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LAHORE - The four-day Royal Palm Cricket Tournament sponsored by Coke, GNC and FR Cables will commence on Tuesday (February 1) at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club. The six-over-a-side extravaganza will be played under lights.
Some outstanding talent will be on display as cricketing fever builds up and the 16 contesting teams supported by a large number of friends and families try to outdo each other through performance with the bat and the ball. As per format of the

LOS ANGELES - The romance between Britain's Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton is getting the TV movie treatment as celebrity-hungry US media gears up for the royal nuptials in London on April 29.
But an actress is still being sought to play Middleton in female-oriented Lifetime television's movie "William & Kate", which is due to start production in Los Angeles in two weeks time. William, 28, second in line to the British throne, will be played by little-known New Zealand

LAHORE - After two rounds of accurate shot making and some good work around, Shahid Abbas emerged as the triumphant golfer in the 36 holes stroke play contest at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club. And this he did by keeping experienced opponents like Amir Mehmood, Sardar Murad, Mohsin Zafar and Shoaib Bokhari away from the prestigious Royal Palm Champion Golf Title. For him it turned out to be an individual feat of prowess which is bound to encourage him to spend regular hours at

LAHORE - Shahid Abbas, a ten handicapper, played exceptionally good golf at the par 72 Royal Palm Golf Course and propelled himself to the front, at the end of the first round of the Royal Palm Annual Golf Championship on Saturday. He left behind some very strong contenders like Amir Mehmood, Mohsin Zafar Sardar Murad, Shoaib Bokhari and even Azfar Hassan. This performance by Shahid Abbas deserves all the admiration as he applied his text book style skills.
During the course of

LAHORE - The two-day Annual Golf Championship commences today at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club. The par 72, 18 holes Royal Palm Golf Course is considered an awesome test of players' ability and skills.
The 92 eager participants who tee off will find their skills tested to the full before they can make any worthwhile effort to lay a claim on the title trophy. It is the single handicappers in the six and below range who are likely to emerge as frontrunners as the 36 holes

Charlotte Church is "deeply sorry" for her derogatory remarks about the Queen in a recent interview - insisting she can't even remember making the comments. The former classical singer revealed in a recent chat with men's magazine Esquire that she "felt sorry" for the royal because she is an old woman who has "no idea what's going on". She added that she had met the ruler on several occasions, and the 84 year old had never remembered her. The comments hit the headlines this month and

HUA HIN - Spain's Pablo Martin holed the winning putt as Europe capped a magnificent fightback by retaining the Royal Trophy with a dramatic 9-7 victory over Asia on Sunday.
Martin produced a magical flop shot to 12 inches at the 18th to defeat Jeev Milkha Singh of India by a hole in a glorious moment for European golf. It was also a personal triumph for captain Colin Montgomerie, coming just three months after he led Europe to Ryder Cup success over the United States at Celtic

HUA HIN - Japanese teen phenomenon Ryo Ishikawa beat Italy's Matteo Manassero in the battle of the young guns on Friday to help Asia to a 2-2 tie with Europe after the opening day of the Royal Trophy. The 19-year-old Ishikawa, a nine-time winner on the Japan Tour, teamed up with good friend Shunsuke Sonoda to overcome Manassero, 17, and Spain's Pablo Martin by 3 and 2 in the alternate-shot foursomes at Black Mountain Golf Club.
Europe player/captain Colin Montgomerie partnered

LAHORE - The Royal Palm Golf Tournament, contested over 18 holes on a chilly December Sunday at the Royal Palm Golf Course, saw golfers of talent and distinction appear in full strength in the stroke play competition.
Against tough resistance from his fellow competitors like Abbas Ali Khan, Nadeem Hassan Asif, Hussain Hamid, Shahid Abbas and Abdullah Sharif, the ultimate gross winner Mohsin Zafar proved to be a golfer of deeds, his excellent shot making dwarfing the prowess of

LAHORE: The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Wednesday hosted a reception in honour of the Asian Games gold medal winning Pakistan women cricket team. The girls and the coaching staff of the team were accorded standing ovation and were presented with shields. The team was accompanied by PCB Women Wing Chairperson Bushra Aitzaz.
The club's media director Khawaja Parvaiz Saeed opened the welcome address and informed the ladies about the Royal Palm sporting facilities. He said