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Print - 2015-04-27
Message from KASB Securities

Message from KASB Securities

The KASB Securities team would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Business Recorder on achieving 50 years of excellence in Financial reporting. The Paper has single handedly brought Finance to the mainstream. We, at KASB Securities, rely on Bus
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Earthquake rattles Peshawar

Earthquake rattles Peshawar

Aftershocks from devastating earthquake not only continue to jolt parts of Nepal but their effects were also felt as far away as Pakistan on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, tremours sent residents of Peshawar and adjoining areas scurrying on streets of the c
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Earthquake rattles Peshawar

Earthquake rattles Peshawar

Aftershocks from devastating earthquake not only continue to jolt parts of Nepal but their effects were also felt as far away as Pakistan on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, tremours sent residents of Peshawar and adjoining areas scurrying on streets of the c
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from Mr Nadeem Naqvi, Managing Director Karachi Stock Exchange

Message from Mr Nadeem Naqvi, Managing Director Karachi Stock Exchange

For the past five decades, the Business Recorder newspaper has been the voice of the economy. It has chronicled the achievements, opportunities and challenges confronted by the country's businesses. From the fields, farms and mines, to the assembly lines
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,500

Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,500

Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,500 and triggering new avalanches at Everest base camp, as mass cremations were held in the devastated capital Kathmandu.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from Parvez Ghias, CEO Indus Motor Company Ltd

Message from Parvez Ghias, CEO Indus Motor Company Ltd

On the Occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Business Recorder, the Indus Motor Company Ltd extends its heartiest congratulations to the Editor in chief, the Bureau Chiefs and their staff. What started as a humble beginning is now a major newspaper of Pakista
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,500

Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,500

Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,500 and triggering new avalanches at Everest base camp, as mass cremations were held in the devastated capital Kathmandu.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message form Yacoob Suttar, President ICAP

Message form Yacoob Suttar, President ICAP

On behalf of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to Business Recorder on their Golden Jubilee. The remarkable strides that the Business Recorder has made in recent years, is truly
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
THE RUPEE: divergent trend

THE RUPEE: divergent trend

The rupee moved both ways against the dollar on the local currency market during the week, ended on April 25, 2015. In the interbank market, the rupee moved up by six paisas versus the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 101.57 and Rs 101.59.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from GulAhmed

Message from GulAhmed

Business Recorder is Pakistan's foremost English language daily that covers financial, commercial and business news in the country and around the world. For the last 50 years, the newspaper has set new benchmarks in financial news coverage and fostered th
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
THE RUPEE: divergent trend

THE RUPEE: divergent trend

The rupee moved both ways against the dollar on the local currency market during the week, ended on April 25, 2015. In the interbank market, the rupee moved up by six paisas versus the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 101.57 and Rs 101.59.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Kamil H. Mian, Chief Executive English Boot House

Kamil H. Mian, Chief Executive English Boot House

I am gratified to lean that the DAILY BUSINESS RECORDER is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding and I cordially extend to you and your associates in its publication, and the large audience to whom it is addressed, my heartiest congratulati
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
40 killed after heavy rains in Peshawar

40 killed after heavy rains in Peshawar

At least 40 people were killed and more than 180 injured Sunday after a storm struck Peshawar causing dozens of buildings to collapse, officials said. Fallen trees, rubble from buildings and mobile phone towers had blocked several main roads, an AFP repor
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
40 killed after heavy rains in Peshawar

40 killed after heavy rains in Peshawar

At least 40 people were killed and more than 180 injured Sunday after a storm struck Peshawar causing dozens of buildings to collapse, officials said. Fallen trees, rubble from buildings and mobile phone towers had blocked several main roads, an AFP repor
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from Shams-ul-Qayyum, Managing Director Bank of Khyber

Message from Shams-ul-Qayyum, Managing Director Bank of Khyber

Business Recorder is Pakistan's first financial daily that covers financial, commercial and business news in the country and around the world. For the last 50 years, the newspaper has set new benchmarks in financial news coverage and fostered the highest
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
BR's golden jubilee

BR's golden jubilee

Dear reader, It was exactly 50 years ago that the Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular witnessed the dawn of the first daily newspaper on broadsheet exhaustively dedicated to economics and finance. The members of its founding t
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from M. Habib-ur-Rahman, CEO Atlas Asset Management Company

