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| May 06, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1428 |
Aussies win, Pakistan draw with Malaysia: Azlan Shah Cup
IPOH (Malaysia), May 5: Hosts Malaysia and Pakistan drew 2-2 in an exciting game of attacking display as Australia opened their bid to take back the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup with a 1-0 victory over India here on Saturday....
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PCB offers contractual employment to all staff
LAHORE, May 5: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been empowered to sack any employee at any time according to the new contracts offered to its staff....
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Indian players, BCCI on collision course
MUMBAI, May 5: India''s cricketers have refused to sign the player contracts put forward by the BCCI and appear to be on a collision course with the board over the same....
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Hampshire toil as Younis creates Yorkshire history
LONDON, May 5: Pakistan’s dashing batsman Younis Khan created history for his county Yorkshire on Friday by scoring a magnificent double hundred against Hampshire at Rose Bowl....
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Aqeel to take on Nomi for crown
LAHORE, May 5: Top seed, Aqeel Khan and fourth seed Nomi Qamar, entered the men''s singles final of the Pakistan Open tennis for Nazim Cup at Royal Palm Club on Saturday....
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Ronaldo takes Man United close to Premier League title
LONDON, May 5: Manchester United took a giant step towards the Premier League title when they beat Manchester City 1-0 in a one-sided local derby on Saturday to open up an eight-point lead over defending champions Chelsea....
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Djokovic, Robredo toil to reach semi-finals
LISBON, May 5: Novak Djokovic will be fighting the fatigue factor after battling for more than two and a half hours on Friday to subdue Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 for a semi-finals place here at the Estoril Open....
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Afridi and company pound second-string Imtiaz XI
LAHORE, May 5: Blazing knocks by Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal against a second-string bowling attack helped Fazal Mahmood XI outplay Imtiaz Ahmed XI by 189 runs in the...
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Dravid suffers head injury before Bangladesh tour
KOLKATA, May 5: India captain Rahul Dravid suffered a head injury at practice on Saturday, two days before the team are due to leave for their tour of Bangladesh....
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Murali wants to stay away from cricket after retirement
COLOMBO, May 5: Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan says he won''t be associated with the game in any other form after leaving it as a cricketer....
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Asian volleyball from June 19
KARACHI, May 5: Seven nations are to vie for honours in the June 19-23 second Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championship to be held at the Liaquat Gymnasium in Islamabad....
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Nadal gets easy draw for Rome Masters
ROME, May 5: Rafael Nadal has been handed a relatively easy passage through the opening rounds of the Rome Masters as he prepares to launch his bid for a third consecutive title....
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Pakistan to compete in Seniors Asian Boxing
KARACHI, May 5: As many as eight top boxers of the country will feature in the Seniors Asian Boxing Championship to be held next month at Mongolia, secretary Pakistan Boxing Federation, Shakeel Durrani said here on Saturday....
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Chicago to stage World Boxing
COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado), May 5: Chicago, the US candidate city for the 2016 Olympics, will host the 2007 World Boxing Championships, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and USA Boxing announced on Friday....
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Wariner dominant in IAAF Japan GP
OSAKA, May 5: World and Olympic gold medallist Jeremy Wariner underlined his dominance in the 400 metres with a crushing victory at the IAAF Japan Grand Prix on Saturday....
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Phapha Kutni set to dominate KRC field
KARACHI, May 5: Three-year-old bay filly Phapha Kutni has strong credentials to dominate the feature event when the Gymkhana race meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Zanjeer has edge over rivals in feature event
LAHORE, May 5: Khawaja M.Arif''s colt, Zanjeer, has an edge over his rivals to win the feature event during the first day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Zafar, Haseeb shine in AKU tourney
KARACHI, May 5: Zafar Ishaq and Haseeb excelled with superb performance to help their respective outfits won inaugural matches at the AKU Inter-university basketball tournament that started at the AKU Sports Centre Gymnasium on Friday....
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Race-goers’ plea
KARACHI, May 5: The surroundings of betting area at the Karachi Racecourse are in fairly poor condition and need immediate facelift to save people from dirty and unhygienic environment....
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‘Sailors must groom youngsters’
KARACHI, May 5: The outgoing president of Pakistan Sailing Federation (PSAF) Vice Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi has asked senior sailors to take up coaching and groom youngsters....
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Cueists named for Doha event
KARACHI, May 5: Punjab’s Imran Shehzad who has excelled in two forms of baize game (snooker and billiards) and Yousuf Haroon will represent the country in the upcoming Asian Billiards Championship being held at Doha, Qatar, from May 26....
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Farhan to face Majid in final: Hyderabad Open Squash
HYDERABAD, May 5: Farhan Mehboob and Majid Khan have qualified for the final of the first Hyderabad Open Men''s squash championship by winning their respective semi-finals at the Gymkhana on Saturday....
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