India hits back at PHF over Asia Cup umpiring
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has described as a “bundle of lies” a Pakistan official’s criticism of umpiring at this month’s Asia Cup where hosts India defended the title....
Injured Ponting out of World Twenty20
DURBAN, Sept 19: Australian captain Ricky Ponting will miss the rest of the Twenty20 World Championship due to an injury and is doubtful for the upcoming tour of India, team officials said....
Shoaib Malik warns against complacency in today’s BD clash
CAPE TOWN, Sept 19: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has cautioned his players not to let complacency creep into their ranks as his confident squad take on dark horses Bangladesh in their...
Kemp and Morkel hand Black Caps first defeat
DURBAN, Sept 19: Justin Kemp blasted 89 not out off 56 balls after Morne Morkel claimed 4-17 as South Africa thrashed New Zealand by six wickets in a Twenty20 World Championship Super Eights game on Wednesday....
Pakistani canoeists flop in S Korea
KARACHI, Sept 19: Four Pakistani canoeists, all belonging to Navy, returned home from Seoul the other day after failing to win any honour in the 12th Asian Canoeing Championship which concluded at Hwacheon on Sunday....
Pakistani boxers leave for Cuba
KARACHI, Sept 19: Pakistan’s top seven boxers left here for Cuba on Wednesday to begin their preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with a three-month long training camp in Havana starting from later this month....
Musharraf praises Pakistan team
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Pakistan cricketers received praise from President General Pervez Musharraf and a 10,000-dollar bonus each for their win against Australia in the Twenty20 World Championship, officials said on Wednesday....
Blistering Yuvraj blasts six sixes in an over
DURBAN, Sept 19: Yuvraj Singh smashed fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over as India piled up 218-4 in a must-win match against England in the Twenty20 World Championship on Wednesday....
Sri Lanka dump BD out of World Twenty20
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 19: Bangladesh were dumped out of the World Twenty20 Championship on Tuesday after slumping to a 64-run Super Eights defeat to Sri Lanka whose miserly attack quashed early fears of an upset (also partly reported in Wednesday’s edition)....
I have justified my selection, says Misbah
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 19: Middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, who propelled Pakistan to a fabulous 6-wicket win over world champions Australia on Tuesday in the Twenty20 Championship, said on Wednesday that he had justified...
McGrath prefers Tests, ODIs
SYDNEY, Sept 19: Former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath on Wednesday said he was keen to be involved in Twenty20 cricket in India, but that he wouldn’t want it to overtake the longer forms of the game....
Afzaal eyes England career
LONDON, Sept 19: Former England batsman Usman Afzaal said on Wednesday that he hopes to reignite his international career by signing a three-year contract with Surrey....
Hingis races to first-ever win in China
BEIJING, Sept 19: Martina Hingis needed less than an hour to secure her first-ever win in China on Tuesday, dispatching local favourite Sun Tiantian 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the China Open....
‘Australians are down but not out’
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 19: Australian Vice Captain Adam Gilchrist said although his team had failed to post a good total against Pakistan here on Tuesday which resulted in the disappointing loss, the...
Abu Dhabi to build F1 circuit
ABU DHABI, Sept 19: The oil-rich Persian Gulf state of Abu Dhabi has set out to build the perfect Formula One circuit....
AFC President’s Cup from today
LAHORE, Sept 19: Pakistan Army will face Ratnam Sports, Sri Lanka, in the opening match of the 3rd Asian Football Confederation President’s Cup to be played under floodlights here at the Punjab Stadium on Thursday....
Kashif sparkles in KG event
KARACHI, Sept 19: A blazing knock of 60 by Kashif Siddique inspired M. Tex XI to a 32-run victory over Omer CC in the 22nd Karachi Gymkhana Tapal Trophy Ramazan Cricket Festival at the KG Ground here on Wednesday....
International badminton set for November
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: A 15-nation ranking badminton tournament, the biggest international competition of this sport in the country to date, is planned to be held here at the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, tentatively from November 24 to 28....
Farhan, Yasir win qualifiers
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Pakistan’s Farhan Mehboob and Yasir Butt won their first round qualifying matches at the British Open squash championship....
Australia ‘A’ recover to take charge on day one
LAHORE, Sept 19: A fighting century by Luke Ronchi, who later also held three catches to restrict the hosts’ batting, plus a timely half-century by opener Phil Jaques enabled Australia ‘A’...
Frenchmen look to make history: British Open Squash
MANCHESTER, Sept 19: The chances of a first Gallic winner of the British Open are the best in its long history at the famous event which starts here on Thursday at the English national squash centre....
Match-winning spell by Saeed
KARACHI, Sept 19: A fine spell of four wickets for seven runs from Saeed Khan led KESC to a five-wicket win against Aga Khan Gymkhana ‘B’ in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKG Ground on Tuesday....
Shahbaz, Javed shine
KARACHI, Sept 19: Cant Sports ran out easy winners by 112 runs over Pak National Gymkhana in the 11th Danish Trophy Ramazan cricket tournament at the KPI Ground on Tuesday....
Lahore Ravi, Karachi Urban triumph in U-19 cricket
KARACHI, Sept 19: Lahore Ravi and Karachi Urban scored identical wins by nine wickets in the second round of the three-day PCB Inter-regional Under-19 Cricket Championship on Wednesday....