Vettori Accepted Defeat Realistically
New Zealand captain Denial Vettori has accepted the defeat against New Zealand in the semi final boldly and said that it was not good performance from the New Zealand batsmen. Vettori was not happy on the field when they were losing the game. After the match when he was called up for post match interview he came after drying his eyes.
West Indies Batting Collapsed Once Again
West Indies got defeat against India and will play against Pakistan team in the quarter final. West Indies ended at number 4th position in the group while India reached number 2 spot. Now India will meet Australia in the quarter final and Pakistan will go against West Indies.
AG: Aamir Atlas Khan qualifies for the final of squash event
Pakistans no. 1 squash star Aamir Atlas Khan has qualified for the final of the squash event of 16th Asian Games 2010 here at Guangzhou, China.
Aamir Atlas defeated Malaysian squash star Ong Beng Hee in the semi final by 3-1 and he looked in prime form right from the start.
Earlier in the quarter finals, Aamir Atlas beat the compatriot Farhan Mehboob by 3-1. Amir Atlas will now face another Malaysian Azlan Sikander in the final.
Aisam, Bopanna through to semis in St. Petersburg tournament
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Rohan Bopanna of India have made their place in the doubles semi-final of St. Petersburg Open Tennis Tournament. The pair defeated the Serbian opponents by 3-6, 7-6 and 10-1.
Earlier the pair made had made its place in the quarter-final of the tournament after a tremendous performance. They had won their match by 6-2, 2-4 and 10-3 to reach the quarter-final.
CWG: Pak boxer Wasim in quarter-final
Pakistans boxer Muhammed Wasim cruised into the quarter final of Commonwealth Games boxing competition. Wasim defeated Sri Lankan boxer Tennakoon Chaminda in 49-kg Category with 11-5 points today on the fourth day of competitions underway in New Delhi. Pak boxer got walkover in first bout.
Australian Andrew Moloney also made it the last-eight as he proved too good for Paul Kava of Solomon Islands, the referee stopping the contest in the opening round.
Uruguay beat Ghana on penalties
JOHANNESBURG: Uruguay claimed their first World Cup semi-final appearance in 40 years after a pulsating 4-2 penalty shootout win over heartbroken Ghana at Soccer City on Friday.
Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera saved skipper John Mensah and Dominic Adiyah”s attempts after the quarter-final had been locked at 1-1 after extra time.
Two-time World Cup winners Uruguay will now play the Netherlands in the semi-finals in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Ghana could have won the match in the last minute of extra-time but leading scorer Asamoah Gyan sent a penalty crashing off the crossbar after Luis Suarez had been sent off for deliberate handball on the goal-line.
Ghana were bidding to become the first African team to win through to the semi-finals of the World Cup after Cameroon (1990) and Senegal (2002) had fallen in the last eight.
The Ghanaians scored first through Sulley Muntari two minutes into first-half stoppage time before Diego Forlan equalised with a brilliant free kick in the 55th minute.
In a pulsating quarter-final before 84,017 fans, Ghana led after Inter Milan midfielder Muntari let fly with a 30-yard effort which swerved and beat the diving Muslera into the bottom-left corner.
Muntari was having his first start of the tournament after coming in for the suspended Andre Ayew after being close to being sent home.
Muntari, who has a history of clashes with the management of his national side, had a dressing-room bust-up with Ghana”s Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac earlier in the tournament.
Man-of-the-match Forlan equalised with a spectacular direct free kick 10 minutes after the resumption.
The influential Atletico Madrid star sent his free kick over the three-man defensive wall and beyond Richard Kingson”s reach into the top of the net after Ghana had threatened to take the game away from the Uruguayans.
Both teams went at each other in pulsating end-to-end action with fierce tackles and plenty of goalmouth action before the quarter-final went into extra time.
Uruguay, who last reached the semi-finals in 1970, will be without defender Jorge Fucile for the game after his second yellow card with Suarez also sitting out the game.
Just before halftime Uruguay also lost their skipper and key defender Diego Lugano with an injured right knee and he was replaced by Andres Scotti.
Brazil defeat Chile 3-0, face Dutch in last eight
JOHANNESBURG: Brazil set up a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final clash against the Netherlands with a convincing 3-0 win over Chile on Monday at Ellis Park.
