The Ashes — an Englishman’s perspective
A peculiar event happened in England during the summer of 2005. The Premier League began on August 13. And it wasn’t reported on the back pages. Instead, the country was gripped with cricket fever....
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Injury woes: Aisam unavailable to represent Pakistan in Davis Cup
KARACHI: Tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi will not be representing Pakistan in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group II semi-finals against Indonesia which will begin on July 14 on the hardcourts of...
View ArticleYounus climbs to sixth in Test rankings
DUBAI: Younus Khan and debut centurion Shan Masood’s heroics in Pakistan’s seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third Test earned them significant gains in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings, which...
View ArticleUS beat Honduras in Gold Cup opener
FRISCO: Clint Dempsey scored twice as the US men’s national team began their CONCACAF Gold Cup title defence on Tuesday by holding on to beat Honduras 2-1 at Toyota Stadium. Dempsey scored on either...
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2nd day: Sindh, Balochistan grapple with blackout’s after-effects
KARACHI: The fallout from Tuesday night’s massive power breakdown, which plunged large parts of Sindh and Balochistan into darkness, continued to be felt on Wednesday with sporadic outages hampering...
View Article6 killed in road accident in Fateh Jhang
ISLAMABAD: At least six people were killed while over a dozen suffered injuries when a coaster rammed into a van at the busy Fateh Jhang Road near Tarnol area in the federal capital. The police said...
View ArticleUS Women’s Open: Park In-bee determined to make up for poor form
LANCASTER: World number one Park In-bee is usually seen as the player to beat in women’s golf majors these days, and now the Korean has extra motivation at this week’s US Women’s Open. Park, who has...
View ArticleFIFA ban blues: Tough not playing until January, says Turan
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s new midfield playmaker Arda Turan has said it will be tough for him not being able to play until January due to a ban on the club on registering players. Barca agreed to sign the...
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From Red Army to Afghan militant museum: a soldier’s tale
HERAT: Former Soviet soldier Bakhretdin Khakimov came to Afghanistan to fight the mujahideen more than three decades ago. Today he has a new life as caretaker of a museum celebrating the militants’...
View Article23 dead in Bangladesh charity handout stampede: police
DHAKA: At least 23 people were killed on Friday in a stampede during a hand-out of free clothes at a factory in the northern Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh, police said. The stampede erupted when...
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Modi accepts Nawaz’s invitation to visit Pakistan in 2016
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi held a meeting in Ufa, Russia during which matters of mutual interest were discussed. Briefing on the meeting between the two...
View ArticleAid after Filipino boy studying on street goes viral
MANILA: A homeless Filipino boy has been overwhelmed with aid after a heart-wrenching photo of him studying on the pavement and using faint light from a McDonald’s outlet went viral on the Internet....
View ArticleChinese journalist freed after nine month detention
BEIJING: A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP Friday, though associates said her...
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5 tips to acne-free skin this monsoon
Maintain hygiene, follow a beauty regime religiously and eat well to keep acne at bay, these are the basic that everyone knows. But what else do you need to know to keep your skin from breaking out...
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5 food tips to lose weight in the last week of Ramazan
KARACHI: With Eid only a week away, it’s still possible to slim down for your jora. While pakoras, jaleebis and samosas are the dominating iftar foods on the dinner table, they are not generous to your...
View ArticleMuslim maternity trousers may pose medical risk, fuel ‘body-shaming’, critics...
BANGKOK: Sales of maternity trousers that allow Muslim women in Malaysia to cover up while giving birth have surged, despite triggering fierce criticism and fears of putting the lives of women at risk...
View ArticleSeas could rise 6 metres even if governments curb warming – study
OSLO: Sea levels could rise by at least six metres (20 feet) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming, according...
View ArticleFormer president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir passes away
Former President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) , Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, passed away on Friday, Express News reported. Born on April 4 1924, the 91-year-old was elected the president of AJK four...
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PTI refutes DJ Butt’s non-payment claims
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf refuted on Saturday Muhammad Asif aka DJ Butt’s claims that the party owes him Rs80 million for his services at their sit-in in Islamabad last year. “If DJ Butt’s allegations...
View ArticleSix killed, 11 injured in Thailand separatist attacks
BANGKOK: Six people were killed and 11 injured in Thailand’s three southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla in a string of bomb and arson attacks by suspected separatist militants, the army...
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