Monthly Archives: January 2010

Vonn clinches World Cup Super-G

Sports Encounter Desk ST MORITZ: After a dismal show in Saturday’s downhill World Cup event, Lindsey Vonn of the United States came back strongly Sunday to win the women’s World Cup Super-G. Marie Marchand-Arvier of France and Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher shared the second position clocking clocked 1:01.94. The 25-year-old American player has wrapped up the [...]

SAF Games: Pak women footballers meet defeat on int’l debut

Sports Encounter Desk DHAKA: After drubbing Sri Lanka 8-1 in their opening match Saturday in the South Asian Games 2010, India trounced Pakistan by 6-0 Sunday at Kamalapur’s Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium. O Bembem Devi scored a superb hat-trick, Sasmita Malik scored a couple, while Naobi Chanu scored one goal to maul the [...]

PCB Chief Selector Iqbal Qasim resigns

Sports Encounter Desk KARACHI: Just few minutes after Pakistan’s loss in final ODI against Australia at Perth Sunday, Iqbal Qasim tendered resignation accepting his failure as producing the goods as Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Selector. Pakistan was whitewashed both in Test and ODI series down under in the most disastrous tour ever, under the captaincy [...]

Australia complete ODI whitewash

Sports Encounter Desk PERTH: Australia won the fifth and final one day international against a fighting Pakistani unit Sunday by two wickets at Waca cricket ground Perth, completing the whitewash. Chasing a moderate target of 213 runs on a slower and tricky pitch, Mr Cricket Mike Hussey steered the hosts to an unlikely victory with [...]

SAF Games: Pakistani lifter wins silver in 62kg

Sports Encounter Desk DHAKA: Pakistani lifter, Mohammad Ishtiaq Ghafoor claimed Sunday Silver medal in the 62kg category of weightlifting event in the South Asian Federation Games 2010 while Indian lifters won Gold and Bronze medals. In the 56kg category, another Pakistani weightlifter Ghafoor Abdullah grabbed Bronze with Sri Lankan Kamal Bandara winning Gold and Bangladeshi [...]

SAF Games: Hockey – Pakistan Whites outplay Nepal 19-0

Wasif Siddique scored hat trick which included 6 glorious goals.

Egypt win African Nations Cup for third time

Egypt play far less than their ability, but good enough to go past Ghana in the African Nations Cup 2010.

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