Pakistan suffer humiliating slump at Azlan Shah Cup
IPOH (Malaysia), May 12: Pakistan slumped to their worst ever showing in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup on Saturday when they went down 4-2 to Argentina in the fifth place play-off....
Wasim, Muddassar to conduct coaching camp
LAHORE, May 12: Twenty-two fast bowlers including Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, along with 13 openers including all other prominent players will attend a specialization coaching camp to be conducted by former...
PEC to disclose findings next week
LAHORE, May 12: The World Cup''s Performance Evaluating Committee (PEC) will announce its findings either on Tuesday or Wednesday....
‘Vaughan unavailable for first Test’
LONDON, May 12, 2007, Injured England captain, Michael Vaughan is set to miss the first Test against the West Indies, Yorkshire team-mate Deon Kruis claimed on Saturday....
Malaysian PM backs Man Utd''s tour
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Saturday gave his backing to Manchester United''s planned tour of the country, despite strong opposition from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)....
Williams sisters to open tennis camp in Montenegro
PODGORICA (Montenegro), May 12: US tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams are interested in opening an elite tennis camp at Montenegro''s patch of Adriatic coast, a daily newspaper reported on Saturday....
Barcelona coach to introduce fresh talent
MADRID (Spain), May 12: Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard on Saturday promised to bring new blood into the Catalan side next season after the league leaders'' humiliating Spanish Cup semi-final exit to Getafe during the week....
Lovely Gate on trot to claim feature event
LAHORE, May 12: Four-year-old filly, Lovely Gate, will be on trot to display her speed and staying power to win the feature event during the Day/Night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
French sports minister threatens legal action
PARIS, May 12: French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour plans to take legal action over recent stories that he''d doped during his fencing career....
McCarthy plans to play Champions League
LONDON, May 12: Benni McCarthy admitted on Saturday that he would consider leaving Blackburn to play Champions League football next season....
Junior squash enters semi-finals stage
LAHORE, May 12: The national junior boys and girls squash championship has entered the semi-final stage at the Punjab Squash Complex on Saturday....
Rivaldo quits Greek club
ATHENS (Greece), May 12: Brazilian superstar Rivaldo bitterly announced on Saturday that he is quitting Greek champions Olympiakos, saying the club did not keep its promises to him....
Bahrain to clash with Pakistan on Wednesday
LAHORE, May 12: The Bahrain U-21 football team arrives in Lahore on Tuesday to play Pakistan U-21 in the 29th Olympics Games qualifier (second round) match to be held at Punjab Stadium on Wednesday....
Powell all set to stage comeback on May 29
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 12: World 100m record-holder Asafa Powell, of Jamaica is set to return from a bout with knee tendinitis and run at the AthleticsBet meet on May 29....
Karachi races postponed
KARACHI, May 12: The management of the Karachi Race Club (KRC) has postponed the Gymkhana race meeting scheduled for Sunday due to prevailing law and order situation in the city, Deputy Secretary KRC Ali Akbar Shah Rashdi said on Saturday evening....
Hamilton tops Spanish Grand Prix final practice
BARCELONA (Spain), May 12: Briton Lewis Hamilton continued to display his impressive precocious form when he topped the times in Saturday morning''s final free practice session for Sunday''s Spanish Grand Prix.The...
Athletics coach convicted
NEW YORK, May 12: Athletics coach Steve Riddick has been found guilty in federal court of bank fraud and money laundering charges stemming from a scheme in which disgraced sprinter Tim Montgomery was also involved, prosecutors said Friday....
Exhausted Kaka to skip Copa America
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 12: AC Milan''s Brazilian striker Kaka has asked not to be included in the national side for this summer''s Copa America because he is exhausted after a tough season....
Tevez to play final match for West Ham
LONDON, May 12: Argentina striker Carlos Tevez will play what is likely to be his final match for West Ham on Sunday, hunting a final-round win at Manchester United to keep the Hammers in the Premier League....