LAHORE: Umar Akmal, the Pakistan batsman, has said he needs to bat higher up the order to covert his double figures scores to three figures. He scored his only ODI hundred three years back in Sri Lanka and has pressed for the chance to make more when Pakistan return to the country in June. Pakistan's ODI line up is currently in transition with Umar moving around the middle order. He has been tried from No 3 ...

STUTTGART: It had eluded her throughout her tennis career. Dozens of tournament victories and millions of dollars couldn't bring her any closer to that elusive goal. On Sunday, Maria Sharapova accomplished it. She got herself a Porsche. Sharapova defeated No. 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-4 this weekend in Stuttgart, winning her first title of 2012 and receiving a car for tournament title-sponsor Porsche for h ...

BARCELONA: Rafa Nadal became the first player in the open era to win two tournaments seven times when he fought off tenacious Spanish compatriot David Ferrer 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 to win a thrilling Barcelona Open final on Sunday. In a repeat of last year's title match and 10 years to the day since he made his World Tour debut, Nadal came out on top in a clay-court slug-fest between Spain's two best players that w ...

Dr M Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter LAHORE: 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup Regional Semi Final match Amar Cables beat Rawalpindi Royals by 8 wickets and qualify the regional final. Lahore White already qualify the regional final. 2nd Semi Final match Amar Cables VS Rawalpindi Royals played at Service Cricket Ground Gujrat. Rawalpindi batting first 188/9 after 30 overs. Shahid Mehmood 64, Rizwan Ahmad ...

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf is hungry to play international cricket once again and said that if the selectors want him to appear in domestic cricket, he will follow their criteria for national selection. Yousuf, who has appeared in 90 Tests and 288 one-day internationals, last played in a domestic match in July last year, when he appeared for Lahore in the national Super Eights T20 event ...

COLOMBO: Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday. The Pakistanis will kick off the six-week tour with two Twenty20 matches in the southern port town of Hambantota on June 1 and June 3. The first two one-day internationals will be played in Pallekele on June 7 and June 9, followed by the remaining three at t ...

Back problems: Swimming is prescribed to people who have chronic pain in their back and waist. “The butterfly stroke especially can be helpful in curing back problems. Water therapy is now an emerging form of treatment,” says Deshpande. It can also help you while recuperating from back surgery. ...

MADRID: Tito Vilanova is the perfect choice to replace Pep Guardiola as Barcelona coach, said talismanic defender Carles Puyol on Saturday. Puyol also rubbished claims of a rift between star player Lionel Messi and Guardiola. Vilanova, 42, was named as Guardiola’s replacement after the former Spain midfielder announced on Friday he would be stepping down at the end of the season after bringing them three le ...

India's prime minister has put forward batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar for membership of the upper house of parliament. NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister has put forward batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar for membership of the upper house of parliament, reports said on Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to the president recommending the cricketer be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, ...

Chelsea and Bayern Munich are set to face off in the current season of Champions League Final after overcoming the Spanish powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. England’s Chelsea football club was the first team to book a place in the final after holding the reigning champions Barcelona to a two-all draw at Camp Nou on Tuesday night and progressing courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate win. A day later, ...