Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Football: Superb City have quarter-finals in sight
KIEV (AFP) – Manchester City may be toiling domestically at the moment but they produced a superb European away performance to beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Wednesday.Manuel Pellegrinis side did enough to win the game in the first half with Sergio Aguero and David Silva both scoring to...
Tennis: Kerber crashes out in Qatar as seeds scattered
DOHA (AFP) – Angelique Kerber was one of at least seven seeds who crashed out of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, in the Germans first singles tournament since winning her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne last month.The Australian Open champion lost her second round match — she received a first round bye — in straight sets 7-5, 6-1...
Tennis: Wawrinka salvages Dubai match, Kyrgios makes winning debut
DUBAI (AFP) – Stan Wawrinka needed a set and a half to get comfortable on his return to the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday but he pulled out a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 first-round win over Sergiy Stakhovsky.The double Grand Slam-winning Swiss last played the event eight years ago and looked to be ready for the first flight back out as he...
British PM warns on Brexit risks as sterling plunges
LONDON (AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a vote to leave the EU would risk Britains economic and national security, as uncertainty over the outcome of the June referendum sent the pound plunging.In a speech to the House of Commons, the Conservative leader launched a barely-veiled attack on London Mayor Boris Johnson,...
Football: Five-goal Chelsea punish Pellegrini’s selection gamble
LONDON (AFP) – Chelsea punished Manuel Pellegrinis controversial decision to field a remarkably inexperienced team as Eden Hazard inspired a 5-1 demolition of Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.With City due to make the long flight to the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg tie at Dynamo Kiev...
Tennis: Djokovic refreshed and ready to go in Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – Confident Novak Djokovic on Sunday was counting down to his start at the Dubai Tennis Championships confident of maintaining the devastating form which has left him as the dominating force in tennis for the past year.The world number one will begin at the Aviation Club in the first round against Spains Tommy Robredo, and the...
3,000 couples in Unification Church mass wedding
SEOUL (AFP) – Thousands of couples took part in a mass wedding Saturday by South Koreas Unification Church, with the widow of church founder Sun Myung Moon presiding over the event at a giant stadium.Three thousand identically-dressed couples from 62 countries, including 1,000 new couples and 2,000 already-married pairs, participated in the...
Hiddink warns Chelsea not to take Cup progress for granted
LONDON (AFP) – Guus Hiddink has warned Chelsea not to take victory for granted after Manuel Pellegrini vowed to go through with his threat to send out a weakened Manchester City team in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.With City due to make the long flight to the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg tie at...
Tennis: Errani to face Strykova for WTA title in Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – Italys Sara Errani and Czech Barbora Strycova will clash for the title at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday after both battled through at an event reeling after early exits for all seeds.Errani reached her second final on Friday, defeating Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4. Strycova outlasted Caroline Garcia of...
Tennis: Czech Strycova knocks Ivanovic out of Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – The depleted Dubai Tennis Championships lost another popular drawcard on Thursday as Czech Barbora Strycova defeated former number one Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.The quarter-final exit of the Serb drove another nail into the only WTA tournament in history to lose all eight seeds as none won a single match to exit in the first...
