Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Sep 22, 2011, 3:05 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood It was one tour which every member of the Indian team, originally in the squad or summoned there as a replacement, would like to forget quickly. It was the most nightmarish of all their outings in the recent past. It was the summer, not much different in terms of results, to t...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Aug 18, 2011, 8:05 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Imran Shahzad, after having emerged triumphant in the recently concluded 3rd NBP Ranking Snooker Championship 2011, has become the top ranked cueist of the country. Imran, ranked number two previously, has displaced Shahid Aftab, who has now gone sliding to an emba...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jul 11, 2011, 7:46 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, President, Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF), and Member National Assembly (MNA), hosted a dinner-reception he hosted in the honour of the BFAME champions at his residence in Karachi recently. It turned out to be a wonderful get-together in which N...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jun 17, 2011, 5:13 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Had there been no concept yet of the Indian Premier League (IPL), India could have easily whitewashed the West Indies in the just concluded series of five One-Day Internationals which they managed to win 3-2 eventually. Even the youthful Indian squad had the hosts, struggling ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jun 15, 2011, 9:14 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood It wasn’t a dispute between the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and a former captain of the national team. It was rather yet another duel between two key personalities who showed muscles before succumbing to the different pressures and opting for a peaceful sett...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - May 30, 2011, 10:16 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Whatever the ‘engineered’ polls on the partner television networks might broadcast, the just concluded fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) seemed to have created serious doubts in the minds of the people many of whom preferred to tune in to other channels for...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - May 25, 2011, 5:12 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood I agree with Ian Bishop, a West Indian speedster of yesteryears, that the hosts let slip a Test series against Pakistan they could have won and they will be disappointed with the final result. Yet again it was the generosity of the West Indians that allowed Pakistan's to level...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Mar 15, 2011, 6:08 am
The government is struggling to keep the economy afloat amid catastrophic disaster along the Pacific coast Kaoru Yosano, Japan's economics minister has said that the government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) must strive to ease the public and investors' anxiety, after Japanese stock prices tumbled fo...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Mar 4, 2011, 6:02 am
J.P. Tokoto has decided his college destination…. But he won’t announce it until Thursday night at 10 p.m. CST in an exclusive interview with the local Milwaukee Fox affiliate, WITI-TV, at Dave & Buster’s in Wauwatosa, Wisc. “This is J.P.’s moment so my lips are sealed as tight as can...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Mar 4, 2011, 5:14 am
Many people think that Memphis in May and the Beale Street Music Festival are the same things, and they are….kind of. Memphis in May is actually a month long festival held in Memphis, Tennessee. The festival itself is split into four main events: The Beale Street Music Festival, which is the k...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 22, 2011, 4:17 am
The Nuggets are not expected to retain Danilo Gallinari, according to sources that spoke with Ric Bucher. The Nets, Clippers, Cavaliers and Raptors are all expected to express interest in Gallinari. Gallinari was the sixth overall pick of the 2008 NBA Draft. Read more: http://basketball.realgm...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 22, 2011, 4:14 am
A special court in the western Indian state of Gujarat has found 31 people guilty of setting fire to a passenger train in the town of Godhra in 2002. The court acquitted 63 other people of conspiracy and murder. The Sabarmati Express was attacked by a Muslim mob killing 59 peop...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 22, 2011, 4:06 am
(CNN) -- At least 36 people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in Mali after a speech by a prominent imam, the British embassy in the country said Tuesday. The stampede at the Modibo Keita stadium took place Monday afternoon as the crowd was leaving the facility, said Mohamed Ba, a consula...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 20, 2011, 7:47 am
Michelle Wie started out rounds 1 and 2 playing solid golf and just continued that play into round 3 today in Thailand. A great way to start the 2011 LPGA season, playing consistent. Although Wie had a few bumps early, scoring bogeys in the first few holes, she regained composure and didn’t ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 20, 2011, 7:39 am
Blake Griffin certainly had the most entertaining, choir-singing, scene-stealing, crowd-screaming, show-stopping, car-hopping dunk of the night. But overall, he was probably the third-best dunker in Staples Center on Saturday. The best two dunkers were JaVale McGee and Toronto Raptors swingman D...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 20, 2011, 7:35 am
The 2011 slam-dunk contest wasn't exactly a return to form -- the 1988 and 2000 competitions won't be shaking in their respective slammin' boots after watching tape from Saturday night's affair -- but the Blake Griffin(notes)-led show was a fun time out. Griffin did pace the field, as was expect...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 20, 2011, 7:30 am
