Archive for the November 1, 2005
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Singapore bunker prices were lower on Monday as bunker premiums eased further to below $7 a tonne, traders said. Prices for 380-centistoke (cst) bunker fuel were pegged at $304-$306 a tonne, down $5 from the
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The Karachi Port handled 178,907 tonnes of cargo including 155,156 tonnes import and 23,751 tonnes export cargo including 603 containers during last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The cargo comprised of 107,840
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Coach Bennett King Monday defended his West Indian cricketers against claims by fast bowling great Michael Holding of an attitude problem, just days before the opening Test here with Australia. Holding has criticised the current
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Mike Hussey is in line to make his long-awaited Test debut after opener Justin Langer admitted Monday he was losing his fitness battle to play in Thursday's opening Test against the West Indies at the
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England opener Andrew Strauss is likely to miss the final Test against Pakistan to be with his wife who is expecting their first child, an official said on Monday. "Strauss has asked for permission to
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Australian pace spearhead Glenn McGrath is looking to return to normal service against the West Indies after the frustrations of a losing Ashes campaign in England. McGrath, the third all-time Test wicket-taker with 521, endured
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Mahendra Dhoni slammed a blistering 183 not out as India scored a superb six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Monday. The swashbuckling batsman
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Opener Marcus Trescothick hit a fighting hundred to help England recover from a disastrous start in their warm-up game against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Patron's XI here on Monday. Trescothick made an unbeaten 124
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Sweden's Carl Pettersson captured his first US PGA Tour title, firing a final-round level par 71 here on Sunday to win the 5.3 million- dollar US PGA Chrysler Championship by one stroke. Petterson fired 16
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Police in north-eastern Iran are launching a new morality drive by confiscating alluring mannequins from boutiques and clothes stalls in the bazaar, authorities in the city of Bojnourd said on Monday. A spokesman for the
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