Umar, Imran stand out as Pakistan reach final
CAPE TOWN, Sept 22: Emerging paceman Umar Gul grabbed three wickets and opener Imran Nazir scored his maiden half-century to help Pakistan record a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the Twenty20 World Championship semi-final here at Newlands on Saturday....
Inzamam summoned to witness box in Hair case
LONDON, Sept 22: Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq has been summoned as a witness by a London tribunal that will hear umpire Darrell Hair’s suit against the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)....
Taufiq to lead Patron’s XI against South Africa
LAHORE, Sept 22: Test discard Taufiq Umar will lead the Patron’s XI in the three-day match against South Africa which commences at the NBP Sports Complex, Karachi, from Sept 27....
PCB moves towards democratic revamp
KARACHI, Sept 22: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved towards bringing an end to eight years of ad hoc governance by approving what it describes as a more democratic constitution....
Shoaib Malik praises team effort
CAPE TOWN, Sept 22: Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik hailed his side’s impressive bowling unit after they became the first team to qualify for the inaugural World Twenty20 final....
Kaneria finishes with 109 wickets for Essex
LONDON, Sept 22: Pakistan’s lanky leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Friday said he had enjoyed his county season with Essex this year and was keen to stay on for another year with the team....
Azamat, Andrey take Dordoi-Dynamo to win: AFC President’s Cup
LAHORE, Sept 22: Two goals each by Azamat Ishenbaev and Andrey Krasnov provided defending champions club Dordoi-Dynamo of Kyrgyzstan, with a convincing 4-0 victory against Khemara Club of Cambodia in their...
Yousuf to meet PCB chief on 26th
KARACHI, Sept 22: Prolific middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf will meet the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Dr Nasim Ashraf on Wednesday to discuss his future with Pakistan cricket as well as the option of joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL)....
Top 5 shuttlers to compete in ME events
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Pakistan’s top five players will participate in back-to-back international satellite badminton tournaments in Syria and Jordan in October-November this year....
Aisam to play in Mumbai’s ATP event
LAHORE, Sept 22: Pakistan’s ace tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq will appear in the singles and doubles events of the of ATP Mumbai championship beginning from Sept 24....
Athar excels
KARACHI, Sept 22: A fine all-round show by Athar Abid enabled Woodward beat DIB by 13 runs in the 3rd AKU Twenty20 Ramazan Colour-kit cricket tournament at the AKU Sports Centre Cricket Ground on Friday....
Top nations to line-up in 2010 Asian Games
GUANZHOU, Sept 22: South Asian nations Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be among top countries competing for medals when cricket is introduced in 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, organizers of 2010 Asian Games said on Saturday....
Barker stuns El Hindi at British Open
MANCHESTER, Sept 22: England’s Peter Barker ensured there would be local interest in all but one of the quarter-finals in the British Open Squash Championships after pulling off an impressive upset over No.7...
Colt Quince day’s best bet at KRC
KARACHI, Sept 22: Four-year-old chestnut colt Quince who broke the victory jinx by storming to a facile six lengths win last weekend is tipped to repeat the feat in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
‘Sri Lanka too dependent on seniors’
COLOMBO, Sept 22: Aravinda De Silva believes Sri Lanka are too dependent on their older players and should have used the World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa to introduce young talent....
Perfect Promise set to light up LRC today
LAHORE, Sept 22: An interesting contest between class five sprinters that has lit up the 4th Lahore Winter Meetings, reaches a fitting climax at the Racecourse on Sunday....
Mourinho eyes coaching in England one day
LONDON, Sept 22: Jose Mourinho, who left Chelsea by mutual consent earlier this week, is keen to coach another English club later in his career....
Peng downs Mauresmo to reach semi-finals
BEIJING, Sept 22: Peng Shuai staged a fight-back to keep home hopes alive, reaching the semi-finals of the China Open for the second year running on Friday....
Ronaldo faces police enquiry
LIVERPOOL (England), Sept 22: Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a police probe after claims that the Manchester United star stamped on an Everton supporter during his side’s win at Goodison Park....
Rybakou breaks lifting world record
CHIANG MAI (Thailand), Sept 22: Andrei Rybakou of Belarus broke his own world record in the men’s 85kg category as he took gold at the world weightlifting championships here on Saturday....
Powell powers to 100m win in World Athletics final
STUTTGART (Germany), Sept 22: Asafa Powell was at his most overpowering again on Saturday, running into a headwind and winning the 100 metres at the World Athletics final in 9.83sec....
DFM beat hosts in KG cricket
KARACHI, Sept 22: Dewan Farooq Motors (DFM) pulled off a 25-run win over Karachi Gymkhana in a low-scoring fixture of the 22nd Karachi Gymkhana Tapal Trophy Ramazan Cricket Festival at the KG Ground on Saturday....
Britain, Austria close in on World Group
BELGRADE, Sept 22: Britain and Austria took a big step towards securing berths in the Davis Cup World Group next season after building commanding 2-0 leads against their respective playoff rivals on Friday....
Maskaev out of title defence
NEW YORK, Sept 22: Nigeria’s Samuel Peter will have another wait in his quest to challenge World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev because the Russian hurt his back while training....
Saeed shines
KARACHI, Sept 22: A fine knock of 65 by Saeed bin Nasir guided Tapal CC to a 52-run victory over Medicam CC in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Twenty20 Ramzan cricket tournament at the AKG Ground on Friday....
US and Germany reach semis in Women’s World Cup
TIANJIN (China), Sept 22: Women’s World Cup favourites the United States and defending champion Germany cruised into the semi-finals with 3-0 victories Saturday over England and North Korea respectively....
Jockey Aamir’s ban lifted
LAHORE, Sept 22: In a dramatic development, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards have lifted the ban on jockey Aamir Parvaiz, who was warned off for good on March 4 last...
Two matches decided
KARACHI, Sept 22: Shaheen Gymkhana and Tapal Academy won their respective matches in the 11th Danish Trophy Ramazan cricket tournament at the KPI Ground....