CANNESA Coen brothers comedy and a divorce drama by an Iranian Oscar winner emerged as the breakout favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark Tuesday.Although incessant rain and chilly winds put a damper on the champagne-fuelled soirees in this French Riviera town, audiences have ...

KARACHI/HYDERABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates won one national assembly and two Sindh assembly seats in Karachi after Sunday’s revote on 43 polling stations, according to unofficial results. The re-polling, which took place in a tense atmosphere, remained peaceful under ...

LONDON - Ross Taylor’s fluent 66 lifted New Zealand to 153 for four in reply to England’s 232 on a fluctuating second day of the first Test at Lord’s on Friday. England collapsed to 201 for eight in the morning but James Anderson claimed his 300th test wicket to reduce New Zealand ...

  BARCELONA     Red Bull team boss Dietrich Mateschitz on Monday launched a scathing attack on the current state of Formula One, amid widespread calls for a return to hard-wearing tyres after the Spanish Grand Prix was marred by multiple pit stops. Mateschitz, whose money and vision ...

SARGODHAThe PML-N has won almost all national and provincial assembly seats in district with a vast majority. According to unofficial results of May 11 elections, the PML-N candidate Peer Aminul Hasanat defeated PPP candidate Nadeem Afzal Chan in NA-64. The party candidate Barrister Mohsin ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Spain's Sergio Garcia fired a seven-under-par 65 on Friday to seize the second-round lead at the Players Championship, with world number one Tiger Woods in hot pursuit. Garcia's eight birdies included five in a row in his storming second nine. His 11-under total of 133 put him ...

      ST JOHN'S   All-rounder Dwayne Bravo was Saturday named asWest Indiescaptain for next month's Champions Trophy, replacing Darren Sammy who stays in charge of the Test and Twenty20 squads. Bravo, who took over from Sammy for the three-match whitewash ofZimbabwein ...

  BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State ofLawcoalition won the most provincial council seats in seven of the 12 provinces that voted, according to results released on Saturday. However, no list won a majority of seats in any of the provinces. The vote for provincial ...

WILLIAMSBURG- Thai teenager Ariya Jutanugarn fired a seven-under par 64 on Thursday to seize a two-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship. "Today, I played very good, so my putting helped me a lot," said Ariya, whose nine birdies more than countered the only ...

  MADRID   AtleticoMadrid's 14-year wait for a win over their neighbours continued as Real Madrid came from behind to win 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon. Radamel Falcao had got Atleti off to a flying start with a simple header from Diego Godin's cross just three minutes in. However, Real ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City and the San Antonio Spurs held off fourth-quarter rallies for crucial NBA victories on Wednesday, each club seizing a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder over Houston ...

SYDNEY - Hollywood star Russell Crowe led tributes Tuesday to Australia’s “Queen of Rock” Chrissy Amphlett who died in New York after a long battle with cancer.“Dear Chrissie, The last time I saw you was in the (Sydney) Botanic Gardens, loving life and reciting verse. ...

AUGUSTA - A Masters second round that tested how top golfers handle adversity Friday saw Tiger Woods stumble, Jason Day take the lead and teen Guan Tianlang make the cut despite a rare slow-play penalty. Day, hoping to be Australia's first Masters champion, shot a four-under par 68 to stand on ...

MANILA - Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang held on to his lead in the third round of the Solaire Open in Manila Saturday despite dropping two shots in the last three holes. Lin, a five-time Asian Tour winner, bogeyed holes 16 and 17 for a round of two-under-par 70, at the inaugural $300,000 event at the ...

MANILA - US golfer Dodge Kemmer grabbed a first round lead with a six-under-par 66 at the Solaire Open in Manila on Thursday, after studying psychology in an effort to keep his emotions in check. The Asian Tour qualifying school graduate holed six birdies to hold a two-shot advantage over ...

