Women’s Singles expert Kapila Vanshika registered her class in the qualifying round of Smt.Vankina Anjani Devi Memorial All India Senior Ranking Tournament and thrashed Shinde Tanmayi on January 24, 2013. This hard fought tussle was staged at the local badminton arena of Hyderabad and it remained in full swing for 30 minutes. Both contenders earned […]
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Masato Sakai and Yui Ohashi accomplished gold medals of the Men’s 200m butterfly and Women’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) respectively at the 2012 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Sakai remained nearly two body lengths ahead of his closest competitor and tapped the wall for gold medal with a timing of 1 minute and 58.35 seconds. The […]
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China is considered to be the fastest growing economy, but things are not as simple as they look. Attracted by subsidies, cheap labour, and tax regulations, several American-based manufacturers shifted their business to China in the recent years. However, the situation has changed now. The manufactures, who brought millions of jobs to China a few […]
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England’s former cricketer, Geoffrey Boycott, has expressed that he admires Pakistan team because they keep throwing extremely talented players in international cricket, although the Green Shirts are often involved in controversies. The Green Shirts faced one of the biggest controversies of the history of the game in 2010, when three of their players, Salman […]
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Major League Baseball Update/News Some reliable sources have speculated in the media recently that the New York Mets management is quite optimistic to land former Arizona Diamondbacks centre fielder Michael Bourn. “We don’t want to lose our first-round draft pick, We think that’s one of the ways we got into the predicament we’ve […]
La Liga giants once again dominate the Football Money League as English champions’ Manchester City enters the top 10 list. Spanish champions’ Real Madrid have been crowned as world’s richest club for an eighth straight year. Madrid and FC Barcelona showed their domination once again as they are miles ahead from the clubs in […]
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The Green Shirts will be playing against Nepal and Maldives in February, as they look to prepare for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers that start in March. “We are hopeful that a final decision will be made about the tours within a couple of days,” PFF secretary Col Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi told said while […]
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Mobile phone networks will be suspended in major cities in view of terror threat on Thursday night. The move is one of several security measures being taken ahead of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued the directives to the mobile network companies to block services in Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Multan […]
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has expressed anger over the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for not arresting Tauqir Sadiq, the former Oil and Gas Regulation Authority (OGRA) chairman. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Jawad S. Khawaja resumed the hearing of OGRA implementation case. During the hearing, the NAB’s prosecutor […]
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A United Nations investigation into targeted killings will examine drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, Guardian reports. Ben Emmerson QC, a UN special rapporteur, will reveal the full scope of his review which will include checks on military use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in UK operations in Afghanistan, US strikes in Pakistan, as […]
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Chinese Li Na stormed into the final of the Australian Open Thursday with a straight sets upset win over Maria Sharapova, leaving her one victory away from a second major title. Li, 30, defeated the world number two 6-2, 6-2 in 1hr 33min and will now face the winner of Thursday’s second semi-final between […]
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State Minister for Finance Salim Mandviwala backtracked on his remarks over a case into the Baldia Town garments factory fire where 250 people lost their lives, shortly after TV channels broadcast his statement. He had said that the prime minister had withdrawn murder case against the factory owners over the directives. The state […]