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Pakistan’s former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has capped a memorable week for Kent as being named the Cricket County World Player of the Week. The...

The Sports Board Punjab has named the wushu team for the Inter-Provincial Under-16 Girls Championship. The provincial teams from all over the Pakistan including Sindh,...

Senate Chairman Farooq Naik on Monday issued a notification naming JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri as the new Senate opposition leader, but the...

In an honourable gesture towards legendary showman Raj Kapoor, a street will be named after him in the city of Brampton in Canada, hosting...

The recently-arrested PIA airhostess and her air steward husband have disclosed that a nephew of parliamentarian Najamuddin Khan had handed them over a suitcase...

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka is all set to get a new cricket captain next week, after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down, following the team`s runners-up finish at the World Cup. "The selectors need to discuss the issue with the interim committee members of Sri Lanka Cricket. This meeting will take place next week after the current New Year holiday period," Chairman of the selectors Duleep Mendis, who took over after the resignation of Aravinda de Silva, told the local media here.
Sangakkara,

Jennifer Lopez was named People Magazine's most beautiful woman in the world on Wednesday, capping a career comeback fueled by her new job on top-rated TV show 'American Idol.' The 41-year-old New York City-born singer and actress joined former winners Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner and Beyonce Knowles to top People's annual list of the world's most beautiful people.
The 'Wedding Planner' actress, who is married to singer Marc Anthony and took time off to have twins in 2008, has

LONDON - Sachin Tendulkar has been named Wisden's Cricketer of the Year for 2010, crowning a golden month for "the little master" which also saw him play a starring role in India's World Cup triumph. Tendulkar's honour from the cricketing bible means India has won the accolade three years running following the back-to-back awards for Virender Sehwag in each of the previous two years.
It follows another prolific run-scoring year for the 37-year-old, who rattled off more than

LONDON - Sachin Tendulkar has been named Wisden's Cricketer of the Year for 2010, crowning a golden month for "the little master" which also saw him play a starring role in India's World Cup triumph.
Tendulkar's honour from the cricketing bible means India has won the accolade three years running following the back-to-back awards for Virender Sehwag in each of the previous two years.
It follows another prolific run-scoring year for the 37-year-old, who rattled off more than

LONDON - Tottenham winger Gareth Bale and Arsenal's French playmaker Samir Nasri have both been nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association Player and Young Player of the Year awards. Bale and Nasri were among seven nominees from the Premier League for each of their top prizes.
Also nominated for the top prize were Bale's Spurs team-mate Rafael Van der Vaart, Manchester City's Carlos Tevez, Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, West Ham midfielder Scott Parker and

LAHORE - The Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association has named Aleem Dar as the PVCA Ambassador for poor people's needs.
PVCA Chief Executive Officer Ashiq Hussain Qureshi emphasised that effective long-term planning is needed to develop sports at the grass-roots level.
Ashiq is also the chairman of P&T Gymkhana, and he thanked Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf Imran Khan to grace the occasion of crowning of Aleem Dar as chief guest. PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul

LAHORE - Provincial Election Commissioner Khalid Latif has named District Election Conveners for the forthcoming Sindh Football Elections 2011.
The coveners are: Mir Muhammad Kalhoro (Khairpur), Abdul Aziz Samejo (Kandkot), Dr. A. Ghafoor (Larkana), Arshad Ali (Shahdat kot), Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Hyderabad), Muhammad Younus (Ghotki), Ghulam Nabi Baloch (Thatta), Mazhar Ud Din Memon (Badin), Hasan Baloch (Sukkur), Deedar Ali Baloch (Jacababad), Murad Ali Farooqi (Nawabshah), Ghulam

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved defender Samar Ishaq, gold medalist for KRL in PPFL 2009, as captain for the the fourth AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers at MBJP Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Pakistan are clubbed in Group B and take on Turkmenistan on March 21 before locking horns with India (23 March), followed by Chinese Taipei (March 25). NBP midfielder Abdul Aziz will act as vice captain. Pakistan squad for 4th AFC Challenge Cup

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan can now claim the unique honour of winning the best and worst actor awards for the same film in the same year. Khan, who won the Filmfare trophy in January for his performance as a man with Asperger's Syndrome in "My Name is Khan", was awarded the worst actor award this week at the Golden Kela awards, India's version of the Razzies that spoof the Oscars.
The film, directed by Karan Johar, also picked up the dubious honour of the worst film of

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation Executive Board has appointed Khawaja Junaid as manager of the senior team, while Michel van den Heuvel has been retained as head coach until the 2012 Olympics. The decision was taken in PHF's Executive Board meeting, with President Qasim Zia in the chair.
Addressing a press conference here after the meeting, PHF Secretary Asif Bajwa said that Ajmal Khan and Shahid Ali Khan will assist Michel van den Heuvel in the senior team management.

WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has been crowned "hat person of the year," beating out other celebrity hat-wearers including US singer Gwen Stefani and Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the US Headwear Association said Tuesday.
Nearly four in 10 visitors to the Headwear Association's website voted in the annual poll for "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Depp and his wide-brimmed fedoras, helping him to roundly beat Stefani and Jackman who garnered 17 percent and 16 percent of votes cast,

LAHORE - The PFF on Sunday announced the technical officials for both the matches against visiting Palestinian team at Lahore and Karachi. According to the PFF, Mian Rizwan Ali will be match commissioner for Lahore test on March 1 at Punjab Stadium (7 PM) while Qazi Mohammad Asif will be referee assessor.
Khurram Shahzad (Kohat) will supervise the match with Muhammad Ali Junior, Shafaat Habib as assistant referees, and Wahed Murad (4th Official). The Karachi test will be played