Message from M. Habib-ur-Rahman, CEO Atlas Asset Management Company

For the past five decades, Business Recorder (BR) has been the voice of the Pakistani economy (or Pakistan's business community). BR has set high journalistic standards by providing prompt and professional coverage of achievements, opportunities and chall
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
BR's golden jubilee

BR's golden jubilee

Dear reader, It was exactly 50 years ago that the Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular witnessed the dawn of the first daily newspaper on broadsheet exhaustively dedicated to economics and finance. The members of its founding t
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from Dr Zeelaf Munir, Chairperson EMB Executive Management Board

Message from Dr Zeelaf Munir, Chairperson EMB Executive Management Board

A Golden Anniversary is a significant milestone in the history of any organization. For a media organization this is even more noteworthy, given the dynamic, real time and highly competitive environment of the industry. Business Recorder, Pakistan's leadi
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from M. I. Akbar, Chairman Akbar Group of Companies

Message from M. I. Akbar, Chairman Akbar Group of Companies

It gives me immense pleasure to congratulate the country's premier financial daily on successfully culminating half a century of unbiased, unfettered and comprehensive coverage of the news and events that shape our economy. Through the years, the Business
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
My years in journalism - in retrospect

My years in journalism - in retrospect

I would not like to go into the details of my pre-journalistic career. I will just tell you how I came into contact with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. I started my career after training in the Indian Military Academy in the city of Dehradoon. Later on
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
The reform process: A strategic analysis

The reform process: A strategic analysis

It is necessary to state at the outset that this is a generic and strategic analysis of the Reform Process in the context of a Nation State, and an endeavour to apply it to a view, widely and generally held by civil society, that there is a general failur
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Good news missed no news?

Good news missed no news?

Bad news and reviews are always raining on the wretched people of this country. But there must be something right somewhere that this country has moved on for the last 67 years. There is a slew of empirical evidence that negates the impression given by th
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Corruption is holding us back

Corruption is holding us back

If asked to identify two top issues confronting this society, few would hesitate to name corruption after terrorism. Pervasive as it is, the problem could not be a part of our genetic instructions. Many in the developed Western societies would be easily t
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Innovative role in economy

Innovative role in economy

I have been an avid reader of Business Recorder (BR) for some length of time. One started with the Pakistan Times and then the Morning News and even the Civil and Military Gazette. Dawn obviously featured for most Pakistanis at that time but the paper was
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Boosting exports for economic growth

Boosting exports for economic growth

If there is one tried and tested way for quick economic growth, it is through international trade. Pakistan's export performance during the past 40 years has been much below its potential. Until the 1960s Pakistan's manufactured exports were higher than t
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Our neglected dairy sector

Our neglected dairy sector

In an article that appeared in Business Recorder's columns on 15th January 2015 titled "Challenging Received Wisdom", your scribe had argued that if we wish to launch the country on a high economic growth trajectory like that of China and India, we will n
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Seeking a new economic model

Seeking a new economic model

A state does not deserve to be called one if it fails to provide to its citizens universal schooling, at least up to the primary level, universal primary healthcare, free potable water, universally affordable two square meals a day, universally affordable
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Five flashpoints for strategic planners

Five flashpoints for strategic planners

For a country navigating multiple internal and external challenges, Pakistan's economic, governance and policy-delivery deficits have been a constraint on strategic resource-allocation and decision-making. Continued economic fragility has also seriously i
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Structural Challenges

Structural Challenges

Pakistan's economy continues to be faced with the same structural challenges that it has been grappling with for more than the last quarter of a century. What are these structural challenges?
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Retooling country's foreign policy

Retooling country's foreign policy

It is a time of profound transformation in global politics and economy with paradigm changes not only in South Asia but also in Europe, Central Asia and West Asia:
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Beyond out of box

Beyond out of box

Central government controls the main fiscal jurisdiction, such as taxation, spending and borrowing, in the countries having federal morphology, to upraise stability in the country by truncating horizontal inequities.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Mian sahib: 2015 is not 1999!!!

Mian sahib: 2015 is not 1999!!!

