Aggressive Kemp steers Proteas home in 1st ODI
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Oct 23: A quickfire 73 from Justin Kemp helped South Africa to a two-wicket victory with three balls to spare in the first One-day International against New Zealand on Sunday....
Shoaib finally reports at camp
LAHORE, Oct 23: Paceman Shoaib Akhtar finally reported on Sunday after a delay of two days at the training camp at Qadhafi Stadium for the home series against England starting from...
Chelsea held to a surprise draw by Everton
LONDON, Oct 23: Chelsea dropped their first points of the season when they were held to a surprise 1-1 draw at bottom club Everton on Sunday....
Waugh rules out politics
SYDNEY, Oct 23: Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has ruled out plans to enter politics, despite an approach from the opposition Labour party and an association with Prime Minister John Howard....
England coach renews technology call
LONDON, Oct 23: England coach Duncan Fletcher has once again called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to continue with plans for a greater use of technology when it comes to making on-field decisions....
Lahore Ravi hit back
KARACHI, Oct 23: Lahore Ravi staged a superb fightback against Hyderabad to leave the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture evenly poised at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday....
Spinner Irfan has Islamabad reeling
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Islamabad were facing the prospects of follow-on after being rocked by Karachi Harbour’s off-spinner Irfanuddin, who captured 6-57 in an impressive haul, in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Diamond Cricket Ground on Sunday....
Horse-racing: Gujrati Babu captures Cup
LAHORE, Oct 23: Three-year-old chestnut colt, Gujrati Babu ridden by Jockey M. Hanif won the Saif Group Cup run over 1600m during the 8th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
Tharkyee obliges punters with 4th win in a row
KARACHI, Oct 23: Riding on the crest of a wave three-year-old colt, Tharkyee, came up with flying colours to win his fourth consecutive race in the Winter Gymkhana race meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
Olazabal romps to 5-stroke victory
PULA (Spain)Oct 23: Jose Maria Olazabal claimed his first victory since the 2002 Buick Invitational when he romped to a five-shot win at the Majorca Classic on Sunday....
Davenport claims crown
ZURICH, Oct 23: Top seed Lindsay Davenport defeated Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder 7-6 6-3 to win the Zurich Open crown on Sunday. It was the American’s sixth title of the season, putting...
Islamabad Blues win
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Islamabad Blues were comfortable winners in a one-day tournament organised by the Islamabad Rugby Football Club to raise funds for the Oct 8 earthquake victims....
Lahore tie evenly poised
LAHORE, Oct 23: Fine bowling by pacemen Fahad Masood and Aizaz Cheema helped Lahore Shalimar take a 50-run lead on first innings against Sialkot on an eventful second day of the...
Pindi rout Karachi Urban
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Rawalpindi finished off Karachi Urban inside two days inflicting a 10-run defeat on the visitors in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League game at the KRL Stadium on Sunday....
Champions feel heat
KARACHI, Oct 23: Defending champions Peshawar endured a torrid day as Faisalabad strengthened their position in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Sunday....
Bilal pulverises Quetta bowlers
KARACHI, Oct 23: Bilal Marwat stroked a brilliant 176 to put Abbottabad in driving seat of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match against Quetta at the Bugti Stadium on Sunday....
Teams score identical wins
KARACHI, Oct 23: A.O. Blues and Tapal CC scored identical victories by a margin of five wickets each in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKG Ground on Sunday....
Azam hits century
KARACHI, Oct 23: Azam Khan scored a dazzling century to propel Apparel Net to a 33-run win against ABN-Amro Bank in the 1st AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre Twenty20 Ramazan Colour-kit cricket here the other day....
KGA win group
KARACHI, Oct 23: KGA Gymkhana emerged as group champions in the ninth Danish Trophy Ramazan cricket tournament with a crushing 82-run victory over Pak Independent CC in the last league fixture at the KGA Ground on Saturday....
Atif, Javed shine
KARACHI, Oct 23: Atif Maqbool and Mohammad Javed guided Cantt Sports CC into the quarterfinals of the 20th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival at the KG Ground on Sunday....
Coach Sharida arrives
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Coach Salman Ahmed Sharida of Bahrain, whose services have been sought by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has arrived and watched the national trials at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Sunday....
Shani shines in Venice
VENICE (Italy), Oct 23: Qatar’s Hassan Mubarak Shani won the 20th edition of the Venice marathon here on Sunday ahead of former compatriot Paul Lokira of Kenya....