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| March 18, 2008 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 9, 1429 |
England end Test drought with emphatic win
WELLINGTON, March 17: England levelled the cricket series against New Zealand when they won the second Test by an emphatic 126 runs on the final morning at the Basin Reserve here on Monday....
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Patel to succeed Speed as ICC chief executive DUBAI, March 17: South Africa’s Imtiaz Patel will be the next chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was announced on Monday....
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Bill Brown dies at 95
SYDNEY, March 17: Bill Brown, a former Australian Test cricketer and a member of the 1948 Invincibles squad that toured England unbeaten, has died at the age of 95, local media reported....
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Cronje axed from Hall of Fame
JOHANNESBURG, March 17: Former South African captain Hansie Cronje, who was banned from cricket after pleading guilty to match-fixing charges, will not be posthumously inducted in to S....
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Southee added to NZ squad
WELLINGTON, March 17: Teenage pace bowler Tim Southee was added to an otherwise unchanged New Zealand squad for the third Test against England, beginning in Napier on Saturday....
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Optimistic Zakauddin expects Pakistan win: Third hockey Test against China
LAHORE, March 17: Khawaja Zakauddin, chief coach of Pakistan’s hockey team, is confident that his boys will achieve victory against Asian silver medallists China in the third Test of the five-match series at Changzhou on Tuesday....
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Bravo cleared to play first Test against SL
PORT-OF-SPAIN, March 17: Dwayne Bravo has been cleared to play for the West Indies in the first Test against Sri Lanka, starting on Saturday in Guyana....
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India-SA Tests Unfit Sharma ruled out
BANGALORE, March 17: Young fast bowler Ishant Sharma was ruled out of this month’s first Test against South Africa on Monday as Indian selectors grappled with fitness issues following a long and difficult tour of Australia....
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Everton beaten at Fulham in traditional style
LONDON, March 17: Everton lost ground in the race for a Champions League place on Sunday when they went down 1-0 to struggling Fulham at Craven Cottage, a ground where the Merseysiders have not mustered a point in 42 years....
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Federer, Sharapova move ahead, Haas stuns Roddick
INDIAN WELLS (California), March 17: Big-serving Andy Roddick crashed out of the Pacific Life Open on Sunday while second-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced after a battling 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win over Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova....
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Rawalpindi, KRL gear up for tough battle: National One-day Championship
ISLAMABAD March 17: A star-studded Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) outfit gets ready to take on the young guns of Rawalpindi when the National One-day Cricket Championship commences here from Thursday....
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Vaughan’s bowling gamble pays off
WELLINGTON, March 17: A ‘gut feeling’ choice made by Michael Vaughan to drop his bowling spearheads Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard paid enormous dividends for the England captain during the second Test win against New Zealand....
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Beijing pollution no threat to athletes: IOC
ATHENS, March 17: Pollution at the Beijing Olympics poses no immediate threat to athletes’ health but could affect world-class performances, the International Olympic Committee’s top medical official Arne Ljungqvist said on Monday....
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Young Afghan woman aims for Olympics despite jeers
KABUL, March 17: The neighborhood boys shout at Mehboba Ahdyar when she leaves home. “Hero, hero! Look at the hero of our country,” they yell at Ahdyar, one of Afghanistan’s fastest female runners....
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Police face Wapda in decider: National volleyball
LAHORE, March 17: Police will lock horns with Wapda in the 43rd national volleyball championship final after both won their semi-final matches against Pakistan Army and NWFP respectively at the Wapda Sports Complex on Monday....
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Last-hole birdie seals title for Woods
ORLANDO (Florida), March 17: Tiger Woods produced a superb 24-foot putt for a dramatic birdie on the final hole to claim his ninth win in 10 tournaments at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday....
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Sajjad stuns defending champion Perwani: National Snooker
KARACHI, March 17: At least two seeded cueists tasted shock defeats while others kept their winning run intact in the 33rd National Snooker Championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Monday....
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Real, Bayern suffer defeats
LONDON, March 17: Real Madrid and Bayern Munich both had their leads cut in the Primera Liga and Bundesliga respectively after suffering away defeats....
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Navy favourite for CNS shooting
KARACHI, March 17: Pakistan Navy, having the services of several international standard shooters, begin as favourites in the inaugural Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Shooting Championship which gets into action at the PN shooting range on Tuesday....
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Samiullah steers polo team to win
LAHORE, March 17: Five-goal Raja Samiullah helped Bank of Punjab/Rangers, a team comprising all local players to annex the first Pakistan Polo Cup, defeating Nestle Orange Juices 7-4 1/2 in the final on Sunday....
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ACC convenes meeting on Thursday
Lahore, March 17: An important meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and its development committee will be held at Lahore on Thursday....
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Robin, Saeed advance into ranking tennis quarters
KARACHI, March 17: Six men’s singles first round matches played on Monday saw two walkovers in the third Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the Beach View Club courts....
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EU opposes Blatter’s views on violence
BRUSSELS, March 17: The European Union’s top sports regulator said dangerous tackles should be dealt with on the soccer pitch, dismissing FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s view that the matter should handed to the civil courts....
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