CANNESA blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize Monday, with critics savaging a “risible” parade of cliches.Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike unveiled “Shield of Straw” (Wara No Tate) ...

BANGALORE - Chasing 157, Mumbai Indians managed to score 154 as Royal Challengers Bangalore secure a 2-run win on the last ball of the second IPL clash on Thursday. Earlier, Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 92 to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a fighting 156 for five against Mumbai ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Terrorism-themed spy thriller “Homeland” ended cult retro show “Mad Men”‘s four-year run as best drama at the annual Emmy awards late Sunday, while “Modern Family” retained the best comedy crown.Also bringing current concerns and ...

KARACHI - ANISUDDIN KHAN - Second seed Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand pulled himself back from the brink to transform certain defeat into victory to clinch the Jubilee Insurance Seven-nation Snooker Championship crown here on Friday.Thepchaiya defeated current amateur world champion Hossein Vafaei ...

Australia won a thriller in the decider match of the best-of-three finals of the CB series by 17 runs. Bowler Clint McKay ended with a five-wicket haul while Brett Lee and Shane Watson helped the hosts by taking three and two wicket respectively. Sri Lanka kept losing wickets in regular intervals, ...

AUCKLAND  - South Africa battled to a thrilling three-run win over New Zealand to claim the Twenty20 series 2-1 after the Black Caps suffered a dramatic late batting collapse in Auckland on Wednesday.New Zealand restricted South Africa to seven for 165 and went into the last two overs needing ...

A determined half-century show by skipper MS Dhoni denied Sri Lanka their maiden win in the tri-series as the fifth ODI of the tournament ended in a dramatic tie at Adelaide on Tuesday. India got off to a poor start as Sachin Tendulkar once again failed to shine. The veteran scored just 15 and ...

Michael Jackson's red and black jacket he wore in his famous "Thriller" music video will be auctioned off on Sunday at the Julien's Auctions Gallery in California. The jacket, which is the top lot among other thing of the King of Pop to go on sale at Sunday auction, is valued between $200,000 and ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Lion-hearted Bangladesh stunned England by two wickets on Friday to keep alive their World Cup quarter-final hopes and set-up a nail-biting race to qualify from Group B. On a rollercoaster night in Chittagong, Bangladesh, chasing just 226 to win, were cruising at 155-3 when opener ...

England's bowlers finally hit form at the World Cup on Sunday to dismiss South Africa for just 165 and secure an unlikely six-run win over the previously unbeaten Proteas. South Africa bowled out England for 171 at Chennai's Chidambaram Stadium but a varied and disciplined English attack took full ...

India and Pakistan dismissed suggestions of frayed nerves as the bitter rivals geared for a combustible field hockey clash in the Asian Games on Saturday. The group B match at the Aoti hockey stadium, where the winner will book a semi-final place, gives Pakistan a chance to avenge two humiliating ...

KARACHI Kehkashan School defeated St. Pauls by four wickets in a low-scoring match of the Siemens PVCA Inter School T20 cricket here the other day. Summarized scores. Kehkashan School beat St. Pauls by four wickets. St. Pauls School 91/9 in 20 overs (Rafey Khan 21 runs, A. Rehman 3/13), Kehkashan ...

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish director Daniel Monzons Celda 211 (Cell 211), a thriller set in a prison during a mutiny, dominated Spanish cinemas Goya awards late Sunday in Madrid. The movie, a big favourite with 16 nominations, won eight Goyas including those for best film, best director for Monzon, best ...

RAJKOT (India) (AFP) India overcame a brilliant century by Tillakaratne Dilshan to defeat Sri Lanka by three runs in a dramatic start to the five-match one-day series on Tuesday. Dilshan made 160 off 124 balls as the tourists made a spirited effort to surpass Indias highest one-day total of 414-7, ...

LONDON (AFP) - Trent Johnston was Ireland's hero as they beat the Netherlands in an eliminator finish to their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at Lord's here on Monday. After both sides made 135, the match came down to a one-over eliminator. Ireland could only manage six for one in their over but ...

DURBAN (South Africa) (AFP) - Mark Boucher hit an unbeaten 25 off 13 balls as Bangalore Royal Challengers posted an exciting five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. Kevin Pietersen's Bangalore needed 10 in the last over to achieve a 140-run target ...

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Italian teenager Federico Macheda netted an injury-time winner on his Premier League debut as Manchester United reclaimed top spot with a dramatic 3-2 victory against Aston Villa on Sunday. Macheda, 17, signed from Lazio in 2007, curled a stunning strike past goalkeeper Brad ...

MADRID (AFP) - Sergio Aguero's late goal helped Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Barcelona 4-3 on Sunday and blow the Spanish title race wide open. Barcelona, who led 2-0 and 3-2, have now failed to win in four matches and have seen their lead over Real Madrid cut from 12 points, just ...

ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan twice came back from two-goal deficits to hold AS Roma to a thrilling 3-3 draw at the San Siro on Sunday and extend their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points. Jose Mourinho's team looked to be heading for more heartache following their footballing lesson by ...

SYDNEY (Agencies) - Brendon McCullum's sizzling 61 off 47 balls went in vain as Australia bowled exceptionally well at the death to eke out a thrilling one run victory in the see-saw one-off Twenty20 International cricket match on Sunday. Chasing 151, New Zealand came close to overwhelming the ...

CHRISTCHURCH (AFP) - A late batting onslaught by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin saw the West Indies snatch victory with one ball to spare in the one-day international against New Zealand here Saturday. In a match reduced to 28 overs per side after a lengthy disruption due to thunder and hail, ...

KARACHI - Teenager Danish Atlas of NWFP as expected won the second DG Ranger National Ranking Junior Squash Championship crown overpowering fourth seed Sheikh Saquib of Punjab in a five-game final that lasted over one-and-a-half hour here Thursday at DG Rangers Sindh Jahangir Khan squash complex ...

Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets to win their Toronto Twenty/20 clash with just one ball to spare on Saturday. Pakistan made 141-7 with man of the match Shoaib Malik making an unbeaten 42 after Sri Lanka, who rested skipper Mahela Jayawardene and spin wizard Ajantha Mendis, had hit ...

New Zealand won a dramatic last-ball victory to beat England by one wicket in the fourth one-day international at The Oval here Wednesday to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.With two needed off the final ball, last man Mark Gillespie hit Luke Wright to extra-cover.But Graeme ...