India's Zaheer out of Champions Trophy

NEW DELHI: India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has been forced out of next month's Champions Trophy in South Africa after undergoing shoulder surgery, officials said on Friday.Zaheer, 30, underwent surgery in Johannesburg in July after injuring his left shoulder while playing for Mumbai Indians during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament in April-May.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement that the left-arm paceman could be out of action till the end of the year

Two-member chess team leave for India

LAHORE: Two-member Pakistani chess team left for India via friendship bus to take part in Asian Zonal 3.2 Championship.The event, which is a qualifying round of World Chess Champion, will be held from August 9 to 18 in Indian capital Delhi. India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Bhutan are taking part in the championship. Amir Karim and Tanveer Gilani representing Pakistan on self financed basis.

Young Rising, Iran in National Women Football semis

ISLAMABAD: Defending champions Young Rising Star and Iran have qualified for playing the semi-finals in the fifth national Women Football Championship here at the Islamabad Sports Complex on Saturday.Iran outclassed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by a record margin of 22 goals. Fereshteh Karimi scored eight and Sara Gomi made seven goals.In another quarter-finals, Young Rising Star defeated Punjab 7-0 after a one-sided contest.

Roddick reaches Washington Classic Tennis final

WASHINGTON: US top seed Andy Roddick outlasted John Isner 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday to book a finals date with defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the ATP Washington Classic. Fifth-ranked Roddick, playing in his first event since a five-set Wimbledon final loss to Roger Federer, fired only nine aces to 20 for Isner but hit 69 percent of his first serves and made just two unforced errors in the third set. It took five break-point chances in the third set before Roddick finally broke Isner in the penultimate game, then held serve to win after two hours and 31 minutes.

Pak blind team’s tour of England in jeopardy

ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission in Islamabad did not issue visas so far to Pakistan blind cricket team for touring England due to which the team’s tour is in danger.According to chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council Sultan Shah, request for the visas was submitted at the British High Commission in Islamabad on July 8 but no response was made so far.Sultan Shah said that if the visas are not issued to the blind cricket team by Monday then the team’s tour will be cancelled and then Pakistan and England both will have to bear a heavy loss.Pakistan blind cricket team was scheduled to play three One-dayers and a Twenty20 match against England during this month

Kareena wants home in Switzerland

MUMBAI: Bollywood's actress Kareena Kapoor is unhappy that she and her beau Saif Ali Khan don't get any privacy in Mumbai.Be it clubbing, going to restaurants or simply chilling out is not an option anymore. They just don't have any place to hang out which may offer them space to themselves. ‘Saifeena' is upset about spending free time at home watching movies and eating at home. It is getting very claustrophobic for our Bebo.

Dozens killed as typhoons hit East Asia

BEIJING: At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Tuesday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century. Most of those killed were in Taiwan when Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island, dumping a record 3.0 metres (120 inches) of rain at the weekend. The storm hit mainland China Sunday afternoon, where it claimed at least six lives as authorities ordered more than a million people to evacuate several provinces. And Chinese state media reported Tuesday that a landslide triggered by torrential rain from Typhoon Morakot toppled "six or seven" four-storey apartment buildings, burying an unknown number of residents. They collapsed at the foot of a mountain in Pengxi Township, near Wenzhou City in the eastern province of Zhejiang late Monday evening, the official news agency said

Los Angeles cop completes probe into Jackson's death

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office announced on Monday that it has completed its investigation into pop star Michael Jackson's death. But the office said it will not release details at the behest of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) which is continuing its probe. "The investigation was thorough and comprehensive," the office said in a statement. "The Los Angeles Police Department continues to investigate the events and related circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Jackson."

50 Afghan drug lords on Pentagon 'hit list'

WASHINGTON: The United States has reportedly made a list of 50 Afghan drug-traffickers with links to the Taliban to be either captured or killed--in another major shift in American counter-narcotics policy in Afghanistan, a report in a major U.S. daily said Monday.Quoting from interviews with two U.S. generals in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report to be released this week, the daily said the policy was aimed at disrupting the flow of drug money to finance Taliban operations.The general officers said major traffickers with proven links to the insurgency were put on the "joint integrated prioritized target list"--that assigned drug-traffickers the same target status as insurgent leaders, and could be either captured or killed any time.

Baitullah killed in Aug 5-6 attack: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said two sources have confirmed the death of Taliban chief in Pakistan Baitullah Mehsud.Addressing at National Assembly here, he said Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman scuffled with each other with ensuing death of the former.The interior minister said he did not blow any trumpet of anything; an attack on Mehsud was conducted in the night falling between August 5 and 6, addi ... Full Story

Baitullah killed in Aug 5-6 attack: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said two sources have confirmed the death of Taliban chief in Pakistan Baitullah Mehsud.Addressing at National Assembly here, he said Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman scuffled with each other with ensuing death of the former.The interior minister said he did not blow any trumpet of anything; an attack on Mehsud was conducted in the night falling between August 5 and 6, addi ... Full Story