Tag: Winner

France crush Croatia to become World Cup champion

MOSCOW: France defeated Croatia 4-2 in Sunday's final match, winning the country's second World Cup title.

Diego Costa sent off after scoring Atletico winner

MADRID: Atletico Madrid unleashed Diego Costa in La Liga on Saturday and the controversial centre-forward scored the winner before being sent off in a...

Singing sensation Zubair Ahmed wins voice of JPJ

KARACHI: With an aim to promote the aspiring singing talent of the country, the singing competition Voice of JPJ provided a platform for young budding...

Writer Margaret Atwood gets 2017 Kafka award

Canadian poet, critic and novelist Margaret Atwood received this year's international Franz Kafka literary prize at a ceremony in Prague on Tuesday, which honoured...

Peyton Manning: Broncos Super Bowl 50 winner ‘should retire’

Quarterback Peyton Manning "should retire now" after helping the Denver Broncos win Super Bowl 50, says former team-mate Rocky Boiman. Manning, who led the Broncos...

Atop PILDAT’s governance yardstick, Punjab shows how it is done

With 42 per cent overall score, the Punjab government is leading in Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT)'s Comparative Score Card on Quality of Governance across Pakistan's four provinces.

Indian Nobel winner says government meddling in universities

Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has resigned as chancellor of an Indian university, accusing the government of political interference in higher education. Sen spearheaded the...

Wozniacki easy winner to open Sydney International

Caroline Wozniacki beat Poland's Urszula Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 in hot conditions Sunday in the first round of the Sydney International. After starting the season with...

World Twenty20 winner is anyone’s guess

The World Twenty20 explodes into action this week in tropical Sri Lanka with no runaway favourite and upsets likely in cricket's shortest and least...

Kiwi Ko becomes youngest LPGA winner at 15

New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the youngest champion in the history of the LPGA Tour on Sunday by firing a five-under-par 67 to capture...

Red Devils set to score another late winner

Popular British football (soccer) team Manchester United announced Monday that it hopes to earn over $300 million in its proposed IPO on Wall Street....

Giggs marks landmark with priceless winner

Ryan Giggs marked his 900th game for Manchester United with a stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Norwich here on Sunday in their...

Walking runaway winner in the world of exercise

While many of us think walking is ‘cheating’, a growing body of evidence suggests that it’s actually one of the best forms of exercise...

Nobel winner died of cancer days before award

Canadian cell biologist Ralph Steinman, 68, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for his pioneering work on the immune system,...

Colgate global art contest selects its 12th winner

For the past 11 years, Colgate-Palmolive, a leading multinational FMCG company, has been providing a brilliant platform for youngsters to showcase their creative and...

Walcott winner barely enough to lift Arsenal gloom

Arsenal began life after Cesc Fabregas in unconvincing fashion as Theo Walcott’s goal secured a fortunate 1-0 win over Udinese in the Champions League...

Etihad awards ticket to golf tournament winner

Etihad Airways, the national airline of United Arab Emirates recently sponsored the top prize for the Independence-Day Golf tournament at Karachi Golf Club. The...