CARDIFF - New Zealand broke their losing streak against Sri Lanka by winning their ICC Champions trophy match by one wicket in a low scorer at Cardiff on Sunday. Chasing a meagre 139-run target, New Zealand were reduced to 134/9. However, Tim Southee held his nerve to guide Kiwis to victory with ...

London- British police on Sunday charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a Pakistan International Airlines jet was diverted mid-flight following an incident on board.Taxi driver Tayyab Subhani, 30, and restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar, 41, both from Nelson in Lancashire, northwest ...

HULL - James Willstrop, the only player to have been denied the British Open title by a single point on two separate occasions, kept alive his dream of one day making that last shot with an extraordinary quarter-final escape on Friday night. He was two games and 8-9 down to Cameron Pilley before ...

ROME - Defending champion Rafael Nadal endured a three-set thriller before overcoming big-hitting Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Rome Masters quarter-finals. Gulbis, ranked 46th, and a winner inRomein 2010 over Roger Federer on his way to the semi-finals, ...

ISLAMABAD-Pakistanoff spinner Saeed Ajmal has recovered from a suspected hernia scare and lost five kilograms in weight to prepare for next month's ICC Champions Trophy to be played inEnglandfrom June 6. The 35-year-old Ajmal felt pain in his lower abdomen afterPakistan's series againstSouth ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has spoken again, this time through its Additional Secretary Afzal Khan, who has dealt with two issues that could seriously impact the final outcome of the forthcoming general elections. For the cheating candidates who somehow manage to slip through the ...

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A Qantas flight from New Zealand to Australia was forced to turn back Sunday following reports of a suspicious item on board, but the feared device turned out to be a standard fitting. The Boeing 737 was more than an hour into the flight to Sydney when the pilot was told to ...

anisuddin khanKARACHI  - Reigning amateur world champion Hossein Vafaei Ayouri of Iran proved why he holds the world title when he performed an unbelievable act of fortunate great escape at the hands of challenger M Sajjad of Pakistan to reach the final of the Jubilee Insurance seven nation ...

Pop star Katy Perry was evacuated from her recent concert in the Philippines after a terrifying bomb scare.The I Kissed a Girl hitmaker was due to perform the final show of her California Dreams world tour with a gig at Manila’s SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds in January when police were ...

ISLAMABAD - The main Opposition party in the National Assembly on Tuesday forced the government to introduce another amendment to the 20th Amendment draft at eleventh hour and also took commitment from the government on reverting back the recent hike in prices of petroleum products, which was to be ...

LONDON (AFP) - Venus Williams survived a huge scare before advancing to the third round at Wimbledon here Wednesday, downing Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 8-6 in a marathon three-hour battle. Five-time champion Williams, seeded 23 after a recent return from a lengthy injury ...

LAHORE Hilton Pharma/Diamond Paints survived a scare from Lahore Chatkhara/Vogue before emerging victorious in the Zong Aibak Cup at the Lahore Polo Club here on Thursday. Chatkhara/Vogue enjoyed two goal handicap prior to the regulation scoring but they were powered by Pakistans most celebrated ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - West Indies little-known paceman Gavin Tonge grabbed four wickets, but failed to stop Pakistan from posting a five-wicket victory in the Champions Trophy here on Wednesday. Pakistan were reeling at 61-4 following Tonges incisive opening spell, but teenager Umar Akmal helped his ...

THE Ugly Truth co-stars Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl were forced to leave Los Angeles Four Season Hotel on Saturday after a bomb threat was made. The co-stars were at the hotel doing promotions for their new romantic comedy when the bomb treat was made through a phone call. Gerard and Heigl, ...

A scare was triggered at the Indira Gandhi International airport in the wee hours on Friday after a sound similar to gunshots were reportedly heard from the facility. The control room of the CISF received a call at around 1.10 am from passengers that they heard sound of gunshots from one of the ...

The quake-stricken parts of Balochistan province were hit by more aftershocks on Friday, forcing many poor people to come out of their shelters despite intense and life-taking cold here. The aftershocks were felt particularly in Ziarat and adjoining area. Meanwhile, Quetta met office confirmed ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China's tainted milk scandal spiralled into uncharted territory Monday as authorities said nearly 53,000 children had been sickened and more countries moved to ban or recall Chinese dairy imports. In a dramatic update of previous figures, the health ministry said a total of ...

THE 19-year-old daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates - who herself died of a drug overdose in 2000 - was apparently given artificial respiration by a friend as they waited for the paramedics to arrive. London Ambulance Service said: "We were called...to an address in N1 to reports of a female ...

PARIS (AFP) - Maria Sharapova narrowly avoided becoming the first women's top seed in French Open history to lose in the opening round on Wednesday. The Russian served up an ugly 17 double faults and toiled for two and a half hours before squeezing past teenage compatriot, and world number 104, ...