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| April 12, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1428 |
Sindh girls outplay Army for tennis gold
KARACHI, April 11: There was a moment of joy in the tennis fraternity when hosts Sindh recaptured women’s team event gold after a decade in the 30th National Games at the CDGK Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Army, Wapda athletes shine on second day
KARACHI, April 11: Army’s Sadaf Siddique came out with yet another shining performance when she completed a sprint double by claiming 200m women final in the 30th National Games track and field events at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday....
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Mahmood, Panesar shine as BD collapse
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), April 11: Sajid Mahmood and Monty Panesar took three wickets apiece as England bundled Bangladesh out for a paltry 143 in a World Cup Super Eights match at the Kensington Oval here on Wednesday....
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Rampant South Africa wreck West Indian dream
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada), April 11: A.B. de Villiers slammed his maiden One-day international as South Africa beat the West Indies by 67 runs in a World Cup Super Eights match at...
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Imran not keen on PCB job
RAWALPINDI, April 11: Former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan on Wednesday stated that he has no inclination whatsoever to hold any office at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and suggested that the...
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Stamp out player-power from Pakistan team, urges Miandad KARACHI, April 11: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad said on Wednesday that cricket authorities needed to stub out player-power in the national team or no lessons could be learnt from their early World Cup exit....
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Malinga ruled out of NZ tie
ST GEORGE’S, April 11: Lasith Malinga, the leading bowler at the World Cup, has been ruled out of Sri Lanka''s Super Eights clash against New Zealand here on Thursday with an ankle injury....
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Lara confirms retirement from ODIs
ST GEORGE’S, April 11: West Indies captain Brian Lara will retire from the one-day game in the wake of his side''s miserable World Cup campaign. The 37-year-old record-breaking batsman confirmed that...
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Sri Lanka out to test unbeaten New Zealand today
ST GEORGE’S, April 11: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming believes his side can win the World Cup: their Super Eights match against fellow contenders Sri Lanka here on Thursday will go a long way to seeing if he is right....
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BCB signs deal with Australia
DHAKA, April 11: Bangladesh''s cricket chiefs have signed a two-year deal with world champions Australia to help them raise the standard of the game in the South Asian nation, an official said on Wednesday....
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We didn’t deserve any better, says Lara
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada), April 11: Dejected West Indies captain Brian Lara said his team had played ‘bad cricket’ in the World Cup, failed to handle the pressure and did not deserve to make it to the semi-finals....
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Pakistan cricket faces captaincy dilemma
ISLAMABAD, April 11: Pakistan cricket managers are struggling to choose a new captain for the national team after prime candidate Younis Khan set conditions for accepting the job, official sources said Wednesday....
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De Villiers is okay as SA eye semis
ST GEORGE’S, April 11: A.B. de Villiers earned his Man-of-the-Match award against West Indies the hard way. He smashed 146 runs in 30-degree sunshine, suffered cramps and dehydration, hit six sixes...
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Woolmer tapes sent to UK by investigators
KINGSTON, April 11: Footage of the closed circuit television (CCTV) on the 12th floor of the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, where the body of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was found on...
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PCB stops Asif, Umar from playing county cricket
KARACHI, April 11: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided not to allow pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul to accept contracts with English counties this year, an official said on Wednesday....
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Even prayer can’t save home team
BRIDGETOWN, April 11: West Indies tried everything. Pace, spin, their entire 15-man squad and even a mid-tournament holiday all proved in vain. And in a final, desperate attempt to save their...
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England fined for slow over-rate
BRIDGETOWN, April 11: Michael Vaughan''s troubles in the Caribbean continued on Tuesday when England were fined for their slow over-rate during the seven-wicket defeat by Australia in the World Cup Super Eights match in Antigua....
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WA play down Moody reports
SYDNEY, April 11: Western Australia will not continue their bid to recruit Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody until after the World Cup, the Australian state said in a statement on their website on Wednesday....
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Trescothick keen on England return
BRIDGETOWN, April 11: Marcus Trescothick said on Wednesday he desperately wanted to play for England again but that it would depend on whether he could cope with touring....
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Freedom and flair holds key: Smith
ST GEORGE’S, April 11: South Africa captain Graeme Smith says playing with freedom and natural flair holds the key to his team''s revived Cricket World Cup campaign....
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We don’t perform that well as favourites: Oram WELLINGTON, April 11: Jacob Oram, like his captain Stephen Fleming, says New Zealand realise they are capable of winning the World Cup for the first time....
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Julia Robert lands in Lahore amid cheering fans
LAHORE, April 11: Four-year-old bay filly Julia Robert cruised to about two-length victory over Run And Win to claim the feature event, contested over 1100 metres, during the Lahore Gymkhana midweek races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
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Shakeel sends Sindh to heavy defeat
KARACHI, April 11: Speedster Shakeel-ur-Rehman grabbed six for 57 to help NWFP-Balochistan score a crushing nine-wicket victory over Sindh in the Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Wednesday....
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Fish starts title defence on tentative note
HOUSTON, April 11: Defending champion Mardy Fish needed a third-set rally to defeat Martin Vassallo Arguello 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the US Clay Court Championships on Tuesday....
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No foreign team invited for National Games
LAHORE, April 11: The national sports federations snubbed Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) by not inviting any country to compete in their respective events in the ongoing 30th National Games which started in Karachi on April 9....
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Punjab secure narrow triumph in squash event KARACHI, April 11: Punjab secured a narrow 2-1 victory over the talented Navy outfit to gain winning points in the squash men''s team event at the National Games which commenced here on Wednesday at Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex (RKJK)....
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Football semis
KARACHI, April 11: Pakistan Army, WAPDA, Punjab and Sindh secured semifinal berths in the National Games Football Championship at Peoples Sports Complex, Mauripur Road on Wednesday....
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Azhar century boosts KRL
KARACHI, April 11: Despite a fine century by Azhar Ali, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) were in danger of conceding first-innings to Punjab in the Pentangular Cup match at the NBP Sports Complex here on Wednesday....
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Navy marksmen dominate shooting contest
KARACHI, April 11: Pakistan Navy maintained their stronghold in the shooting competition by adding five more golds to the tally on the fourth day at Naval Shooting Range on Wednesday....
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Wapda scoops four gold in karate
KARACHI, April 11: Wapda karatekas put up a brilliant show to grab triple gold in the National Games at Ameer Hussain Gymnasium, Kakri Ground on Wednesday....
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