Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that.The 20-year old iPhone Sim (Seven) got the coveted prize Friday. He said he might change it back to his original name, Olexander Turin, when he has children.The price of...
Football: Guardiola, City seek Barcelona revenge
PARIS (AFP) – Stung by a chastening 4-0 defeat at the Camp Nou two weeks ago, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola makes a second attempt to outwit his former club Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday.Guardiolas men were undone by the second-half dismissal of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo on October 19, when Lionel Messi scored a...
Smartphone usage in Pakistan continues to grow
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The mobile broadband users growth in Pakistan is expected to touch 8 per cent mark in coming years as the country would have more than 40 million smartphones by end of this year.The third-generation (3G) and 4G mobile phone users stand at around 30 million and continue to grow, creating a huge demand for smartphones, which...
Manchester City to take on Barcelona in Champions League clash tonight
PARIS (AFP) – AFP Sports looks ahead to Tuesdays Champions League action as Pep Guardiolas Manchester City host Barcelona with a number of sides, including the Spanish champions, looking to seal a place in the next round (all kick-offs 1945 GMT unless stated):Group ALudogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Arsenal (ENG)At Sofia, BulgariaMesut Ozil scored...
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reach third round of the German Cup
BERLIN (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich reached the third round of the German Cup with a 3-1 win over Augsburg on Wednesday while second-division Union Berlin took injury-hit Borussia Dortmund to penalties.Goals by Philipp Lahm, Julian Green and David Alaba sealed Bayerns win at the Allianz Arena, while Borussia, last seasons finalists,...
Boxing: Injured Klitschko gives no thought to retiring
BERLIN (AFP) – Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says he is not contemplating retirement despite having seen three title bouts fall through this year.Ive never thought about stopping, not once, after the defeat and losing my belts, Klitschko, who lost his IBF, WBO and WBA titles to Tyson Fury last November, told German...
Tennis: Kuznetsova one win from WTA Finals
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced into the final of the Kremlin Cup on Friday with a hard-fought win over fourth seed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina to give her hopes of making the WTA Finals a further boost.Russias two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth, won 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4 to level her record with Svitolina at...
Tennis: Top seed Kuznetsova boosts Singapore hopes
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova battled into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday with a hard-fought win over tearful ninth seed Timea Babos of Hungary to boost her hopes of making the WTA Finals.The two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth in the world, won her first ever meeting with Babos 7-5, 6-7 (2/7),...
Top seed Kuznetosva boosts Singpore hopes in Moscow
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova battled into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday with a hard-fought win over tearful ninth seed Timea Babos of Hungary to boost her hopes of making the WTA Finals.The two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth in the world, won her first ever meeting with Babos 7-5, 6-7 (2/7),...
Putin backs armed OSCE mission to east Ukraine: Kremlin
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin backs an armed OSCE mission to war-torn eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday, in spite of objections by pro-Moscow rebels.Putin agreed to the deployment of such a mission during the talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to Wednesdays four-way talks on the conflict with...
