|
| May 22, 2008 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1429 |
|
Talented Farhan stuns top seed Shoaib in semis: Roshan Khan Squash
KARACHI, May 21: Unseeded Farhan Zaman, a scion of Peshawar’s Zaman clan, on Wednesday inched closer to capturing his maiden boys’ under-19 crown when he recovered from two set down to... 
|
|
Kings XI Punjab end Mumbai’s winning streak in thriller
MUMBAI, May 21: Sachin Tendulkar did almost everything right but still could not ensure a win for Mumbai Indians in a crunch Indian Premier League match against Kings Xi Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday....
|
|
|
||
|
Ganguly-Shah Rukh rift growing
MUMBAI, May 21: The differences between Kolkata Knight Riders’ owner Shah Rukh Khan and its skipper Saurav Ganguly have come out in the open after the team’s poor performance against the...
|
|
Australia sweat over Hayden’s fitness for first Test
KINGSTON, May 21: Australia, still trying to settle down following a number of high profile retirements over the last year, could enter the opening Test of the three-match series on Thursday against West Indies without opener Matthew Hayden....
|
|
|
||
|
‘PCB glad to allow players to feature in events abroad’
LAHORE, May 21: Prolific batsman Younis Khan has become the fourth Pakistani cricketer to sign for the Australian premier domestic event of the Sheffield Shield next year after Majid Khan, Imran Khan and Sadiq Mohammad....
|
|
Australia to launch Twenty20 league
SYDNEY, May 21: Big business could be asked to tender for domestic Twenty20 franchises within a year as Australian cricket prepares for a revolutionary overhaul....
|
|
||
|
Moores backs Vaughan
LONDON, May 21: Michael Vaughan’s captaincy has been highlighted by coach Peter Moores as a key component in guiding England back towards the summit of Test cricket....
|
|
Swimmer tests positive for banned steroid
ATHENS, May 21: Top Greek swimmer Yiannis Drymonakos, a European record-holder in the men’s 200m butterfly, on Wednesday said he was pulling out of all competition after testing positive for a banned steroid, his lawyer said....
|
|
|
||
|
Pakistan lose to Iran, India: AFC U-14 soccer
KARACHI, May 21: Hosts Iran struck once in each half to beat Pakistan 2-0 in the AFC Under-14 Festival of Football (South Asia region) at Tehran’s Shahid Bahonar stadium on Wednesday....
|
|
Warne plays down comeback speculations
KOLKATA, May 21: Leg spin legend Shane Warne on Tuesday rubbished reports that he was open to the possibility of staging a comeback to Test cricket if Australia needed him for the next Ashes series....
|
|
|
||
|
Yousuf bitter at missing Indian League
LAHORE, May 21: Pakistan star batsman Mohammad Yousuf has once again expressed his disappointment at missing out on an opportunity to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), while urging the...
|
|
Yusuf Pathan blitz sinks Knight Riders
KOLKATA, May 21: Yusuf Pathan produced a blistering knock to douse Kolkata Knight Riders’ enthusiasm as well as their chances of a surprise win in a grudge match against Jaipur’s Rajasthan...
|
|
|
||
|
Kaneria eyes fine spell for Essex
LONDON, May 21: Danish Kaneria is determined to help Essex continue their fine start to the season....
|
|
Hair all set to get it right
MANCHESTER (England), May 21: Controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair will stand in his first cricket Test for nearly two years at Old Trafford on Friday confident that he can get key decisions right....
|
|
|
||
|
ZMU beat Bahria, DUHS pull out: AKU soccer
KARACHI, May 21: Ziauddin Medical University (ZMU) beat Bahria University (BU) 2-1 in their Group ‘A’ match in the 6th AKU Inter-university football tournament 2008 being played here at the AKU Ground on Wednesday....
|
|
Seeded Razzano crashes out in first round
STRASBOURG (France), May 21: Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan lost just one game en route to upsetting third-seeded Virginie Razzano of France on Tuesday and advancing to the second round of the Strasbourg International tournament....
|
|
|
||
|
Torch relay resumes today
BEIJING, May 21: The Beijing Olympic torch relay will resume on Thursday in the coastal city of Ningbo after three days of national mourning for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, Xinhua news agency said....
|
|
Serbia, Japan move closer to Olympics
TOKYO, May 21: Serbia and Japan moved to within a step away from winning tickets to the Olympic women’s volleyball when they coasted to fourth straight wins in the final qualifying round on Wednesday....
|
|
|
||
Maradona features in documentary
CANNES (France), May 21: Soccer icon Diego Maradona hit the big screen in Cannes Tuesday in an exuberant documentary depicting him as a rebel fighting Western imperialism first through football, now through friendship with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez....
|
|
Davenport out of French Open
PARIS, May 21: Former world number one Lindsay Davenport has pulled out of the French Open starting on Sunday because of personal reasons, organisers said on Tuesday....
|
|
|
||
|
Lead investigator finds top athletes as cheats: US doping trial
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21: Marion Jones’ husband injecting her with banned drugs. Tim Montgomery going into Mexico with an admitted steroids dealer to test his blood for doping....
|
|
Record 600 entries received for Karachi TT
KARACHI, May 21: The number of entries in 15 different categories of the 36th Karachi Table Tennis championship starting at Islamia Club on Friday has reached an all time high 600, surpassing last year’s record entires of around 500....
|
|
|
||
|
Spanish women hockey players fail dope test
MADRID, May 21: The Spanish women hockey team’s place at the Beijing Olympics is in jeopardy after it emerged that two of their players tested positive for banned substances at an Olympic qualifying event in Baku last month....
|
|
POA plans holding inter-school games
LAHORE, May 21: In order to promote sports in educational institutions, the Punjab Olympic Association (POA) has decided on holding the inter-school games here from Oct 17 to 19....
|
|
|
||
|
POA against NOC’s patronising parallel bodies
LAHORE, May 21: The Punjab Olympic Association (POA) seems to be in open confrontation with its parent body the National Olympic Association (NOC) over the issue of patronising parallel bodies....
|
|
Newcastle’s Barton jailed for attacking teenager
LONDON, May 21: Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton was jailed on Tuesday for six months after admitting to beating up a teenager during a night out....
|
|
|
||
|
Taekwondo teams named
LAHORE, May 21: Punjab Sports Board has picked its boys and girls teams for the Pakistan inter-provincial U-17 taekwondo championship being held in Quetta from May 26....
|
|
|
|
|
||
