Tag: Exit

Italy boosted their World Cup hopes with a vital bonus-point win Tuesday as Japan’s tournament ended on a low and France were forced to...

Arsenal avoided a humiliating League Cup third round exit against Shrewsbury as the troubled Gunners came from behind to win 3-1, while Manchester United...

Though holidays for hacks like this writer are not as many as for folks in other, less crazy, kindlier vocations, but the short time-off...

Paraguay dumped holders Brazil out of the Copa America on Sunday, winning a quarter-final penalty shootout 2-0 after a poor match ended goalless after...

France raised the possibility for the first time of pulling out of nuclear power although its energy minister stressed on Friday that this was...

The German parliament approved by an overwhelming majority Thursday plans to scrap nuclear power by 2022, a decision set in motion in the wake...

Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner Rohan Bopanna made a shock first round exit from the Wimbledon men’s doubles event in London on Thursday....

Rashid Latif, the former Pakistan captain, could be on his way out as Afghanistan coach as a result of differences that have arisen between...

Heading a three-member Supreme Court bench hearing a case of written off loans worth Rs 256 billion on Tuesday, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...

Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for Moamer Gaddafi to go ahead of a visit on Monday by South Africa's president for talks that...

Huge crowds in Sanaa and other Yemeni cities demanded on Friday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave after months of popular tumult that has...

KARACHI - The business community of Karachi is now at ease with measures and proposals of the law enforcement agencies to contain criminal activities - bhatta mafia, kidnapping for ransom - in industrial areas, alluded Sindh Chief Minister's Advisor on Investment Zubair Motiwala while speaking at the inauguration of construction work of the Afza Altaf flyover. While expressing satisfaction over the proposals and measures being taken by the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi

PARIS - Defending champions Italy stood on the verge of elimination from the Fed Cup on Saturday after Russia, inspired by Svetlana Kuznetsova, moved into a comfortable 2-0 lead in their semi-final.
Two-time Grand Slam winner Kuznetsova saw off Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1 in just under two hours, overcoming a second set lapse to motor through the decider after securing two early service breaks. Earlier, world number three Vera Zvonareva blasted Sara Errani 6-0, 6-2 to give

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s decision to pull out Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza from the provincial cabinet is being seen as a political move to normalise its working relationship with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the province and in the centre at a time when a showdown between the party and the judiciary is expected next week in a number of high-profile cases pending in the Supreme Court.
The decision to pull out Mirza had been taken in

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo hunkered down in a bunker at his home Tuesday after being cornered by his arch rival's followers, as his own forces silenced their weapons and asked for a ceasefire.
Having resisted calls to cede power to internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara for four months, Gbagbo was now trying to strike a deal to quit, according to the former colonial power France. "We are today I hope on the brink of convincing Mr Gbagbo to

LONDON - International powers should offer Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi an exit strategy when they meet in London on Tuesday, political commentators said. Humanitarian aid for Libyans and plans to move to a post-Gaddafi future will be discussed when Britain hosts the conference to be attended by 35 nations. Britain, which has taken a lead role in military operations against Gaddafi's forces, said the meeting would reinforce the commitment to implement the U.N. Security Council

DHAKA - South Africa skipper Graeme Smith admitted he was lost for words by his team's stunning 49-run defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday.
South Africa, who have never won the World Cup, crashed to 172 all out from a position of strength when they were 108-2 chasing a modest 222 to reach the semi-finals. But their inability to cope with intense pressure plagued them yet again to leave the Black Caps with a semi-final date against either Sri Lanka or