Kone stars as Wigan stun City to lift Cup
Posted by admin on May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment
PARIS, France: Ivory Coast striker Arouna Kone was among the stars as Wigan stunned Manchester City 1-0 at the weekend to lift the FA Cup for the first time.
Kone played an important part as Wigan pulled off the biggest FA Cup final upset since Wimbledon beat Liverpool in the 1988 final.
The Ivorian created a fine early chance for Callum McManaman and tormented the City defence throughout with his purposeful running,...
NASA to pay Russia 424 mln more for lift into space
Posted by admin on May 01, 2013 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON: NASA said Tuesday 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 down to $70.6 million a seat, an increase of $5.6 million from the previous price tag.
NASA chief Charles Bolden pointed...
Pakistan signs deal to lift cricket in Afghanistan
Posted by admin on Mar 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LAHORE: Pakistan on Friday signed an agreement to provide greater support for cricket in Afghanistan by training players and staff to help lift the sport in the war-torn country.
Cricket is fast overtaking football as the most popular sport in Afghanistan after the 2001 US-led invasion brought down the Taliban regime, with the national team qualifying for back-to-back World Twenty20s in 2010 and 2012.
The sport was introduced...
Karachi crush Sialkot to lift Quaid Trophy
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LAHORE: Karachi Blues defeated Sialkot by 9 wickets in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy played at the Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Karachi Blues had on Day 1 won the toss and elected to field first. The decision paid off as the Karachi bowlers did not let the Sialkot batsmen settle. A good opening spell by Anwer Ali who finished with 4-64 and some tidy bowling by medium pacer Tariq Haroon and spinner Azam Hussain who...
Swansea beat Bradford city lift Capital One cup
Posted by admin on Feb 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Swansea City ended Bradford City’s League Cup fairytale with a record-breaking 5-0 victory in the final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday to crown the club’s centenary year with a first major trophy.
Bradford had accounted for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic en route to the final, but they fell well short in their bid to become the first team from England’s fourth division to lift one...
US military to lift ban on women in combat
Posted by admin on Jan 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lift a ban on women serving in combat, a senior defense official said Wednesday, after a decade of war that saw female troops thrust onto the battlefield.
Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, “are expected to announce the lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military,” the official, who spoke...
Amla and Smith fifties lift South Africa
Posted by admin on Jan 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment
PORT ELIZABETH: Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith compiled half-centuries as South Africa moved to 191 for three at tea on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand at St. George’s Park on Friday.
Amla reached the break unbeaten on 70 while Smith notched his 36th test half-century shortly after lunch before being dismissed eight balls later for 54 with seven fours.
Paceman Doug Bracewell, with figures of two...
Yuvraj showers sixes to lift India to 1925
Posted by admin on Dec 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
AHMEDABAD: Yuvraj Singh along with his captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni helped India to set a rather difficult target of 193 runs for Pakistan in the second and final Twenty20 International here at the Sardar Patel Stadium on Friday.
Both added 97 runs for the fourth wicket partnership after India were 88 for three.
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Pollard Bravo lift West Indies to 217
Posted by admin on Dec 08, 2012 | Leave a Comment
DHAKA: Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo hit contrasting half-centuries as the West Indies were bowled out for 217 in 48 overs in the fifth and deciding day-night international in Dhaka on Saturday.
Pollard hit a return to form a robust 74-ball 85 and Bravo notched a sedate 108-ball 51 during their 132-run fourth wicket stand to lift the tourists from a struggling 17-3 after they were put into bat.
With both teams vying...
Skipper Smith leads from the front to lift Proteas
Posted by admin on Nov 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
ADELAIDE: Graeme Smith produced the inspiring captain’s knock on Friday to lift South Africa’s morale in the second Adelaide Test after a horror opening day chasing the ball in Australia’s run onslaught.
Skipper Smith knuckled down to carve out his 26th Test century with a belligerent unbeaten 111 as the Proteas clawed back to 217 for two in the chase after Australia’s hefty 550 first innings.
The...
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