Tag: Slam

Next year's Australian Open will be the richest grand slam tournament in history with the men's and women's champions each taking home A$2.3 million...

The Khyber Union of Journalists has strongly condemned the assault on the Abbottabad-based reporter of Deewa Radio Ihsan Mohammad Khan who was brutally beaten...

The United States and the European Union sharply criticised North Korea on Wednesday as the board of the UN atomic agency was briefed on...

Cuba and Iran criticised western intervention in Libya, at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Tuesday, calling on non-aligned countries to work against...

Up to 700 Afghans marched through Kabul on Tuesday to protest against a decision by the country's election commission to throw nine lawmakers out...

Kate Winslet has declared that she is joining forces with her fellow British actresses Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz to fight against Hollywood’s pressure...

Pakistan People’s party (PPP) welcomed the reappointment of Ishrat-ul-Ibad as governor Sindh, while Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and other opposition parties termed it...

Politicians from the country’s mainstream political parties, religious scholars and social activists on Monday came down hard on US Deputy Ambassador Richard Hogland for...

Australian teenage sensation Bernard Tomic believes he can win a Grand Slam title within two years after his Wimbledon run came to an end...

American tennis great John McEnroe has pleaded with world number one Rafael Nadal to drop his modesty and admit that he may just be...

Rafael Nadal played down his chances of matching Roger Federer’s Grand Slam haul here Sunday, saying the likelihood of reaching his rival’s record of...

All opposition parties in the Upper House except the JUI-F on Wednesday criticised the government for its economic and administrative policies, saying the government...

China’s Li Na beat last year’s champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4 7-6 in the French Open final on Saturday to become the first player from...

The French Open has proved elusive for Russian Maria Sharapova. The 24-year-old won Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006 and the Australian...

Former PCB Chairman Tauqir Zia has strongly criticized the statement of Sri Lankan captain Tilkaratne Dilshan in which he said he would not play...

NEW DELHI - Indian cricket stars Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have hit out at Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for his comments that Indians do not have "big clean hearts" like Pakistani Muslims.
Afridi also praised Pakistan's media for being "100 times better" than India's in a Pakistani TV show aired Sunday that has caused hurt and anger across the border in India.
"If Indians were not large-hearted, they would not have made so much of progress and delivered growth,"

ISLAMABAD - Calling the demands of young doctors legitimate, the Upper House on Saturday said the salaries of doctors were too less and should be increased.
Speaking on a point of order, Leader of the Opposition Wasim Sajjad said doctors' demands were legitimate and the government, particularly the Punjab government, was not tackling the problem seriously. He advised the Punjab government to avoid highhandedness in dealing with the problem, as doctors were educated people and use