Malik’s century squares ‘A’ one-day series
LAHORE, Sept 25: A splendid unbeaten century by Test all-rounder Shoaib Malik propelled Pakistan ‘A’ to an impressive eight-wicket win over Australia ‘A’ in the second one-day match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday....
Chappell appalled at leak of ‘secret’ e-mail
MUMBAI, Sept 25: India’s cricket coach Greg Chappell returned from the Zimbabwe tour on Sunday saying it was unfortunate his differences with captain Saurav Ganguly were made public....
Jones in doubt for Pakistan tour
LONDON, Sept 25: England seamer Simon Jones is rated just 50-50 to be fit for the upcoming tour of Pakistan. The Glamorgan paceman missed the final Ashes Test at The Oval...
Women hockey draws revised
KARACHI, Sept 25: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) women’s wing has once again revised the draws of ongoing 21st National women’s hockey championship. Tournament director, Ms Shaista Javaid, told Dawn on...
Army face bankers in final
KARACHI, Sept 25: Defending champions, Army and star-studded Habib Bank fought their way into the final of the 45th National basketball championship after winning their respective pre-finals in Attock on Sunday, says a message....
Long wait over for Sunderland
LONDON, Sept 25: Sunderland ended their long wait for a Premier League victory with a surprise 2-0 win at Middlesbrough in a passionate northeast derby on Sunday....
Kirilenko wins China Open
BEIJING, Sept 25: Russian teenager Maria Kirilenko beat Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3 6-4 in Sunday’s China Open final to win the first WTA Tour title of her career....
Loudon ends season in style as Derbyshire break duck
LONDON, Sept 25: Pakistan-bound England tourist Alex Loudon claimed six for 66 to highlight the promise that England’s selectors have picked out, as Warwickshire finished the English County Championship season in style with a 181-run with over Gloucestershire on Saturday....
Nightmare haunts Williams
SAO PAULO, Sept 25: Williams made a nightmare return to the scene of their last Formula One victory on Sunday with their drivers colliding seconds after the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix....
‘Ashes omission made no sense’
SYDNEY, Sept 25: Stuart MacGill, who watched helpless as Australia crashed to an Ashes series defeat to England, said on Sunday his omission from the losing team made no sense....
Noguchi triumphs at Berlin marathon
BERLIN, Sept 25: Japan’s Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi won the Berlin marathon and set an Asian record in the process on Sunday with the third fastest women’s time over the 42.195-km...
Honours for Zhang, Boll
YOKOHAMA (Japan), Sept 25: China’s Olympic and world champion Zhang Yining beat compatriot Guo Yan to defend her women’s singles title at the Japan Open table tennis tournament here on Sunday....
Islamabad lift blind title
ISLAMABAD, Sep 25: Islamabad defeated Lahore by four wickets to win the 6th Sight Savers cricket tournament for the blind at Naval Complex ground, E-8, on Sunday....
Athletics trials
KHANEWAL, Sept 25: District Sports Committee will hold trials to pick an under-17 squad for the Inter-district girls athletics competition to be held in Lahore, at Government College for Women, Mianchannu at 9 am on Tuesday.—APP...
Presidents Cup deadlocked after day three
GAINESVILLE (Virginia), Sept 25: Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk staged a late rally to win their afternoon fourball match before the US and the Internationals ended the third day of the Presidents Cup deadlocked at 11-11 on Saturday....
Native Force captures Tughlaq Cup
LAHORE, Sept 25: Bay mare, Native Force, put up a much improved performance , going to the front over a furlong to race and win the Muhammad Tughlaq Cup run over...
Optimist crown for Waleed
KARACHI, Sept 25: Promising sailor Waleed Tobeh retained his crown when he won the boys’ title in the 15th National Optimist sailing championship which concluded at the PAF Yacht Club on Sunday....
Munir stuns Shabbir to lift title
LAHORE, Sept 25: Mohammad Munir (PTCL) fired an explosive card of seven-under-par-65 to win the Rachna Open golf championship stunning the first two day’s leader Shabbir Iqbal by three strokes at the Gujranwala Club course on Sunday....
Tharkyee clinches Administrator Cup
KARACHI, Sept 25: Tharkyee, a three-year-old colt, justified his billing when he lifted the Administrator Cup in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
Adnan steers team into final
LAHORE, Sept 25: Two goals by Adnan enabled Faisalabad to enter the final of the fourth Sports Board Punjab Inter-district U-17 football championship, beating Toba Tek Singh 3-0 at Faisalabad on Sunday....
Three teams win by identical margins
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan chalked up victories by identical margins of 1-0 each on the third day of first-ever National women’s football championship at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Sunday....
PFF seminar
LAHORE, Sept 25: Pakistan Football Federation will organize a seminar on the development of women’s football in the country at Islamabad on Tuesday. The introduction of women’s football, role of Higher...
Rossi wins again
SEPANG, Sept 25: Italian Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP world championship for the fifth year in a row on Sunday after finishing second in the Malaysian Grand Prix....