PCB appoints Salman as Pakistan vice-captain
BHURBAN, June 17: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday appointed Salman Butt as vice-captain of the national side till December....
Supoj overwhelms Yasin in lop-sided final
KARACHI, June 17: Supoj Saenia kept Thailand’s supremacy intact when he outclassed Indian veteran Yasin Merchant by seven frames to nil in a one-sided final to claim his maiden Asian snooker title on Sunday....
Hick reaches 40,000 runs
BIRMINGHAM, June 17: Former England batsman Graeme Hick on Sunday became only the 16th player in the history of the game to score 40,000 first-class runs....
Awards galore for Khurram
KARACHI, June 17: There were awards galore for local hero Khurram Agha for winning glory to the nation in the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship which concluded at a local hotel on Sunday....
Wapda trounce Steel Mills to lift Gold Cup
KARACHI, June 17: Zakirullah produced two rapid-fire second half goals to help Wapda snatch the President’s Gold Cup hockey crown with a stormy 5-1 victory over Steel Mills at the Hockey Club of Pakistan on Sunday....
Technical officials fail to give verdict
KARACHI, June 17: The technical officials of the President’s Gold Cup hockey tournament on Sunday failed to give their decision on HBL’s protest against Steel Mills for fielding players from other departments without the NOCs....
Bangladesh arrive in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, June 17: Bangladesh''s national cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for three Tests and three One-day Internationals despite heightened fears of Tamil Tiger bomb attacks, officials said....
World Cup body meets today
BHURBAN, June 17: Top cricket officials from across South Asia will meet here on Monday to launch preparations for the 2011 World Cup, which will mark the third time the tournament has been played in the region....
Bedi delivers another salvo at Gavaskar
NEW DELHI, June 17: Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian captain, has delivered a scathing salvo against another, Sunil Gavaskar, in the wake of recent happenings in Indian cricket....
Tiger roars into contention as Baddeley leads
OAKMONT (Pennsylvania), June 17: Australian Aaron Baddeley burst out of a four-way tie on Saturday to grab a two-stroke lead over Tiger Woods going into the final round of the US Open at Oakmont....
Lucky escape for swimmer after electric shock
SYDNEY, June 17: Australia''s Olympic swimming medallist Brooke Hanson was recovering in a Melbourne hospital on Sunday after suffering an electric shock in a spa pool....
Identical wins for Karachi teams
KARACHI, June 17: Zone-I and Zone-V recorded identical wins by two wickets in the Karachi region section of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship here on Saturday....
Lava Man repeats winning act
KARACHI, June 17: Favourite three-year-old chestnut colt Lava Man repeated his winning feat to make it two wins on trot as proceedings were marred by cancellation of the third race in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
Aamir scores easy win over Mansoor
ISLAMABAD, June 17: Aamir Atlas defeated Mansoor Zaman in straight sets on the third day of the Pakistan Squash League at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday....
Afsar shines in Beach Polo Festival
KARACHI, June 17: Karachi Polo Club (KPC) playing under the name of Emaar, beat Equestrian Riding School (ERS) by three goals to two thanks to a sudden-death goal by Afsar Khan...