Brilliant Younis leads Pakistan to great win
MOHALI (India), Nov 8: Younis Khan’s superb century and Misbah-ul-Haq’s timely support led Pakistan to a magnificent four-wicket victory against India on the penultimate delivery in an action-packed second One-day International on Thursday....
PCB may extend Malik’s term as skipper
LAHORE, Nov 8: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to propose the name of Shoaib Malik in the maiden meeting of its Governing Board to retain the all-rounder for the captain’s post for another year....
Kumble named India’s Test skipper
MOHALI, Nov 8: Veteran spinner Anil Kumble was named India’s Test captain on Thursday as the selectors opted to give Mahendra Singh Dhoni more experience of the five-day game....
Aussie Test season begins with global media locked out
BRISBANE, Nov 8: Australia’s Test cricket season opened on Thursday with international fans unable to follow the action after organisers locked global news agencies out of the ground in Brisbane....
Jaques makes Sri Lanka pay dearly for fielding lapses
BRISBANE, Nov 8: Phil Jaques hit a chancy maiden century as Australia moved into a strong position at 242 for three on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Gabba here on Thursday....
Arsenal, Manchester United qualify for knockout stage
BELGRADE, Nov 8: Arsenal and Manchester United qualified for the Champions League knockout stages while Inter Milan took a big step towards the last 16 after fighting back from 2-0 down to beat CSKA Moscow 4-2 on Wednesday....
ZTBL eye win against Islamabad
KARACHI, Nov 8: ZTBL were on verge of their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after reducing Group ‘B’ leaders Islamabad to 158 for five in the second innings at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad on Thursday....
Bond wrecks South Africa on day one
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 8: Four wickets by express bowler Shane Bond earned New Zealand the upper hand on the first day of the first Test against South Africa on Thursday....
Asif to consult foreign expert
KARACHI, Nov 8: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will consult a foreign medical expert to ascertain when paceman Mohammad Asif could recover from injury to play for the country....
Henin breezes into semis, Williams suffers injury
MADRID, Nov 8: World No 1 Justine Henin qualified for the WTA Championships semi-finals with an easier-than-expected 6-2, 6-2 win over Serb Jelena Jankovic on Wednesday....
Pakistan take on Oman in AFC U-19 tie today
KARACHI, Nov 8: The Pakistan Under-19 team will target full points when they take on Oman on Friday (today) in their second Group ‘B’ match in the 36th Asian Under-19 Football Championship at the Paas Stadium in Tehran....
Pakistan deaf cricketers outplay SL in series
LAHORE, Nov 8: Pakistan’s deaf cricket team made a clean sweep of their three-match series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, according to the results released by the Pakistan Deaf Cricket Association here on Thursday....
Favourite Ashutosh ousts Aqeel to reach semis
LAHORE, Nov 8: Second seed Ashutosh Singh of India ousted Pakistan’s lone hope Aqeel Khan in a nail-biting quarter-final of the ITF Pakistan F3 Futures tennis championship at the Cosmopolitan Club courts on Thursday....
Rokri wins seat in PCB Board
LAHORE, Nov 8: President Lahore Region Aamir Hayat Khan Rokri beat his Sialkot counterpart Naeem Gulzar on the spin of a coin to earn a seat in the Pakistan Cricket Board...
Premier League starts on 16th
KARACHI, Nov 8: The fifth edition of KASB Premier League soccer starts from Nov 16 with 12 teams vying for honours, hosts Karachi United announced on Thursday....
Ton-up Jahangir excels for Oxford Grammar
KARACHI, Nov 8: Jahangir Khan smashed an unbeaten ton as Oxford Grammar School outplayed Sindh Unique High School by 176 runs in a match at the PCB Inter-school Karachi Region Cricket Championship on Wednesday....
Inter-school athletics
KARACHI, Nov 8: The three-day boys and girls Inter-school athletics meet will commence at the PSB Coaching Centre tartan track on Monday at 10am, says an announcement....
Inter-school TT finals on Nov 15
KARACHI, Nov 8: The Foundation Public School, Beaconhouse PECHS, Mama Parsi School and The City School PAF Chapter cruised into the boys and girls team event finals with imposing victories over...
AKU throwball semis today
KARACHI, Nov 8: The Convent of Jesus & Mary (CJM) girls will take on Habib Girls School while Mohammadi Girls School will play against Foundation Public School in the semi-finals of...
Japan may bid for 2018 World Cup
TOKYO, Nov 8: Japan’s Football Association has decided to set up a committee to look into the possibility of bidding for the 2018 World Cup following FIFA’s decision to end its continental rotation policy, local media said on Thursday.—Reuters...
Gymnastics event
LAHORE, Nov 8: The two-day 43rd National Gymnastics Championship will be held at the Wapda Sports Complex from Friday....