Tag: Enter

LAHORE - Model Town thrashed Afshan FC 7-1 to enter the semi-finals of the All Punjab Raiders Football Cup 2011. Model Town staged a recovery after conceding an early goal and turned the tide in the second session as international striker Zaheer Abbas struck a hat-trick with goals in the 11th, 14th and 27th minute of the second session.
Afshan were the first to strike, with Ali Bajwa scoring a goal in the 12th minute. MTFC equalised in the 29th minute through Zain Khalid. The

DHAKA - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi led from the front again to inspire his team to a 10-wicket victory over West Indies in the first World Cup quarter-final on Wednesday. Afridi took four for 30 as West Indies collapsed to 112 all out from 43.3 overs to take his total to 21 for the tournament and overhaul Imran Khan's Pakistan record at a single World Cup. Man-of-the-match Mohammad Hafeez, who had taken two cheap wickets with his off-spin, then scored his maiden World Cup

LAHORE - P&T Gymkhana downed Stags CC by 52 runs to enter the final of first SPM Club Cricket tournament. They gave no room to their rivals in the first semi-final at Ali Garh ground, after racing to 292 in 25 overs.
Syed Azhar Zaidi, former Pakistan cricket team manager and head of P&T Gymkhana said, "We played a solid game and we gradually looked more comfortable as the game unfolded. Our collective efforts deserve high marks. We have a number of players who can perform at a

SINGAPORE - Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources, with children and unborn babies most at risk of possibly developing cancer.
Experts said any exposure to radioactive materials has the potential to cause various kinds of cancers, with higher levels of radiation seen as more dangerous. But they said they needed more accurate measurements for the level of radioactivity in Japan, and the

RAS JDIR - Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took the main square of Zawiyah on Wednesday, residents said, but rebels who pulled back under heavy assault vowed to counterattack. Al Jazeera satellite television said several members of Gaddafi's forces, including a general and a colonel, were killed in fighting that a local doctor said had claimed at least 40 lives and probably many more. Libyan state TV showed many dozens of what it said were loyalist demonstrators marching

LAHORE - Pakistan has succeeded in the mango diplomacy with the United States. Pakistan will start sending the world's sweetest mango - validated by universal scientific sweetness measurements - to the US from this spring. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Harvest Trading chief executive officer Ahmad Jawad. He pointed out that currently, Pakistan exports some five percent of mango of the total crop, which are mainly exported to wholesale markets.
He said

WASHINGTON - Two US amphibious assault ships have reached the Mediterranean Sea, a US official said on Wednesday, as Washington intensifies pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to end his four-decade rule.
The USS Ponce and the USS Kearsarge, assault ships that typically carry Marines, cleared the Suez Canal from the Red Sea and entered the Mediterranean, the official said on condition of anonymity. The US also has an aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, in the Red Sea but

LAHORE - The Phase III of the 2nd Chief Minitser's Sports Competitions 2010-11 has entered the Degree Divisional level. 9 divisions of Punjab are participating in the event. The Divisional teams, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, DG Khan, Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal and Sargodha, will participate in boys athletics, football, cricket, volleyball, hockey and badminton and girls athletics, hockey, volleyball and badminton competitions.
The Degree Divisional level

LAHORE - JS Bank/ Waste Busters won their last league match to qualify for the main final of the Caanchi & Lugari Pakistan Polo Cup 2011, to be played on Sunday against Ciro's Pomodoro.
On the other hand PSS International won its match and qualified for the subsidiary final against Master Paints (Black). The combined team of JS Bank and Waste Busters defeated Hattaf 6-4. The win materialised due to the efforts of Ahmed Ali Tiwana, who scored five of the six goals. Zain Khan

DOHA - A dramatic last-minute goal from defender Masahiko Inoha saw 10-man Japan snatch a 3-2 win over heartbroken hosts Qatar in their Asian Cup quarter-final on Friday. Inoha struck in the 90th minute at a nearly full Al Gharafa Stadium to keep alive Japan's bid for a fourth continental title and crush Qatar's dreams of a first semi-final appearance.
Sebastian Suria's 12th-minute opener for Qatar was cancelled out by Shinji Kagawa, who drew Japan level again with 20 minutes to

LAHORE - Bihar forced their way into semi-finals of KESC Lyari Football League 2011. Bihar defeated Nawalane 2-0 with well-taken second session goals in the first quarter-final. They clash with winner of Singolane/Daryabad quarterfinal on Saturday.
Nawalane's Mam Jan was the hero with goals in the 42nd and 46th minutes. Jan also received the man of the match award from DFA Karachi South Chairman Imam Bakhsh Sajidi.
Earlier, in the 24th and last Group D league match of the

LAHORE - The second phase of Chief Minister sports competitions (divisional level) opened up here at Punjab Stadium on Thursday with events starting at seven different venues of the city.
Provincial Sports Minister Tanveer ul Islam Rana inaugurated the competitions during the graceful opening ceremony.
The opening day results:
Faisalabad beat Sargodha 3-0. Gujranawala beat Rawalpindi 2-0. Sahiwal got walk over as DG Khan team did not arrive. Bahawalpur beat Multan 2-0.

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly (SA) unanimously passed a resolution on Monday, demanding the government to address the root causes of maternal mortality in the province.
The resolution was moved by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MPA Dr Syed Ahmed Ali Shah, with many others adding their signatures as movers.
Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed, who belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), defended the government, while PPP members complained of the lack of medical

RAFAH - Around 100 pro-Palestinian activists, part of an aid convoy from Asia, crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt early Monday, an AFP photographer said. The convoy's aid cargo is expected to arrive in Gaza later on Monday, after travelling separately from Syria to Egypt by boat, Indian organiser Feroz Mesberola said.
An Egyptian security official told AFP that around 20 Iranians and some, though not all, of the Jordanians travelling with the convoy had been denied visas to

LAHORE - Nepal pushed Pakistan girls aside in the last league match of the SAFF Women's Championship to qualify for the semi-final. Nepal qualified along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
Pakistan will face India in the semi-final on December 20 while Bangladesh will take on Nepal on December 21. The final is scheduled for December 23. In Nepal's 12-0 victory over Pakistan, front runner Anu Lama landed the opener in the 15th minute.
Mira Maharjan doubled the lead in the

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged Beijing on Monday to guarantee the safety of Japanese companies and citizens, as a wave of rowdy protests in China sparked by a territorial row entered a third day.
As many as 1,000 anti-Japanese demonstrators took to the streets of Wuhan, the capital of China's central Hubei province, on Monday, chanting slogans to vent their anger at Tokyo amid a heavy police presence, witnesses said.
Armed police with riot shields also guarded