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South Zone lift Women’s Twenty20 title
KARACHI, July 27: South Zone became the inaugural champions of the Women’s National Twenty20 Quadrangular Championship after they defeated Central Zone Blues by five wickets in the final at the National Stadium here on Sunday....
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Players take day off as camp ends today
LAHORE, July 27: Pakistan cricket players engaged in water sports at the Khanpur Dam on Sunday, some 100 kilometres from Kakul, where they have been attending a training camp since July 21....
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Olympic village opens under cloud of smog
BEIJING, July 27: Basketball icon Yao Ming and more than 200 other Chinese Olympic hopefuls and officials checked into the Athletes Village on Sunday as it opened amid tight security and a shroud of smog....
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Jayawardene backs new referral trial
COLOMBO, July 27: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has backed a new experimental rule allowing players to seek a second opinion on umpiring decisions, saying it has succeeded in cutting down mistakes....
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Aamir resolute to find place in squad
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan’s emerging left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Aamir is hopeful of strengthening the national team’s bowling line-up in the absence of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif....
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Gayle may give up captaincy
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), July 27: Chris Gayle is likely to step down as the West Indies captain, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has reportedly indicated. The board however said it is yet to receive official word from him....
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Middlesex seal Twenty20 triumph
SOUTHAMPTON (England), July 27: South Africa’s Tyron Henderson held his nerve as Middlesex beat Kent by three runs in the final of English county cricket’s Twenty20 Cup at the Rose Bowl...
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Injury scare for Kallis
WORCESTER (England), July 27: Jacques Kallis gave South Africa an injury scare before helping the Proteas continue to pulverise Bangladesh ‘A’ in their tour match here on Saturday....
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‘I owe my success to Murali’
COLOMBO, July 27: Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis said on Saturday that team-mate Muttiah Muralitharan played a key role in his success against India in his debut Test here....
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Resurgent Kiefer faces Nadal in Toronto Masters final
TORONTO, July 27: World No 2 Rafael Nadal battled to a scrappy 7-6, 6-3 win over Briton Andy Murray on Saturday to set up a Toronto Masters final against resurgent German Nicolas Kiefer....
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Blassom lives up to her reputation at Karachi races
KARACHI, July 27: Public fancy three-year-old bay filly Blassom produced an awesome performance to complete a hat-trick by landing the feature event at the Karachi Racecourse here on Sunday....
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10 hurt in football riots
BUDAPEST, July 27: At least 10 people were injured on Saturday when supporters of Budapest football club Honved clashed with fans of Austria’s Sturm Graz during a match in the Hungarian capital....
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Margarito stops Cotto to win welterweight title
LAS VEGAS, July 27: Mexico’s Antonio Margarito stopped Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in the 11th round to win the WBA welterweight title on Saturday....
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KPT outclass Pakistan Steel
KARACHI, July 27: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) outclassed Pakistan Steel 4-1 in the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) match played at the Quaid-i-Azam Sports Complex at Pakistan Steel Township on Sunday evening....
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Sastre on verge of winning Tour de France
ST AMAND MONTROND (France), July 27: Spaniard Carlos Sastre was poised to win the Tour de France after surprisingly resisting Australia’s Cadel Evans in Saturday’s 53km time-trial won by German Stefan Schumacher....
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Waqar triumphs
LAHORE, July 27: Waqar Ghulam of Zohaib Memorial Club won the 20-kilometre cycle race on Sunday....
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Dietzsch pulls out of Beijing Games
BERLIN, July 27: Reigning discus world champion Franka Dietzsch will finish her career without an Olympic gold after withdrawing from the Beijing Games just 12 days before competition starts citing recent poor form as her reason....
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Bolt emerges 200 metres winner at London GP
LONDON, July 27: Jamaica’s world 100 metres record holder Usain Bolt sounded another warning to his Olympic rivals with an impressive winning time of 19.76 seconds in the 200 metres at the London Grand Prix on Saturday....
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Olympics tougher than World Cup, says Dunga
SINGAPORE, July 27: Securing a first Olympic title will be a tougher job than the World Cup, Brazil’s coach Dunga said on Sunday, and insisted his young team was up to the task of football gold at the Beijing Games....
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Coach defends Chelsea’s tour of Asia
MACAU, July 27: Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has defended the club’s Asian tour after reports emerged of backroom unrest among players unhappy with the rigorous pre-season trip....
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Women scorers’ course
KARACHI, July 27: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Women’s Wing is holding a three-day course for 25 women scorers at the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park at Steel Township from Monday as a part of its Game Development Programme....
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Arambagh Club in narrow win
KARACHI, July 27: Arambagh Club twice came from behind to post a 49-44 victory over National Club in a nail-biting match of under-14 basketball tournament at their own floodlit court Saturday night.After...
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