Czech shooter Katerina Emmons won the first gold medal of the Beijing
Olympics when she took the women's 10m Air Rifle competition at the
Beijing Shooting Range Hall here on Saturday. Lioubov Galkina of Russia
won the silver and Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia claimed the bronze.

Source: TheNation

I am going to start this post as i am fed up with news related to politics so please  spare some time and tell something about you.

I love to see  Tennis and my Fav player is Safin and then Roger(DJOKIVIC is also coming in the list after beating NADAL) :)

The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended bowler Mohammad Asif after he tested positive for a banned substance in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game.

"In line with our anti-doping policy, we have suspended Mohammad Asif with immediate effect," said PCB chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi.

As if PCB wasn't enough, now Dr. Nasim Ashraf has been appointed President of Asian Cricket Council. The first Pakistani to be honored with this designation, and probably the last one also !!

LHC suspended the one and a half year ban on shoaib imposed by PCB till the announcement of  final verdict.

Younis's undefeated 123, his fifth one-day century in 174 matches, gave Pakistan their fifth victory while chasing 300 or more runs for victory and revived their fading hopes of a place in the final.

Pakistan reached their victory target of 309 for the loss of only two wickets with 4.3 overs to spare after India had compiled 308 for seven from their 50 overs.

Rumours are circulating that it is being postponed ? 

why do they do for this again and again for the die hard fans of cricket.

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif was reportedly arrested at the Dubai airport for possessing hashish.

According to a report on cricinfo.com, Asif, the Pakistan fast
bowler, has been arrested in Dubai on suspicion of possessing drugs.

AOA,

Hasan Sadpara a balti porter will attempt to summit Mount Everest in August 2008. He is a team member of 12 member team comprising of mountaineers around the world. If he succeeds, then he will become the second Pakistani after Nazir Sabir who climed Mount Everest.

May GOD help Hasan Sadpara to summit Mount Everest................

(Lahore, Pakistan April 21, 2008): Wateen organized a Celebrity Cricket match, at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on the 18th of April. Batting for a full house, the all star lineup included celebrities such as Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam, Jawad Ahmed, Ahmed Ali Butt, Junaid, Xulfi, along with countless other singers, actors and fashion icons.

Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for five years from international and domestic matches by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

The fast bowler was charged with publicly criticising the board at a disciplinary hearing in Rawalpindi.

"I am deeply disappointed and hurt, I will go to court and fight against the ban," said the 32-year-old.

The first ever auction of players in the history of cricket took place in India for the Twenty20 Indian Premier league (IPL) on Wenesday. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australia's Andrew Symonds crossed the million mark and were sold for 1.5 million dollars and 1.35 million dollars respectively. No Pakistani player was included in the top ten highest auctioned cricketers!

The Pakistan Football Federation is encouraging expatriates to play for the Pakistan National team. Reportedly, a bunch of expats have played a key role in drawing the Worldcup qualifier against the Asian champion Iraq!

More at: http://thepost.com.pk/SportsNews.aspx?dtlid=145189&catid=5

 Formula One is to launch an anti-racism campaign in the wake of the abuse suffered by Lewis Hamilton this month. 

Rehan Munir, an olevel student from Lahore is one of the few Pakistani's who can freestyle.

Freestyle football as defined by wikpedia is

Quite interestingly, a rat clean up campaign has started with full force in China's capital city of Beijing. This is because the government wants the city to be 'sparkling clean' for the upcoming Olympics which are to be held in Beijing. The authorities have passed orders for the city to absolutely get rid of all rodents!

Punjab Polo Club 2008: Riding the National Colors!

Shahid Afridi equalled world sixes record in One day Game.

Summary about Sixes Record is as under:

MOST SIXES IN ODIS