Agarkar sets up ODI series win for India
PUNE (India), Nov 3: Paceman Ajit Agarkar captured five wickets as India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the fourth One-day International on Thursday, winning the seven-match series with an unassailable 4-0 lead....
Pakistani bowlers can destroy England, says Inzamam
LAHORE, Nov 3: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq fired the opening salvo before his side’s Test series against England, saying his bowlers can destroy any batting line-up....
Well-bred Swing poised to capture Mianwali Cup
LAHORE, Nov 3: Finely bred three-year-old bay colt, Swing, looks the best bet of the day when the 10th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Lahore Racecourse here on Sunday....
PTTF to receive foreign aid for victims
KARACHI, Nov 3: Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) is expected to receive donation in kind from two foreign sports goods firms for the survivors of Oct 8 earthquake that rocked northern parts of the country....
Ponting leads from front after early setbacks
BRISBANE, Nov 3: Ricky Ponting rescued Australia from an early batting collapse with a defiant century on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies on Thursday....
Flintoff excited by new challenge
LAHORE, Nov 3: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has said that he was looking forward for a new challenge in the series against Pakistan putting behind the Ashes series success....
Fiery spell by Tariq
KARACHI, Nov 3: Medium-pacer Tariq Haroon produced a fiery opening spell that inspired Tapal CC clinched the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan cricket trophy with a 84-run win over Omar CC on Thursday....
PCB urges India to play Test, ODI in Karachi
NEW DELHI, Nov 3: Pakistan cricket chief want India to play a Test match and a One-day International in Karachi during their tour early next year, an official said on Thursday....
Davydenko closes in on Shanghai
PARIS, Nov 3: Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko closed in on a place at the Masters Cup in Shanghai when he defeated compatriot Dmitry Tursunov 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday....
Sunday races postponed
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Winter Gymkhana race meeting which was scheduled to be held at the Karachi Racecourse on Nov 6 has been postponed, Karachi Race Club (KRC) announced on Thursday....
East Asian Games: Japan awakes but China stays on top
MACAU, Nov 3: Japan more than doubled its gold-medal haul to 21 on Thursday with a scintillating performance on the track which breathed life into its East Asian Games campaign....
Barcelona, Arsenal stroll through, United suffer
LONDON, Nov 3: Barcelona and Arsenal swaggered through to the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday but Manchester United’s hopes hang in the balance after another demoralising defeat....
Boxing prodigy Amir to visit Pakistan
GLASGOW, Nov 3: Amir Khan will have the first of two fights in just over a month on Saturday, at the Braehead Arena, but the 2004 Olympic Games silver medallist insists...
USA, Italy clash for top prize
KARACHI, Nov 3: The final of the Bermuda Bowl, world championship of bridge will be played between two old rivals of the Italy and USA. Both the teams have entered in...
Stunning defeat for Hidayat
HONG KONG, Nov 3: Indonesian Taufik Hidayat was unceremoniously bundled out of the mens singles Thursday in the third round of the 250,000-dollar Hong Kong Open against a left-handed player who has one of the best records against him....
Kapur joint first round leader
RAYONG (Thailand), Nov 3: Shiv Kapur of India cemented his growing stature when he carded a seven-under-par 66 for the joint first round lead at the International Open on Thursday....