MEXICO CITY (Agencies) - Saul Canelo Alvarez stopped Kermit Cintron at 2:53 of the fifth round to retain his WBC junior welterweight title. Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 knockouts) put Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KOs) down in the fourth round with a straight right, which he landed with regularity, and hurt the ...

MONTREAL (Agencies) Pakistan tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna defeated Australia's Paul Hanley and Bruno Soares of Brazil in straight sets to advance to the third round of the men's doubles event of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament. The fifth-seeded 'Pak-India Express' ...

LAHORE - East Zone Blues and West Zone Blues won their fourth round matches of the Senior Inter District Cricket Tournament of Lahore Region played here at various venues. At LCCA cricket ground, East Zone Blues beat North Zone Blues by nine wickets. North Zone Blues scored 148 runs in their first ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has selected 20 players for camp training to appear in the qualifying round of the 26th FIBA Asia Championship for Middle East Zone. The qualifying round of the 26th FIBA championship will be staged in New Delhi from July 13 ...

KARACHI - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on Friday said that various parts of the Pakistan army and ISI were infected with cancer which should be removed so that the rest can be saved. Addressing the MQM general workers meeting at Lal Qila ground via telephone simultaneously in 26 different cities of the ...

LAHORE As many as four matches were played in second qualifying round of the FMC International Squash Tournament here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Tuesday. In the first match, Aqib Hanif bt Shamsul Islam by 11/9, 9/11, 11/2, 11/2. Abbas Ali bt Khalid Khan by 11/8, 11/8, 13/11. Aurangzeb ...

WASHINGTON - The first round of talks between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) over release of next tranche concluded on Sunday, while the dialogue will also take place today (Monday). Pakistani delegation headed by Federal Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh discussed the release of ...

Roundtable Conference proposed by President of the country and co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari is need of hour in view of world political scenario so that the political and economic challenges faced by the homeland could be resolved. This was said by Secretary Information PPP ...

ISLAMABAD - Leader of Tehrik-e-Hazara Baba Haider Zaman has said that the purpose behind creation of Pakistan was to facilitate Pakistani people and not the plunderers and the indifferent attitude of the rulers could provoke civil disobedience. He was addressing a crowded press conference here on ...

ISLAMABAD As many as 54 matches were decided on first day of the 8th Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship as the qualifying round of the national event started here at PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday. In the mens singles, eight players moved to the main round at the clay courts of ...

LAHORE The last two initial round matches of the 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship will be played on September 25 at Model Town Ground. The first twenty20 match will be played between Model Town Club and Muslim Gym at 9:30 am while the second match will be played between P&T Gymkhana and ...

ISLAMABAD Rawal Town, Margalla, Ghouri, CRA, Islamabad Gymkhana and Kings Gymkhana club posted victories in the ongoing NBP-ICA Invitational League Cricket Championship at different venues of Islamabad. At Diamond cricket ground, hard-hitting Mazhar Abbasi blasted a ton (124) to pave a way for a ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) (AFP) Tiger Woods made a shaky start but improved as the day progressed to shoot a decent two-under-par 70 in the first round at the Players Championship on Thursday. Woods, trying to rebound after missing the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship last week by a whopping ...

LONDON (Reuters) Football championships, as any bar-room expert will attest, are 'a marathon not a sprint but as Europes top leagues enter the home straight the stage is set for some breathless photo-finishes. One point divides the top two in England, Spain and Italy while there are two points ...

ISLAMABAD Sadia Gul, Monisa, Gul Zaman and Amna Latif have confirmed their berth in the main round of the WISPA International Squash Championship after beating their opponents in qualifying round on Monday here at Mushaf Squash Complex. The main round will start from Tuesday (today) at the same ...

LAS VEGAS (Nevada) (AFP) Evander Holyfield stopped Frans Botha in the eighth round Saturday in a battle of aging heavyweight warriors. The 47-year-old Holyfield improved to 43-10-2 with 28 wins inside the distance. He knocked down 41-year old with 2:36 remaining in the round with a right to the ...

ISLAMABAD Mahak Khokhar moved to next round of the 7th Subh-e-Nau Ladies National Tennis Championship which started here at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex on Saturday. Mahak outclassed Maryam Shakar Jan in straight sets without conceding a single game. She registered victory ...

RAWALPINDI - Despite tall claims of all the candidates to clinch the National Assembly seat (NA-55), the final showdown is likely between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shakil Awan and Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sh Rashid Ahmed, who is reportedly backed by the PPP city chapter. For ...

PRESTON (England) (AFP) France striker Nicolas Anelka took the plaudits after his goal inspired a 2-0 win at Preston kept Chelsea on course to land the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons. Anelka set the platform for the Premier League clubs fourth round success at Deepdale on Saturday with ...

Poland beat favorites Pakistan 3-2 goals in the last pool match of the World Cup Qualifying Round being played in France on Saturday. Pakistan have already qualified for playing the final of the tournament while for the place of the second finalists, there will be a crucial contest between Japan ...

LAHORE - Real Lahore forced their way into next round after edging out Baba Cargo FC 2-1 in All Punjab Peace and Non Violence Football Cup at Model Town Football Academy Ground, Model Town C & D Block. Later on, Afshan FC and Shaheen FC also earned passage into next round. Real Lahore staged ...

KARACHI - India's Gaganjeet Bhullar fired a sparkling 10-under-par 62 to open up a two-shot lead in the weather-hit penultimate third round at the Indonesia President Invitational Golf on Saturday in Jakarta, according to information available here. The 21-year-old Bhullar, chasing his first ...

Dinara Safina rolled past another opponent on Wednesday at the French Open, this time beating Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the second round. The top-seeded Safina took a 5-0 lead to open the match, stretching her streak to 17 straight games after winning 6-0, 6-0 in the first round. ...

LAHORE - Wahdat Eaglets beat Samanabad club by seven wickets in the National Bank of Pakistan Inter-club Twenty20 Cricket Tournament here at the Model Town Club Ground. With this win Eaglets moved to the next round also. Samanabad made148 for the loss of six wickets in the given 20 overs. Ashfaq ...

Police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in Islamabad Friday, with the nuclear-armed nation in turmoil since a court banned the top opposition leader from contesting elections. The cabinet met to discuss the crisis and paramilitaries went on alert for potential trouble, one day after the ...

The second round of secret talks between Afghan government and its opponent was held in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Afghanistan's former envoy to Pakistan Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef are playing key role in the talks. Prince Muqrin had visited ...

Polling for five constituencies in the third round of the seven-phased assembly elections in Indian held Kashmir on Sunday began amid tight security here. Meanwhile, undeclared curfew has been clamped in most parts of the occupied valley before the polling. About 109 companies of additional ...

WEST PALM BEACH (Florida) (AFP) - Suzann Pettersen topped the leaderboard heading into the final round of the season-ending USLPGA's ADT Championship. "I still think the best golf for me this week is ahead of me," Pettersen said. Pettersen led the way as eight players qualified for Sunday's final ...

ISLAMABAD - Rawalpindi, Lahore and Federal Education Boards qualified for the second round of the All Pakistan Inter-Boards Tennis Championship at Islamabad Tennis Complex on Thursday. The event is being organised by Rawlpindi Education Board, as 11 education boards including Lahore, Peshawar, ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN - The 14th Tour de Pakistan international cycle race's fourth round got completed as the cyclists reached Rahim Yar Khan city on Wednesday. The fourth round was won by Naimat Ali from Sui Southern Pakistan, Second position by Haroon ur Rasheed from WAPDA and third position was won ...