LAHORE – Faisal Sayid clinched the Royal Palm Summer Match Play Golf trophy here at the Royal Palm Golf Course. Faisal never relented in any of the five tough matches that he played on his way to the final. He managed to hold his dominance over such skilled match play experts like Kamran ...

NEW YORK: US Country singer Kellie Pickler won the 16th season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday night, winning over judges and TV audiences with her graceful style and high-jumping jives with partner and professional dancer Derek Hough. Pickler, who first grabbed ...

LAHORE (PR): McDonald’s Pakistan has recently scored yet another achievement by winning “Press on Award” for the third year in a row. The prestigious award was presented to Asif Ghaffar, Assistant Director Supply Chain & Quality Assurance, McDonald’s Pakistan in the ...

MOBILE - American Jennifer Johnson fired a seven-under par 65 on Sunday to seize her first LPGA title, posting a one-shot victory over PornanongPhatlum and Jessica Korda in the Mobile Bay Classic.Johnson had eight birdies and just one bogey on the par-72 Crossings course at Magnolia Grove for a ...

SEOUL - Australian Matthew Griffin won his second OneAsia title in less than a year on Sunday when the final round of the SK Telecom Open was called off without a shot being played because of thick fog. Griffin can credit a spectacular 40-foot putt from off the back of the 18th green Saturday for ...

SAN JOSE- American BMC rider Tejay van Garderen strengthened his grip on the overall lead in the Tour of California with a victory in the individual time trial sixth stage. The 24-year-old was the only rider to break 49 minutes on the 31.6-kilometre course, winning in 48:52 to extend his lead in ...

LOS ANGELES - Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named “American Idol”, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007.Glover, 23, defeated country singer Kree Harrison in the popular vote with her powerful voice in what ...

Virginia, US (DS): A man from Virginia has won the lottery for a fourth time. Retired postal worker Melvyn Wilson recently won $500,000 using a scratchcard. Wilson first got lucky in 2004 when he won $25,000. In 2005 he received $1m from a scratchcard game, and later that same year won a further ...

The Lahore High Court on Thursday handed over a 25-days-old infant to his mother after got recovering from his father’s custody. The court passed the orders on a habeas corpus petition moved by a woman Yasmeen for recovery of his son namely Faizan who came in the world on April 22. The ...

LAHORE : The Nespak has won two projects of national importance in Karachi and Balochistan by setting up a winning streak. Lately, it won first prize in an open architectural design competition for the Balochistan High Court Complex at Turbat.  As per press release, total of 23 architectural ...

Lahore (PR): PIAIL (PIA Investments Ltd), a subsidiary of PIA has won an arbitration in a hotel case in Abu Dhabi for AED 23.3 million ($ 6.355 million) in its favour on May 14, 2013Dispute between the two parties arose near the expiration of the terms of partnership in the year 1988 on ...

SANTA CLARITA - Slovakia's Peter Sagan captured the third stage of the Tour of California Tuesday, earning his ninth career stage victory in America's most prestigious cycling race. Sagan completed the 177 kilometre (110 mile) trek from Palmdale to Santa Clarita in four hours, 21 minutes and 31 ...

LONDON: Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and Scottish pianist Steven Osborne took two of the top awards for live British classical music on Tuesday at the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards.Connolly, who won the "Silver Lyre" for best solo singer, showed "exceptional musicianship and ...

PALM SPRINGS - Colombian cyclist Janier Acevedo battled dehydration, steep climbs and oppressive heat to win stage two of the Tour of California, finishing 12 seconds ahead ofAmerica's Tejay van Garderen Monday. In temperatures that climbed to 46 Celsius (115 Fahrenheit), Acevedo made his move on ...

Olivia Colman has won two Baftas, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve.Colman said of her win for Accused: “Turns out it does mean a lot. And I’m not going to cry.”BBC Olympic satire Twenty Twelve also ...

ESCONDIDODutchman Lieuwe Westra seized the yellow jersey at the Tour of California after winning the 165 kilometre (130 mile) opening stage on the outskirts of San Diego on Sunday.Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) outduelled Spaniard Francisco Mancebo in a sprint over the final kilometres while Slovak Peter ...

  PONTEVEDRABEACH   Tiger Woods shook off a double bogey at the 14th hole Sunday and held on to win the US PGA Tour Players Championship, setting another career milestone in the process. Woods, who had a share of the lead with Sergio Garcia and David Lingmerth after completing the ...

GUJRANWALAThe PML-N depended successfully its stronghold as the party swept all the seven National Assembly and Provincial Assembly constituencies of Gujranwala district.As per detail, the PML-N bagged all the National as well as Provincial assemblies slots while the PTI remained runner-up across ...

MULTANPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi declared on Sunday that his party would play the role of a strong, vibrant and effective opposition in the parliament.Talking to the journalists here, he added that the PTI was the party of the future and it would make ...

  chitral   Former President Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) managed to win a seat each in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency, despite announcing a boycott of 2013 general elections. APML ...

karachiDespite ongoing violence in Karachi during polls, the outgoing ruling PPP has succeeded in securing its old fort of Lyari for the next five years.According to unofficial results, PPP candidate Shahjahan Baloch has secured 62,000 votes on NA-248 Lyari to defeat MQM’s Nabeel Gabol. ...

GEORGE TOWN - Usain Bolt edged teammate Kemar Bailey-Cole in a photo finish to win the 100 metres at the Cayman Invitational track meet Wednesday. Bolt kicked his 100-metre season off with a less than impressive time of 10.09 seconds. Bailey-Cole, who finished with the same time, is one of Bolt's ...

MADRID - Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke on Thursday won one of Spain’s highest honours, the Prince of Asturias prize for arts, with the panel hailing him as one of leading figures in European contemporary cinema.The 71-year-old Oscar winner edged out 32 other contenders to take the ...

LAHORE - Rashid clinched the U-20 title of the Youth Chess Championship which was held at Burt Hall with cooperation of Pakistan Railways. Umer Waqas got second position in U-20 category and Ali Sipra third. Zoraiz won the first in U-16, Humza earned second and Areez third while Muhammad secured ...

BUREWALAPML-N candidate for NA-167 Chaudhry Nazir Arain has said that sun of May 11 will rise with the victory of tiger which will usher in a new era of progress and prosperity.He stated this while addressing members of Jafria community at the residence of Malik Munir Bhutta here the other ...

KARACHI (PR): Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has won Cargo Airline of the Year 2013 at Air Cargo News’ awards evening.  The airline was also named Best Middle East Cargo Airline for the 25th consecutive year.  Emirates SkyCargo received the accolade at the 30th ...

  STOCKHOLM   Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have won Sweden’s 2013 Polar Music Prize, organisers said Tuesday. “A West African griot is not just a singer, but a storyteller, poet, singer of praise, entertainer and verbal historian. ...

WILLIAMSBURGCristie Kerr parred the second hole of a sudden-death playoff on Sunday to win the LPGA Kingsmill Championship ahead of Norway’s Suzann Pettersen.Pettersen hadn’t made a bogey all day, notching four birdies in a four-under par 67 to join overnight leader Kerr on 12-under par ...

MADRIDMaria Sharapova survived a sticky start to move into the second round of the WTA Madrid Open on Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania.The Russian, who won the French Open on clay last year, brought a 16-match winning streak on the surface into Madrid and was strongly ...

KARACHI (PR): SSGC was conferred with the 8th Consumers Choice Award for eighth year in a row in the category of ‘Best Utility Service Provider’. Held every year under the aegis of Consumers Association of Pakistan, the Awards Ceremony recognizes the contributions of public and private ...