (Sweden), July 10: Rafael Nadal overcame a shaky start to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the Swedish Open final on Sunday and win his seventh title of the year....
Jockey Shabbir completes splendid treble
KARACHI, July 10: Jockey Ghulam Shabbir was the pick of the day as he performed a splendid treble while Ghori was deprived of a hat trick in the Summer Gymkhana Race Meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
Zeeshan and Aziz share honours
LAHORE, July 10: Jockeys M. Zeeshan and A. Aziz shared the racing honours during the Lahore Summer Meeting by bringing home a brace of winners each at the Racecourse when a card of six races was gone through on Sunday....
Lee, Zhang capture singles titles
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10: Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei put on a stirring display of attacking badminton before next month’s World Championship by bullying World No 1 Lin Dan from China into...
Clark claims Scottish Open by two strokes
LOCH LOMOND (Scotland), July 10: South African Tim Clark holed a 20-foot birdie putt at the last to clinch his third European Tour title by two shots at the Scottish Open on Sunday....
Montoya ends winless run
SILVERSTONE (England), July 10: Juan Pablo Montoya won the British Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday to chalk up his first success of the Formula One season....
Brad Faxon qualifies for British Open
ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 10: American former Ryder Cup player Brad Faxon’s gamble to enter final qualifying for the British Open paid off when he clinched a place for the tournament proper at Lundin on Sunday....
Venues for Challenge Cup shifted
LAHORE, July 10: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has decided to shift the second stage matches of the national football Challenge Cup from Karachi and Multan to Rawalpindi and Faisalabad....
Koech wins world spot
NAIROBI, July 10; The heroic performance by Kenya’s Paul Kipsiele Koech in the Rome Golden League meet on Friday has earned the Olympic 3000m steeplechase bronze medallist a place on the team for the World championships in Helsinki, officials have said....
NWFP karatekas honoured
PESHAWAR, July 10: NWFP Karate Association honoured 98 youngsters in different weights categories and awarded belts in a ceremony held at the PSB Coaching Centre on Sunday....
Army retain crown for 8th year in a row
PESHAWAR, July 10: Army won the Inter-services football championship to retain the title for the eighth year in a row after securing a convincing 3-0 victory over PAF in the last double league round match at PAF football ground on Sunday....
Nobles, Heroes cruise into semifinals
LAHORE, July 10: Nobles Club and Pak Heroes Club cruised into the semifinals of the Lahore district Inter-club hockey championship at the National Hockey Stadium No.2 ground on Sunday....
Smith hammers triple hundred
LONDON, July 10: South African skipper Graeme Smith smashed the first triple century of his career as his English county side Somerest dominated their match against Leicestershire on Saturday....
Dutch, UAE battle for World Cup spot
DUBLIN, July 10: Holland and the United Arab Emirates chase the final qualifying place for the 2007 World Cup on Monday with the Dutch confident of edging past their Gulf opponents in the ICC Trophy fifth-place playoff....
Pakistan to tour Iran, Uzbekistan
LAHORE, July 10: A four-member Pakistan tennis team will tour Iran and Uzbekistan as part of preparations for the Davis Cup World Zone qualifier to be held against the host Chile from Sept 23 to 25....