FIFA Olympics Football tournament 2012 preliminary round , Pakistan stumble to 2-0 defeat against Malaysia

First-half goals from Malaysia’s Kecik and Mohammad Irfan were enough to see off Pakistan in the first leg of their 2012 Olympics Asian Qualifier preliminary round at the Shah Alam Stadium on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The match started off at a brisk pace and even saw Pakistan’s Ansar Abbas sent off in the dying

Ahmadinejad tells Arab leaders to respect protesters

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose security forces crushed protests against his 2009 re-election, on Wednesday condemned state brutality against demonstrators in Libya.

Speaking for the first time about this year’s Arab uprisings, Ahmadinejad expressed horror at the use of extreme violence and urged governments to listen to their people.

“How can a leader subject his own people to a shower of machine-guns, tanks and bombs? How can a leader bomb his own people, and afterwards say ‘I will kill anyone who says

Ponting charged the loss of 50% match fees after breaking TV in dressing room

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been reprimanded for damaging a television set in the dressing room after being dismissed against Zimbabwe.

Ponting, 36, was run out for 28 runs as Australia began the World Cup with a 91-run win in Ahmedabad.

The International Cricket Council acted after receiving a report from the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI).

Ponting accepted the Level 1 charge, which could mean he loses 50% of his match fee.

ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama said: "Ricky knows that his action was in breach of the code, involving

Libyan pilots ‘rejects Benghazi raid, ditches plane’

TRIPOLI: A fighter pilot disobeyed orders on Wednesday to bomb the opposition stronghold of Benghazi and ditched his plane after he and his co-pilot ejected, a Libyan newspaper reported on its website.

The Russian-made Sukhoi 22 crashed near Ajdabiya, 160 kilometres (100 miles) west of the

Shahid Afridi crushes Kenya as Pakistan romp to big win

HAMBANTOTA: Afridi took his maiden five-wicket World Cup haul as Pakistan crushed sloppy Kenya by 205 runs in a one-sided Group A match played on Wednesday.

In reply to Pakistan’s total of 317-7, Kenya were bundled out for 112 in 33.1 overs.

The Kenyan batsmen had no answer to captain Afridi’s tantalising leg-spinners as he ended up with figures of five for 16 off eight overs.

Pakistan faces early problems vs Kenya with fall of 2 wickets

HAMBANTOTA:  Pakistan faces early problem with fall of 2 early wickets vs kenya as  Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi decided to bat first against Kenya in his team’s opening World Cup match on Wednesday.

Pakistan are slowly recovering from 22/2 in 9 overs, as Younas khan and Kamran Akmal are trying to recover Pakistan on 58/2.

Pakistan have opted for fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul, dropping out Wahab Riaz and

PML-N decides to remove PPP ministers from Punjab govt

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz on Wednesday decided to remove the Pakistan People’s Party’s ministers from the Punjab government, DawnNews reported.

PML-N sources said the decision was taken during a meeting headed by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif.

The meeting also decided to assign two ministries to members of the Unification Bloc of disgruntled PML-Q

Reko Diq wealth lies only 20ft below surface, Supreme Court told

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan told that gold and copper deposits in some areas of Reko Diq lay only 20 feet below the surface.

Director General of Minerals Irshad Ali Khokhar, who visited the exploration site in 2008, said a foreign firm which had conducted a feasibility study drilled about 500 bore-holes, 100 to 300 feet deep and each three inches thick, to determine the depth of the deposits.