Javeria Mirza, the youngest Pakistani to win scrabble ranking title

By Asif Khan

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 12, 2012: 15 year old Javeria Mirza became the youngest scrabble player in Pakistan to win a ranking tournament. She won 8 out of 9 matches to take the title at the 13th Ranking Scrabble Tournament played at Beach Luxury hotel on Sunday.

Oriel School win Inter Schools-Colleges Games Karate title

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 11, 2012: The Oriel Grammar School clinched the Samsung 5th Inter Schools, Colleges Games karate event title with 70 points on the second day of the Games here on Sunday.

New Zealand beat England to clinch inaugural Fast5 netball title

Anna Thompson, Katrina Grant and Anna Harrison admire the trophy

Monitoring Desk

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (TheSportsNEXT) November 11, 2012: New Zealand held on in a nailbiter to beat England 23-21 and claim the inaugural Fast5 netball world series title, NZ Herald reported Sunday.

Meet Australian Next-Gen All-Rounders

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 10, 2012: Australia looked flat on day 1 of their cricket summer as South African batsmen made their bowlers look ordinary on first day of the Brisbane Test at Gabba on Friday and the home side missed services of all-rounder Shane Watson dearly.

ICC World Cup 2011: Was Pakistan vs India Semi-Final FIXED?

By Sports Encounter Desk

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsEncounter) April 2, 2011: British journalist Ed Hawkins claimed in his book that Pakistan-India Semi-Final in the ICC World Cup 2011 at Mohali was a fixed affair but www.sportsencounter.com had unleashed the truth only a day after the match was played.

Australia vs South Africa: Brisbane Test, 1st day review

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: The opening day of the Brisbane Test started with two shocks - South Africa didn't play Imran Tahir, instead going in with an all-pace attack, with Rory Kleinveldt making his debut. Then we had the biggest shock - not only did Australia play the out-of-form spin bowler Nathan Lyon (in spite of fellow spinner Tahir not playing) but they also left in-form left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc as 12th man.

Jamal Crawford propels LA Clippers to 103-90 win over Trail Blazers

By Lindy Rumer

PORTLAND, Oregon United States (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: Jamal Crawford hit 25 points off the bench to help the Los Angeles Clippers defeat the Portland Trail Blazers by 103-90 in their first away game of the NBA 2013 on Thursday night.

Brisbane Test: Amla, Kallis make Aussies toil on Day 1

By Nadene Smith

BRISBANE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: South African batsmen stole the show on opening day of the Brisbane Test against Australia as the Proteas reached 255 for two at stumps at Gabba.

Sri Lanka name squads for BlackCaps ODIs, Tests

A common sight from Sri Lanka these days

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: The Sri Lanka Cricket has announced squads for the remainder of the One Day International series as well as the succeeding Test series against New Zealand on Friday.

Pataudi Trophy not for any individual: MCC

By Bipin Dani

MUMBAI, India (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: It is not clear whether the actress Sharmila Tagore wanted the upcoming India-England series be named after her late husband (Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi) or her late father-in-law Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan of Pataudi.