India keep semis’ hopes alive
DURBAN, Sept 20: Yuvraj Singh became the first player to hit six sixes in an over at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday, spearheading India to an 18-run win over England...
Shoaib Akhtar unlikely to play against SA
KARACHI, Sept 20: Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to play in the Test series against South Africa because of a disciplinary inquiry into his conduct starting next week....
PCB draft constitution’s notification today
LAHORE, Sept 20: The Federal Sports Ministry will issue a notification of the new draft of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) constitution on Friday....
Sharma, Dhoni rescue India against Proteas
DURBAN, Sept 20: Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni propped up India''s total of 153 for five in the vital Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights Group E match against South Africa on Thursday....
Shoaib Malik eyes crown
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said his team were looking beyond Saturday’s semi-final after they laboured to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in their final World Twenty20 Super Eights match on Thursday....
BCCI coach selection body to meet on 27th
NEW DELHI, Sept 20: The quest for India’s new cricket coach is expected to end on Sept 27 when the national board coach selection committee meets to decide the matter....
Flintoff to miss Sri Lanka ODIs
DURBAN, Sept 20: All-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s lingering ankle injury has ruled him out of England’s One-day International series in Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday....
‘I’m no Sobers’
DURBAN, Sept 20: Yuvraj Singh on Thursday dismissed comparisons with West Indian legend Gary Sobers after his six sixes in an over kept India alive in the Twenty20 World Championship....
Ponting to tour India
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20: Ricky Ponting will miss the remainder of the Twenty20 World Championship but will still travel with the Australian squad to India, the team management confirmed on Thursday....
Many questions remain unanswered in Sindh Olympic body
KARACHI, Sept 20: The Sindh Olympic Association (SOA) has become redundant with the expiry of the office-bearers’ four-year tenure on July 12. But there has been no announcement yet pertaining to holding the next quadrennial elections....
Skipper Faisal, Sarfraz rescue Pakistan ‘A’
LAHORE, Sept 20: Determined half-centuries by skipper Faisal Iqbal and Sarfraz Ahmed saved Pakistan ‘A’ from complete batting collapse against Australia ‘A’ on the second day of the second four-day match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday....
Hasan and Shah steal limelight
KARACHI, Sept 20: Two outstanding performances by Test discard Hasan Raza and Mohammad Ali Shah guided A.O. CC to a crushing 91-run victory over ABN-AMRO Bank in the 22nd Karachi Gymkhana Tapal Ramazan Cricket Festival at the KG Ground on Thursday....
Special one’ Mourinho leaves Chelsea
LONDON, Sept 20: Talismanic Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has left the English Premier League club just six games into the new season. Mourinho’s departure was confirmed by Chelsea in a stark,...
Pakistan lose to Japan and Thailand in Asian TT
BEIJING, Sept 20: Pakistan lost their mixed double and men’s single matches at the 18th Asian table tennis championships being held at the Sports Park Stadium in Yangzhou on Thursday....
Anti-doping policy for golf
PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida), Sept 20: Golf finally joined other major sports on Thursday when its leading organisations announced an anti-doping policy that will begin in 2008....
Home hope Peng ousts Hingis at China Open
BEIJING, Sept 20: Peng Shuai ended the China Open dream of Martina Hingis, bundling the fifth seed out 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday to keep local hopes alive at the quarter-final stage....
Brothers shine
KARACHI, Sept 20: Brother Rashid Hanif and Sajid Hanif played useful knocks to help Medicam CC defeat F.B. Academy by 61 runs in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKG Ground on Wednesday....