MADRID   Atletico Madrid won their 10th Spanish Cup on Friday when they beat bitter city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra-time in a match which saw both Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo sent-off. Real had been unbeaten in the previous 25 meetings between the two sides dating ...

ISLAMABAD- Army is all set to retain the 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship title with an overwhelming majority as they had won 17 gold medals, three silver and two bronze medals with only one day left in the championship currently under way here at the Liaquat Gymnasium. On the ...

BULAWAYO - Bangladesh take on Zimbabwe in two Twenty20 internationals this weekend seeking to end a disappointing tour on a high - and wondering if the matches represent an opportunity for Mushfiqur Rahim to change his mind about quitting the captaincy.Mushfiqur said on Wednesday that he would be ...

ISLAMABAD- Khalid Bin Waleed Boxing Club won the 1st Islamabad Boxing Championship organised Islamabad Boxing Association (IBA) here at Liaquat Gymnasium. The championship was conducted by technical head Ittrat Nazir (KPK), Khalid Hussain (Punjab) and Shafqat from Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBA). ...

WASHINGTON: Nasa said it will pay $424 million more to Russia for giving US astronauts a lift to the International Space Station. The hefty bill includes the training and transporting of six astronauts to and from the ISS in 2016 and the first half of 2017 in Russian Soyuz spacecraft. That comes ...

ISLAMABAD- Defending champion Murad Ali retained his title in the All Pakistan Invitational Ranking Badminton Tournament after defeating Rizwan Azam in the final Wednesday. Murad won the first game 21-13 and maintained same pace in the second game winning in by 21-11. It was single-sided affair ...

VIENNAA hotelier in rural Austria was stuck in a lift for four days but skills acquired on a Swedish military survival course helped him pull through, police said.A friend delivering bread eventually alerted rescue services on Friday after noticing post piled up outside the hotel in Bad Gastein ...

ISLAMABAD - Plainly hinting at backing off from another high-sounding statement it made over a couple of weeks back, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday announced paying ‘sympathetic consideration’ to requests for lifting ban on public funds’ diversion and recruitments ...

 Kamran Akmal smashed an unbeaten 92 off 50 balls as Pakistan came from behind to defeat India by five wickets in a warm-up match for the World Twenty20 on Monday.Pakistan, chasing India's commanding 185-3, appeared to be out of contention when they lost five wickets by the 12th over with just ...

NEW YORK - People with diabetes may have better blood sugar control during workouts if they lift weights before doing cardio exercise, according to a new study by Canadian researchers.It’s important to define the best way for people with type 1 diabetes to exercise so that blood sugar ...

FAISALABAD - Forensic Education, necessary facilities and proper training should be given to the police officers in order to mend the slow procedures practiced in Anti-Terrorism Courts, suggested a seminar held here at Police Complex the other day. According to detail, speakers at a seminar titled ...

ISLAMABAD - Frontier Women University (FWU) Peshawar lifted the First Women Inter-varsity Wushu Championship overall trophy here on Saturday at Quaid-i-Azam University Gymnasium after securing 60 points. GIFT University Gujranawala finished second with 55 points and Lahore College Women University ...

LAHORE – Punjab University Teaching Department (PUTD) have clinched the Inter-collegiate Rifle Shooting Championship title with 123 points held here at the Old Campus ground. Law College bagged second position with 64 points and Haile College was on third with 51 points. M Nazir was declared ...

PESHAWAR  – The government is mulling to start work on multifaceted Chesma Right Bank Ist Lift Canal Project that will irrigate more than 286,000 acres arid and semi arid lands of DI Khan and Tank districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.To accelerate the pace of development and bring maximum ...

FAISALABAD - The Pakistan National Association of Fulbright Alumni (Pak NAFA) is opening it sub-office (Faisalabad chapter) at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. This was stated by United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan Executive Director Rita Akhtar at a meeting at the UAF on ...

CAIRO  - Egypt's military ruler said the country's decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting "thuggery," and rights groups swiftly slammed the move as cosmetic."I have taken a decision to end the state of emergency, in all parts of the country, ...

LAHO­RE - Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and his entourage have succeeded in persuading Germany to help lift the ban on Pakistan on the export of some Pakistani products including potato to Eastern Europe. Political leadership and concerned officials of Germany during various ...

LAHORE - Lahore Djuice Rams won the Lahore Delhi Rugby 7s Tournament after defeating DHA Gold team by 35-7 here at the DHA Rugby Stadium on Saturday. Lahore’s player Tahir scored two tries and helped team to win final. Delhi lost the semi-final to DHA Gold and t other match against DHA ...

LAHORE (PR) - Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited (PPCBL) has lifted the SBP Governor Cricket Cup 2011-12 by defeating State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Lahore team by 10 wickets in the final. Batting first SBP piled-up a mammoth total of 177 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. Junaid ...

KOUROU, French Guiana (AFP) - A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday on its maiden flight from Europes space base here, carrying the first two satellites in the Galileo geopositioning system, an AFP reporter saw. The launch the first by the veteran rocket beyond Russias historic bases at Plesetsk and ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD Gilgit Mrkhores defeated Gilgit Tigers 5-3 on shoot-out in the final of the Gilgit Youth Football School Championship on Monday at the City Park Football Ground Gilgit. According to information received here, eight youth teams from different schools of Gilgit-Baltistan ...

A GARDENER was stunned when he found a frog getting a piggyback from a goldfish in his pond. Pensioner Tony Butler rushed for his camera and captured the pair gliding across the water in his garden in Paignton, Devon. He snapped a picture of the bizarre scene and then used a net to haul both out ...

LAHORE Packages XI won the 14th Bio Amla Cup Cricket Tournament after outplaying Service Sales Corporation team by seven wickets played here at GCU ground. Service Corporation piled up a total of 168 runs with Riaz scoring 55 runs and Usman 28. Khalid clinched three wickets and Imran got two. In ...

LAHORE - Arcadia cricket team won the final match of the Oasis Day/Night Cricket Tournament here the other day. Team Arcadia beat team Rafique in a scintillating finish which was decided through the 'super over rule. Batting first, team Rafique piled up a target of 72 runs. Rizwan scored a quick ...

ISLAMABAD Much needed to be done for the authorities than to bring about cosmetic actions for clearing the Parliament Lodges of 'encroachers. 'Services and lift rooms are still flooded with blue-eyed buddies of the so-called yet omnipotent public representatives. Though following the ...

PESHAWAR Mardan lifted the trophy after defeating Kohat in the Softball final match in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Games being played at Qayyum Sports Complex on Saturday, while the women and men cycling events will be held (today) Sunday. The team of Softball Mardan got lead through Husan Pari in ...

ISLAMABAD The Beaconhouse School Islamabad Chapter on Saturday won the inaugural Inter-School Football Tournament organised by Global System of Integrated Schools (GSIS). A total of ten teams from different schools took part in the mega event, which was organised to help raise funds for the ...

KARACHI - The spinners are pushing the government to lift 15pc regulatory duty imposed on the exports of yarn from July 27 on account of facing heavy losses in their margins and an anticipated rise in the cotton prices at international market, industry sources said. Sources in APTMA said the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US senator told Japans ambassador to the United States that Tokyos restrictions on US beef exports are blatantly unfair and should be lifted immediately. Republican Senator Mike Johanns met with Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki at the diplomats request and linked the beef ...

INSECTS such as butterflies have been found to hitch rides on fast winds to migrate. Migrating insects seek out the fastest winds to help them cover vast distances much quicker than birds, reaching warm winter climes in just a few days, a British study revealed. Scientists have long been ...