PRAGUE Holders Czech Republic on Wednesday named a five-member squad led by world number eight Petra Kvitova for their Fed Cup semi-final tie against Italy on clay in Palermo on April 20-21.  Besides Kvitova, team captain Petr Pala has called up world number 21 KlaraZakopalova and 25th-ranked ...

SAN ANTONIO - American Billy Horschel, who is seeking his first career PGA Tour victory, posted a two-under 70 to maintain a two-shot lead after the third round of the Texas Open on Saturday. Horschel, who would also get an automatic berth into The Masters with a win in San Antonio, finished 54 ...

LAHORE – Misbahul Haq’s unbeaten 119 runs led SNGPL to four-wicket triumph over KRL in the President’s Cup One-day Tournament 2012-13 group A match played at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday. Batting first, KRL piled up a good total of 278-8 in 50 overs. M Yaseen scored ...

HOUSTON  - Rory McIlroy didn't improve his chances of regaining the world No. 1 ranking, but he held up under pressure on Friday to guarantee himself two more rounds at the US PGA Tour Houston Open.Steve Wheatcroft, who booked his place in the field in a Monday qualifier, topped the ...

LAHORE (PR) – Leads University Foundation Day Celebrations 2013 concluded here at Wapda Sports Complex. The event was ended with a colourful prize distribution ceremony. The chief guest of the event was Director of Lahore Leads University Mr. Zahoor Watto. On the final day of the ...

LAHORE – The Lahore Leads University’s foundation day celebrations have begun. On Saturday, completions of cricket, football and athletics were held in the Wapda Sports Complex. Besides players, good number of students and whole teaching faculty gathered there for cheering up the ...

Tens of thousands of Pakistani protesters demanding sweeping reforms poured into Islamabad late Monday, led by a cleric accused of trying to sow political chaos ahead of elections.Tahirul Qadri, a Pakistani-Canadian who returned to his homeland last month after years in Toronto, accuses the ...

NAGPUR (Agencies) - Indian bowlers let England off the hook and allowed the visitors to recover from a difficult position as they reached 199 for five at stumps on the opening day to leave the crucial fourth and final cricket Test evenly poised on Thursday.The home team had England in a real spot ...

LAHORE – The 969th annual Ghusal of the mausoleum of Alshaikh Alsyed Ali Bin Usman Alhajveri, also known as Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh (RA), was held on Saturday. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest on the occasion while Punjab Auqaf Minister Haji Ehsanud Din Qureshi, Ishaq ...

MIAMI - Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy played their way into contention on Saturday at the Cadillac Championship but American Bubba Watson remained atop the leaderboard at the World Golf Championship event.Watson fired a five-under par 67 to stand on 17-under 199 through 54 holes. He was three ...

RAWALPINDI – A mammoth rally led by prominent leader of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI), Pirzada Rahat Masud Qadoosi, was taken out from Rawalpindi on Friday to participate in the public meeting at Gujar Khan addressed by party chief Imran Khan.The participants of the rally gathered at 6th ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS  - Davis Love matched the course record with a 64 on Thursday to seize a two-shot first-round lead at the Honda Classic over a group led by Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.As 14-time major champion Tiger Woods again found it tough to get putts to drop, Love avoided any ...

LOS ANGELES Love story “The Vow” won the hearts of moviegoers with $51.4m in global ticket sales over a pre-Valentine’s Day weekend. “The Vow,” starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7m at US and Canadian theatres from Friday through Sunday in the ...

MIRPUR  - Nasir Jamshed's rapid half-century helped Chittagong Kings beat Khulna Royal Bengals with five balls to spare in Mirpur. They and Barisal Burners are the only unbeaten teams in the Bangladesh Premier League after two games.The Kings lost the toss at the Shere Bangla Stadium and ...

LAHORE - Students were sensitized about use of helmets and importance of following traffic rules at a special seminar organized by FC College-University on Wednesday in collaboration with the City Traffic Police. FCCU Director of Safety & Security Col (r) Rana Khaqan Mahmood, the chief ...