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No regrets as I did my best for Pakistan hockey: Jamali: Former PM quits as PHF president
KARACHI, Oct 13: President, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali resigned from the post on Monday in a hurriedly-called press conference at the Hockey Club of Pakistan, just a...
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PHF Executive Board meeting to go ahead
LAHORE, Oct 13: After the resignation of Mir Zafarullah Jamali as president Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday, vice-president Saeed Khan will preside over the Executive Board meeting which is scheduled to be held in Karachi on Tuesday....
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Tendulkar misses Test record as India escape defeat
BANGALORE, Oct 13: Sachin Tendulkar scored a match-saving 49 to help India avert defeat in the first Test against Australia on Monday but fell short of a world record....
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Extremists won’t target Aussies: Imran
SYDNEY, Oct 13: International cricketers are safe from terror attacks in troubled Pakistan because the game is so well loved in the country, player-turned-politician Imran Khan told Australian media....
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Sri Lanka book final spot
TORONTO, Oct 13: Sri Lanka set a final date in the quadrangular Twenty20 tournament with Pakistan after defeating Canada by 15 runs in the last preliminary round fixture on Sunday....
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Waqar to be ECB coach for India tour
KARACHI, Oct 13: Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis has accepted an offer from the England and Wales Cricket Board to tour India with their academy team as a bowling consultant....
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Pakistan outclass Zimbabwe in T20
TORONTO, Oct 13: Pakistan maintained their unbeaten record when cruised to a seven-wicket victory over an outclassed Zimbabwe in the four-nation Canada Twenty20 tournament on Sunday with opener Shoaib Khan taking Man-of-the-Match honours for his knock of 50....
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Dayle Hadlee, Mudassar Nazar to join ICC Academy in Dubai
DUBAI, Oct 13: Former Test cricketers Dayle Hadlee of New Zealand and Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan will join Rod Marsh at the ICC Global Cricket Academy (GCA) to train and develop the best talent in world cricket....
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Vengsarkar blasts Kumble
NEW DELHI, Oct 13: Former Test cricketer and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday lashed out at Indian captain Anil Kumble for playing the first Test at Bangalore despite not being...
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‘Ponting will surpass Tendulkar’
MELBOURNE, Oct 13: Ricky Ponting’s flamboyant maiden hundred on Indian soil led Greg Chappell to foretell that the Aussie skipper will eventually pass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of maximum Test centuries....
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Former players want Lawson to be replaced by local coach
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Former Test opener Mohsin Khan thinks Geoff Lawson lacks the credentials to move Pakistan cricket forward and wants him replaced by a home grown coach before next year’s all-important home series against India....
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Shahid qualifies for main round: World Open Squash
MANCHESTER, Oct 13: With straight games victory over his Egyptian rival, Shahid Zaman became the fourth Pakistani to reach the first round of the main draw of the World Open squash championship at the National Squash Centre....
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Kunitsyn stuns Safin to secure first Moscow trophy
MOSCOW, Oct 13: Unheralded Igor Kunitsyn upset former world No 1 Marat Safin 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 in an all-Russian Kremlin Cup final to clinch his maiden title on Sunday....
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Issam, Fariz create major upsets
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Issam Jellali (Tunisia) and Fariz Mohammad (India) created major up sets of the day by defeating top seeds and qualifying for the main draw of the ITF Pakistan...
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Sportfishing tournaments planned
KARACHI, Oct 13: Karachiites will be treated to two exciting offshore sportfishing tournaments slated for the coming season, Agha’s Sportfishing announced here recently....
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NBP, KPT triumph; Pakistan Steel-KESC match drawn: Pakistan Premier Football League
KARACHI, Oct 13: In the three Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) matches played here at separate venues on Monday, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) beat Afghan FC 6-2, Pakistan Steel and...
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Brazil beat Venezuela, go second in qualifiers
SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela), Oct 13: Robinho scored two goals to lead Brazil over Venezuela 4-0 Sunday and into second place at the halfway point of South American qualifying for the 2010 World Cup....
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Punjab athletics from today
LAHORE, Oct 13: Fourteen events will be held in the two-day Punjab Inter-zonal athletics championship to be held at the Punjab Stadium from Tuesday....
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Reza stars as KGS win
KARACHI, Oct 13: Karachi Grammar School were made to struggle before they achieved a five-wicket victory over St Paul’s School in the first KGA Ian Fyfe memorial inter-school Twenty20 cricket tournament at the KGA Ground here on Monday....
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Gulshan FC, Ghani XI outplay rivals in PLF
KARACHI, Oct 13: Ghani XI beat Aurora FC 2-0 and Gulshan FC beat Gharib Nawaz Dalmia 5-2 in the two KASB Premier League Football (PLF) matches played at the CDGK Stadium on Sunday....
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Cheruiyot, Grigoryeva win Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO, Oct 13: Kenyan Evans Cheruiyot won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday for his second successive victory since moving up to the distance last year, while Russia’s Lidiya Grigoryeva claimed the women’s title also on her Chicago debut....
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Australia to play Japan at MCG
MELBOURNE, Oct 13: Australia will play Japan in their final 2010 World Cup qualifying match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground next June, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Monday....
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Egypt thrash Djibouti in Africa qualifiers
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 13: Continental champions Egypt completed the second round of African World Cup qualification with an easy 4-0 win over Djibouti in Cairo on Sunday....
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