Tag: Upset

THESSALONIKI: An official says Greece moved to expel two Russian diplomats and block entry to two others after authorities learned that clergy and other...

Socialite Kim Kardashian is reportedly upset with rapper-boyfriend Kanye West for celebrating his birthday without her. Pregnant Kim is to deliver her first child...

Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Nawab Aslam Raisani expressed extreme displeasure over the move of Senate Standing Committee for Finance to review Balochistan’s Public Sector...

Senior cricketers of the Pakistan national team have been left fuming and unhappy at a function of the Pakistan Cricket Board after comedians ridiculed...

BlackBerry on Monday disappointed its customers known as the BB family across the globe as the Canadian RIM system hit snags disrupting mailing facility...

There’s bad blood over Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Heroine’, say sources. Kareena Kapoor and the Bachchans have a history. Since the Karisma Kapoor-Abhishek Bachchan engagement went...

A media watchdog voiced concern Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is laying to rest all democratic norms, even basic rules and regulations laid down in the party’s...

Argentina escaped a shock upset in their Copa America opener on Friday when substitute Sergio Aguero's late volley earned the hosts a 1-1 draw...

As the country continues to face terrorism unabated, the latest one being the attack on PNS Mehran base, the inordinate delay on the part...

LAHORE -PAF recorded the biggest upset of the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship 2011 by defeating defending champions WAPDA. PAF and Army reached the final here on Wednesday.
Underdogs PAF defeated WAPDA 18-25, 25-21, 25-19, 13-25 and 15-13 in the
semi- finals. PAF spikers put forth their best to show down WAPDA.
In the second semi-final, Army thrashed Navy 25-13, 23-25, 25-18, 19-25 and 15-11 to reach the final against PAF.
The final match between PAF

DHAKA - Bangladesh hope to come out with all guns blazing when they clash with powerful South Africa in a must-win game on Saturday to enter the World Cup quarter-finals. England's dramatic win over the West Indies in Chennai on Thursday ruined Bangladesh's hopes of easing into the knock-out rounds without having to contend with South Africa's firepower. They now face a make-or-break battle to determine their future in the tournament in front of 25,000 fanatical supporters in the day

PALLEKELE - Sri Lanka's record-setting batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan insisted on Friday he is the victim of a smear campaign after he was wrongly accused of having failed a dope test. The 34-year-old said it was not the first time he had suffered from such allegations and that he was not even selected for a random test after last weekend's rain-ruined match against Australia in Colombo. "On Wednesday, there were reports that I had failed a dope test," Dilshan told the BBC. "It is not

NEW DELHI - Dutch captain Peter Borren has conceived an intriguing recipe to upstage India on Wednesday which requires borrowing Ireland's discipline, backing it with home-grown talent and then leaving it to the game's vagaries. On paper, the World Cup Group B contest looks a mis-match featuring tournament favourites India and a Dutch squad, which is essentially made up of a handful of professionals and a host of amateurs trying to make an impact in one-day cricket's biggest stage.

MARANA - Tiger Woods was the highest seed to lose on the opening day at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday. It would have been considered a shocking upset in past years but these days, not so much.
Woods looked more like a journeyman than the 14-time major champion that he is. After sinking a clutch birdie at the 18th hole to square his match with Thomas Bjorn, Woods threw it all away with a dreadful tee shot at the 19th. Bjorn's reward is a second round match

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he was deeply upset over the current situation in the country, saying that the credit for the current turmoil went to President Asif Ali Zardari who had disappointed the entire nation. Addressing PML-N party workers from Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib at his residence in Model Town, Nawaz said, "I reconciled with President Zardari to change the fate of the country but he ruined the reconciliation in just a month."
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KARACHI - Legendary all-rounder Imran Khan on Sunday said he felt "genuinely upset" at the lengthy bans given to three Pakistani cricketers for spot-fixing, but said punishments were necessary for the sake of the game in Pakistan.
An International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal on Saturday banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for 10 years, with five years suspended, bowler Mohammad Asif for seven years, with two suspended, and teenage paceman Mohammad Aamer for five years.