First-half goals by centre-back Juan and striker Luis Fabiano gave Dunga-coached Brazil a 2-0 lead before Robinho made sure of their quarter-final berth with the third goal after an hour.
Brazil will face the Netherlands, who earlier saw off Slovakia 2-1, in Port Elizabeth on Friday.
This was Brazil”s 47th win in 66 matches against Chile, who have only seven wins – and third in three World Cup meetings after 1962 and 1998.
“We are on the right road and we played well, but we still have to iron out a few minor things,” Robinho said afterwards.
Chilean keeper Claudio Bravo said Chile had given it their best shot but came up short.
“We have been beaten by one of the best teams in the world. We gave everything but we came up against a team that was very solid and played good football.
We are good going forward but we have a fair bit of progress to make when it comes to defending,” Bravo admitted.
Chile made a bright start, but Brazil quickly got into their stride as Luis Fabiano and Gilberto Silva both forced goalkeeper Claudio Bravo into early saves.
Brazil had a loud appeal for a penalty on 27 minutes when defender Pablo Contreras took away Lucio”s legs, but referee Howard Webb waved play on.
Real Madrid”s Kaka, back in the side after serving a one-match ban for his red card against the Ivory Coast, picked up the first yellow card when he went for the ball, but caught Chile”s Arturo Vital on the ankle on 30 minutes.
Brazil took the lead on 34 minutes when Maicon swung in a corner and Roma defender Juan rose the highest to head past Bravo.
Luis Fabiano made it 2-0 four minutes later after Kaka took a pass from Robinho on the left wing and slid the ball through for the Sevilla star to draw Bravo and slot home.
Chile”s Vital repaid the foul on Kaka and earned a yellow card on 47 minutes.
Brazil then grabbed their third goal after Benfica”s Ramires ran from the halfway line to the edge of the penalty area where he laid the ball off for Robinho to fire home on 59 minutes.
Chile refused to give up and substitute Jorge Valdivia fired over the crossbar on 67 minutes before team-mate Ismael Fuentes was booked for a foul on Luis Fabiano moments later.
Ramires will miss the quarter-final with the Dutch after earning his second yellow card of the tournament for a foul on Alexis Sanchez on 71 minutes.
Suazo forced Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar into a rare save on 75 minutes, just before Robinho had a second goal ruled out for offside.
With ten minutes left, Chile substitute Rodrigo Millar picked up a yellow card and Kaka earned a vuvuzela-fuelled fanfare of appreciation from Brazil”s fans when he went off.
Brazil defeat Chile 3-0, face Dutch in last eight
JOHANNESBURG: Brazil set up a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final clash against the Netherlands with a convincing 3-0 win over Chile on Monday at Ellis Park.
First-half goals by centre-back Juan and striker Luis Fabiano gave Dunga-coached Brazil a 2-0 lead before Robinho made sure of their quarter-final berth with the third goal after an hour.
Brazil will face the Netherlands, who earlier saw off Slovakia 2-1, in Port Elizabeth on Friday.
This was Brazil”s 47th win in 66 matches against Chile, who have only seven wins – and third in three World Cup meetings after 1962 and 1998.
“We are on the right road and we played well, but we still have to iron out a few minor things,” Robinho said afterwards.
Chilean keeper Claudio Bravo said Chile had given it their best shot but came up short.
“We have been beaten by one of the best teams in the world. We gave everything but we came up against a team that was very solid and played good football.
We are good going forward but we have a fair bit of progress to make when it comes to defending,” Bravo admitted.
Chile made a bright start, but Brazil quickly got into their stride as Luis Fabiano and Gilberto Silva both forced goalkeeper Claudio Bravo into early saves.
Brazil had a loud appeal for a penalty on 27 minutes when defender Pablo Contreras took away Lucio”s legs, but referee Howard Webb waved play on.
Real Madrid”s Kaka, back in the side after serving a one-match ban for his red card against the Ivory Coast, picked up the first yellow card when he went for the ball, but caught Chile”s Arturo Vital on the ankle on 30 minutes.
