KARACHI: Veteran allrounder Shahid Afridi said Thursday he is targeting the 2015 World Cup after returning to the Pakistan side, but vowed to quit if he became a burden on the team.The 33-year-old was left out of the squad for the one-day series agai...
BANGALORE: Royal Challengers Bangalore have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in the IPL. Virat Kohli won the toss for Bangalore and he decided to put to Knight Riders into bat. It did not start well for Kolkata as Manvinder Bisla was dis...
BARCELONA: Barcelona survived a huge scare from Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals for the sixth successive season on away goals after a 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou.The 2-2 draw between the pair in last week...
AUGUSTA, Georgia: Ted Potter set the stage for the 77th Masters by winning the traditional eve-of-tournament Par-3 Contest on Wednesday, while tennis star Caroline Wozniacki provided comic relief.The 29-year-old American debutant carded a five-under ...
SYDNEY: Former Sri Lankan Test batsman Chandika Hathurusinghe has been appointed as the new coach of the Sydney Thunder in Australia's Big Bash League, the team said on Thursday.The former opener, who played 26 Tests for Sri Lanka, takes over from Sh...
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Batan Islands region in the northern Philippines in the early hours of Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit at 4.20am (2020 GMT) at a depth of 15.9 kilometres (9.9 miles). No tsunami war...
DA NANG: Vietnam has unveiled a new steel bridge shaped like a dragon that literally shoots fire from its mouth. The 1,864-foot long bridge is designed with steel arches that serve as the body of the dragon, which is modeled after one from the Ly Dyn...
NEW YORK: A letter the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA wrote to his son announcing the news sold Wednesday for a record sum of just over $6 million, Christie's said. Elizabeth Van Bergen, a spokeswoman for the auction house i...
NEW YORK: If Dr Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological equivalent: inv...
MOHALI: A masterful innings by Mike Hussey gave Chennai Super Kings their first victory of IPL 6 as they demolished Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday. Hussey, who made an unbeaten 86 off 54 balls, once again show...
LAHORE: Pakistan Wednesday launched a hunt for fast bowlers to overcome a shortage of quality pacemen in the country once known for its production line of quicks.Under the "King of Speed" programme, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will seek out bowl...
TEHRAN: Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr, killing 37 people but sparing Iran's sole nuclear power plant. "With the rescue operation being wrapped...
MUMBAI: No one would have imagined Mumbai will go past the 200-run mark after they lost Ricky Ponting (0) and Sachin Tendulkar (1) in the first couple of overs. The former was caught and the latter run-out — both by Mahela Jayawardene before Dinesh K...
DUBAI: Bahrain has been rounding up pro-democracy activists ahead of its controversial staging of the April 21 Formula One Grand Prix two years after a bloody crackdown, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Plainclothes police officers have arrested...
DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund scored twice in added time to seal a dramatic 3-2 quarter-final, second-leg win at home to Malaga on Tuesday to reach the last four of the Champions League. With Malaga leading 2-1 in the dying stages, Dortmund's Marco Reu...
LONDON: Players found guilty of racial abuse will face minimum suspensions of 10 matches, under plans laid out by UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino on Wednesday. Infantino also said racist offences would trigger partial stadium closures in the ...
MOHALI: The Kings XI Punjab will face the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. The match will be broadcast live on Geo Super at 7:30 PM (PST). The Kings XI won their first match of the IPL, while the Super Kings faced defeat...
ISTANBUL: Real Madrid withstood a second-half onslaught from Galatasaray to qualify for their third successive Champions League semi-final 5-3 on aggregate, despite losing 3-2 on the night. Already leading 3-0 from the first-leg last week, it took Lo...
LONDON: Chelsea can take a step closer to becoming only the fourth side to win all three of UEFA's major club competitions by cementing a place in the Europa League semi-finals when they travel to Rubin Kazan on Thursday. Only Juventus, Ajax and Baye...
LONDON: It started as the work of a former cricketer looking to secure an income in his retirement and was priced at a modest one shilling.By contrast, Wednesday saw the publication of the 150th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, with the hardba...
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