The link between Playboy’s Sandy Bentley’s expensive jewellery and the murder of two men in L.A. had been made 9 years ago. Now investigators hope that a new show and a $75,000 reward will help them finally crack the case. The CBS show “48 Hours Mystery: “Playing with Fire” was aired ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 15, 2011, 9:07 am
While it had become pretty clear over the last week or so that The Rock would be the host of Wrestlemania 27, it wasn't definite. This afternoon, he pretty much confirmed it when he posted this on Facebook: ‎"...FINALLY..." Get ready... DJ As the last segment of tonight's edition of Monday Night ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 15, 2011, 8:05 am
Jigme Norbu, nephew to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, had logged 7,800 miles on 19 walks and on his bike before beginning his latest today, and what proved to be his last–a 300-mile trek starting in St. Augustine and going south. Norbu and two companions were to have ended their �...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:54 am
As predicted by absolutely nobody, excellent Montreal indie band Arcade Fire beat favorites Eminem and Lady Antebellum for the night’s top award, the Album of the Year Grammy. First thing out of frontman Win Butler’s mouth at the podium: “What the hell?” We couldn’t agree more, but it’s ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:54 am
As predicted by absolutely nobody, excellent Montreal indie band Arcade Fire beat favorites Eminem and Lady Antebellum for the night’s top award, the Album of the Year Grammy. First thing out of frontman Win Butler’s mouth at the podium: “What the hell?” We couldn’t agree more, but it’s ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:49 am
Usher is bummed Justin Bieber lost the best new artist Grammy to Esperanza Spalding. "I wish Justin had won," Usher, who discovered the 16-year-old (and poses with him and L.A. Reid on the current cover of The Hollywood Reporter), told reporters backstage Sunday. PHOTOS: Grammy red carpet's wildest ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:44 am
In recent months the name of Skylar Grey has been popping up with increasing regularity in the credits for major pop and hip hop fusion hit singles. Then at last night's Grammy Awards, the woman named Skylar Grey hit the stage to sing the dramatic chorus for "I Need a Doctor," the current hit single...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:41 am
As you might imagine, backstage at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards is a press feeding frenzy, with golden gramophone winners—and even some presenters—parading behind-the-scenes to various media outlets to take their questions and revel in the celebratory mood of the evening. The bold-faced names t...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 14, 2011, 3:21 am
Some classic instrumentation can go a long way, and Mumford & Sons have been a steady-building success story, but the act's run-through of "The Cave" should add some acceleration. The lyrics are mysterious, and the imagery is more foreboding than anything Eminem will cook up tonight, as the band bri...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 11, 2011, 7:59 am
Fun, empowering and over-the-top. Those are the first adjectives that come to mind upon hearing Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." \ Between Gaga's empowering lyrics and the music's heavy club influences, the song is set to appease her fans and pop lovers everywhere who had no idea what Gaga had up her...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Feb 11, 2011, 7:51 am
CAIRO — As tens of thousands of chanting protesters thronged central Cairo and elsewhere on the 18th day of Egypt’s uprising, the powerful armed forces scrambled on Friday to offer assurances and concessions, endorsing President Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to step down while seeking to defuse the ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 30, 2011, 9:58 am
HTC will unveil two new Facebook branded mobile phones next month, City A.M. has learned. The Taiwanese manufacturer will launch an official tie-up with Mark Zuckerberg’s $50bn (£31.6bn) social network at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. The high-end smartphones will be the fir...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 30, 2011, 9:47 am
Houston Marathon 2011 Live Coverage and Winners - The much awaited Houston Marathon 2011 happened this morning and the United States Running Circuit (USARC) begins Saturday with the race of the Half Marathon Championship 2011 presented by the Aramco Service Company. Thousand of runners acros...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 30, 2011, 9:43 am
- Egypt's military appears to be showing restraint with peaceful anti-government protesters so far and there is no talk at this time about halting U.S. aid to Egypt, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday. Clinton, speaking on ABC television network's "This Week," added that Presi...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 29, 2011, 11:21 am
(Reuters) - Pakistan on Saturday said its legal process should be respected after the U.S. embassy called for the immediate release of an American diplomat who was arrested after he killed two Pakistanis this week. The American, identified by Pakistani police as Raymond Davis, told a court on...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 29, 2011, 10:58 am
It's been quite a while since we had an outage across multiple carriers and regions in North America, but it looks like BIS email is down for most carriers across the US and parts of Canada. No one is receiving email, but it appears that browser, BlackBerry Messenger, voice and SMS are still wor...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 29, 2011, 10:55 am
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, picked his intelligence chief and confidante Omar Suleiman as vice president, a post Mubarak occupied before taking the top job and which has never been filled in 30 years of his rule. The step indicates for the first time a possible success...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 29, 2011, 8:18 am
In the face of mounting political unrest, Egypt took the unprecedented step of severing all Internet connections and shutting down its cellphone services—with the cooperation of international firms. Egyptian authorities asked mobile operators to "turn down the network totally," said Vittorio ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 29, 2011, 7:44 am