Brazil took the lead on 34 minutes when Maicon swung in a corner and Roma defender Juan rose the highest to head past Bravo.
Luis Fabiano made it 2-0 four minutes later after Kaka took a pass from Robinho on the left wing and slid the ball through for the Sevilla star to draw Bravo and slot home.
Chile”s Vital repaid the foul on Kaka and earned a yellow card on 47 minutes.
Brazil then grabbed their third goal after Benfica”s Ramires ran from the halfway line to the edge of the penalty area where he laid the ball off for Robinho to fire home on 59 minutes.
Chile refused to give up and substitute Jorge Valdivia fired over the crossbar on 67 minutes before team-mate Ismael Fuentes was booked for a foul on Luis Fabiano moments later.
Ramires will miss the quarter-final with the Dutch after earning his second yellow card of the tournament for a foul on Alexis Sanchez on 71 minutes.
Suazo forced Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar into a rare save on 75 minutes, just before Robinho had a second goal ruled out for offside.
With ten minutes left, Chile substitute Rodrigo Millar picked up a yellow card and Kaka earned a vuvuzela-fuelled fanfare of appreciation from Brazil”s fans when he went off.
Tevez double puts Argentina into last eight
JOHANNESBURG: Argentina will meet Germany in the World Cup”s quarter-finals after striker Carlos Tevez struck twice – once controversially – to seal a 3-1 win over Mexico in Sunday”s round of 16 match.
Goals by Manchester City”s Tevez and Real Madrid”s Gonzalo Higuain, his fourth here to become the tournament”s top-scorer, means Diego Maradona”s Argentina will now meet the Germans in Cape Town on Saturday in the last eight.
“It”s important to have reached the quarters. As for my goals? Well, I just want to be effective,” said Tevez self-effacingly.
“Now we have to relax a little ahead of going up against the Germans in the quarter-finals, four years after losing to them” also in the last eight, when the Germans won on penalties.
Mexico forward Javier Hernandez gave his side brief hope when he turned his marker in the 71st minute and smashed his shot past Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero, although it was too little, too late.
Argentina were not to be denied, but Tevez”s first-half strike was awarded in controversial circumstances as replays showed he was off-side when world footballer of the year Lionel Messi gave him the final pass.
The Manchester City star”s shot was saved by Mexican goalkeeper Oscar Perez, but Messi followed up and chipped Perez for Tevez to head home.
The Mexican defence complained bitterly that Tevez was offside, but Italian referee Roberto Rosetti allowed the 26th-minute goal to stand despite the furore caused by a replay of the incident on the stadium”s giant TV screens.
Mexico captain Rafael Marquez picked up a yellow card almost from the restart for fouling Messi.
Things went from bad to worse for the Mexicans on 33 minutes when defender Ricardo Osorio”s pass went straight to Higuain, who slotted past Perez to make it 2-0 at the break.
Rosetti had to step in to break up a pitch-side melee between the two sides as they walked off for half-time with tempers boiling over in the wake of the first goal.
Tevez settled the matter with a breath-taking strike on 52 minutes which he rifled into the net”s top right-hand corner from just outside the penalty area, giving Perez no chance.
The Manchester City star came off in the 69th minute to make way for Juan Veron just as Argentina”s Martin Demichelis cleared off the line before Hernandez scored Mexico”s consolation.
This was the fifth straight finals where Mexico have exited the competition at the round of 16 phase and the last time they reached the quarter-finals was when the hosted the event in 1986.
Argentina remain on course for their third World Cup title after 1978 and 1986.
SBP targets 535 bn rupees in T-bill auctions
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will auction 535 billion rupees ($6.27 billion) worth of 3-, 6-, and 12-month treasury bills in the quarter ending Sept. 30, the central bank said on Friday.
There will be six auctions in the July-September quarter, with the first due on July 14 and having a target of 100 billion rupees, the SBP said.
Subsequent auctions will be held on July 28 and Aug. 11, with targets of 85 billion rupees and 125 billion rupees respectively.
The next two auctions will be on Aug. 25 and Sept. 8 with targets of 75 billion rupees each, the central bank said.
The last auction for the quarter will be on Sept. 22, also with a target of 75 billion rupees, it said.
