Tag: Hopes

Ronaldo dismisses Adebayor’s Real hopes

Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday dismissed Emmanuel Adebayor’s hopes of returning to Real Madrid, saying the Spanish giants did not need the unsettled Manchester City...

Greece hopes for quick debt swap in August

Greece wants a voluntary swap of government bonds for longer maturity paper to start in August and be completed fast to emerge rapidly from...

MQM dashes PML-N’s hopes for grand alliance

The PML-N’s efforts to form a grand alliance of opposition parties fizzled out on Friday as its new-found ally on the opposition benches –...

Irish duo boosts Open venue hopes

The back-to-back US Open successes of Ulstermen Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy has brought the prospect of the British Open returning to Northern Ireland...

Turkey hopes for Cyprus referendum in early 2012

Turkey hopes terms for the reunification of Cyprus can be agreed by the end of the year so that a referendum can take place...

Malik hopes issue will resolve

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said difference of opinion was an ingredient of democracy and misunderstanding, if any, with the MQM would be...

Singh hopes Pakistan will give up Kashmir

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he hoped Pakistan would leave Kashmir alone, “because they have their own share of internal problems”, NDTV...

Imran hopes for good show in 4-nation hockey

Skipper of the national hockey team Mohammad Imran said Tuesday that the European trip would help the green shirts prepare well for the London...

Shoaib Mansoor’s ‘Bol’ hopes to make a difference

Lately ‘Bol’ has been the talk of the town and so Pakistan Today catches up with the cast members and the director as they...

Zia hopes team will put up good show

The Pakistan Hockey Federation has set Asia Cup as its short term plan and place among the top four at international level. Talking to...

Melbourne hopes to host next IIFA show

Toronto beat out Las Vegas to become the first North American city to host the 12th annual Indian International Film Awards, which kicked off...

Alonso hopes to be dealt winning hand at last

Two-time Formula One world champion and avid poker player Fernando Alonso has his eyes set on a possible triumph on home soil this weekend...

Formula One: India hopes for grand finale

India's top drivers said on Monday they were upbeat about the country holding a spectacular inaugural Grand Prix to complete the 2011 Formula One...

Butt still hopes international return possible

Disgraced left-handed opener and former Test captain Salman Butt said that the passion still runs high in him for the game and will surely...

Mian Mansha pins hopes on privatisation

Privatisation of public sector enterprises is the only resolve to all economic ills, and the country should not be afraid of privatising non-productive state...

Budget hopes help recovery

Friday saw a bullish trend in trading activity at the volume-starved Karachi Stock Exchange on expectations of ‘favorable’ announcements in the forthcoming State Bank’s...

Pakistan, WI pin hopes on young guns

CASTRIES - After meeting in a lopsided World Cup quarter-final, West Indies and Pakistan begin a series of eight internationals with a Twenty20 on Thursday. Pakistan dumped the Caribbean side out of the World Cup with a 10-wicket rout in Bangladesh, but both teams are vastly changed for their very first Twenty20 at Beausejour Stadium. West Indies will miss the explosive hitting of former captain Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, while the experienced Guyanese Ramnaresh Sarwan and