My long association with Business Recorder began not because of my interest in economics, though that certainly was a factor given that after half a century after independence it remains the only business daily in the country, nor because I was looking fo
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Solutions before the problem

Solutions before the problem

Felicitations to Team Business Recorder (BR) on the Golden Jubilee; may BR have many more. Everyone, at least from the business community, will vociferously agree that BR is "The" publication for reliable and current business news, data and information in
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
The next 50 years: More of the same?

The next 50 years: More of the same?

Business Recorder has come a long way: from an 'also read' tabloid to a 'must read' twenty pager. During this 50 year journey it saw the rise and fall of several rivals. It also successfully maneuvered the 'game changers' of the day: government advertisin
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Despite failures there are rays of hope

Despite failures there are rays of hope

As the Business Recorder celebrates the fiftieth year of its publication, it is worth examining where Pakistan stands today, the reasons there for, and the way forward because despite the many failures and few successes of the regimes that administered Pa
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Pakistan's economy: What lies ahead?

Pakistan's economy: What lies ahead?

The government headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came into office in June 2013 proclaiming that putting the economy on the trajectory of high rate of growth was one of its top priorities. It identified three "Es" as the areas that would be the focus o
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Good governance is good politics

Good governance is good politics

This article is written to pay tribute to the late M. A. Zuberi who believed in sound economic policies and strong management and implementation of these policies for the benefit of the majority of the population.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Economy in a long-term perspective

Economy in a long-term perspective

During the last 35-40 years, every government that was faced with difficult economic policy choices to overcome a balance of payments (BOP) crisis approached the IMF for a bailout package. The irony is that all the governments held the view that economic
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Perish the thought of reforms

Perish the thought of reforms

The official narrative presents four developments as government achievements- a reduced interest rate, a more controlled budget deficit, growing foreign exchange reserves and a lower and declining inflation rate However, none of these were outcomes of bet
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Addressing informality and inequality

Addressing informality and inequality

Globally, the informal (shadow) economy, and income inequality,are growing consistently - and significantly ('Informality' here, essentially, simply refers to allotherwise legal activity, but undertaken outside the official records for production and empl
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
BR Research: Intelligence you can bank on

BR Research: Intelligence you can bank on

Formed in July 2009, BR Research is the research wing of Pakistan's premier financial newspaper, the daily Business Recorder. In keeping with the newspaper's tradition of pioneering economic journalism in the country, BR Research is Pakistan's first and o
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Politics, economics and Business Recorder

Politics, economics and Business Recorder

It is generally argued that politics has a strong influence on the economy in any society. There is another popular argument; according to which, economics is the basis of politics but the latter has a clear precedence over everything else. However, there
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Why Business Recorder?

Why Business Recorder?

"You will have in your hands the first issue of the daily "Business Recorder". You will notice that it will not be just another newspaper of the type that you are used to seeing and reading. Although daily journalism is in an advanced stage of development
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Some glimpses of a 50-year odyssey

Some glimpses of a 50-year odyssey

Business Recorder commenced publication on 27th April 1965 as a four-page daily printed on flat bed. Today, by the grace of the Almighty, the solid foundation laid by its founding team and the dedication of its staff it is a 24-page daily newspaper
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Message from Sohail Kisat, CEO & President MCOM

Message from Sohail Kisat, CEO & President MCOM

MCOM a leading Advertising Agency of Pakistan wishes to felicitate Business Recorder on the auspicious occasion of its Golden Jubilee. As a proud and grateful media partner of Business Recorder, I, congratulate the management, the staff and all tho
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Shabir Ahmed, Chairman Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association

Shabir Ahmed, Chairman Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association

I am delighted to felicitate the country's only premier business and finance newspaper - Business Recorder is celebrating its "Golden Jubilee". After completion of 50 years of its publication. I would not hesitate to acknowledge that Business Re
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Sunday (April 26, 2015) and the forecast for Monday (April 27, 2015).

Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Your rupee last week

Your rupee last week

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (April 20 to 24 2015).

Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Retired employees' woes

Retired employees' woes

The government introduced new taxes for the employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and there is no discrimination between regular and retired employees. This is a sheer injustice, for retired employees cannot afford to bear the burden of these
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Survivors' tales from Everest avalanche horror

Survivors' tales from Everest avalanche horror

AFP Nepal bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly was at Everest base camp on Saturday when an avalanche cascaded down the mountain, flattening everything in its path.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Russia ponders raising retirement age in budget crunch

Russia ponders raising retirement age in budget crunch

Taking care of pensioners who are his bedrock of support has been a key feature of President Vladimir Putin's rule, but as crisis bites, the Russian government is mooting an idea that has been taboo for 80 years: raising the retirement age.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Is our rupee overvalued?

