Tag: Winner

Sudan said on Sunday the northern ruling party won an election for governor in the north's main oil state after a vote the south...

MADRID - Lionel Messi missed a slew of chances before squeezing home a late strike to give Barcelona a 1-0 win at third-placed Valencia in La Liga on Wednesday and stretch the champions lead over Real Madrid to 10 points. With Barca looking like they might drop points for only the fourth time this season, the Argentina forward struck a low shot in the 77th minute at the Mestalla that spun just inside the post off the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. Messi's league

DHAKA - Bangladesh's central bank said on Wednesday it had removed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from the post of managing director of microlender Grameen Bank, following allegations of irregularities in its operations.
"We have delivered a letter to the Grameen Bank that Muhammad Yunus has been removed," said the central bank governor's spokesman, AFM Asaduzzaman. Yunus, 70, set up Grameen Bank and has been its managing director since 2000. Lauded abroad by politicians and

LOS ANGELES - "The King's Speech" was crowned the big winner with four Oscars, including best film and best actor for its star Colin Firth on a night with few surprises among winners at the top movie awards. Joining British actor Firth on Oscar's stage was the film's director Tom Hooper and its screenwriter, David Seidler.
Natalie Portman claimed the best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of a young ballerina who grows into womanhood in "Black Swan," and Melissa Leo and

LONDON - Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, has died aged 77. Barry died in New York on Sunday, his family said.
The English-born composer won two Oscars, for the score and the song, for 'Born Free' in 1966, and he earned single statuettes for 'The Lion Winter' (1968), 'Out of Africa' (1985) and 'Dances with Wolves' (1990). He was also nominated for his scores for 'Mary, Queen of

DOHA - A dramatic last-minute goal from defender Masahiko Inoha saw 10-man Japan snatch a 3-2 win over heartbroken hosts Qatar in their Asian Cup quarter-final on Friday. Inoha struck in the 90th minute at a nearly full Al Gharafa Stadium to keep alive Japan's bid for a fourth continental title and crush Qatar's dreams of a first semi-final appearance.
Sebastian Suria's 12th-minute opener for Qatar was cancelled out by Shinji Kagawa, who drew Japan level again with 20 minutes to

ZURICH - Argentinian Lionel Messi won the Ballon D'Or for the second successive year here on Monday beating his more favoured Barcelona team-mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi. The 23-year-old - the first player to win back-to-back awards since Marco van Basten in 1988/89 - had been seen as the outsider after a modest World Cup where he failed to score and Argentina went out in the quarter-finals.
Iniesta and Xavi both had outstanding World Cups with the former scoring the only goal

MUMBAI - It was party time for Shweta Tiwari as she walked away with the winner's trophy on a reality show that has gripped TV viewers for weeks. Samir Soni walked away with a car for his style and boldness on the show. Khali, who lost out the winner's mantle to Shweta, was cheered by wife Harminder's presence. Sara Khan, however, came minus Ali Merchant.
Shweta intends to spend the entire money on her daughter Palak's education. "I know for sure that it will be totally reserved

LAHORE: Guard Group played an improbable 6-6 draw against Bank Alfalah in a charity polo match hosted by the Lahore Polo Club under the banner of an organisation 'Polo the Pakistan' here at the LPC's Aibak ground on Sunday. Prior to the electrifying polo encounter, a tent-pegging competition was organised to entertain the guests who contributed by purchasing the tickets for the rehabilitation of the flood affectees which devastated the country in monsoon a few months back.
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Justin Bieber may win an Oscar. Whether you think that's wonderful or one of the first signs of the impending apocalypse, it's certainly news. This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its list of the 41 songs eligible for a Best Original Song award.
The rules for the award state that the song must "consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film," and "a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of

LONDON: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Czech president Vaclav Havel on Sunday demanded "the unconditional release" of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, in an article published by a British newspaper.
Ahead of the Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo on Friday and writing in The Observer, Tutu and Havel said the dissident's imprisonment was "sadly emblematic of the Chinese government's intolerance to individual expression".
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in October