Posts Tagged ‘Kenya’
Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai Wins The Boston Marathon In World Record Time
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the Boston Marathon today in an (unofficial) world record time of 2:03:02. He beat Haile Gebrselassie’s existing mark by almost a full minute, but he had a massive tailwind for much of the race. It won’t be an official world record until the IAAF signs off on it. He bested [...]
Prisons retain African Women’s volleyball Club title after beating Pipeline
Prisons retained the volleyball Africa Championships trophy after beating arch rivals Pipeline in the finals played at the Africa Nazarene University Gymnasium. The champions won in straight sets 25-22, 25-22, and 25-22 to book a ticket to fly Africa’s flag at the Africa Clubs Cup in Qatar in December. It was a bitter pill to [...]
Pakistan star Shoaib Akhtar eyes ‘dream’ win over India
Shoaib Akhtar feels it is critical that Pakistan beat India in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final to help draw a line under a difficult couple of years. Pakistan have endured a series of setbacks since the attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore in 2009. And the veteran paceman told BBC Sport: “Pakistan need victory [...]
Umar Akmal doubtful for Zim clash
Pakistan are set to make a late decision on whether Umar Akmal will be fit to take over wicketkeeping duties from under-fire brother Kamran Akmal for the World Cup clash against Zimbabwe. Umar Akmal, 20, has been unable to train since Thursday because of a finger injury and is a major doubt for the Group [...]
Rehman to miss Canada match
Abdur Rehman, the left-arm spinner, has been ruled out of Pakistan’s next World Cup match against Canada on Thursday after suffering a leg injury. Misbah-ul-Haq has also picked up a minor hamstring strain but isn’t too much of a concern. Rehman took 1 for 63 in Pakistan’s 11-run victory against Sri Lanka on Saturday but [...]
How will Pakistan fare in Cricket World Cup?
Pakistan’s World Cup campaign has kicked off in style with victories against Kenya and Sri Lanka. The match against Kenya was not unimportant by any means, as we all know that Pakistan was knocked out in the last World Cup after the loss to Ireland. The hero of both matches has been Shahid Afridi, with [...]
Pakistan vary of Sri Lankan threat
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi and deputy Misbah-ul-Haq termed the Sri Lankan cricket team as a tough side to beat in the ICC World Cup and added that there would be a quite a few challenges to them in their Saturday’s clash against the 1996 champions at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. So far, Sri [...]
Pakistan beat Kenya by 205 runs – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Pakistan beat Kenya by 205 runs, live cricket score and highlights. It is a huge win and big psychological boost for faction ridden Pakistani side. Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi is on a song here. Her has already scalped five wickets against Kenya and has helped restrict the African team at 112 runs giving a great [...]
Afridi desperate to avoid repeat of upsets
Pakistan face Kenya in their opening World Cup match tomorrow, desperate to atone for their tragedy-hit 2007 tournament. Four ago, Pakistan suffered an embarrassing three-wicket defeat by Ireland and crashed out in the first round. Captain Shahid Afridi said his team will take all opponents here seriously. “There have been so many upsets in the [...]
Netherlands VS England aiming to prove associates belong in World Cup
We are still waiting for a close game in the World Cup and England will be fervently hoping that this pattern remains. On Tuesday they take on the Netherlands in one of those matches that the professionals dread. Victory is expected, but never applauded. Defeat would be a calamity. The usual truism on these occasions [...]
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