Is our rupee overvalued?

Economists and independent think tanks maintain that the rupee is overvalued by around 15 percent, while the sixth review report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) notes that the rupee is over valued to the tune of 10.6 percent since the programme b
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
FIA on notice

FIA on notice

At a meeting with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials on Thursday Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan regretted that no progress had been made regarding investigations into major corruption cases. Some of the cases mentioned at the meeting
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
South Asian Investment Fund

South Asian Investment Fund

A Business Recorder exclusive notes that three companies namely Three Gorges Corporation, International Finance Corporation (a World Bank arm) and Silk Route Fund would establish a dedicated fund titled South Asia Investment Fund (SAIF) which will
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
South Africa, Nigeria trade barbs over attacks on migrants

South Africa, Nigeria trade barbs over attacks on migrants

The South African government reacted angrily Sunday to Nigeria's decision to recall its ambassador from Pretoria over a wave of mob attacks on African migrants that killed at least seven people. "We are not sure which actions or behaviour of the South Afr
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Egypt hangs five for murder and theft

Egypt hangs five for murder and theft

Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said on Sunday. They were executed in a prison in the southern province of Assyut after the appeals process had been exhausted, a ministry statement said. No
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Egypt's trial of Morsi 'badly flawed': HR Watch

Egypt's trial of Morsi 'badly flawed': HR Watch

The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, deposed by the army and sentenced to 20 years in jail, was "badly flawed" and appears to have been politically motivated, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. A court on April 21 convicted Morsi and 12 o
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Turkmenistan's leader named 'People's Horse Breeder'

Turkmenistan's leader named 'People's Horse Breeder'

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov accepted a new honorific title, the "People's Horse Breeder", on Sunday at celebrations for the Day of the Horse in the isolated Central Asian country.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Pleas for mercy rain on Indonesia's president as executions near

Pleas for mercy rain on Indonesia's president as executions near

Relatives of several convicts on death row in Indonesia made emotional last-ditch appeals for mercy on Sunday, adding their voices to foreign governments and the head of the United Nations who called for the group of nine to be spared the firing squad.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Saudi military plane crash kills two

Saudi military plane crash kills two

Two Saudi Air Force pilots were killed on Sunday when their training aircraft crashed, the defence ministry announced. "A training aircraft from the King Faisal Air Academy has had an accident. The aircraft crashed, killing an instructor and a student pil
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Monument to South Africa's 'Hottentot Venus' vandalised

Monument to South Africa's 'Hottentot Venus' vandalised

Vandals in South Africa have vandalised a monument to Saartjie Baartman, Africa's "Hottentot Venus" who was paraded in 19th century Europe like a circus freak, police said Sunday. The incident in Hankey, in rural Eastern Cape province, is the latest in a
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
No military solution to boat migrant crisis: UN chief

No military solution to boat migrant crisis: UN chief

There is no military solution to migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said on Sunday, as European leaders search for ways to manage the flow of people leaving North Africa in rickety boats.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Turkey detains 350 migrants en route to Europe

Turkey detains 350 migrants en route to Europe

The Turkish coastguard has rounded up 350 mainly Syrian migrants in an operation against a ship planning to take them to Europe, the official Anatolia news agency said Sunday. Coastguard personnel overnight Saturday to Sunday raided the Mongolian-flagged
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
France's Strasbourg to keep EU capital status: Hollande

France's Strasbourg to keep EU capital status: Hollande

France would never allow Strasbourg to be stripped of its status as a European capital, President Francois Hollande said Sunday, despite the huge cost of shuttling EU politicians there from Brussels each month. "Never will France authorise any modificatio
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Clinton Foundation admits financial disclosure 'mistakes'

Clinton Foundation admits financial disclosure 'mistakes'

Officials at the philanthropy founded by Bill and Hillary Clinton admitted Sunday that the organisation has made financial disclosure "mistakes" and vowed to quickly correct the errors. The acknowledgement of the problems with the Clinton Foundation's fin
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Malaysia foils attacks in capital by suspected militants

