Tag: Victory

HYDERABAD - Paul Valthaty and Adam Gilchrist hammered explosive half-centuries to power Kings XI Punjab to an eight-wicket win over Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Valthaty smashed a 47-ball 75 and skipper Gilchrist a 46-ball 61 as Punjab achieved a 166-run target with 14 balls to spare for their second win in three matches in the Twenty20 tournament. Former Australian wicketkeeper Gilchrist and Valthaty both completed half-centuries with a six and added

CHENNAI - Michael Hussey cracked an unbeaten 83 off 56 balls to set up Chennai Super Kings' 21-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday. The Australian hit one six and 11 fours as Chennai made 183-5 before restricting Bangalore to 162-7 for their second win in three matches in the Twenty20 tournament.
Bangalore, who suffered their third defeat in four games, faltered in reply as they lost three wickets for 31 runs, including that

ABIDJAN - President Alassane Ouattara stamped his new authority on Ivory Coast on Thursday, as troops formerly loyal to his ousted rival Laurent Gbagbo flocked to his banner despite ongoing violence.
United Nations peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy told reporters in New York there was however still fighting and "quite a lot of looting" despite Ouattara's victory over Gbagbo's attempt to cling to power. "There are still people with arms, it is still dangerous but there are no more

MADRID - Controversial three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, unbeaten in Spain since the start of the season, continues his warm-up for the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday in the Tour of Castilla y Leon. The Tour of Castilla y Leon, which he won last year, may be just a formality for the 28-year-old Saxobank rider. The Spaniard is in sparkling form ahead of the Tour of Italy on May 7-29, his main objective in the early part of the season, having already won the Tour of

LAHORE - Medicam marched closer to victory against Navy on the second day of the Patron's Trophy Grade-II 2010-11 semi-final match here at the LCCA Ground on Tuesday. Medicam, after posting 309 runs in their first innings, bowled out Navy for 164 runs and later added another 65 runs for the loss of four wicket in their second innings. The last day begins today. In the second semi-final at Diamond Ground Islamabad, UBL scored 326 for nine. Later, Port Qasim scored 34 runs for the loss

NEW DELHI - Lasith Malinga grabbed five wickets in a superb exhibition of fast bowling to set up Mumbai Indians' eight-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday.
The Sri Lankan, known for bowling accurate yorkers, finished with 5-13 off 3.4 overs as Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians dismissed Virender Sehwag's Delhi Daredevils for 95 in the Twenty20 tournament. Naman Ojha (29) and Venugopal Rao (26) were the main contributors for Delhi, who

FATULLAH - New captain Michael Clarke was among four Australian batsmen to score half-centuries in their 90-run win over a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI on Thursday.
Clarke retired after making 55 in a warm-up match for the three-match one-day international series which starts on Saturday.
Former captain Ricky Ponting made 69, Brad Haddin 66 and Mike Hussey 69 not out as the touring side made 308 for six.
John Hastings was the most successful bowler with figures

SRINAGAR - Not everyone in India is hoping for a victory over Pakistan in the cricket World Cup semi final. In Indian held Kashmir (IHK), allegiance to the rival team reflects bitter feelings in the turbulent region.
In the highly militarised Indian part, anger over New Delhi's rule runs deep. An independence movement has raged for the last two decades and the past three summers have seen huge street demonstrations. From Internet networking sites to social gatherings, most

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to the nation to offer special prayers for the Pakistani cricket team's victory in the Cricket World Cup semi final in Mohali, India.
In a statement issued from London on Monday, he appealed to the Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis and the followers of other religions to pray for the victory of their national team in their respective places of worship.
He hoped that the Pakistani flag will fly

MELBOURNE - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel made a perfect start to his Formula One world title defence with a pole to flag victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The 23-year-old German blasted off the grid and never looked troubled as he notched up his 11th career victory and third in a row going back to last season by 22.2 seconds from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Renault's Vitaly Petrov claimed his and Russia's first ever podium in third place as the

STATS CORNER - Pakistan recorded their biggest victory in the World Cup by beating the West Indies by 10 wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, on Wednesday. Pakistan's previous biggest win in terms of wickets in World Cup was nine wickets against the UAE at Gujranwala on February 24, 1996 and against New Zealand at Manchester on June 16, 1999. It was third time when Pakistan recorded a perfect 10 victory in limited overs international cricket. Their first such victory came

LAHORE - Pakistan national women's and junior champion Ushna Suhail steered MEPCO to victory after beating Sarah Mobile of LESCO 6-2,6-3 in the singles tie and later pairing with Mehek Khokhar to defeat Sara Mehboob and Sara Mansoor 6-2,3-6,7-5 in a hard fought three-set doubles match in the WAPDA Lawn Tennis Inter-Unit Tournament in Multan on Wednesday. Ushna displayed aggressive baseline and net shots against Sara Mehboob and was ahead from start to finish. In the individual event

BANGALORE - Australia's openers put on an emphatic display to follow the performance of their bowlers as they crushed Canada by seven wickets in their World Cup Group A match on Wednesday. It took Australia's unbeaten run in the World Cup to 34 matches stretching back to 1999. They go top of the group.
Having already booked a place in the quarter-finals, Australia first ripped out Canada for 211 after some initial resistance, and then openers, Shane Watson (94) and Brad Haddin

LAHORE - Master Paints dethroned defending champions Colony Sugar 8-7 in the final of the Bank Alfalah National Polo Championship for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup here at the Lahor Polo Club's Aibak Ground on Sunday.
Masters Paints not only regained the title after nearly a decade, but also notched their third title of the season. They won two titles earlier this season. The winner's trophy was handed over to them by Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khan Khosa who graced the occasion as

DHAKA - Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis partied through the night after their team pulled off a famous win over England that keeps their World Cup quarter-final dreams alive. Thousands of despondent fans streamed out of the stadium in Chittagong on Friday as Bangladesh looked to be heading towards the World Cup exit but they staged a remarkable recovery to snatch an improbable victory.
Shakib Al Hasan's side needed 57 runs to win with just two wickets in hand but the

LAHORE - Imran Farhat, with his century, brought Punjab in sight of a win against Balochistan, while Faisal Iqbal also cracked a century for Sindh against Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa to help his team stay on course for a win on the second day of the four-day, fourth round matches of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup (First Class) 2010-2011. At Gaddafi Stadium, Punjab bowled out Balochistan for 126 runs, with Mohammad Khalil doing the damage with his eight-wicket haul. Later, Punjab posted 215

DHAKA - A spectacular diving catch by Tamim Iqbal and a four-wicket blast by paceman Shafiul Islam spurred Bangladesh to a pulsating 27-run win over Ireland in their World Cup Group B match on Friday. Chasing 206 for victory, Ireland looked like they were going to break Bangladeshi hearts as they were coasting towards their target with ease.
But a diving Iqbal scooped the ball just millimetres off the ground to get rid of dangerman Niall O'Brien (38) and that moment of brilliance