LONDON - South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn's participation in the Champions Trophy semi-final against England is in some doubt due to fitness concerns. The team management will take a late call on his inclusion on the morning of the match on Wednesday.The fast bowler missed a day's training and ...

LONDON - The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Tuesday the umpires and match officials for the Champions Trophy semi-finals. For hosts England's match against South Africa at The Oval in London on Wednesday, the on-field umpires will be Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena and Australia's Rod ...

LONDON - The five-wicket defeat to India in a warm-up match ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy will have no significance when Sri Lanka square off against the same opponents in the semifinals, said Mahela Jayawardene.Jayawardene, who reached 11,000 ODI runs yesterday, said the defeat against India ...

CARDIFF - England defied the rain and a late New Zealand rally to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with a tense 10-run win at Cardiff.A target of 170 in a game reduced to 24 overs per side appeared well within the Kiwis' reach after England lost their last seven wickets ...

CARDIFF - South Africa advanced into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy on superior net run-rate after their rain-marred match against the West Indies in Cardiff on Friday ended in a tie. The West Indies, who had to win this match to go through to the last four, were exactly level on the ...

PARIS - World number one Serena Williams survived a huge scare to reach her first French Open semi-final since 2003 on Tuesday, defeating unseeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.Williams, bidding to win just her second title in Paris, 11 years after her first, looked down and almost out ...

ISLAMABAD - Nishter, Zamindar, USGC and Al-Muslim Football Clubs qualified for the semi-finals of the DFA Rawalpini A League here at Municipal Football Stadium. In the last round match, Nishetr FC beat Al-Muslim FC 2-0. Waqas Pasha scored the opening goal in the 34th minute. In the second half, ...

ISLAMABAD - Helped by a brace from Tamim, USGC Football Club thrashed Regal FC 4-0 in the quarterfinal of the DFA Rawalpindi A League Football Tournament played here at Municipal Football Stadium. Tamim scored the first goal for the winners in the 15th minute as USGC was completely dominating the ...

ISLAMABADPakistan's No 1 squash player Aamir Atlas Khan defeated defending champion M Nafizwan Adnan of Malaysia 3-2 to reach the semi-finals of the 17th FMC Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex on Friday. Nafizwan started the match as firm ...

KARACHIPakistan's outing in the Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship ended on Wednesday when M Sajjad and Abu Saim crashed out in the quarter-finals. But Aamir Sarkosh (Iran), Omer Al Kojah (Syria), Saleh Muhammad (Afghanistan) and Zhao Xintong (China) advanced the last four stage ...

ISLAMABAD– Saba Aziz overpowered Rida Khalid in the first ladies quarterfinal of theSubh-e-Nau Clay CourtTennis Championship Wednesday. In other quarterfinals, Marium Mirza lost to young Mahin Aftab  while Meheq Khokhar defeated Mahvish Chishtie in third quarterfinal. Second seed Sara ...

ISLAMABAD- Defending champion Ali Murad, Ahsan Qamar, Wajid Ali and Rizwan Azam booked their places in the semi-finals of the All Pakistan Invitational Ranking Badminton Tournament here at Rodham Hall on Sunday. In the first quarterfinal, Ahsan Qamar of PIA beat Waqas Zahid in straight games 21-16, ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Samir Iftikhar registered 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) victory over over Sai Kartik Nakireddi of Fresno State University to give University of New Mexico (UNM) an unassailable 4-1 lead over Fresno State (FS) and ensured a berth in the semi-finals of Mountain West Conference (MWC) ...

PARIS - Petra Kvitova led holders Czech Republic into the Fed Cup semi-finals by giving them a winning lead with a three-set victory over Australia's Samantha Stosur in Ostrava on Sunday. The Czechs also won the dead doubles rubber later on Sunday for an overall 4-0 win.Russia also reached in ...