|
| February 17, 2008 | Sunday | Safar 09, 1429 |
|
Thirty-seven named for national hockey camp
LAHORE, Feb 16: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has named 37 probables for a senior team preparatory training camp commencing here from Sunday at the National Hockey Stadium.... 
|
|
Jayawardene wants smart show from batsmen
PERTH, Feb 16: Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team needed to play smarter cricket at international level after this week’s 63-run loss to Australia....
|
|
|
||
India lock horns with Aussies today: Hosts’ bowling remains strong without Lee: Dhoni
ADELAIDE, Feb 16: After clinching their last match against Australia, India are expected to utilise express Brett Lee’s absence in the CB Series limited-overs game against the world champions at the Adelaide Oval here on Sunday....
|
|
Present stars back young talent: U-19 World Cup
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16: Cricket’s brightest young talent will not be short of inspiration when they contest the International Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup starting here on Sunday....
|
|
|
||
|
Aussie media slams team on urge to join IPL
MELBOURNE, Feb 16: Australian media has slammed Ponting and his boys for clamouring to play in the BCCI’s Twenty20 money-spinner — the IPL — even after accusing the Indian board (BCCI)...
|
|
‘Ricky Ponting struggling with captaincy burdens’
SYDNEY, Feb 16: Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be struggling to cope with the demands of a long summer in the spotlight and a hectic schedule, according to his deputy Adam Gilchrist....
|
|
||
|
IPL faces another CA barrier
MELBOURNE, Feb 16: A Cricket Australia (CA) rule has created an eleventh-hour glitch in talks to permit its contracted players to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL)....
|
|
South Africa’s high performance squad announced
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the names of players for its High Performance Programme (HPP), featuring a number of players with international experience as the selectors continue to evaluate the depth of talent on hand....
|
|
||
|
Ganguly eyes ODI return
MUMBAI, Feb 16: Former captain Saurav Ganguly still wants to play one-day cricket for India despite being dropped for the triangular series in Australia....
|
|
Wohaib Club foul-play leaves Nigerian player badly stranded
KARACHI, Feb 16: Indifferent attitude of a local football club and slackness of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has left an imported Nigerian player in the lurch as he has been stranded penniless and without shelter in the country....
|
|
|
||
|
Blake, Nishikori reach Delray Beach semis
MIAMI, Feb 16: Top-seeded James Blake powered into the semi-finals of the 411,000-dollar Delray Beach International tournament here on Friday, but Japan’s Kei Nishikori made sure the final four weren’t an all-American affair....
|
|
Shahid storms into Asian Squash semis
KARACHI, Feb 16: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman defeated compatriot Bilal Zaman after a 33-minute showdown in the quarters of Asian Senior Squash Championship in Kuwait to qualify for the semis on Friday....
|
|
|
||
|
Ronaldo’s return to soccer uncertain
PARIS, Feb 16: An operation to repair a ruptured tendon in Ronaldo’s left knee went well, but it is too early to say whether the Milan striker will play professional soccer again, a Paris specialist said on Friday....
|
|
Adam Gilchrist satisfied with WACA farewell
PERTH, Feb 16: Australia’s Adam Gilchrist admitted he was relieved to have successfully completed an emotional WACA farewell after his match-winning century against Sri Lanka....
|
|
|
||
|
China dismisses French protest
BEIJING, Feb 16: China has dismissed a protest filed by France after their Fed Cup tie this month, saying the match referee had cleared one of the Chinese players to leave the tie before it ended, state media reported on Friday....
|
|
Seles was amazing, says Henin
ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 16: World number one Justine Henin on Friday paid tribute to Monica Seles, describing the nine-time Grand Slam title winner as amazing....
|
|
|
||
|
Ailing Djokovic withdraws
ROTTERDAM (The Netherlands), Feb 16: Ailing Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic on Friday withdrew from next week’s ATP tournament here because of flu, the organisers said....
|
|
Hurriedly organised Sindh Games prove exercise in futility
KARACHI, Feb 16: As anticipated, the 11th Sindh Games which concluded at Sukkur on Friday turned out to be an exercise in futility. The biennial games were hurriedly announced without taking...
|
|
|
||
|
Sindh Amateur Golf from March 21
KARACHI, Feb 16: The three-day Sindh Amateur Golf Championship will be held at Arabian Sea Country Club (ASCC) from March 21-23, Sindh Golf Association (SGA) announced here on Saturday....
|
|
Top Derby contenders compete at LRC today
LAHORE, Feb 16: A strong turnout of the cream of the country’s thoroughbreds is all set to take part in the Pakistan Derby Trials 2008, to be raced in the over 2,000 metres distance at the Racecourse on Sunday....
|
|
|
||
|
Spearmon posts fifth-fastest indoor 200m in history
FAYETTEVILLE (Arkansas), Feb 16: American Wallace Spearmon posted the fifth-fastest time in history in the indoor 200m here Friday, clocking 20.19sec at the Tyson Invitational indoor athletics meeting....
|
|
South Korea coach plays down record against China: East Asian Cup
CHONGQING (China), Feb 16: South Korea have played down their 26-match winning streak against neighbouring China in over 30 years as their squads prepare to clash in the East Asian Cup here on Sunday....
|
|
|
||
|
Veteran Allen Johnson wins hurdles event
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Feb 16: A dozen years after winning gold at the Atlanta Olympics, Allen Johnson was still strong enough to win the 60-meter hurdles at the Tyson Invitational on Friday....
|
|
FA join critics of Premier League overseas plan
LONDON, Feb 16: The Football Association (FA), the national governing body for the sport in England, on Saturday became the latest organisation to criticise plans by the English Premier League (EPL) to play competitive matches overseas....
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Kluft unsure about Olympic title defence
BIRMINGHAM, Feb 16: Carolina Kluft again hinted here on Saturday that she might abandon her attempt to defend her Olympic heptathlon title in August in order to concentrate solely on a single event at the Beijing Games....
|
|
Skiing champ in doping scandal
VIENNA, Feb 16: Former Olympic skiing champion Stefan Eberharter and the German biathlon team have protested their innocence after an anonymous source accused them of blood-doping, daily newspaper Osterreich reported on Saturday....
|
|
|
||
