STUTTGART, Apr 29: Maria Sharapova beat Li Na 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to successfully defend her WTA Porsche Grand Prix title in a final between the last two French Open champions. The top-seeded Russian swept to her second title of the year after winning in Indian Wells, Calif. ...

KARACHI, Apr 29: Ahmed Jamal, the Pakistan Customs fast bowler, has won a 'King of Speed' competition, a nationwide search to unearth new pace talent. His fastest delivery was clocked at 143kph and won him Rs 1 million in prize money. Jamal, 24, is from Abbottabad in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 68 miles north of Islamabad. ...

BASEL, Apr 26: Chelsea stayed on course to add the Europa League to their Champions League triumph of last season with a dramatic 2-1 win over FC Basel in their semifinal first leg match in Switzerland Thursday. ...

KARACHI, Apr 26: The Pakistan Cricket Board will send a vigilance officer with the team for this year's Champions Trophy in England in a bid to avoid a repeat of the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. ...

MILAN, Apr 25: Tyre supplier Pirelli has resisted pressure from world champions Red Bull to make its tyres more durable for the rest of the season. ...

DORTMUND, Apr 25: It was Muhammad Ali who warned his opponents he would "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee". ...

Sports Reporter KARACHI, Apr 25: Farmer all-rounder and first class cricketer and National Umpire Fiaz Ahmed born on June 5, 1943 at Akbari Gate Lahore. ...

Dr M. Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter Karachi, Apr 25: Iqra University (IU) team defended its title after defeating Institute of Business Administration (IBA) team in the Final of 3rd AKU Inter-University Tennis Tournament by 3-1 matches while Abdul Rehman of IBA defeated Mustafa Tariq of IoBM by 2-0 in the Final of Singles Event yesterday organized by Aga Khan University Sports Centre with the support of Sindh ...

LAHORE, Apr 25: Junaid Khan, the Pakistan fast bowler, is confident that his prior county experience with Lancashire will help him lead the attack in the absence of Umar Gul during the Champions Trophy in England this summer. ...

DUBLIN, Apr 24: Ireland international cricketer John Mooney has been handed a three-match suspension by his national federation for a tweet that he posted about the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Cricket Ireland said on Tuesday. ...