BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday. The Argentina forward scored twice to lead Barcelona to a 2-1 win at Real Betis in the Spanish league match. His first was an individual effort in the 16th minute to tie Mueller’s mark, and he eclipsed the 1972 milestone with a familiar left-footed fin ...

By Saj Sadiq Ehsan Mani spent his early life in Pakistan playing for the Rawalpindi Club and Government College Lahore XI from 1959 to 1965 as a right-hand batsman and a left-arm fast medium bowler. From 1989 to 1996, Mani represented the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) at the International Cricket Council. For the 1996 Cricket World Cup, he was on the advisory committee as the PCB representative. He was also ...

The teams entered the game as equal adversaries with a 6-6 all-time record at the Champions Trophy and were so evenly matched that the game was too close to call until the final horn. “This win means a lot to us. We haven’t had a medal at the Champions Trophy since 2004,” Pakistani player Shakeel Abbassi told the FIH’s website. The teams exchanged goals in the first half. India took the lead when VR Raghuna ...

Posted by Ravi It’s been a super year for Priyanka Chopra. After the success of Barfi!, in which where she played the character of an autistic person, she kept the momentum going with the international release of her single ‘In my city’. And now, she is gearing up to spend two special days at the International Film Festival of Marrakech in Morocco. We’re informed that three Bollywood films featuring the act ...

Shakeel Abassi scored goals in the 39th and 51st minutes Thursday to give Pakistan a 2-1 win over Olympic gold medalist Germany in a men's Champions Trophy field hockey quarterfinal. Moritz Furste had given the London Games champions a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute. Pakistan will play the winner of Thursday's later quarterfinal between London silver medalist the Netherlands and New Zealand in Saturday's semi ...

Report By: Nina Rai    Jerusalem, 04 Dec., 2012 Palestine has slammed Israel for approving the construction of thousands of new building units in occupied territories of West Bank, immediately after Palestinian successful ‘de facto’ statehood bid in UN.   It has also threatened to bring war crimes charges against the Jewish State, if it does not stop the illegal settlement activities. Palestinians are now d ...

By  Zaheerul Hassan After an year of U.S. attack on Slala Check post, an high level meeting has been arranged in Rawalpindi cantt.  The ice between countries melted when U.S sought apology over the attack and as resulted supply to NATO forces has been restored.  Senior US and Pakistani defence and military officials met on Tuesday to discuss the regional security environment and the situation along the Paki ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif from Faisalabad has defeated England’s Gary Wilson in the final to win the World Snooker Championship on Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria.Asif, who remained unbeaten in the tournament, defeated Wilson 10-8. The match was tied at the assigned time with 7-7 frames. Both players worked pretty hard to win the match. At one stage Asif, was leading 6-3 but Gerry came ba ...