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Hollywood studio Warner Bros has released a short trailer boasting the "first look behind the scenes" of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2", the final instalment in the hit franchise.
The 93-second clip features soundbites from key actors, producers and director David Yates and glimpses of what its makers promise will be an action-packed finale to one of the world's most successful film series.
The first seven movies have grossed around $6.4 billion at the

INDIAN WELLS - Top seed Caroline Wozniacki blasted her way into the Indian Wells final on Friday, allowing three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova just one service hold in a ruthless display. World number one Wozniacki demolished her Russian opponent 6-1, 6-2 in front of a crowd of about 7,000 at the BNP Paribas Open to set up a clash with France's Marion Bartoli.
Speaking about her opponent in Sunday's final, the 20-year-old said of Bartoli, who beat Yanina Wickmayer of

LAHORE - Monnoo Foods won the last league match of the Pepsi Challenge Cup Polo 2011 to qualify for the main final against Guard Group, which will be played on Sunday, March 20. National champions Master Paints thrashed SKM and qualified for the subsidiary match before the final against PESSI.
On Friday, Monnoo Foods beat Al Khan/Ciro's Pomodoro 6-5, with Ahmed Ali Tiwana scoring five of the six goals. Babar Monnoo converted the sixth goal for the winners. From the losing side,

LAHORE - Punjab College of Commerce and Punjab University Teaching Department have qualified for the final of the Inter-Collegiate Hockey Championship. PU Teaching Department beat Islamia College Kasur four goals to one. Hassan Butt, Mohammad Iqbal, Hamza Shaukat and Mohammad Sajid scored for the Teaching Department, while the lone goal from the losing side came from Azhar Iqbal.
Punjab College of Commerce beat Hailey College for Banking and Finance by five goals. Ghulam

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

LAHORE - Model Town Club marched into the final of the 8th M Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament after beating a strong Apollo Sports team by 33 runs in the first semi-final, played at Model Town ground on Tuesday.
The match saw a brilliant bowling performance by Saad Naseem (5-20). The second semi-final will be played on March 17 between Mughalpura Whites and Township Whites at Township ground.
Scores: Model Town Club 144/7 in 20 overs. Nasir JAmshaid 17, Azhar Ali 21,

LAHORE - Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd-Lahore and SBP-Karachi have reached the final of the seventh SBP Governor's Cup Inter-Banks Super Series Cricket Tournament 2011. PPCBL won the first semi-final, defeating SBP-Multan by 59 runs. PPCBL scored 197 runs in 20 overs for loss of 5 wickets as their captain hit an unbeaten 109. SBP-Multan were bowled out in 19.5 overs for 138 runs. Fahim Ashraf of PPCBL took four wickets. Muhammad Munir, captain of PPCBL was declared man of the

LAHORE Model Town Club have marched into the final of the M Yaseen Akhter Cricket Tournament. The second semi-final of the event will be played between P&T Gym and Akhter Abdul Rehman Club on March 14, at Model Town Ground.

LAHORE - Model Town Club marched into the final of the 26th M Yaseen Akhter Memorial Cricket Tournament after defeated a strong Crown Club side by 6 wickets in the first semi-final, played at Model Town Ground on Monday.
The match saw fine batting performances by Sohail Khan and M Shoaib. The second semi-final will be played between Akhter Abdul Rehman Club and P&T Gym next week.

DOHA - Vera Zvonareva earned a straight-set win over world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki to capture the title at the Qatar Ladies Open. The second-seeded Zvonareva posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory for her first title of 2011 and the 11th of her career. This was the Russian's first final of the year after semifinal appearances at the Australian Open and Pattaya Open. She was also a third-round loser last week in Dubai.
Wozniacki was also a semifinalist at the Australian Open and won last

Dubai - Roger Federer earned a chance of regaining one of his titles, and an early revenge upon Novak Djokovic, by reaching the final of the Dubai Open on Friday.
Federer, without a Grand Slam title for the first time in eight years, overcame Richard Gasquet, the gifted Frenchman who once beat him as a teenager, by 6-2, 7-5 to earn a second meeting with Djokovic inside four weeks. It was the Serbian who beat the Swiss maestro last month in Melbourne before making off with his

LAHORE - Lahore entered the final of the Pakistan Railways Divisional Cricket Championship 2011 after beating Rawalpindi by 67 runs at the Railway Stadium.
Lahore scored 227 for the loss of nine wickets, in 40 overs. Afzal Shah was the star of the match, scoring 115. He was declared man of the match. Other contributiors for Lahore were Kashif Naveed (34) and Sibtain Sarwar (34). Rawalpindi's Mujahid Amin took three wickets after conceding 67 runs, and was supported by Nasir Malik

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), adopting the wait-and-see policy, will show all of its cards after the final decision of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) regarding ending the coalition in Punjab. The party insiders on Wednesday confided that PPP top leadership has directed its stalwarts to overlook all instigating remarks of PML-N leaders and follow the policy of 'wait and see' till February 25.
It was also learnt that the central leadership of the party has

LAHORE - The FiLUMS 2011, an amateur short film festival, concluded on Sunday. An unprecedented total of 750 entries were received from all over the country and abroad. This year, the festival went global with submissions from Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Serbia, UAE, US, Ireland and Spain.
Over course of the three-day event, the short-listed 130 films were screened. These were divided into four categories including short films, feature length, documentaries and animations. The event

LAHORE - Title favourites PIA and National Bank have qualified for the final of the 58th National Hockey Championship to be played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium today. Pakistan Hockey Federation Qasim Zia will be the chief guest of the final and distribute the prizes among the winners.
On Saturday, the two semi-finals were played and the NBP fought hard for a win against WAPDA while PIA surpassed tough challenge posed by the SSGC. Interestingly, both the semi-finals entered

LAHORE: The final of the 1st Raaziq Cricket Premier League will be played today (February 12) at Railway Stadium Lahore Ufone will take on Nestle and Chairman and CEO Raaziq Group Muhammad Nadeem Khan will be the chief guests along with international cricketer Nasir Jamshed.
The Raaziq CPL League is the tournament played among 12 teams divided in two groups. Four teams qualify for the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Ufone beat Telenor and in the second match, Nestle beat

LAHORE - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has rejected criticism from former greats and has asked his players to keep their focus on the game. Addressing a press conference here at the Gaddafi Stadium ahead of their departure for the 2011 World Cup, Afridi said that the critics had ignored his overall performance as captain in 2010. He said the ex-cricketers should support the team at this juncture when all the players are performing well.
Coach Waqar Younis and manager Intikhab