Manager blames penalty corner strikers for rout
KARACHI, July 12: Pakistan junior hockey team manager Muhammad Shafique on Tuesday blamed penalty corner strikers for team’s debacle in the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam (Holland)....
Need of coaches and technical staff identified
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Raising a pool of well-qualified coaches and grooming of Pakistani technical officials were identified as areas of priority when President Pakistan Olympic Association, Lt....
Jansher criticizes PSF policies
PESHAWAR, July 12: Former world champion Jansher Khan declared on Tuesday that no Pakistani player would be able to make it to the top-10 ranking of the world in the next 20 years if the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) continued present policies...
Australia crush England in ODI series decider
LONDON, July 12: Australia, with the irrepressible Adam Gilchrist back at centre stage, completed a timely Ashes warning by routing England by eight wickets to win their one-day series 2-1 on Tuesday....
Holland clinch final World Cup place at UAE’s expense
DUBLIN, July 12: Holland claimed the final qualifying place at the 2007 Cricket World Cup on Monday as they trounced the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 145 runs in the ICC Trophy fifth-place playoff....
Lara not thinking about quitting
PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), July 12: West Indies ace batsman Brian Lara has said that he is not thinking about retiring from cricket.Lara, who is one of ten players to reject...
Chanderpaul sounds warning ahead of first Test
COLOMBO, July 12: West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has warned hosts Sri Lanka not to consider his under-strength team easy pushovers during the two-Test series starting here on Wednesday....
Zimbabwe’s Olanga urges cancellation of tour
WELLINGTON, July 12: Zimbabwe’s first black Test cricketer Henry Olonga arrived in New Zealand on Tuesday to campaign for the cancellation of New Zealand’s tour to his former home next month....
Border, Gatting eye tense Test series
LONDON, July 12: Australian cricket legend Allan Border believes England have their best chance of claiming the Ashes since Mike Gatting’s team won Down Under in 1986-87....
Tiger warms up for Open blitz
ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 12: Tiger tamers beware, golf’s supreme being is ready for another all-out assault on the hallowed links of the St Andrews Old Course....
Nasir snatches under-13 crown
KARACHII, July 12: Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal won the boys’ under-13 title of the junior international squash championship which concluded in the German city of Cologne on Monday night....
Awesome Armstrong on course for seventh successive victory
COURCHEVEL (France), July 12: Lance Armstrong dismissed all doubts about his chances of winning a seventh Tour de France in succession in the first high mountain stage in the Alps between Grenoble and Courchevel on Tuesday....
Younis seals Notts move
LONDON, July 12: English cricket county Nottinghamshire have completed the signing of Pakistan batsman Younis Khan. The 27-year-old will deputise for skipper Stephen Fleming, who is leading New Zealand on their tour of Zimbabwe at the end of this month....
Young Civil Quarters move into next round
PESHAWAR, July 12: Young Civil Quarters advanced to next round after a 4-0 victory over Combined Stars in the District Inter-club hockey championship at Lala Ayub Stadium on Tuesday....
35 probables selected for Punjab team
LAHORE, July 12: Thirty-five probables were selected to finalise Punjab football team for the 18th national Youth championship to be held in Abbotabad later this month....
Six jr hockey players return
KARACHI, July 12: Six players and two officials of Pakistan junior hockey team returned on Tuesday after debacle in Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
Lincou and Grinham named top seeds
FRANKFURT, July 12: World number ones Thierry Lincou and Rachael Grinham have been named as top seeds in squash events in this week”s World Games, the multi-sport event being staged in German city of Duisburg under patronage of IOC....
Mubashar and Nawaz best gymnasts
LAHORE, July 12: Iqbal Centre, Lahore with 20.90 points won first position in Punjab Open gymnastics championship (Senior) on Tuesday. dxMuslim Centre, Lahore bagged 20.40...