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Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Sri Lanka draw first blood as Pakistan batting flops
HAMBANTOTA (Sri Lanka), June 1: Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekara picked up wickets with his first two balls to help Sri…
No room for PCB as BCCI aims to host all matches
LAHORE: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is insisting on playing all the matches of the proposed…
New Liverpool boss sets sights on title
LIVERPOOL, June 1: Brendan Rodgers said he aimed to bring the glory days back to Liverpool after being appointed the…
Trent Bridge to stage Ashes opener in 2013
LONDON, June 1: Trent Bridge will stage next year’s first Ashes Test, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced…
New Zealand build Olympic momentum
IPOH (Malaysia), June 1: Unbeaten New Zealand’s charge into the finals of Malaysia’s Sultan Azlan Shah Cup bodes well for…
ICC decides to stick with D/L method and DRS
LONDON, June 1: The ICC Cricket Committee has decided to keep the controversial Duckworth Lewis method for calculating one-day targets…
Airborne Hooker feeling good
SYDNEY, June 1: Australia’s Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker said he was feeling ‘really, really good’ after finally getting…
ACBS chief to make efforts for snooker’s inclusion in 2014 Asiad
KARACHI: The newly-elected president of the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS), Hani Khoury of Jordan, will visit South Korea…
Khyber Greens qualify for Champions League final
KARACHI, June 1: Khyber Greens Fata qualified for the final of the second Pakistan Champions League cricket tournament after they…
Bolt sprints to year’s fastest 100m win
ROME, June 1: Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season’s best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at…
Aqeel, Abid in Subh-e-Nau tennis semis
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Top seed Aqeel Khan cruised into the semi-final of the Vigo Champ Subh-e-nau National tennis championship at…
Ronaldinho walks out on Flamengo
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 1: Former AC Milan and Barcelona striker Ronaldinho walked out on Flamengo on Thursday after winning…
France beat Serbia to stretch unbeaten run
REIMS (France), June 1: France beat Serbia 2-0 in a Euro 2012 warm-up game to stretch their unbeaten run to…
World Wide Bridge starts
LAHORE, June 1: The two-day competitions of the World Wide Bridge Contest started at the Royal Palm Country Club Bridge…
Robles pulls out
HAVANA, June 1: Cuba’s Olympic high hurdles champion Dayron Robles has cancelled his participation in Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic because of…
Officials elected
LAHORE, June 1: The general council of the Punjab Taekwondo Association has elected Mushtaq Ahmad, Mohammad Babar and Chaudhry Adnan…
Lampard blow to England
LONDON, June 1: England suffered a major blow before the start of Euro 2012 when experienced midfielder Frank Lampard was…
Ethiopian marathon runner banned for doping
COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado), June 1: Ethiopian marathon runner Ezkyas Sisay has received a two-year doping ban after a positive drug…
Ivanovic, Radwanska bid early farewell
PARIS, June 1: A flat-footed Ana Ivanovic and a completely out-of-sorts Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska bade an early farewell…
Waqar excels in U-19 cricket
KARACHI, June 1: Paceman Waqar Ali excelled with a five-wicket haul as Zone-II Whites outclassed Zone-III Blues by seven wickets…
Euro players warned off Twitter
LONDON, June 1: England have warned players to be careful when using Twitter at Euro 2102 while Spain and Denmark…
Cavendish set for Dutch-Belgian race ahead of Tour
PARIS, June 1: World champion Mark Cavendish, who won three stages at the Giro d’Italia, will resume competition at the…
Two-time Olympic champion dies
MOSCOW, June 1: Legendary Soviet fencer Mark Midler, a two-time Olympic champion, died late on Thursday after a long and…
India overpower Pakistan 2-1: New Zealand reach Azlan Shah final
IPOH (Malaysia), May 31: New Zealand on Thursday booked their first ever appearance in the final of the Sultan Azlan…
Roach ruled out of England tour
LEICESTER (United Kingdom), May 31: Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the remainder of the West Indies’…
Sri Lanka, Pakistan out to test strengths ahead of World T20
HAMBANTOTA (Sri Lanka), May 31: Sri Lanka and Pakistan will test each other’s strengths ahead of the World Twenty20 tournament…
Pietersen opts to quit limited-overs cricket
LONDON, May 31: England batsman Kevin Pietersen announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket on Thursday, reluctantly ruling himself out…
Ijaz powers Al-Noor Gymkhana into final
KARACHI, May 31: Opener Ijaz Ali Shah smashed a hurricane half century to power Al-Noor Gymkhana in the final of…
Murray fights off pain, easy sailing for Nadal
PARIS, May 31: Fourth seed Andy Murray, grimacing in pain, battled his way into the third round of the French…
NRAP’s delay in naming Olympic shooter deplorable: Mahmood Sultan
KARACHI, May 31: Veteran shooter Mahmood Sultan has hit out at the National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP) for delaying…
