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| January 30, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 29, 1426 |
Magnificent Kamran rescues Pakistan from disaster
KARACHI, Jan 29: A courageous century from Kamran Akmal engineered a remarkable recovery by Pakistan after Indian paceman Irfan Pathan grabbed the most sensational of Test hat tricks on Sunday....
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Zaheer in ODI squad
MUMBAI, Jan 29: Indian selectors on Sunday recalled paceman Zaheer Khan to the one-day team for an upcoming five-match series in Pakistan while continuing to ignore Sourav Ganguly....
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Lahore Marathon: Ethiopians steal limelight
LAHORE, Jan 29: Halafom Abebe Tsegaye led Ethiopia’s clean sweep by winning the men’s 42-kilometre Lahore Marathon on Sunday. Tsegaye, 22, clocked two hours, 16 minutes and one second to edge out compatriot Gashaw Sibhat (2:19.55)...
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PIA lifts hockey title
KARACHI, Jan 29: PIA lifted All-Pakistan departmental hockey championship title after a 2-1 victory over Wapda at Hockey Club of Pakistan on Sunday. Starting the first half aggressively, PIA opened the...
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Gilchrist century ensures Aussies a place in final
PERTH, Jan 29: Adam Gilchrist burst back to his swashbuckling best on Sunday, blasting 116 runs as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by six wickets and wrapped up a berth in the finals of the triangular series limited overs competition....
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Match-winning effort by Godara
LAHORE, Jan 29: Five-goal Dhruvpal Godara was instrumental in ‘Guard Rice 9-5 win over Soneri Bank in the final of the Telecom Polo Cup at LPC on Sunday....
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Federer claims seventh Grand Slam crown
MELBOURNE, Jan 29: Roger Federer won his seventh Grand Slam final and his second Australian Open title with a commanding four-set victory over unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis here Sunday....
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Day of upsets as outsiders reign supreme
KARACHI, Jan 29: It was a day of upsets as outsiders reigned supreme disappointing the racegoers in the Winter Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Sindbad captures feature event
LAHORE, Jan 29: Bay colt, Sindbad, put up a very courageous performance to capture the feature event, Larkana Plate Class V handicap race contested over 1200m at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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English FA Cup: Gunners dumped, deadly Dudley sinks Sunderland
LONDON, Jan 29: Bolton dumped FA Cup holders Arsenal out of the tournament on Saturday but it was League One Brentford who pulled off the biggest shock of the fourth round by eliminating Sunderland....
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Motaeb inspires Egypt
CAIRO, Jan 28: A double by Imad Motaeb inspired hosts Egypt to a 3-1 victory over Ivory Coast here on Saturday and saw them top African Nations Cup Group A....
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Stenson atones for last year’s near miss
DOHA, Jan 29: Henrik Stenson made amends for his heartbreaking one-shot defeat to Ernie Els last year by winning the ninth edition of the Qatar Masters by three shots over England’s Paul Broadhurst on Sunday....
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Superb knock by Ghulam
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Opener Ghulam Ali scored a fine 84 that put PIA in a healthy position in their Patron’s Trophy quadrangular match against Habib Bank at the KRL Stadium on Sunday....
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Asim, Aamer slam half-centuries
LAHORE, Jan 29: Defiant half-centuries by Asim Kamal and Aamer Bashir enabled PTCL to earn a fighting total 214-6 in first innings against NBP on the opening day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match at Sheikhupura Stadium on Sunday....
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Amir’s stunning win
NOTTINGHAM (England), Jan 29: Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan kept his unbeaten professional record by defeating Belarus Vitali Martynov in just 72 seconds on Saturday night....
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Easy win for Wajid, Qamar
LAHORE, Jan 29: The men’s doubles in the 49th National badminton championship entered the quarterfinals stage at Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Sunday....
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Horse-racing: Four pounds drop helps colt win
LAHORE, Jan 29: The four pound relief given by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards to a colt, Sindbad, came as a bolt from blue to enable him to win the feature event at Racecourse on Sunday....
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Shafiq annexes Open crown
KARACHI, Jan 29: Muhammad Shafiq, ranked sixth in the country, overcame a stiff challenge from promising Yasir Khan on his way to capturing the men’s singles title in the fourth Open tennis championship on Sunday....
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