‘Global News’ Archives
World Cup venue to be named after Muralitharan
COLOMBO: A new cricket stadium being built for next year's World Cup will be named after the world's most successful bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, a report said on Friday. The 22,000-capacity stadium, being constructed in Pallekele in Muralitharan's home district of Kandy, is due to host three matches of the World Cup in South Asia in [...]
PIA plane catches fire; passengers remain unhurt
KARACHI: All the passengers and crewmembers were safe after a PIA’s airliner PK-302 caught fire during taxi on runway here at Jinnah International Airport on Friday morning, Geo news reported. Earlier, a loud blast was heard in an engine of PIA’s flight PK-302, a bowing commercial plane, when the airliner was preparing to take off on [...]
Pakistan search for black box into third day
ISLAMABAD: Investigators spent a third day searching Friday for the black box of a Pakistani jet that crashed into Islamabad's hills, killing all 152 people on board, officials said. The search for human remains has been called off and most bodies handed over to families for burial, police said. The Airblue passenger jet crashed in a ball [...]
Devastating rains, floods kill hundreds in KP; scores missing
PESHAWAR: The destruction being brought about by devastating floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Southern Areas is still afoot as hundreds of people have lost their lives and thousands other have been rendered homeless. Scores of people are missing, many houses, link and main bridges, link roads, tributaries have been either completely washed [...]
GAWA gears up for Commonwealth Games
The Greater Accra Weightlifting Association (GAWA) has commenced preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, to be held later in the year. The Association would on July 23, organize a one day weightlifting championship at the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex. Saka Acquaye, Great Accra Regional Sports Development Officer said in a [...]
Hundred golfers to compete for Coca Cola Medal Cup
About 100 amateur golfers would parade at the Celebrity Golf Course at Sakumono, near Tema to compete for the July edition of the Coca Cola Monthly Medal Open Golf Championship on Sunday, August 1. Mr Oswald Amuzu, Competition Secretary of the Celebrity Gold Club who announced this at Tema on Tuesday, said the one-day event which was being [...]
Tae Kwando practitioners undergo one week workshop
Over 40 Tae-Kwondo practitioners are undergoing a one week workshop on the sport at the D. G Hathiramani Sports Hall at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra. The practitioners are being taken through modern trends in the sport by a team of experts designated to Ghana by the World Tae-Kweondo Federation (WTF) and Ghana Tae-Kwondo Federation (GTF) as [...]
Under-15 Badminton team for camping
Ghana's Under-15 Badminton team, will from July 20, commence a special residential camping in Accra in preparations towards the 2010 Edition of the All Africa Championship, fixed for July 28 to August 8, in Mauritius. Seven players, made up of four boys and three girls, have been invited by the Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) for the [...]
Charles Martey triumphs at 36 Hours of Freedom golf
Charles Martey is basking in the glory of winning the maiden 36 Hours of Freedom 2010 golf tournament at the Tema Country Golf Club last Saturday. Mr. Martey pulled clear in the Men’s field gaining a massive score of 43 points to beat near challenger Dickson Lawerh Keteku by as much as 5 points to secure only his 3rd ever competition [...]
Ghana Customs lose in Quaid-e-Azam Cup Hockey
KARACHI – Host Pakistan Customs defeated guest Ghana Customs 4-2 in the Quaid-e-Azam Cup Hockey Tournament which began here Wednesday at two grounds simultaneously. The visitors played some good hockey and trailed by slenderest 1-0 margin at half time here at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium. The West African nation fought well in the first [...]
