DUSSELDORF (AFP) - German Formula One stars Michael Schumacher and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Race of Champions Nations Cup for the fifth successive year on Saturday. The duo defeated Denmark's Tom Kristensen, eight-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hour Race, and Finnish rally ...

MEXICO CITY (Agencies) - Saul Canelo Alvarez stopped Kermit Cintron at 2:53 of the fifth round to retain his WBC junior welterweight title. Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 knockouts) put Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KOs) down in the fourth round with a straight right, which he landed with regularity, and hurt the ...

LAHORE The Business community on Saturday felicitated the newly-elected President of FPCCI Senator Haji Ghulam Ali and Vice Presidents Amir Atta Bajwa, and Haji Fazal Ellahi. Malik Sohail Hussain, VP National Traders Alliance, said that unopposed victory of Businessman Panel in FPCCI elections ...

KARACHI - Despite limited foreign interest in oil & gas sector and support from state-run funds, the Karachi stock market fell below the psychological level of 10,000 points on Tuesday as cautious investors booked profits on concerns over rising political uncertainty, poor law and order situation, ...

China has successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite into orbit as part of a project to develop its own global satellite navigation system, official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The Long-March-3 rocket with the Beidou (Compass) satellite onboard was launched at 9:30 p.m. GMT on ...

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean exports rose by double digits in March for a fifth straight month, according to official figures issued Thursday, as demand in major markets continued to improve. Exports were worth 37.68 billion dollars last month, up 35.1 percent year-on-year, while imports jumped 48.4 ...

PRESTON (England) (AFP) France striker Nicolas Anelka took the plaudits after his goal inspired a 2-0 win at Preston kept Chelsea on course to land the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons. Anelka set the platform for the Premier League clubs fourth round success at Deepdale on Saturday with ...

NKANDLA, South Africa (AFP) - Wearing leopard skins and carrying a Zulu shield, South Africas polygamous President Jacob Zuma on Monday married for the fifth time, in a traditional ceremony in his remote hometown. The 67-year-old and his new bride Thobeka Madiba, 30 years his junior, danced in an ...

GROS-ISLET (St. Lucia) (AFP) - India clinched their fifth straight One-day International series, when rain forced the abandonment of the final ODI against West Indies on Sunday. India won the four-match series 2-1, after they won the high-scoring opening ODI by 20 runs two Fridays ago at Sabina ...

The people of mu and Kashmir will vote on Saturday in The fifth phase of Assembly elections will be in occupied Kashmir today. Security is tight across the 11 constituencies. Polling in this phase will decide the fate of candidates for 5 seats in Jammu, that is Bani , Basoli, Kathua, Billawar , ...

LAHORE - Nokia, the leader in mobile communications, again was ranked as the world's fifth most valuable brand in 2008, according to the annual BusinessWeek magazine / Interbrand Global Brand Scorecard. Valued at more than US$35.942 billion, 7% more than last year's estimate this shows the highest ...

BEIJING (AFP) - South African Olympic swimmer Natalie du Toit won her fifth gold of the Beijing Paralympics Sunday as China established what looks likely to be a decisive lead at the top of the medals table. But the Games were hit by more controversy when a British athlete was stripped of second ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Mozambiquean 800 metres legend Maria Mutola reached her fifth Olympic final here on Saturday. The 34-year-old, who won her only Olympic title in 2000 and took bronze in 1996, came second in her semi-final despite being spiked on the final bend. Mutola, a three-time world ...

ISLAMABAD - Fifth water quality monitoring report 2005-06 launched on Tuesday termed most of the water sources of 23 major cities of the country including the Federal Capital unsafe for drinking purpose. The report was launched at a 'National Coordination Conference on the Improvement of Water ...

LONDON  - Play in the Wimbledon men's singles final was interrupted by rain for a second time on Sunday with the match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer delicately poised at 2-2 and 40-40 in the fifth and final set. Nadal won the first two sets 6-4 but defending champion Federer fought ...