Pakistan wins 34 medals at Summer Special Olympics 2015

The contingent of special children from Pakistan returns after the conclusion of the Summer Special Olympics 2015 held in Los Angeles, with 34 medals including 13 gold medals.

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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win T20 cricket series 2-0

Pakistan beat hosts Sri Lanka by one wicket in sensational match today at the Premadasa stadium, in Colombo . 

The hosts gave a hefty target of 173 (did 172-5 in 20 overs).

Pakistan batting line suffered a debacle at the hands of the hosts and were as low as 40-5 by 8 overs. But then skipper Afridi came in to add 45 runs off 22 balls including four sixes. But the situation was s till grim till Anwar smashed 46 off 17 balls to bring Pakistan close to victory.

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Pakistan qualifies for Davis Cup Final - Asia Oceania Group-II

A press release issued by the Pakistan Tennis Federation on Thursday reveals that Pakistan qualified for the final of the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group-II after 3-1 triumph over hosts Indonesia

Pakistan’s Abid Ali Akbar made it possible when his team with 2-1 lead entered the court with the aim of winning just one reverse singles out of total two.

The victory is significant more so in wake of Aisam-ul-Haq’s knee injury which made the country’s top player miss out on the event.

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Djokovic beats Federer to win his third Wimbledon title

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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the first T20 at Lahore

The first encounter between the visiting cricket team from Zimbabwe ended into a victory for hosts Pakistan in a jam packed Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Friday.

Zimbabwe scored 172/6 in twenty overs.Coming to bat Pakistan reached the target in 19.3 overs with five wickets down.

The victory seemed far away for Pakistan as it needed four runs from four balls at the close of the play - the victory could go either side. But the victory finally went to the hosts with Afridi at crease.

Elton Chigumbura from Zimbabwe scored highest for his team before he was bowled by Wahaab Riaz for 54. Mukhtar Ahmed scored a  brilliant 83 with twelve fours and three sixes before being caught by Richmond Mutumbami of Graeme Cremer's ball.

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The Dutch hammer three more nails in Brazilian coffin

The Dutch did it tonight – hammering three more nails in the Brazilian coffin in the match for the third position of the World Cup 2014.

The Dutch goals spree started with the Persie’s conversion of a penalty right in the third minute, followed by another goal by Blind in the 16th. And then the battle continued for a goal from the hosts side but all half-attempted efforts went in vain.

And as if two goals were not enough to humiliate the Brazilians as Wijnaldum scored the third goal seconds before the final whistle to beat the hosts of World Cup 2014 with 3-0. And throughout the match, Brazil’s squad was booed by home fans in Brasilia.

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Argentina take advantage of kicks to move to World Cup final

Argentina's team celebrates the victory after penalty kicks [Photo: BBC]

The match between Argentina and Netherlands was in complete contrast to what we saw a day before where the hosts Brazil played like school boys and let the Germans win over them mercilessly.

The goalless match in the full time, followed by 20 and 10 minutes extra time speak of the professionalism of the players from both camps - some say they both had five of the best forwards playing in the world today. However, neither Persie nor Messi could come up with a field goal to end the match in a thriller.

It was then the penalty kicks that decided the match in Argentina's favour 4-2. Now Argentina proudly marches into the World Cup 2014 final after their 1990 last time and face the onslaught of the Germans.

But the Germans be cautioned that Argentina is no Brazil, who used up all its energies in preparing for the mega event rather than focusing much on their team. So let us watch and wait till Sunday and see who finally lifts the coveted trophy.

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Germany mauls Brazil with 7 goals to move into World Cup Final

The Brazilian fans 'morn' in silence the humiliating defeat of their team [Photo: Reuters]

Did you see the match between Germany and Brazil? If not, could you believe it what happened last night? You wouldn't as Germany mauled the hosts Brazil with SEVEN goals to march into the World Cup Final.

This was the worst defeat ever in the history of the World Cup. The German onslaught started right from the 11th minute goal by Müller which continued for yet another five goals in the first half.

But as if this wasn't enough as the Germans scored two more goals in the second half to ensure complete thrashing of the hosts. It was Oscar from the hosts side who hit a goal in the 90th minute to face save his team.

Germany will now play either Argentina or Netherlands - who face each other on Wednesday - in Sunday's final.

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Netherlands beat Costa Rica on Penalties to qualify for World Cup semis

So the last semifinal decider is decided on penalties just minutes from now in the match played between Holland and Costa Rica.

The match remained goalless in the two halves of 45 minutes and even in extra time there was no goal either. And this took the match to be decided on penalties and finally the Dutch prevailed upon their South American opponent Costa Rica and won the match 4-3 on penalties.

Holland now moves into the semis stage where Brazil, Germany and Argentina have already qualified. The semis will be played on 9-10 July that will be played between Brazil-Germany and Holland-Argentina – that is two South American teams and two European teams. Who takes the trophy – it is just matter of days to find out!!

