Tag: Glory

Andy Roddick has backed Serena Williams to defy the odds by winning Wimbledon after a year out of action due to a combination of...

Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy registered a comprehensive 4-0 win against Essen’s senior team in Germany. Adeel scored two goals while Awais and Rizwan...

Umar Akmal’s is regarded as a limited-overs specialist, but it’s on the Test stage that the right-hander wants to shine. Akmal has had mixed success...

Andre Villas-Boas has a golden opportunity to underline his reputation as the new ‘Special One’ when his Porto team face Braga in an all-Portuguese...

Shahid Nisar of Army won his second gold medal in two days in the 4th National Junior Cycling Championship on Wednesday The championship, which...

Discarded Pakistan opener Imran Nazir believes that his career is far from over and he deserve another chance. “When I look at the Pakistan...

LAHORE - All the seeded tennis players of the country taking part in the Atlas Honda Tennis National Ranking Cup marched into the next round on day two at the K-21 Model Town Club here on Tuesday.
Qualifying matches were played on Tuesday as a large number of players has registered for the event in all the categories. Rao Akbar Latif said: "It is a matter of great honour for our club that players from all the four provinces are taking part in Cup to improve their national

MUMBAI - Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a dramatic six to bring the World Cup to India on Saturday after Sri Lanka had threatened to ruin their party. Dhoni finished with 91 not out as India, chasing a target of 275, won by six wickets with 10 balls to spare at the Wankhede Stadium to become the first host country to win the World Cup.
They are also only the third side to win batting second, a feat that seemed beyond them when Lasith Malinga dismissed both openers in his

MOHALI - It was not India who won this war of attrition. It was Pakistan that turned out to be sub-par, sadly, every which way. This handed India its third shot on glory at the World stage. The two sub-continental teams take each other on in the World Cup final on April 2, and Pakistanis would rue that their boys would not be one of them.
The celebration here is going to be long and deafening; delivering the knock-out punch to arch-enemy on way to the final is the ultimate

KARACHI - Pakistan are considering playing their controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against India after his international career appeared to be over.
Shoaib, 35, who will retire after the tournament, has not played since Pakistan's loss to New Zealand in the group stages.
Media reports said he had fallen out of favour after an argument with wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped Ross Taylor twice in one over. Taylor went on to score a

MOHALI - Mohammad Hafeez is confident Pakistan can overcome India when the arch-rivals meet in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday thanks to the "strongest bowling attack in the world". Pakistan, the 1992 champions, possess a bowling line-up for pretty much all conditions despite missing the new ball duo of Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, both banned following last year's spot-fixing scandal in England. "We believe that we have the strongest bowling attack in the world at the

BANGALORE - Defending champions Australia can reach the World Cup quarter-finals with a victory over hapless Kenya on Sunday in what threatens to be one of the most lopsided matches of the tournament. Australia, unbeaten at the World Cup since 1999, have recorded dominant wins over Zimbabwe and New Zealand before rain washed out what promised to be their first major test of this competition, against Sri Lanka, last weekend.
One of the few things that appears to be standing in the

DHAKA - Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson said on Wednesday he looked forward to another era of Caribbean domination in world cricket, saying the journey had already begun.
"The glory days will be back soon," Richardson told AFP ahead of his team's crucial World Cup game against hosts Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium on Friday. "I can never forget those days when we dominated the world. Every team has its up and downs, but I am confident we will get there

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister's Sports Competitions (intermediate level) will roll into action from February 4. The event will be inaugurated by Director General Sports Punjab Salman Ijaz at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, at 11am. The nine divisional teams from all over the province will participate in the girls athletics, badminton, volleyball and hockey competitions while boys will take part in athletics, badminton, volleyball, cricket, football and hockey events.
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MELBOURNE - Newly crowned Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic Sunday said he was sure Andy Murray will break through and win a Grand Slam after his latest heartbreak. The Serbian world number three never gave Murray a chance, winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 for his second Australian title.
It was more misery for Murray, 23, who crashed to his second straight sets loss in the last two Australian finals. Murray was bidding to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam since Fred

LAHORE - The athletic team of the Sports Board Punjab has excelled in the PSB-Inter Provincial U-16 Girls Athletics Championship held at Karachi on Monday. Saib-e- Asra of Punjab stood first in the final of 800 meter race while Perveen Fiaz of Punjab stood third. Musurrat of Punjab was the winner and Sidra Hameed was declared third in long jump final.

LAHORE - Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam is confident that the year 2011 be different for the national side and will also improve the image of Pakistan cricket. "I am confident the way things are going now, this year will see improved performance and a better image of Pakistan cricket," Intikhab said in a television interview.
The former Test captain said the reason for his optimism was not only the improving spirit and discipline among the players, but also the recent steps