Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Tennis: Age no obstacle as Date-Krumm stuns Lisicki
STANFORD (AFP) – Evergreen Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm came from behind to score an upset victory over Germanys Sabine Lisicki at the Stanford WTA tournament here Tuesday.Date-Krumm, 44, who was forced to qualify for the main draw, looked to be heading to a rapid defeat after Lisicki whizzed through the first set, winning 6-1. But...
Russian outcry over plan to destroy smuggled Western foods
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russians hit out Wednesday against government plans to destroy hundreds of tonnes of Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit country despite a ban on produce from fruit and vegetable staples to gourmet French cheese.Authorities are set to start incinerating the contraband products on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin...
Russia orders libraries to ditch ‘Nazi’ books by British historians
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian officials have ordered libraries to remove books by well-known British historians John Keegan and Antony Beevor, saying they promote Nazi-era stereotypes, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.The move is among a raft of measures to exclude perceived foreign influence from fields such as education, and to streamline historical...
Football: Bale scores as Real Madrid meet Bayern in Audi Cup final
MUNICH (AFP) – Gareth Bale scored against former club Tottenham Hotspur as Real Madrid won 2-0 on Tuesday to set up a final against Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup friendly tournament in Germany.The Wales international was playing against Spurs for the first time since his GBP 85.3m world record transfer to Madrid in September...
Money at heart of athletics coverup, says former BALCO chief
REUTERS – Victor Conte, the man at the centre of what was the United States biggest doping scandal, believes the latest drug scandal to rock the sports world is all part of a coverup to protect the bottom line.Track and field was jolted after a blockbuster report over the weekend alleged widespread doping in the sport.Britains Sunday Times...
Four killed as new Ukraine peace talks fall apart
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday reported the death of four soldiers in clashes with pro-Russian rebels that came just hours before another failed bid to negotiate an end to the 15-month separatist revolt.Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said another 15 servicemen had been wounded in the past 24 hours of fighting across the eastern...
Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated
PARIS (AFP) – A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian Ocean island arrived for analysis in France early Saturday, after Malaysian authorities said the part was almost certainly recovered from missing flight MH370.Paris Orly airport website confirmed the Air France flight transporting the piece of wreckage landed at 6.17...
Olympics: Beijing clinches historic 2022 Winter Games vote
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Beijing on Friday narrowly won a historic International Olympic Committee vote for the 2022 Winter Games that secured its place in sporting history.The Chinese capital beat Almaty in Kazakhstan by just 44 votes to 40, with one abstention, to become the first city to be awarded both the summer and winter Games.Beijings...
Island nations seek UN help combatting climate change
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.The Council — more typically a forum for heated debates on the plight of refugees in Syria or efforts to stem the...
Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that sought to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine.Eleven of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, which had been drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia,...