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Two major upsets at Wimbledon in one day as Nadal and Sharapova Exit

The first shocker came when Russian Maria Sharapova was beaten by German Angelique Kerber in a well contested three set match at the Centre Court. Having won the first set, Kerber lost the second to the Russian. But then the third set was a really a set of guts and tact. The match could tilt in either way many times, but finally it was Kerber who carried the day and shattered 2004 titlist of another Wimbledon title race.

But the second shocker was much louder than the first when a 144^th ranked and 19 years old wildcard entry Nick Kyrgios from Australia proved too good for Nadal as he beat the world no.1 Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 on the Centre Court . Thus leaving out Nadal, who recently won the French Open title.

This leaves three top seeded players in the race for the tile: Djokovic, Murray and Federer – unless there is someone else like Kyrgios who can make any more upsets.

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Sharapova aslo walks out of Wimbledon after Serena

Serena Williams ouster was the biggest shock of Wimbledon this year. But that was not to be all. Russian Maria Sharapova, another title aspirant was also shown the exit today by German Angelique Kerber today in a very tough and sensational match.

After losing the second set to Sharapova, Kerber kept her wits about and did not allow Sharapova to win over her and finally beat the Russian 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-4.

Angelique Kerber now plays her quarter-final against Eugenie Bouchard tomorrow.

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Serena William defeated in Wimbledon

[Photo: BBC Sport]

I never expected this to happen so soon - but it did happen yesterday on Court One when top seeded world no.1 American Serena Williams fell prey to someone as low as 24th ranked and lost her title race at Wimbledon.

Yes it was Alize Cornet of France who surprised the five time Grand Slam winner at Wimbledon 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round - her second fourth round presence since Australian Open in 2005. 

Aging Serena Williams at 32 was no match to 24 years old youngster from France and it may be the time now that she thinks of quitting in grace as she has not been able to win a Grand Slam this year - having been knocked out of Australian Open in the fourth round and French Open in the second round.

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Chile routs defending champion Spain and shows it exit door

A Chilean mocks the Spaniards after the match [Photo AFP]

This was never expected - neither by the Spaniards not b the fan. But it is the hard fact that the defending champion Spain has run out of its steam and is virtually a worthless entity in Brazil as Chile shatters Spain's dream of defending its title for the second time. 

The 2-0 defeat by Chile must have sent shock waves both in the Spanish team and the fans back home as the failed to score even a single goal to show some show of force as expected from the defenders.

Although Chileans possessed the ball for mere 37% of the time, the goals in 19th and 43rd minutes sealed the fate of Spain. 

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The first Shock-wave from Brazil: The Dutch rout Spaniards

It has hardly been a day since the FIFA World Cup football 2014 started on 12^th June that a major upset happened at Arena Fonte Nova when the Dutch met the defending champion Spain.

The Spaniards may be thinking of defending of their title but all their dreams were shattered when the Dutch stunned them with so much of humiliation with a 5-1 defeat.

Although Spain’s Alonso scored the first goal of the match in the 27^th minute, and despite the fact that the Spaniards dominated the ball for most part of the match, the Dutch had something sinister in their mind – to annihilate the Spaniards.

Van Persie and Robben scored goal after goal from 44^th minute onward and did not let the Spaniards recover from the shock-wave the Dutch sent in to the opposing camp. Tow goals each from Persie and Robben were added yet another goal from de Vrij to seal the victory – a stunning victory in fact for the Dutch.

This is the first shock wave sent out from Brazil just within two days of the tournament – how many more we would see – stay tuned.

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World Cup 2014 inaugurated with colourful fanfare at Sao Paulo

It was a great inaugural - in fact the greatest show on earth at Sao Paulo, Brazil. The arena jam packed to its capacity roared and cheered as a colorful opening ceremony rolled out with famous singer Jenifer Lopez clad in a sparkling green dress which made the crowd cheer and enjoy the opening ceremony.

Hereinafter are some of the photos of the ceremony as these appear in a special report in Daily Mail. 

Jennifer Lopez wore a sparkling green sequin dress for the performance, which delighted fans. Meanwhile Claudia Leitte (left) bounced around in a sparkly blue number while Pitbull (right) wore a Brazil t-shirt

Here are some more:

Read a comprehensive report at Daily Mail and see how the entire ceremony unfolded

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Serena defends French Open title No-More

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It was a bad day for old number 1 and defending champion Serena Williams as she was shown the exit by Spain's Garbine Muguruza in a most un-ceremonial defeat of Serena’s career. She was beaten 6-2, 6-2.

The aging 32 years old tennis star still sitting on the top of points table has started to show signs of breaking away just like Roger Federer, who too at 32 is showing signs of resignation.

Not only Serena, the elder sister Venus too was defeated by Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova today 2-6 6-3 6-4. This marks the end of their title race quest here at Roland Garros for this year.

It may be added that it was 2011 when both sisters crashed out of Wimbledon the same year.

