LOS ANGELES - Mike Rodgers notched the fastest 100m in the world this year at the Mount SAC Relays on Saturday, while America's top two sprinters -- Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin -- took to the track in Florida. Rodgers, the US national champion in 2009, won the Mount SAC 100m in 10.04sec -- in an ...

SEOUL AFP“Gangnam Style” star Psy’s new music video crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube Wednesday, shattering another record on the video-sharing site since its much-anticipated weekend debut.The video for “Gentleman”, the long-awaited follow-up to the South ...

OSTRAVA (AFP) - Jamaican athletics superstar Usain Bolt easily beat compatriot and this season's fastest man over 100m Steve Mullings here on Tuesday at the Golden Spike event. The 24-year-old world record holder timed 9.91sec, the same time as he ran in the Diamond League event in Rome last ...

SHANGHAI(AFP) - Jamaican sprint star Asafa Powell on Sunday banished his recent injury woes with a 9.95 seconds win in the men's 100 metres at the Diamond League in Shanghai. Powell, who finished last in a 200m event a week earlier after pulling a hamstring, recorded the win as he tunes-up for an ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Saudi Development Fund would provide US $ 100 million to the country for the import of Urea from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Development Fund singed a Finance Agreement to Export Urea for the production of Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to Pakistan. The agreement ...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Bill Gates and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi pledged $100m Wednesday to deliver vaccines to children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan will each give $50m to provide vaccinations for five common but deadly ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday agreed to lend up to $100 million to a privately owned gas-fired power plant in Pakistan that will help alleviate chronic power shortages which are undermining growth and poverty reduction. ADB's loan will fund construction of the 404 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) (AFP) - Mark Gangloff burst through the one-minute barrier in the 100m breaststroke on Tuesday, booking his World Championship berth with a victory in 59.01sec at the US Swimming Championships. Gangloff's time was the second-fastest ever posted, behind the current world ...

LONDON (AFP) - Usain Bolt could have run the Olympic 100m in 9.55 seconds had he not eased up before crossing the finish line, according to a scientific study released Thursday. The 22-year-old Jamaican broke his own 100m world record to win Olympic gold, clocking 9.69sec despite decelerating in ...

LAUSANNE (Switzerland) (AFP) - Jamaica's Asafa Powell on Tuesday ran the second fastest ever time in the 100m at a meeting in Lausanne where Olympic hurdles champion Dayron Robles failed to win. And three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked 19.63sec in his favourite event, the 200m, for ...

BEIJING (AFP) - World record holder Usain Bolt scorched into the men's 100m final of the Beijing Olympics here on Saturday, posting the second fastest time in Games history in his semi-final. But reigning double world champion Tyson Gay of the United States crashed out, finishing only fifth in ...

OMAHA (Nebraska) (AFP) - Natalie Coughlin broke through yet another backstroke barrier on Tuesday, lowering her own 100m world record to 58.97sec at the US Olympic swimming trials. Coughlin, the first woman to break a minute in the event, became the first to swim it in under 59 seconds. ...

KARACHI- The UK-based Barclays Bank has transferred $100 million to Pakistan to kick-off its operations. This acquisition transaction made by the said bank has accelerated the growth of foreign direct investment in the country. The Barclays Bank had transferred 100 million dollars to Pakistan to ...

England will play five Twenty20 fixtures against a Caribbean all-star side for a record prize pot of $100 million and the first of these matches will be played on Nov. 1 at Antigua. Each Twenty20 match will be played with $20 million winner-take-all purse.The 11 active players on the winning side ...