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| June 14, 2007 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428 |
Pakistan quartet move into last 16
KARACHI, June 13: Four Pakistan players made it to the last 16 of the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship on Wednesday – the third and final day of the league phase which saw two century breaks....
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Miandad comes down hard on spendthrift PCB
KARACHI, June 13: Former Pakistan captain and ex-national coach Javed Miandad on Wednesday criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to hold a series of meetings at the holiday resort of Bhurban from June 16 to 19....
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Woolmer died of heart failure, say Jamaica police
KINGSTON, June 13: Pakistan''s World Cup cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, almost certainly died of heart failure, Jamaica police said on Wednesday, a day after ending a high-profile investigation into his murder....
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Inzamam speaks of nightmare
LONDON, June 13: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan''s captain at the World Cup, has spoken of the ‘nightmare’ he and his team endured after Jamaican police launched a murder investigation into the death of coach Bob Woolmer....
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PCB chief serves legal notice on Enver
LAHORE, June 13: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Dr Nasim Ashraf has served a legal notice through his lawyer on Senator Enver Baig for using derogatory remarks against him in a section of the press....
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Pakistan to field strong team in Asian volleyball event
LAHORE, June 13: Bulgarian coach Stefan G. Dimitrov has said that he would succeed in fielding a strong Pakistan team at the forthcoming Asian Volleyball Central Zone championship, as a training camp under his supervision in Islamabad was producing good results....
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SSGC suffer surprise defeat in against HBL
KARACHI, June 13: Habib Bank (HBL) stormed into the President’s Gold Cup hockey quarter-finals after they overwhelmed the star-studded SSGC 3-1 at the Hockey Club of Pakistan on Wednesday....
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Officials still clueless over PQA
KARACHI, June 13: A big question mark still hangs over the eligibility of Port Qasim Authority (PQA), who have made their debut at ongoing President’s Gold Cup, as the Pakistan Hockey...
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Atapattu recalled for BD Tests
COLOMBO, June 13: Sri Lanka have recalled the former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu for the home Test series against Bangladesh next week, an official said on Wednesday....
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Jayasuriya joins Lancashire
LONDON, June 13: Sanath Jayasuriya, one of the world''s most devastating one-day players, is to join Lancashire on a short-term contract to cover for the absence of fellow Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan....
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Scuffle breaks out at Asiad
KARACHI, June 13: While creating an embarrassing scenario, a scuffle broke out between a press photographer and personnel of media partner of the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship outside the venue on Wednesday....
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Fitness remains central at camp
ABBOTTABAD, June 13: Pakistan cricket team’s summer training camp is in full swing these days in Abbottabad where 18 players are undergoing hard training at the Army School of physical fitness and the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium....
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Blake strolls ahead but Aisam loses
HALLE (Germany), June 13: Third seed James Blake made light work of his second-round win over Russian Evgeny Korolev to book his quarter-final spot at the Halle Open tournament on Wednesday....
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SLC finally gets hold of Dambulla stadium
COLOMBO, June 13: The controversial Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium has been finally acquired by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) following the intervention of Gamini Lokuge, the Sports Minister....
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Action urged against anti-Pakistan elements
LONDON, June 13: Former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal has called for a legal action against those elements that had maligned the Pakistan cricket team in the wake of coach Bob Woolmer’s death during the 2007 World Cup....
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Emburey not interested in Indian coaching job
LONDON, June 13: Middlesex director of cricket John Emburey said on Tuesday he was not interested in becoming India coach despite being interviewed for the job last week....
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Time to move on after Woolmer nightmare: Nasim
KARACHI, June 13: Pakistan''s cricket chief said on Wednesday it was time for the national team to move on after Jamaican police revealed that coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered after all, but died of natural causes....
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Rising Star CC, Landhi Gym record wins
KARACHI, June 13: Rising Star Cricket Club and Landhi Gymkhana won their respective matches in the fifth Pak-China Gold Cup cricket tournament on Tuesday.Irfan Ahmed and Naved Zameer grabbed four wickets...
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U-18 basketball camp from today
KARACHI, June 13: A free U-18 summer basketball coaching camp of one month duration begins at Arambagh floodlit court on Thursday under the aegis of the Karachi City District Amateur Basketball Association (KCDABA)....
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Henman gets Nottingham Open wildcard
LONDON, June 13: Struggling former British number one Tim Henman has been given a wildcard entry for next week’s Nottingham Open, organisers of the Wimbledon warm-up event said on Wednesday....
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ACBS chief to preside over AGM
KARACHI, June 13: President of the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) Sindhu Pulsirivong of Thailand is due to arrive from Bangkok on Thursday to chair the 23rd annual general meeting of the body slated for Friday....
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Squash event from June 25
KARACHI, June 13: Karachi Club Sindh Open Men and Women Ranking squash championship will be held at KC courts from June 25 to 28, the Sindh Squash Association (SSA) announced on Wednesday....
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Wheelchair racer suspended
TORONTO, June 13: Canadian wheelchair racer Jeff Adams has been suspended from competition for two years after testing positive for cocaine. The suspension was announced on Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport....
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Seniors’ tennis from 25th
KARACHI, June 13: The third KC National-ranking Seniors’ tennis championship will be held at the KC courts from June 25 to 30, the organisers announced on Wednesday....
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