Gilani ready to go to watch World Cup semifinal

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is prepared to watch the World Cup semifinal between Pakistan and India in Mohali, India.

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed refused to go with the Prime Minister

3 children killed, 23 hurt in Afghanistan blasts

KABUL: Two explosions minutes apart rocked a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a child and wounding at least 19 other people.

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Raavan grosses 200 mln on opening

MUMBAI: Reliance BIG Pictures and Madras Talkies’ Raavan seems to have got an excellent opening at the box office.

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New Iran sanctions could hit Pakistan: US

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should be wary of committing to an Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline because anticipated US sanctions on Iran could hit Pakistani companies, the U.

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Mani Ratnam wants to explore ‘grey side’ in films

CHENNAI: Filmmaker Mani Ratnam says his less-than-perfect leading men could be a manifestation of his grey side, an aspect he wants to explore through his films.

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Bangladesh university shuts over World Cup dispute

DHAKA: A top public university in Bangladesh closed indefinitely after students clashed over whether to cancel classes to watch the World Cup.

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Football WC matches to be shown at Argentina schools

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina coach Diego Maradona has expressed hope that not only the football lovers would be happy to watch the World Cup matches but all those school students who would be shown these matches during their school classes.

The world champion captain and legendary footballer, welcoming the decision of showing the World Cup matches in Argentina schools, said that due to this step the students would not only enjoy the matches but they would learn a lot more about the game.

He said that it was feared that the children would not go to school due to the World Cup matches but the school administration has solved their problem by making arrangement of showing the matches at schools.

Maradona advised the children to study hard and said that education is also necessary besides games.

Hewitt makes winning Barcelona return

BARCELONA: Lleyton Hewitt returned to the Barcelona Open for the first time since 2002 with an opening-round 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 defeat of Turk Marsel Ilhan on Tuesday.

But two more seeds were sent out on the clay on Day Two, with Frenchman Jeremy Chardy upsetting Spanish number 14 Albert Montanes 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) and 92nd ranked home qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver defeating Argentine number 10 Juan Monaco 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Simone Bolelli secured an upset when 2004 winner and ninth seed Tommy Robredo had to quit with a back injury to give his Italian opponent a 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 3-1 win.

Spanish number 16 Feliciano Lopez had the same luck when he beat Oleksandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 3-0 as the Ukranian could not finish.

Second seed Robin Soderling made a spectacular clay season debut, coming back from a break down in each set to beat Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 7-5.

It was a day of drama off-court as Rafael Nadal detailed his reasons for withdrawing as a precaution from one of the events which is closest to his Spanish heart and where he has won the last five editions.

“It”s been a tough year,” said the world number three, who expressed his disappointment at being forced to let down his home club and public.

“My goal is to remain healthy and fit,” said a player well acquainted with injury absences due to the delicate state of his knees.

Nadal said that three straight weeks of elite clay events – Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome – were too much in too short a period, another knock at the ATP calendar which he has long complained is helping to cause player injuries and burnout.

“I”m being as cautious as possible, I want to have as long a career as possible,” said Nadal, who lost his only match in Barcelona in 2003.

“Tennis isn”t like football, you don”t know how many matches you will play.”

He is expected to return for Rome next week.

The 12th-seeded Hewitt went missing for eight years at the Real Club de Tenis, where he challenged as world number one for a place in the 2002 final but lost his semi to eventual champion Gaston Gaudio.

In the intervening years, the former Wimbledon and US Open winner played sparingly on the spring European clay, due partly to his natural disposition for hardcourts and also later due to injuries which have included two hip surgeries.

But Hewitt showed no ill effects as he began his European clay season with the goal of doing well in the run-up to Roland Garros next month.

The Australian fired ten aces and broke six times against Ilhan, who could be the key to a possible upset of Britain in a do-or-die Davis Cup playoff in July for his nation.

Hewitt saved four of the five break points he faced in a victory lasting just under two hours to move into a second-round contest against Argentine Educaro Schwank.

The Australian will next face Argentine Eduardo Schwank Wednesday.

“It”s good to get through the first match here,” said Hewitt. “I”ve played Schwank before on grass at Queen”s but I expect he”ll be much tougher to play against on clay here.”

The 29-year-old Aussie, who underwent right hip surgery on January 29, is playing in his second tournament back after Houston, where he reached the quarter-finals before losing to Juan Ignacio Chela.

Hewitt”s win marked only his sixth of an abbreviated season against three losses.

Wimbledon chiefs give World Cup the cold shoulder

LONDON: Wimbledon chiefs have warned sports fans that they won”t be able to follow the World Cup if they come to the grass-court grand slam.

The All-England Club tournament, which runs from June 21 to July 4, will take place during football”s showpiece event, which starts in South Africa on June 11 and concludes a month later.

Some sporting events that run at the same time as the World Cup will show matches on big screens in their grounds.

But the thousands of fans who flock to south west London for Wimbledon won”t have the chance to take a break from the tennis to keep tabs on the World Cup as officials are determined to ensure the focus remains firmly on their event.

Asked if showing World Cup games on Wimbledon”s big screens was an option, All-England Club chairman Tim Phillips said: “No, this is a tennis tournament. If you want to watch the football you can go to South Africa or watch it on television.

“There is no plan to show football. We are not ever going to say never on any subject because we have to make a judgement on the day, but it would not be right for people to be led to believe they can come here to watch a bit of tennis and then watch the World Cup on the big screen.

“That is not going to happen. This is arguably the leading tennis tournament in the world and you come here to watch tennis.”

WEC 44 Live Stream

WEC 44 Live Stream, Watch the World Extreme Cage Fighting, because it has featherweight champion Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo in the main event of WEC 44. Brown, coming off a victory over former champion by unanimous decision Faber will put his 10-fight winning streak on the line when he met Aldo. Meanwhile, Aldo, is looking for its 6th consecutive victory in fighting WEC, WEC won five games in just a span of 12 months. Mike Brown has a 22.4 MMA, 4-0 WEC, while Jose Aldo has 15.1 MMA, 5-0 WEC.

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WEC 44 Live Stream was first posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:43 am.