Archive for: February, 2013

Swansea wins the League Cup and books a spot in the Europa League’s 2013-2014 edition

Swansea wins the League Cup and books a spot in the Europa League’s 2013-2014 edition Bradford had accounted for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic en route to the final, but they fell well short in their bid to become the first team from England’s fourth division to lift one of the game’s most coveted […]

Kento Momota beats Riichi Takeshita to grab Men’s Singles title at Austrian International

Kento Momota, one of the most aggressive players among the younger lot of Japan, showed his supremacy in the arena as he won the Men’s Singles title after beating his compatriot Riichi Takeshita in the final battle of Austrian International Challenge 2013 in Austria, on Saturday, February 23. The in-form Momota, who was the seventh […]

David Ferrer, Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga grab the titles this Sunday – Tennis News

David Ferrer, Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga grab the titles this Sunday – Tennis News Top seeded David Ferrer successfully defended his title at the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires on Sunday. He battled past the Swiss star, Stanislas Wawrinka, in a three-set thriller to capture his 20th ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour […]

Becca Mann and Tyler Clary occupy gold medals – Arena Grand Prix

Becca Mann and Tyler Clary occupied gold medals of the 400m Individual Medley (IM) in Women and Men’s category respectively on first day of the 2013 Arena Grand Prix. Mann enjoyed a comfortable lead over her closest competitor and transpired on the finishing end for gold medal by producing an effort of 4 minutes and […]

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Russell Martin withdraws from team Canada

Major League Baseball Update/ News   The Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Russell Martin will not be available for his national baseball team in the coming World Baseball Classic.   Martin’s national team, the Team Canada, will not have the services of 30-year old Major League veteran due to the extensive pressure of being everyday catcher in […]

Abdul Razzaq cites overconfidence as prime reason behind South Africa debacle

Abdul Razzaq cites overconfidence as prime reason behind South Africa debacle Veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has termed overconfidence of the players as the main reason behind a terrible performance by Pakistan in South Africa. Facing an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash, the Green Shirts completely failed to do anything special. They had a very good chance of […]

PM reviews power situation in an emergency meeting

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf presided over a high level meeting to review the energy situation in the country at the PM’s House Monday.   The meeting was attended by Ch Ahmad Mukhtar Minister for Water and Power, Mr Saleem H Mandviwala Minister for Finance, Dr Asim Hussain Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and […]

Pakistan cricket team disappoints yet again

The Pakistani cricket team has been disappointing its supporters for years now and by the looks of it, the green caps do not plan on breaking the trend anytime soon. A team that has been put together by bringing together 11 of the most talented cricketers from Pakistan, the expectations are naturally high. However, captain […]

Yun Lung, Ying Suet become Mixed Doubles champion in 2013 Austrian International Challenge

Mixed Doubles pair Chan Yun Lung-Tse Ying Suet of Hong Kong remained invincible also in the final round of Austrian International Challenge and secured top spot on the victory stand on February 23, 2013. This title match put them against a compatriot duo Lee Chun Hei-Chau Hoi Wah and both couples challenged each other throughout […]

Misbah-ul-Haq optimistic about better results in the limited-overs series

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, is disappointed after losing the Test series against South Africa by an embarrassing margin of 0-3 but feels that not playing enough Test matches is the reason behind his team’s downfall.   After being thrashed by the home team in Johannesburg and Cape Town, the visitors failed to compete against Graeme […]

Pakistani scholars boycott ‘ulema’ conference in Kabul

Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, has said that Pakistani scholars will boycott the conference of the scholars of the two countries scheduled to be held in Kabul next month.   The conference was planned to form a united stance against violent extremism and suicide attacks that kill civilians, however, Pakistani religious […]

Electricity supply restored in most parts of country: Secretary

Electricity supply has been restored in most parts of the country while it will be restored in remaining areas shortly, officials said Monday.   The power supply was cut off last Sunday due to a major breakdown‚ affecting the entire country.   Secretary Water and Power, Rai Sikandar, said that production of 5‚800 mega watt […]

Join WishFree.com

Photo Gallery

Unique Auction UAE
Log in