Army, Police, Sindh and Punjab have qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing 10th National Men’s Netball Championship 2011 being played at Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar on Friday. Khyber PK Sports Board…
Jalil Khan, Asfand Rouf, and Yasir Khan have reached the semi-finals of the NBP Open Ranking Tennis Championship being held at Modern club Karachi on Sunday. The finals of the championship will…
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna came up from a set down to approach to the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open with a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-4 victory over…
Fashion-conscious Maria Sharapova produced another dazzling performance in her beloved Paris to reach the French Open semi-finals with a crushing 6-0 6-3 win over German Andrea Petkovic on Wednesday. The Russian seventh…
Second seed Novak Djokovic was handed a place in the French Open semi-finals on Monday when scheduled last eight opponent Fabio Fognini was forced out with a torn left thigh muscle. The…
Young Prince Gymkhana have moved into the semi-final of the Kookoo Shah Cricket Tournament after beating Nomi Club by 37 runs here on Tuesday. Batting first, Young Prince scored 297 runs. Mushtaq…
Rafael Nadal showed no signs of the fever that has been afflicting him this week as he strolled into the Rome Masters semi-finals here with a 6-1, 6-3 demolition of Marin Cilic.…
Pakistan’s banned Test captain Salman Butt displayed guts with the bat in a local cricket tournament while playing for Khurrum Club here on Friday. Apollo Sports, Pindi Gymkhana and Khurrum Gymkhana qualified…
Holder Rafael Nadal marched into the semi-finals of the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters on Friday, snuffing out Frenchman Michael Llodra’s challenge 6-2, 6-2 in little more than an hour. The French Open champion,…
Second seed Fernando Verdasco will face up and coming Canadian Milos Raonic in the semi-finals of the Estoril Open here on Saturday after the pair each finished up rain-interrupted matches which began…
LAHORE – Left-arm spinner Zia Uddin became the first hat-trick maker in the 13th National Seniors Cricket Cup as his brilliant bowling enabled Sayid Paper Mills to force their way into the regional semi-finals. SPM earned an easy seven-wicket win over Multan White at Ali Garh Ground, Model Town. Multan White struggled to score 150 runs as Zia Uddin was in splendid touch, taking five wickets for 34 runs. The paltry score by Multan allowed SPM to wrap up the match with 152-3. Kamran
LAHORE – Lahore Whites and Sayid Paper Mills moved into the regional semi-finals of the 13th National Seniors Cricket Cup after winning their matches at different venues in Lahore. Lahore Whites defeated Multan Tigers by 55 runs. Lahore scored 179-7 in 24 overs against Multan at Khayaban-e-Amin Ground and bowled the opposition out for 124.
Meanwhile at Ali Garh Ground, Model Town, SPM beat Multan Whites by seven wickets. Multan struggled to score 150 runs in their innings. SPM
LAHORE – Versatile advanced the semi-final of the fourth SPM League Cricket Tournament here on Saturday. In Professional Group Versatile beat BBL by 61 runs. Versatile scored 249 runs on the fall of six wickets. Raza Ali Dar 108, Haris Nazir 72 and Nouman Afzal 34. Asif Ashfaq took three wickets.
In reply, BBL were all out for 188 runs with Imran Nazir (Jr) 46, Asif Ashfaq 32 and Qaiser Ashraf 28 runs with Imran Maqsood 4, Usman Qadir 3 and Raza Ali Dar took two wickets. Raza Ali
LAHORE – Government College University and University of Central Punjab won their matches of the Pakistan Inter-varsity Hockey Championship and qualified for the semi-finals.
The event is being played at the Punjab University New Campus ground. GCU beat University of Engineering and Technology 4-1 while University of Central Punjab defeated Bahria University 6-0.
LAHORE – Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna were in an absolutely ruthless form as they thrashed the second seeded team of Canadian Daniel Nestor and Belarusian Max Mirny, who are both former World No 1 doubles players, 6-1, 7-5 at the Princess Court in the Monte Carlo Tennis Complex where the ATP Masters Rolex Cup Tennis Championship is taking place.
Max Mirny has three Grand Slam and 35 Masters and Tour level doubles titles under his belt, while Daniel
PARIS – Nine-time champions Real Madrid and surprise packets Schalke 04 made no mistake in securing their places in the last four of the Champions League on Wednesday. Real beat English side Tottenham 1-0 in London to win 5-0 on aggregate after a howler by goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes saw Cristiano Ronaldo’s shot go over the line and set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash with bitter rivals Barcelona.
It also kept alive the hopes of coach Jose Mourinho of winning the trophy with
PARIS – Manchester United and Barcelona wrapped up their places in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday as they progressed at the expense of Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk respectively. United earned their place in the last four for the fourth time in five seasons with a 2-1 success over Chelsea – who ended the match with 10-men after Ramires was sent-off in the second-half – and a 3-1 triumph on aggregate which will heap the pressure on the losers’ manager Carlo Ancelotti.
