Former Pak hockey players, Olympians launch ‘save hockey’ campaign
Karachi, Mar 15(ANI): Over 90 former Pakistan Olympians and internationals hockey players have launched a ‘save hockey’ campaign following the Pakistan team’s dismal performance in the World Cup in New Delhi.
“We cannot allow our national game to fall to such depths. We have had bad performances in the past, but never like this. There was [...]
Money can’t buy you a good team, says Arsenal striker Van Persie
London, Sep 12 (ANI): Taking a swipe on Manchester City’s big spending this season, Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie has said that money can’t buy you a team.
Arsenal visits Eastlands today and hitman Van Persie reckons huge price tags turn players into individuals under pressure and harms team spirit. [...]
Wenger hails team spirit after routing Everton 6-1
London, Aug 18 (ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hailed Arsenal’s special team spirit after routing Everton 6-1 in Saturday’s Premier League opener.
The score proved Wenger’s decision to sell striker Emmanuel Adebayor and centre-back Kolo Toure to Manchester City as a right one.
There were some differences as, Adebayor was at war with fellow striker [...]
Cricket’s leading Test wicket taker Swann has forgotten how to smile
London, July 4 (ANI): England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who has emerged as the leading Test wicket-taker in the world in 2009 with 26 victims, says that he has learnt from his errors, but has lost the ability to smile along the way.
In an interview with The Sun, Swann said he was looking forward to his [...]
Business consultant gets better performance out of naked office staff
London, Jul 2 (ANI): A business consultant, who was called in to help an ailing design and marketing company pull itself together, has managed to get the staff to perform better after he asked them to work naked.
David Taylor, a self-styled business psychologist, was enlisted by company [...]
Alam attributes Pak’s ICC T20 title win to unity, team spirit
Lahore, June 24 (ANI): Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has attributed his team’s title win in the ICC Twenty20 World Championship to team spirit and unity.
Talking to media persons just after returning from England, Alam praised all the players for their fine show throughout the tournament, and said that the win would help change the [...]
Pak will rely heavily on captain Younus Khan in UAE series: Alam
Karachi, Apr.13 (ANI): Pakistan cricket team coach Intikhab Alam is banking upon captain Younus Khan to succeed against Australia in the forthcoming UAE series.
“For me, Younus will be our key man. He is such a positive man, a true leader who has injected a much-needed team spirit among the boys,” Alam said referring to [...]
Poor team spirit ‘raises risk of depression’ among employees
London, Apr 9 (ANI): Difficult co-workers and awful working atmosphere leads to poor team spirit, which, in turn, increases the risk of developing depression by more than half, according to a Finnish study.
The study revealed that employees working in such atmosphere were 60 per cent [...]
Shearer’s law prevails at Newcastle FC
London, Apr.3 (ANI): Former England international Alan Shearer has laid down the law at Newcastle.
Shearer has hit his players with a series of strict rules.
According to The Sun, he has banned all nights out on the Toon after games, told his squad they must stay behind after training and eat lunch together as [...]
England’s humiliating capitulation sees Windies go 2-1 up in ODI series
London, Mar 28 (ANI): Captain Chris Gayle’s blistering 80 led West Indies to a thumping eight-wicket victory over England, who had earlier only mustered up a meagre 117 in 41.3 overs in a rain-affected third one-dayer in Barbados.
It was the second worst day of England’s tour of West Indies. Only being rolled over for 51 [...]
India a better team than us: Jayawardene
Karachi, Feb.16 (ANI): Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawerdene has described the Indian cricket team better than his because of its team spirit and cohesiveness.
“India won the ODI series because it was a better team. For the last couple of years, India has improved a lot and is playing well. They played [...]



