Sami sends Australia ‘A’ to crushing defeat
ISLAMABAD, Sep 13: Pakistan ‘A’ rode on the good work of their bowlers to score a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Australia ‘A’ inside three days in the first unofficial Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium....
Shahid, Gagan inspire Dynamos
KARACHI, Sept 13: Capital Dynamos pulled a major upset beating formidable Shan-e-Punjab 7-4 in the Super Hockey League, courtesy rampaging three-goal Shahid Rabbani and Gagan Ajit Singh in a match marred by electricity failure on Tuesday....
Top stars to compete in World championship
KARACHI, Sept 13: Pakistan will scale new heights and become the second country in the world after China when it plays host to the men’s and women’s World snooker championship for...
London mobs Vaughan’s Ashes heroes
LONDON, Sept 13: Cheering fans packed the pavements of London 20-deep on Tuesday to hail Michael Vaughan’s England conquering cricketing heroes for beating arch rivals Australia....
British media celebrate
LONDON, Sept 13: England’s first Ashes triumph over Australia for almost two decades triggered widespread celebrations in the British media on Tuesday....
Waugh cautions against team blood-letting
SYDNEY, Sept 13: Test cricket’s most successful captain Steve Waugh on Tuesday cautioned selectors against rushing into making impulsive changes to the Australian team following their Ashes series defeat to England....
Bangladesh facing defeat
COLOMBO, Sept 13: Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed two wickets with successive balls at the end of Tuesday’s play to leave Bangladesh facing an enormous task to avoid defeat in the opening Test....
Taibu lifts Zimbabwe hopes
BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), Sept 13: Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu struck a dogged 61 to guide his side to 265 for seven at the close of the first day’s play in the first Test against India on Tuesday....
Court clears PTFF polls
LAHORE, Sept 13: S M Sibtain and Javed Chotani were declared president and secretary of Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) on Tuesday after the court, which had stayed announcement of polls following a dispute over nominations, rejected the complainants’ plea....
English cricket win could rival soccer
LONDON, Sept 13: Soccer has always been known as The Beautiful Game in England but cricket could soon challenge for the title after the team’s dramatic Ashes win over Australia....
Fine hat trick by Adnan
LAHORE, Sept 13: A fine goal by international striker Allah Nawaz helped Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) draw 1-1 against Wohaib Club, Lahore in the Pakistan Premier football league-2005 at the University of Punjab ground Old Campus on Tuesday....
Tennis: Nalbandian and Coria ease into 2nd round
BEIJING, Sept 13: Argentina’s Guillermo Coria and David Nalbandian shook off the effects of jet-lag to progress to the second round of the China Open without drama on Tuesday....
Rs500,000 prize money for COAS Open
RAWALPINDI, Sept 13: The COAS Open golf championship will commence at Rawalpindi Golf Course on Thursday with a record prize money at stake for the professionals....
19th Latif Masters from today
KARACHI, Sept 13: Favourite Saleh Muhammed will take on Raees Khan in the opening match of the 19th Latif Masters snooker championship starting from Wednesday at the Karachi Club....
Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in city
KARACHI, Sept 13: The four-member crew of Queen’s Baton Relay who arrived in Pakistan on Sept 10 from Canada was given a warm welcome on their arrival here from Islamabad on Tuesday....
Zain, Qasim help BHS lift title
KARACHI, Sept 13: Bayview High School (BHS) trounced City School (Darakshan Campus) 46-32 in the final to lift the Aga Khan University All Karachi Inter-school boys basketball trophy on Monday at AKU Sports Center....
Three ties decided
HYDERABAD, Sept 13: Three matches were decided on the first day of Defence Day All-Sindh Inter-club basketball Cup at Sindh Sports Board’s court on Tuesday. Khoro Club, Larkana defeated Qasimabad Club...
Arshad claims gold in 73kg class
LAHORE, Sept 13: Arshad Hanif of Wapda secured a gold medal in the 73kg class of the national ranking judo championships being held on league basis at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre on Tuesday....
Trials to select regional teams
LAHORE, Sept 13: Trials to select regional teams for the forthcoming Inter-region under-19 tournament and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy will be held in all 11 regions from Sept 18 to Oct 1....
School basketball from tomorrow
KARACHI, Sept 13: Karachi Inter-school basketball league will be held on Sept 15-21 at CAS School, Defence, says a press release on Tuesday. Karachi City District Amateur Basketball Association has formed...
Inter-school hockey
LAHORE, Sept 13: The 39th Jafar memorial Inter-school hockey championship will begin at the Ali Institute of Education ground from Nov 15. Around 800 U-17 players from 50 schools will participate....