Tag: Play

MOHALI - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said the performance of his side's younger players had been among the positives of a World Cup campaign that ended with a 29-run semi-final loss to India.
And he said he hoped Wednesday's match, watched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, would be the catalyst for more games on Indian soil.
Pakistan have been unable to play matches at home since an armed attack on Sri Lanka's team bus

Hundreds of Hindus will celebrate the joy and mirth brought by Basanta Pooranmashi (Spring Full moon) by throwing colored powder and water at each other on Dhuli Vandana, Dhulheti, or Dhulendi (the main day of Holi) today . Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and love, is celebrated every year at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month that marks the arrival of spring (February-March). The practice of applying colors to the faces of loved ones started when

KARACHI - Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi said on Tuesday that his team were happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in India despite earlier voicing concerns about their security.
"It does not matter to us where we play our quarter-final. The biggest issue for us was to qualify for the knockout stage and we have done that now," Afridi said. "We are ready to play our quarter-final at any venue now," the experienced all-rounder said.
"That is a thing of the

Award-winning British singer and former army officer James Blunt said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he will be playing the organ at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April.
"I'm actually playing. I'm not singing, I'm playing the church organ there," Blunt told during a concert tour stop in Italy following the release of his third album 'Some Kind of Trouble.'
Blunt shot to fame with his first album 'Back to Bedlam' in 2005 including the hit

LOS ANGELES - Julianne Moore will play former Alaska governor Sarah Palin in "Game Change," an HBO movie about John McCain's unsuccessful presidential campaign. Based on the bestselling book of the same name by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the film will center on McCain's selection of Palin as his running mate and their defeat in the 2008 election by Barack Obama. Jay Roach will direct from a script by Danny Strong. They previously worked together on HBO's 2008 political movie

KARACHI - Pakistani women are talented and can play a major role in the socioeconomic development of the country, which is why the PPP government is committed towards empowering them through better education. PPP Women Wing Sindh Information Secretary Sharmila Farooqui said this on Sunday before leaving for the US to attend the 'Year of Empowering Women and Girls through International Exchanges' programme to be held in Washington under the aegis of the State Department in connection

American music legend Bob Dylan will play in China for the first time in his illustrious career in two April concerts timed to mark his 50 years as a performer, Beijing-based promoters said Friday. The news comes a year after a Taiwan promoter said its bid to take Dylan to China was scuttled after the Beijing government refused to approve shows by the writer of some of rock's most iconic and politically charged songs.
Dylan, who will be 70 in May, will play in Beijing at the

COLOMBO - Pakistan great Wasim Akram, the last captain to beat Australia in a World Cup match, says teams need a plan and "fire in the belly" to end the side's long run of success at the World Cup.
Australia, who play Group A rivals Sri Lanka on Saturday, have not lost a match at the showpiece tournament since going down to Pakistan at Leeds in 1999, and have stretched their unbeaten run to 31 matches. The have won their past 25 World Cup matches since the tied semi-final against

LAHORE - Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has denied he attempted to influence the outcome of last year's Test against Australia in Sydney. The second match of the three-game series in January 2010 saw Australia recover after posting 127 in their first innings to win the match by 36 runs, after dismissing Pakistan for 139 second time around.
Akmal was quoted by Herald Sun: "I will never ever think like that. I play for love of cricket, not for money. I have never been asked to

Diane Lane will play Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the upcoming Superman movie, a considerably younger casting choice than Eva Marie Saint in the 2006 'Man of Steel' film. Lane, 46, will star alongside 27-year-old headliner Henry Cavill in the untitled Warner Bros. project, which is set for release in December 2012.
"This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman," director Zack Snyder

COLOMBO - All-rounder Abdul Razzaq on Tuesday said he was ready to play his part for Pakistan at the World Cup after a quiet opening to the tournament in which he has performed a peripheral role. The 31-year-old veteran of 256 one-day internationals batted at number eight during Pakistan's thumping 205-run triumph over Kenya and again in their 11-run win over co-hosts Sri Lanka.
"Definitely, when you get to bat your confidence goes high, but our batting line-up is very strong

LAHORE - SSGC won their match, while Punjab were stopped by Customs and WAPDA held PHF Academy to a draw in the 30th U19 Junior National Hockey Championship, being played
at Bahawalpur Hockey Stadium. Three matches were played on Tuesday; Punjab drew with Customs 1-1 in a pressing encounter while SSGC beat Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa 7-1 and PHF Academy were held by WAPDA 1-1. Another three matches will be played today when NBP take on Islamabad at 1100 hrs, SSGC face Punjab at 1300 hrs

LAHORE - Match commissioner of the Pakistan-Palestine Lahore Test, Mian Rizwan Ali has asked the management of both teams to ensure discipline during the match at Punjab Stadium. "PFF President Faisal Saleh Hayat is a great advocate of fair play and sportsmanship. Fair play is essential to our sport and to everyone involved in it. I appeal to players, referees, fans and officials throughout Pakistan to help praise and promote the spirit of fair play," said Rizwan during the manager's

KARACHI - Appreciating the role of the United Nations' Children Fund (UNICEF), Sindh Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik said that the fund is playing an important role in protecting the rights of children.
Talking to UNICEF Child Protection Specialist Dr Jabeen Fatima Abbas and Child Protection Officer in Sindh Suhail Ahmed at his office, the ombudsman expressed confidence that the Child Complaint Office set up at the Sindh Ombudsman Secretariat,in cooperation with UNICEF, would play an

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said dangerous fast bowler Lasith Malinga was likely to feature in the crucial World Cup clash against Pakistan on Saturday. The 27-year-old quick, whose slingy action has made him the spearhead of Sri Lanka's attack, bowled in the nets under close scrutiny from team physio Tommy Simsek. He missed Sri Lanka's comprehensive 210-run win against Canada on Sunday because of a back strain and had not bowled until Friday.
"He (Malinga) had

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly was Thursday informed that situation in Balochistan was not in government's complete control as some secret hands were at play to create unrest in the province.
During the Question-Hour session, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Senator Raza Rabbani said that some hidden players were fueling insurgency in Balochistan; therefore, the intelligence agencies could not be blamed.
Responding to question raised by MNA Usman Khan,

Lahore - Verve Productions in collaboration with Orient staged a musical play titled 'Innuendo', at Alhamra Arts Complex on Thursday. Abdul Rehman Talat and Aimen Mufti directed the play, which will be staged today as well. The performance had the audience to the edge of their seats, and the audience appreciated the performance. Haroon Rasheed, the play's writer, did a 'good job' in knitting the theme of the play around its characters.