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Archive for June, 2010
Jun. 17 |
By Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY
Mark Murphy will never forget the grind of his rookie preseason with the Washington Redskins in 1977, when he made the team as an undrafted free agent from Colgate and launched a career as an all-pro free safety.
Back then,...
Jun. 17 |
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Greece earned its first World Cup win Thursday, coming from behind to beat 10-man Nigeria 2-1 in Group B on Thursday.
Vassilis Torosidis poked home a loose ball in the 71st minute after a mistake from Nigeria goalkeeper...
Jun. 17 |
There has already been waving at the World Cup
By Finlo Rohrer
BBC News
The World Cup has seen its fair share of Mexican Waves, but where did this crowd phenomenon start and how do you actually start one?
Perhaps the strangest thing...
Jun. 17 |
During the 2009 Six Nations campaign, adverts for Fuller’s beer included a picture of a rugby post and the phrase “Support English Rugby” – prompting a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority from the Rugby Football...
Jun. 17 |
By Jon Kelly
BBC News Magazine
A Dutch brewery’s World Cup publicity stunt has led to arrests, threats of legal action and the loss of an ITV pundit’s job. Why is so-called “ambush marketing” such a high-stakes business?
It...
Jun. 17 |
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani telephoned PML(N) chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday and congratulated him on the decision of Lahore High Court in their favour.
The Court today dismissed a petition filed against PML-N chief...
Jun. 17 |
RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid has said retaining essential nuclear capability to maintain credible minimum deterrence against any possible aggression is Pakistan’s “compulsion and not a matter of choice”.
“We...
Jun. 17 |
BLOEMFONTEIN: Greece beat ten-man Nigeria 2-1 in a thrilling encounter on Thursday to record their first ever victory at a World Cup finals.
It also kept their World Cup dreams alive in a match that hinged on a first half red card for the African team.
The...
Jun. 17 |
HUNZA: Some of the victims of Attabad Lake Thursday came out with spades to dig the water spillway wider to allow quick flow of water from the landslide-created lake.
Meanwhile, DC Hunza Zafar Waqar warned of legal action if the above activity led...
Jun. 17 | Pakistan Constitution 18th amendment