Tag: Sweep

Syrian troops stormed houses in Hama on Monday as thousands of people took to the streets shouting "God is greatest", in the city which...

Skipper of the Pakistan A team Sohail Tanvir hoped that they would sweep the three-match rubber against Afghanistan which will start from May 25...

Syrian security forces shot dead at least 17 people, including a child, as pro-democracy protests swept the country on Friday after weekly prayers, with...

BOSTON - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest marathon in history to win the 115th Boston Marathon men's title on Monday while compatriot Caroline Kilel took the women's crown. Mutai won in an official time of two hours, three minutes and two seconds to defeat countryman Moses Mosop by four seconds and beat the marathon world-record time of 2:03:59 run in 2008 at Berlin by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia. "I knew I could run well but the record was not on my mind," Mutai said. "I was

DUBAI/MANAMA/TRIPOLI - At least 10 people were killed in Libya and Bahrain as people gathered in large numbers across the Middle East to protest against incumbent regimes. In Libya, six people were killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Benghazi city, opposition websites said, as the authorities countered a "Day of Anger" with a pro-regime rally in Tripoli.
The situation was calm early in the day in Tripoli, where a pro-regime rally was

KARACHI - A six-hour-long operation in Pehlwan Goth on Thursday ended a three-day-long siege-like situation, as law enforcement agencies stepped in to break up skirmishes among warring groups and arrested four suspects.
Pehlwan Goth had been witnessing a siege-like situation for the past three days due to clashes between two groups. A contingent of the police had tried to enter the area early Thursday morning, but armed men perched atop a muti-storeyed building, Soneri Heights,

ABU DHABI: South African captain Graeme Smith said he would like to end the tour with a clean sweep in all three formats of the game as they take on Pakistan in the second Test starting here from Saturday.
South Africa beat Pakistan in both the Twenty20 matches and took the five-match one-day series 3-2 on the tour shifted to United Arab Emirates because of security fears in Pakistan.
Pakistan escaped with a draw in the first Test in Dubai on Tuesday after Younis Khan