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Arsenal brush aside Wigan Athletic to reach FA Cup final

The Gunners did it - they beat Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup semis on penalties to eye for the FA Cup after a drought of nine years. They last won the trophy in 2005.

The game was preceded by a minute's silence in memory of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster, which occurred during an FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield on April 15, 1989.

The match between Arsenal and Wigan remained goalless in the first half – it was Wigan’s Jordi Gómez who took the lead to score the first goal of the day for his team on a penalty in the 63^rd minute of the match. However, the superiority was nullified by Gunner Mertesacker in the 82^nd minutes. Thereafter, no one could overtake the other till the final whistle blew.

The match was therefore decided on penalties, which Arsenal won 4-2 amid a big roar from the crowd to qualify for the final.

 For holders Wigan it was great setback, who had stunned the Citizens in last season's final to win the trophy and were looking forward to defend their title this year.

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Sri Lanka beat India to lift its maiden T20 Cricket World Cup Trophy

It was great day today for Sri Lanka as it lifted its maiden T20 Cricket World Cup at Dacca this evening. Very many Congratulations !!

Winning the toss, the Islander chose to field - a wise decision by Malinga - who leading his team for the first time in the final. Coming to bat, the second time cup-aspirant India was restricted to mere 130 runs in 20 overs.  Except for Kohli, none of the Indian batsman could score handsomely to give a fighting target to the Islanders.

Sri Lanka dismantled four Indian wickets before ending the 20 overs game for India. Kohli scored 77 runs and was run out on the last ball of the match.

Coming to bat, Sri Lanka though lost their openers  but had the resilience and form to chase the paltry 131 target.  Sangakkara scored an unbeaten 52 runs and Sri Lanka reached the target with six wickets and 13 runs remaining. 

Sri Lanka’s - KC Sangakkara  was declared ad the Player of the match, while Kohli was declared Player of the series. Thus ended the action packed T20 Cricket World Cup at Dacca, Bangladesh with India returning home for not having made the history to be the first team to win the cup twice.

Now all eyes are set on the WrestleMania XXX, the second big even of the day and the greatest show on the earth that starts at 23:00 GMT. Don't miss to watch it.

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Afridi’s sixes bring victory for Pakistan over India in the 6th Match of Asia Cup Cricket

Afridi celebrates victory after hitting a mighty six [Photo AFP/Cricinfo]

Those who watched the cricket match between India and Pakistan live from Mirpur – Dhaka, Bangladesh would remember it for a long time to come.

The hair-raising finish of the match reminded many of the Sharjah Cup final match when there was one ball remaining and four runs to make for Pakistan to win – and it was a mighty six from Javed Miandad that won the match for Pakistan and Javed Miandad is till remembered for winning the match for Pakistan.

Winning the toss, Pakistan invited India to bat. India in their stipulated 50 overs scored 245 at the loss of eight wickets and gave a target of 246 for Pakistan to win.  India’s Sharma,  Rayudu and Jadeja scored half centuries while Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal bagged three wickets for 40. Talha who made a maiden début in the ODIs for Pakistan took two wickets and so did Hafeez.

Coming to bat, Pakistan’s Sharjeel and Shehzad opened confidently but at 71 Sharjeel was gone for 25. Thereafter Misbah was run out for one and Maqsood was the 6^th man to pack up for 38. At this stage Pakistan was at a precarious situation as one after the other Pakistan’s wickets kept falling, leaving Afridi and Junaid on the crease with no more wickets in hand.  Ajmal was the last man out when the total was 236 and Pakistan still needed 10 more runs to win the match.

And it was here that Shahid Afridi came to the rescue of his team  and hit a six and then Pakistan needed three more runs and three balls remaining. It was here that Afridi scored a mighty six off Aswin’s ball and won the match for Pakistan – just like Miandad did.  The entire Pakistan team ran into the ground and hugged Afridi for his superb 38 off 18 balls (not out), which included three sixes.

Hafeez declared man of the match for his impressive 75 runs and two wickets.

Commenting on his performance, Afridi said:

Really under pressure, didn't perform well. Hit some bad shots. "Expectations were high. We all know how importat this game was and I am glad I did it. The captain told me to take my time and I did that. Whenever we play against India it's a great occasion and I'm very happy. Gul was talking a lot with me, we wanted singles as well and we needed a hit as well. When we arrived here, our goal was to win this competition. Very important for my country and team and I want to thank Bangladeshi crowd for supporting us"

Pakistan now plays Bangladesh on Tuesday.

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Sochi Olympics 2014 - Medal Table

The Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 are almost coming to an end and we have some clear medal winning lead emerging with hosts Russia leading the medal table, followed by the USA.

As of today, here is the medal count for the first ten leading countries:

As can be seen Russia has a clear edge over the United States with 13 gold vis a vis 9 of the USA.Norway which started with the table top, seems to have consolidated itself at no.3 with Canada in a close pursuit. 

It may be added that in 2010 Winter Olympics  USA led the table top with 37 medals while Russia was at no.6 with 15 medals. Home ground does matter - what do you say?

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