A top off-road motorcycle racer died Friday from injuries suffered in a crash during practice at Honolulu Hills Raceway in Taft, Calif., according to published reports. TRAGIC SPORTS DEATHS Sports has lost many athletes way too soon. We list a few. ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jan 29, 2011, 7:30 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Tahir Ahmed, Managing Director, New Jubilee Insurance (NJI), has offered to sponsor an international snooker tournament this year, besides taking care of a series of national events. “We have also requested the Pakistan Billiards & Snooker Association (PBSA to look into the ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 25, 2011, 10:48 am
Apple has an official Twitter account for the App Store, appropriately named @appstore, which promises "official App Store tweets including our featured apps, exclusive offers, and more." The first post from the account came only a few hours ago, but there are already 50,000 followers signed up...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on Best Buzz Picks - Jan 22, 2011, 1:29 pm
By Suzanne Choney A nasty worm on Twitter preys on users who click on a shortened link that takes them to a fake anti-virus site for "Security Shield" software. Once there, the aim is to get users to download what is billed as anti-virus protection, but is really malicious code. If this seems...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jan 15, 2011, 6:45 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The final countdown to the Cricket World Cup 2011 has begun with just over a month to go for the most sought after tournament of the game to get underway. The cricket fever has started gripping the Test playing nations and it will spread to the various other countries too as ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Jan 8, 2011, 12:10 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The history repeated itself to the extent that India were unable to press home the advantage despite being in control. They remained in the driving seat mist of the time in the third and final Test against South Africa in Cape Town only to be denied a victory in the end. That ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Dec 21, 2010, 3:44 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood I don’t think there was any real cause to celebrate when Sachin Tendulkar brought up his 50th Test century at the Super Sport Park in Centurion on December 19 except that he had reached the landmark. India needed much more than just a token hundred from Tendulkar to change t...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Dec 16, 2010, 1:32 pm
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The score of 136 for nine in 38.1 overs reflects complete dominance of the bowling side. But it wasn’t exactly the case on the opening day of the first Test between South Africa and India at the Super Sport Park in Centurion on December 16. India finished the shortened day�...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Dec 5, 2010, 9:54 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), having done very little to promote the cause of sports eversince its inception and whose office-bearers have mostly been in the news for the wrong reasons to say the least, has to shoulder the blame once more for not having taken the des...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Dec 5, 2010, 7:13 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood That’s a billion Rupee question now. Having beaten the New Zealanders comprehensively in the first three games of the five-match ODI to take an unassialble 3-0 lead, the Indians are in total command of the sitiuation to complete a whitewash. But will they do it? Or will they...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Nov 23, 2010, 6:39 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood There’s indeed something special about a man named Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. When he’s good he’s better than the best. Conversely when he’s not good he fares worse than the worst. When he’s on song he appears to be the greatest-ever batsman but when he’s not in a mo...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Nov 8, 2010, 5:37 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood International cricket has become a booming industry and the people running the show take it as pure business rather than anything else. There is hardly any element of patriotism or any other thing than business interest in the minds of the game’s administrators. Cricket, by ...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Nov 2, 2010, 2:35 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood Never rule Pakistan out of any contest has been a famous saying. You are never sure when the Nature will collaborate with them to achieve the impossible. We have seen it so many times when they have performed wonders in the unlikeliest of circumstances. The latest episode wa...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Nov 1, 2010, 4:45 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The Sri Lankans haven’t had particularly pleasing memories of their past tours of Australia. They have been at the receiving end more often than not and it was an odd country where they had not been able to come good despite so much promise. Things appear different now wit...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Oct 30, 2010, 5:47 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood I incline to agree with the observations of the former South African coach, Mickey Arthur, that Pakistan, being at an absolute low, stand no chance whatsoever of coming to terms with the Proteas in the ongoing series in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). South Africa, after hav...
Comment - Like

Zee Waqar A. posted an article on All About Latest Sports Action - Oct 28, 2010, 3:05 am
By Syed Khalid Mahmood The sports department of the Government of Sindh has been taking keen interest in carrying out its responsibilities and ensuring healthy activities for the youth of the province on a regular basis for the last couple of years. Having proactively supported the regular as well...
Comment - Like