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Indians thrash Aussies by record margin in Mohali
MOHALI (India), Oct 21: A sizzling spell by Zaheer Khan in the second Test here on Tuesday helped India to a crushing 320-run win against Australia and go 1-0 up in the four-Test series....
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Lawson remains under pressure, say ex-players
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Former Test batsman Mohsin Khan believes coach Geoff Lawson will be expected to produce good results even after the Pakistan Cricket Board decided not to renew his contract after April next year....
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Inspired Vettori dashes BD hopes of upset win
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), Oct 21: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori dashed Bangladesh’s hopes of a first major Test win on Tuesday with a fighting half-century as the tourists reeled in a mammoth target for victory in the first match....
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Hasan likely to become chief selector
LAHORE, Oct 21: While Olympian Hasan Sardar is a strong candidate to head the three-member selection committee full-back Khalid Bashir and Farhat Khan are likely to be the members to assist the chief selector, reliable sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
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CM approves land for FIFA Goal Project II
KARACHI, Oct 21: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has finally approved the summary for the allotment of the Hawkesbay land for the FIFA Goal Project II, Dawn learnt on...
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BCB official denies abandoning Pakistan
CHITTAGONG, Oct 21: A top Bangladesh cricket official on Tuesday rejected accusations from Pakistan that it failed to offer its support in the row over the rescheduled Champions Trophy....
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Australia’s lack of fight stumps Dhoni
MOHALI, Oct 21: India’s stand-in skipper Mahendra Dhoni was surprised at Australia’s lack of fight in the second Test after the hosts clinched a record 320-run win on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series....
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Stunned Ponting misses Warne, McGrath
MOHALI, Oct 21: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting conceded on Tuesday he missed retired ace bowlers Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath after his side were thumped by India, but vowed to fight back....
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Zaheer fined for outburst
MOHALI, Oct 21: India paceman Zaheer Khan was fined 80 percent of his match fee after being found guilty of a code of conduct breach following the second Test win over Australia on Tuesday....
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Malaysia won’t submit bid to remain AFC host
BANGKOK, Oct 21: Malaysia, home to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for more than 40 years, will not submit a bid to remain host of the region’s soccer body because of its “excessive” demands....
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Captain plays down reports of rift with Lee
MOHALI, Oct 21: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday played down reports of a row with star fast bowler Brett Lee during the second Test against India here....
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‘Kiwis must improve’
CHITTAGONG, Oct 21: Captain Daniel Vettori said New Zealand must improve after he was forced into a fighting rearguard to stave off an embarrassing Test defeat to Bangladesh on Tuesday....
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Late equaliser gets Man City 2-2 draw at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE (England), Oct 21: Stephen Ireland’s 86th-minute equalizer gave Manchester City a 2-2 draw against 10-man Newcastle on Monday and stopped the Magpies climbing out of the Premier League’s relegation zone....
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Balochistan down Sindh, Punjab stun PAF: Hasan Musa Squash
KARACHI, Oct 21: Second seed Punjab stunned top seed Pakistan Air Force (PAF) while fourth seed Balochistan toppled third seed Sindh by an identical margin of 2-1 to earn full points...
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German coach begins FIFA clinic for youngsters
KARACHI, Oct 21: The veteran German football coach Holger Obermann is in Pakistan these days to conduct Federation de Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Football for Hope Clinics for boys of...
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ITF event reaches quarters stage
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Bogdan Leonte (Romania), Alekseenkov Vadim (Ukraine), Vasiliev Mikhail (Russia), Rashidi Younes (Morroco) Abdukhalikov Syrym (Kazakhstan), Sikora Adrian (Slovakia), James Feaver (Great Britain) and Taubert Patrick (Great Britain) moved...
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Wawrinka suffers defeat at home
BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 21: Swiss fifth seed Stanislas Wawrinka fluffed two match points at his home tournament on Monday, crashing out 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 to Germany’s Benjamin Becker in the first round of the Swiss Indoors....
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Wapda’s fourth win in a row
FAISALABAD Oct 21: The 105th Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) clash between Punjab Medical College (PMC) and Wapda on Tuesday saw Wapda winning by 3-1, their fourth successive win....
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Lesser known pedigree horses await fans
LAHORE, Oct 21: A card of six events, comprising mostly runners belonging to unknown pedigree, awaits race-goers during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
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PST comes to PBSA rescue again
KARACHI, Oct 21: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) received second good news in a fortnight after Pakistan Sports Trust (PST) came to its rescue to finance the national team’s trip to the coming IBSF World Snooker Championship in Austria....
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Noor steers St Patrick’s into last eight
KARACHI, Oct 21: A superb knock of 79 from opener Noor Butt helped St Patrick’s High School qualify for the quarter-finals of the first KGA Ian Fyfe Memorial Twenty20 inter-school cricket tournament here at the KGA Ground on Tuesday....
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PCA to hold race
LAHORE, Oct 21: The Punjab Cycling Association will hold a race from Lahore to Sahiwal on Thursday on the instructions of its central chapter....
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