Malaysia foils attacks in capital by suspected militants

Malaysian police have arrested 12 people linked to the militant group Islamic State and seized explosives, foiling a plan to attack several locations in and around the capital city. The male suspects, aged 17 to 41, were arrested on Saturday and Sunday fr
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Corrupt officials of Food department: SCA to file petition with NAB

Corrupt officials of Food department: SCA to file petition with NAB

Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has decided to file a petition with National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the officials of Food Department allegedly involved in selling gunny bags to traders illegally rather than growers and farmers in the province.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Bomb blast kills four in Sibi

Bomb blast kills four in Sibi

Three people were killed and 20 injured when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded Sunday in Sibi, officials said. Senior police official Ghulam Ali Baloch, who gave the casualty toll, said two of the injured are in critical condition.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Tufail urges government to reduce number of taxes & rates

Tufail urges government to reduce number of taxes & rates

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's (FPCCI) former vice president Zubair Tufail has urged the government to reduce existing number of taxes and their rates as the higher rates lead to tax evasion and corruption. Moreover, income gen
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
EU condemns murder of Sabeen Mahmud

EU condemns murder of Sabeen Mahmud

The European Union delegation to Pakistan on Sunday condemned the killing of the prominent human rights activist and director of 'The Second Floor,' Ms Sabeen Mahmud, in Karachi. "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Ms Mahmud." The EU delegati
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Pakistan sends relief goods, medical teams to Nepal

Pakistan sends relief goods, medical teams to Nepal

To provide relief to the earthquake victims in Nepal, Pakistan sent two C-130 aircraft carrying medical staff, relief goods and medicines on Sunday while another four C-130 aircrafts carrying 30 bedded hospital and other relief and rescue items will be di
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Sindh government urged to raise wages of workers

Sindh government urged to raise wages of workers

Leaders of farmers and workers have demanded the Sindh government to raise minimum wages of workers to Rs 25000 per month and ensure the implementation of the labour laws in spirit and letter. They were addressing a conference on "Sindh Farmers and Worker
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Kerber shocks Wozniacki in Stuttgart final

Kerber shocks Wozniacki in Stuttgart final

Germany's Angelique Kerber extended her winning streak to 11 matches with a three-sets win over Caroline Wozniacki to win the Stuttgart claycourt title on Sunday. Having knocked out three-time champion Maria Sharapova in the second round, Kerber recovered
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Schumacher Jnr claims maiden victory

Schumacher Jnr claims maiden victory

Mick Schumacher Jnr enhanced the famous name on Sunday by claiming victory in only his third Formula Four race on his debut weekend in the sport. The 16-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher posted a winning time of 30mins 59.920sec
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Chelsea's title bid on hold, Everton overpower United

Chelsea's title bid on hold, Everton overpower United

Chelsea will have to keep the champagne on ice for at least a week after their seemingly inevitable progress towards the Premier League title was checked by a goalless draw away to Arsenal on Sunday. Had they beaten their London rivals at the Emirates Sta
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Kipchoge executes perfect race to win London Marathon

Kipchoge executes perfect race to win London Marathon

Marathons are increasingly being decided by the smallest margins and Sunday's men's race in London was no different with Eliud Kipchoge seizing victory with a perfectly executed plan. Labelled the 'clash of the champions' by organisers, the race pitted ei
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
China's Lin Dan wins men's title at Asia Championships

China's Lin Dan wins men's title at Asia Championships

China's Lin Dan won the men's singles at the Badminton Asia Championships in China on Sunday, defending his title won last year in South Korea and adding another crown to an illustrious career. Lin, the No 2 seed, defeated compatriot Tian Houwei 21-19, 21
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
Gladbach win hands Bayern 25th German title

Gladbach win hands Bayern 25th German title

Bayern Munich were confirmed as German champions for the 25th time on Sunday as Wolfsburg's 1-0 defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach meant Pep Guardiola's Bavarians can no longer be caught. Gladbach's Germany striker Max Kruse sent the title to Munich as h
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
England win second Test

England win second Test

England ended a wait of two-and-a-half years and 10 matches for Test success away from home with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies in the second Test on Saturday. Set a modest target of 143 after the home side folded for 307 in their second innings j
Published 27 Apr, 2015 12:00am
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