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Former Pakistan Cricket Team captain Shahid Khan Afridi has said that he does not want any clash with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and is...

Former Pakistan hockey captain Salman Akbar has set 2012 Olympics as his immediate target and has shown his availability for the national duty. Salman was...

Qatar refused to play practice matches with Pakistan Football Team for the preparation of the World Cup Qualifying Round. Earlier, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) had...

At a time when Pakistan and Indian cricket boards and hockey federations are desperately trying to resume bilateral ties, the football bodies of the...

The ten-day drama festival started here Tuesday at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) with the play `Tom and Jerry’ by Royal Theater. The...

Australia will play just two tests on their tour of South Africa in October and November as the two nations do not want to...

LAHORE - Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has defended his decision of quitting Test cricket, saying he does not have the temperament to play the traditional format of the game. However, Afridi believes that he should not have ended his Test career without completing the series against Australia in England last year. "My decision was absolutely the right one. I don't think I am a Test-temperament player, hence it's best that instead of me, players more suited to Test cricket are

ROME - Jose Mourinho's decision to register his two children at the schools they attended while he was coaching Inter Milan sparked frenzied media speculation on Sunday that he is planning to return. Jose Junior and Matilde Junior have been pre-registered at the international school in Lugano, Switzerland, just an hour's drive from Inter's training complex at Appiano Gentile.
"Crisis at Inter: Mou to return?" was the headline in the Gazzetta dello Sport, which noted that Inter --

LAHORE - Ajoka Theatre, in collaboration with Lahore Arts Council, will stage a play Hotel Mohenjodaro on April 19 (Tuesday) at Alhamra Arts Centre.
Directed and adapted by Shahid Nadeem, Hotel Mohenjodaro is based on a short story "Dhanak" written by Ghulam Abbas in 1960.
It is generally accepted that great writers can at times be prophetic and their fiction can predict future reality. This story is close to the troubling reality of present day Pakistan. It is hard to

LAHORE - In a bid to revive the Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties, the Pakistan Cricket Board is trying hard to convince the BCCI for a short one-day series this year in Pakistan or at a neutral venue.
Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed was quoted by the Press Trust of India news agency as saying that modalities of the short series would hopefully be worked out in a meeting with BCCI officials in June. Subhan, however, admitted that due to the tight

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's blind cricket team is likely to host a series against India in Dubai at the end of this year, an official said here on Saturday. "We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20 games in the series," Pakistan Blind Cricket Council Secretary Bilal Satti was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.
The series will be discussed at a meeting of the World Blind Cricket Council on May 12, he said. "As the nation is working to improve

Michael Shannon, who received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role as a mentally troubled man in 'Revolutionary Road' two years ago, has been cast as the villain in the upcoming Superman film. He will play General Zod opposite Henry Cavill's Superman in 'Superman: Man of Steel.' Zod, like Superman, is from Krypton, where he commanded its armed forces.
The character appeared in both 1978's Superman and its 1980 sequel Superman II, where he was played by Terence Stamp. "Zod

SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Jackson fans will get to show off how well they sing and dance like the King of Pop in video games crafted by Ubisoft for play on Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles.
The French video game titan on Tuesday will release versions of "Michael Jackson: The Experience" that tap into motion and voice sensing capabilities of popular Kinect and Move accessories for the Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively.
Ubisoft has sold about three million

LAHORE - Pakistan hockey is looking for a bilateral series against arch-rivals India for the betterment of hockey and for the development of good relations between the two countries. A PHF official said that he expects a Pakistan-India hockey series to take place by the end of this year.
He pointed out that cricket diplomacy seems to have played its part in easing off the tensions between the two countries. Asif Bajwa, PHF Secretary General, said that efforts have been started to

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq Qureshi has said that journalists should play positive role to bring a change and help administration provide relief to the people as they are the ears and eyes of the society.
He said this while addressing a delegation of National Dailies Union of Journalists Sahiwal in his office. He added that all segments of the society should play an active role in building a healthy environment and cooperate with one another to

NEW DELHI - Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar said Monday he had no plans to retire after his World Cup triumph, but said the team would miss outgoing coach Gary Kirsten. India regained the World Cup after 28 years with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai on Saturday under former South African batsman Kirsten.
"Personally, I would say Gary (Kirsten) should continue but he has family commitments," Tendulkar told the NDTV. "I respect his decision. We

John Travolta is set to play the late head of New York's infamous Gambino crime family, John Gotti Sr. 'Gotti: Three Generations' will require the Hollywood star to channel both his murderous 'Pulp Fiction' persona and a bit of 'Saturday Night Fever' flash as he embodies a mobster who mixed ruthlessness with sartorial style.
The so-called "Dapper Don" died in prison in 2002 after a lengthy and bloody career at the head of one of New York's big Italian crime families. His son,