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Pak hockey legend Atif passes away

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Olympics, Sports

Karachi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s hockey legend M. H. Atif - a member of the team that won the country’s first Olympic gold in Rome in 1960 - passed away in Lahore Monday.



Pak hockey legend Atif passes away

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Olympics, Sports

Karachi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s hockey legend M. H. Atif - a member of the team that won the country’s first Olympic gold in Rome in 1960 - passed away in Lahore Monday.



Pak hockey legend Atif passes away

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Olympics, Sports

Karachi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s hockey legend M. H. Atif - a member of the team that won the country’s first Olympic gold in Rome in 1960 - passed away in Lahore Monday.



Kolkata reception second biggest: Maradona

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Overwhelmed by the love and affection showered on him by the city, soccer star Diego Maradona has termed the felicitation at the Salt Lake stadium as the second biggest reception he has ever received.



Chicago’s Tribune Company weighing bankruptcy option

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Washington, Dec 8 (DPA) Troubled media giant Tribune Company is consulting with bankruptcy experts to consider its options in the face of $13 billion in debt and plummeting advertising revenue, the Chicago-based firm said late Sunday.



Full strength England to arrive in Chennai; Mohali doubtful

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Abu Dhabi, Dec 8 (IANS) A full strength England cricket team will board the flight to Chennai Monday for the first Test starting Thursday but doubts still remain on Mohali as the venue for the second Test.



Tamil Nadu’s hospitality trade in the doldrums

Dec 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s hospitality industry has taken a knocking this year. Already hit by the after-effects of the global economic slowdown, the terror attacks in Mumbai now threaten to take a further toll on hotel occupancy in the peak tourist season in winter.



Maradona pays homage to Mother Teresa, meets Basu (Intro Roundup)

Dec 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) Amidst fan frenzy, Argentine football legend Diego Maradona criss-crossed the city to seek spiritual peace at the Mother House, talk politics with Marxist icon Jyoti Basu, and enthral sports buffs with his incredible skills here Sunday.