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| October 2, 2005 | Sunday | Sha’aban 27, 1426 |
Jain and Deshpande guide India to series win
 LAHORE, Oct 1: Half-centuries by skipper Karuna Jain and Anagha Deshpande helped India Under-21 women team win the four-match series against Pakistan when after the visitors notched up their third straight victory on Saturday....
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PFF president to meet Bahrain’s top sports official
LAHORE, Oct 1: Patron of Bahrain sports, Gen Sheikh Mohammed Bin Essa Bin Salman Al Khalifa during his official visit to Pakistan which starts from Sunday will meet the president of...
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PFF announces 40 players for camp
LAHORE, Oct 1: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Saturday announced the names of forty players for a training camp to select a team for AFC Youth Football championship to be played in Tajikistan in November....
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Flintoff struck painful blow by Shoaib Akhtar
MELBOURNE, Oct 1: England’s all-rounder Andrew Flintoff Escaped serious injury when he was struck by a ball from Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar while practising for ICC Super Series in Melbourne....
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UN honours Pakistan and Indian cricketers
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1: Pakistan and Indian cricket teams were appointed spokespersons for International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE) 2005, in recognition of their efforts to use sports to...
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HORSE-RACING: Dushtiyani should oblige punters
KARACHI, Oct 1: Seven-year old mare, Dushtiyani, starts as our days best when the Summer Gymkhana race meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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LRC’s floodlit racecourse to hold four cup races
LAHORE, Oct 1: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) is holding a festival day of racing marking the formal inauguration of its floodlit racecourse when the 5th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under...
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Munir retains top spot
LAHORE, Oct 1: Muhammad Munir posted another impressive card of 667 to maintain his top position on the second day of the Punjab Open golf championship at the Lahore Gymkhana course with an aggregate of 135 on Saturday....
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Inter-region under-19 cricket starts from Oct 11
KARACHI, Oct 1: The Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Championship, starting from Oct 11, will mark the actual start of the 2005-06 cricket season in Pakistan....
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Thriller in Manila paid dreadful price
LONDON, Oct 1: Every element illustrating the heroism, fascination and moral ambiguity of prize fighting fused in the incandescent world title clash between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the punishing humidity of Manila 30 years ago....
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18 teams in Twenty20 Ramazan tourney
KARACHI, Oct 1: 18 teams will compete in the Aga Khan Gymkhana (AKG) Ramazan Twenty20 cricket tournament which starts at the AKG Ground from first of Ramazan....
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Show courage, urges Windies coach King
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Oct 1: West Indies coach Bennett King says he wants his players to show plenty of spirit during what will be a difficult tour of Australia. ...
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ECB launches women’s academy
LONDON, Oct 1: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have introduced a Women’s Academy Programme for promising youngsters....
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Japan claim ICC title
VANUATU, Oct 1: Japan claimed their first ICC cricket title with a six-run victory over the Cook Islands in the final of the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Cricket Cup tournament here on Saturday....
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GOLF: Huston snatches one-shot lead
GREENSBORO (North Carolina), Oct 1: American John Huston returned an error-free six-under-par 66 to grab a one-shot lead over South Korea’s K.J. Choi after the second round of the Greensboro Classic on Friday....
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Murray to face Federer in final
 BANGKOK, Oct 1: Teenaged British wild card entry Andy Murray defied all the odds Saturday as he rallied past local hero Paradorn Srichaphan 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2 to set up a...
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United win, Spurs stun Charlton
 LONDON, Oct 1: Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy breathed more life back into Manchester United on Saturday, scoring twice in a 3-2 triumph at Fulham....
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Bago fancied for big race
PARIS, Oct 1: It’s been a long wait but here at Longchamp on Sunday Bago can become the first winner of two successive Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes since Alleged in 1977-78....
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Fourteen coaches pass course
LAHORE, Oct 1: Fourteen coaches of Punjab out of a total of 19 who participated in the Sept 19-Oct 1 national Level-I coaching course held by the Athletics Federation of...
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Agro Technical win
KARACHI, Oct 1: GBSS Agro Technical, Shah Faisal Colony outclassed City District Government School, Rashid Minhas Road 3-0 in the 5th M Ismail memorial Inter-school hockey tournament at Police ground on Saturday....
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Wapda lift trophy thanks to Aqeela’s goal
 KARACHI, Oct 1: Pre-tournament favourites, Wapda, on Saturday proved that their triumph against national champions, Railways, at the last year’s National Games was not a flash in the pan when they...
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Gul Bano guides JCW into final
PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Lefty Gul Bano steered Jinnah College for Women (JCW) into the final of the Inter-college badminton championship beating Government Higher Secondary School Chamkani at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Saturday....
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BRIDGE: Elixir drub Four Bidders Club
KARACHI, Oct 1: Elixir outplayed Four Bidders Club 25-5 in the Karachi Gymkhana Gold Cup at KG bridge hall on Friday. Twenty-two teams are in the run for the title with...
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PTTF chalks out ambitious plan
KARACHI, Oct 1: Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) has chalked out an ambitious four-year programme aimed at uplift of the game at the grassroots level across the country....
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Army on top
PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Defending champion Armys took the honours on the opening day of the National judo champions with three golds out of five contested at the indoor hall of PSB Coaching Centre on Saturday....
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Ahmer to lead
KARACHI, Oct 1: Former Pakistan U-19 team captain, Ahmar Saeed will lead the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) against touring Afghanistan Aria Academy (AAA) on Sunday at National Stadium, Karachi....
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