Senior PCB posts not abolished in draft constitution
HYDERABAD, Sept 20: Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Shaharyar M Khan said on Tuesday that the posts of chief executive and treasurer had not been abolished in the draft constitution...
Inzamam pledges to match England
LAHORE, Sept 20: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq praised the Ashes-winning England team on Tuesday but promised his side would match them blow for blow in the forthcoming series....
Heavy rush of English fans expected
KARACHI, Sept 20: Pakistan has been told to expect a heavy rush of English cricket fans for this winter’s series on the sub-continent following England’s victory over Australia in the Ashes series....
Irfan Pathan’s career-best routs Zimbabwe batting
HARARE, Sept 20: India were in complete control after the first day of the second Test with Zimbabwe here on Tuesday after the hosts were ousted for only 161 runs in their first innings....
Dilshan, Samaraweera flay BD in record stand
COLOMBO, Sept 20: Tillekeratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera smashed solid centuries during a record partnership to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble in the second and final Test against Bangladesh here on Tuesday....
Aussie Ashes flops pay price for Super Series
SYDNEY, Sept 20: Australia’s selectors have wielded the axe after the Ashes series loss to England, dropping Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz from the Test squad for next month’s Super Series against the Rest of the World....
Atiq to meet Khurram in final showdown
KARACHI, Sept 20: Sixth seed Atiq Latif Bux and seventh seed Khurram Agha cruised into the final of the KC Ian Fyfe memorial snooker championship after winning their pre-finals in contrasting...
Sania sails into 2nd round
KOLKATA, Sept 20: Indian star Sania Mirza breezed through her first-round match against Japanese qualifier Junri Namigata 6-2, 6-2 at the WTA tour event here on Tuesday....
Campbell scores twice on Arsenal return
LONDON, Sept 20: Defender Sol Campbell celebrated his first Premier League game of the season in style by heading both goals as Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 at Highbury on Monday....
Afghan team due today
KARACHI, Sept 20: An 18-member Afghanistan national cricket squad is due here from Kabul en route Peshawar on Wednesday to play a series of matches against local outfits, secretary Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Prof Sirajul Islam Bukhari said on Tuesday....
Rashid century puts LGZ in command
KARACHI, Sept 20: A brilliant century by Rashid Ali gave Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone (LGZ) the possible start in their quest to win the Karachi region title of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Tuesday....
Hussey sparkles in drawn ‘A’ Test
RAWALPINDI, Sept 20: Australia ‘A’ opener Michael Hussey struck an unbeaten century as the tourists made merry in the drawn second Test against Pakistan ‘A’ at KRL Stadium on Tuesday....
Chappell denies rift with Ganguly
NEW DELHI, Sept 20: India went into Tuesday’s second Test against Zimbabwe in Harare with coach Greg Chappell playing down differences with captain Saurav Ganguly and blaming the media for fanning the controversy....
Sardar spins Sarhad Academy to win
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: Right-arm spinner Sardar Ali spun Sarhad Academy to six wickets victory over CPC Rawalpindi in the 1st All-Pakistan Inter-academy cricket tournament at Arbab Niaz Stadium on Tuesday....
Sports Club enter semifis
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: Sports Club entered semifinals after defeating Gymkhana Stars by three runs in the 1st Shah Jee Gold Cup cricket tournament at Gymkhana ground on Tuesday....
Farhan, Inayat shine
KARACHI, Sept 20: Farhan Ali and Inayat Hussain played superbly in Dacca Secondary School’s (DSS) 74-run win over Nasra School, Sadar (NSS) in the KCCA-NBP Inter-school cricket championship at TMC ground on Monday....
Women hockey championship starts today
LAHORE, Sept 20: The 21st National women’s hockey championship will be played at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi from Sept 21 to Oct 3....
Rashid slams century
KARACHI, Sept 20: Opener Rashid Ali slammed a fine hundred but Ahmed Zeeshan missed his century on the opening day of their two-day penultimate round of PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship on Tuesday....
Eight ties decided on first day
LAHORE, Sept 20: Eight matches were decided on the opening day of the Sports Board Punjab Inter-district under-17 football championship at the D.P.S School, and Police grounds, Faisalabad on Tuesday....
Klitschko to fight Rahman in Nov
BEVERLY HILLS (California), Sept 20: Vitali Klitschko is to defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Hashim Rahman in Las Vegas on Nov 12. “This fight will bring back the...
LPC adopts measures to prevent disease
LAHORE, Sept 20: The Lahore Polo Club (LPC) has clarified that horses infected with Glanders disease will not be returning to the club. According to a spokesman for the LPC on...
Inter-school basketball
KARACHI, Sept 20: Bayview Academy, Froebel Education Centre, The CAS School and International School won their league matches in Karachi Inter-school basketball championship at The CAS School on Monday....