Berdych win keeps London options open
Tomas Berdych broke his London hoodoo with victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London to ensure Group A will go down to the wire. The Czech…
Djokovic keeps calm and carries on
Novak Djokovic no longer hits the panic button when faced with a crisis, he just keeps calm and waits for his chance. The five-time grand slam champion was as cool as a…
Busy Lee keeps world title bid ticking over
Lee Chong Wei’s bid to become the first Malaysian ever to win a world title continued Wednesday with a second superbly taken win at the world championships. Lee once again showed himself…
Hamilton keeps Ferrari door open
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton refused to rule out a future move to Ferrari, saying in an interview published Wednesday that he had no plans to join the team “but you never know what…
Lack of political will keeps the city burning
With the “turf war” between rival groups to capture the public mandate in Karachi on ‘gunpoint’ entering a critical phase, Interior Minister Rehman Malik is on a peace mission to Karachi. Despite…
Helmet keeps the warden away
Where hot and humid weather of federal capital brings skin borne diseases to its dwellers, it forces motor cyclists to use substandard helmets of any kind available in the market to avoid…
Home boy Voeckler keeps yellow
Frenchman Thomas Voeckler stubbornly held on to the Tour de France yellow jersey on Saturday as reigning champion Alberto Contador survived another onslaught in the mountains. Contador, who has complained of a…
Hushovd stuns Roy as Voeckler keeps yellow jersey
Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo continued his dream Tour de France with victory in the 13th stage from Pau to Lourdes on Friday. Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar, retained the race leader’s…
Greipel outsprints Cav as Voeckler keeps yellow
Germany’s Andre Greipel outsprinted British rival Mark Cavendish to claim his maiden Tour de France victory in the 158km 10th stage between Aurillac and Carmaux on Tuesday. Frenchman Thomas Voeckler of the…
Indian PM keeps key ministers; fresh focus on rural vote
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained key allies in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, shunning big changes in a bid to hold onto power amid charges of graft and policy paralysis. In…
Cavendish bags 16th win, Hushovd keeps yellow
Britain’s Mark Cavendish of HTC-Highroad claimed his 16th career win in the Tour de France when he powered to victory in the race’s fifth stage on Wednesday. Norwegian Thor Hushovd, of the…
Dravid keeps India going
Rahul Dravid continued his dogged defiance, but India lost two wickets – both to Devendra Bishoo – in the last half-hour before lunch in the first Test against West Indies on Wednesday,…
Kim keeps LPGA lead
Mindy Kim kept her quest for a first LPGA title on course Friday, firing a five-under 67 to maintain her two-shot lead at the State Farm Classic. Kim, who had posted a…
United stalemate keeps title race alive
NEWCASTLE – Manchester United failed to score at St.James’ Park for the first time in 11 seasons as a goalless draw with Newcastle United kept alive the race for the Barclays Premier League title. The Red Devils had the chance to move nine points clear of second-placed Arsenal with victory over Alan Pardew’s mid-table side.
But, with Sir Alex Ferguson serving the penultimate game of his five-match touchline ban, the visitors failed to bounce back from the disappointment of their
Cavani keeps Napoli on trail
MILAN – Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick as Napoli came back from 2-0 and 3-2 down to beat Lazio 4-3 and cling on to their Serie A title hopes. Napoli moved up to second and trail leaders AC Milan by just three points after their 3-0 derby victory over Inter Milan, third at five points, on Saturday.
Goals from Stefano Mauri and Andre Dias gave Lazio a two-goal lead before Andrea Dossena and Cavani, with his first, levelled matters. A Salvatore Aronica own goal
Oldman keeps Batman script secret
Gary Oldman has been sworn to secrecy about the new Batman movie, but reveals he’s one of the only people who knows how the follow-up to ‘The Dark Knight’ ends. The actor, who has played top cop Jim Gordon in both of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, will reprise his role in a third installment, which will begin shooting in London in May.
And his eight-year-long business relationship with the super-secretive Nolan has afforded him knowledge about how the filmmaker will wrap up
PEPCO keeps the heat up
LAHORE – The power load-shedding increased up to 6 to 10 hours as Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) failed to meet the country’s electricity demand on Saturday. Electricity was shut down for an hour after every three hours and besides scheduled load-shedding there were unscheduled closures of 10 to 20 minutes. The power shortage for the first time in the season crossed 2,700 megawatts (MW) leaving the consumers in the dark. PEPCO promised better summers for the consumers but
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