LAHORE: Karachi Kings thrashed Lahore Lions by eight wickets in 3rd National Veterans Cup here at Lahore Gymkhana ground on Thursday.  Lahore Lions scored 139 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Ashraf Ali 54,... (more...)

LAHORE: In consultation with Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Muhammad Ijaz Butt, the team  Management has decided that the official squad for the  two T20 Internationals being played in Cardiff on September... (more...)

BEIJING: A 12-member squad of Pakistani bridge players has arrived in Ningbo, a city in south western China, for participating in the First Asia Cup Bridge Championship, which commenced Tuesday. The Pakistani... (more...)

BEIJING: Hollywood martial arts star Jackie Chan has called for wushu, better known outside China as kung fu, to be recognised as an official Olympic sport, state media reported Sunday.  “I love... (more...)

LONDON: Defending champion Serena Williams said she wishes she was up against her older sister Venus in Saturday’s Wimbledon ladies’ final rather than Vera Zvonareva. The American top seed... (more...)

OTTAWA: Queen Elizabeth II celebrated Canada’s 143rd birthday Thursday before a crowd of tens of thousands of people who cheered her on as she saluted the Canadian men’s hockey team’s... (more...)

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa: Spain’s 21-year-old central midfielder Javi Martinez had to leave his side’s World Cup training session early  on Thursday after suffering an ankle injury, team... (more...)

JOHANNESBURG: Coach Oscar Tabarez said on Thursday that victory for Uruguay in their quarter-final with Ghana will rank the current incarnation of La Celeste second behind only their great World Cup champions.... (more...)

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa: Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk says he is confident the Oranje will prevail over five-time champions Brazil in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final.Holland go into this last-eight... (more...)

LONDON: One of Britain’s leading charities was left lamenting Roger Federer’s quarter-final loss at Wimbledon here on Wednesday as it meant it missed out on more than 100,000 pounds (148,260... (more...)