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• Tennis: Nishikori rises from the brink to reach Miami semis
• Tennis: Kuznetsova beats Bacsinszky to reach Miami final
• Sports: Jordan, Beckham are richest retirees in sport
• Golf: Hoffman seizes first-round Houston Open lead
• Cycling: Westra snatches Three Days of De Panne victory
• Offensive words against Altaf condemnable: MQM Rabita Committee
• Pak Sar Zameen Party opens office in Mirpur Khas, Kamal lambasts opponents
• Lahore: Police take 39 into custody during search operation
• Karachi: Gang war commander, accomplice killed in police encounter
• One in eight adults now obese: global survey
• Karachi: 3 terrorists among 12 arrested in Rangers, police operations
• Dhoni responds playfully to reporter's retirement question
• Punjab CM watches WT20 semi-final, congratulates West Indies
• Oil prices rise on weak dollar
• Dollar hits 5-month low vs euro

Tennis: Nishikori rises from the brink to reach Miami semis Posted: MIAMI (AFP) - Kei Nishikori saved five match points to advance into the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA Miami Open on Thursday, outlasting Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3).Japanese sixth seed Nishikori denied the 16th-seeded Frenchman four times in the 10th game of the final set and again in the 12th before taking the last three tie-breaker points to end a tension-packed thriller after two hours and 29 minutes.In my mind I thought, Play one good point at a time, Nishikori said. I kept my focus quite well.Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, will play Friday for a berth in Sundays final against the winner of a later match between Australian 24th seed Nick Kyrgios and Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic.Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays Belgian 15th seed David Goffin in the other semi-final.The womens semi-finals began with two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova beating Swiss 19th seed Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-3.The 30-year-old Russian, who captured the Miami crown a decade ago, will play for the title again Saturday against the winner of a later match between Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber of Germany and former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.Kuznetsova, who ousted top-ranked Serena Williams in the fourth round, has split eight career matches against Azarenka and owns a 4-3 edge on Kerber in their rivalry.Monfils has not reached a semi-final since last April at Monte Carlo but he made a spectacular run at it against Nishikori, firing 12 aces and racing across the court throughout the match.I wasnt expecting him to be that fast, Nishikori said.Monfils, 29, broke Nishikori, 26, with a backhand winner to level the final set and held serve to 5-4, then had three match points in the 10th game, only to fire errant backhands each time.Nishikori rescued a fourth match point in the game with a forehand winner to extend the drama and saved a fifth in the 12th game with a forehand volley winner, setting the stage for the tie-breaker.There was great intensity out there, Monfils said. At 3-4 I really raised my level. I started to be aggressive and go for it.I had the opportunity to close it out but Kei played strong. He fought well. In the breaker, he was just better than me.Trailing 4-3 in the tie-breaker, Monfils netted a forehand volley and sent another forehand long before Nishikori ended it with a forehand winner.Monfils hasnt beaten a top-10 foe since topping second-ranked Roger Federer last year in Monte Carlo.I feel Im in the right direction, said Monfils. I dont feel Im far from those guys.Nishikori, who beat Monfils in 2014 on Halle grass in their only prior meeting, won his fourth consecutive Memphis title in February for his 11th career ATP crown.Kuznetsova denied Bacsinszky on 12-of-14 break point chances, including three in the final game.I enjoyed the fight and Im happy Im still able to play against the best in the world, Kuznetsova said. I was praying to finish it in two sets so I would have a little more time to rest.Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open champion, seeks her 17th WTA title and by reaching her 38th career final ensured she will crack the $20 million career prize money mark this weekend.Ranked 19th, Kuznetsova would jump to 10th by taking the title. It would be her first time in the top 10 since May of 2010.She is the lowest-ranked Miami finalist since a 38th-rated Kim Clijsters in 2005.

Tennis: Kuznetsova beats Bacsinszky to reach Miami final Posted: MIAMI (AFP) - Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the final of the ATP and WTA Miami Open on Thursday by defeating Swiss 19th seed Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-3.The 30-year-old Russian, who captured the Miami crown a decade ago, denied Bacsinszky on 12-of-14 break point chances, including three in the final game.I enjoyed the fight and Im happy Im still able to play against the best in the world, Kuznetsova said. I was praying to finish it in two sets so I would have a little more time to rest.Kuznetsova will play for the title again Saturday against the winner of a later match between Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber of Germany and former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.Kuznetsova, who ousted top-ranked Serena Williams in the fourth round, has split eight career matches against Azarenka and owns a 4-3 edge on Kerber in their rivalry.The mens quarter-finals conclude later as well with Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori facing French 16th seed Gael Monfils and Australian 24th seed Nick Kyrgios meeting Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic.The winners will meet in a semi-final on Friday, when top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays Belgian 15th seed David Goffin in the other semi-final.Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open champion, won her 16th career WTA title in January at Sydney and by reaching her 38th career final ensured she will crack the $20 million career prize money mark this weekend.Ranked 19th, Kuznetsova would jump to 10th by capturing the title. It would be her first time in the top 10 since May of 2010.She is the lowest-ranked Miami finalist since a 38th-rated Kim Clijsters in 2005.Kuznetsova held after saving two break points in the 11th game, one with a service winner and the other on a backhand winner, and broke Bacsinszky on a forehand winner to take the first set in 64 minutes.After two early exchanges of breaks to open the second set, Kuznetsova broke Bacsinszky in the sixth game for a 4-2 edge and served for the match at 5-3.Kuznetsova denied Bacsinszky on three break points, two with service winners and the other on a forehand winner, and triumphed on her first match point with a backhand winner.I was trying to run as much as I could, Kuznetsova said. I can move well but I still need to attack and serve well and still finish the points.

Sports: Jordan, Beckham are richest retirees in sport Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - NBA legend Michael Jordan and English football superstar David Beckham are the worlds richest retired sports stars, according to a Forbes magazine study.Jordan, a six-time NBA champion in the 1990s with the Chicago Bulls who now owns the leagues Charlotte Hornets, made $110 million (96.5 million euros) last year to top the magazines list. He retired in 2003.With his Nike brand still a top money-spinner and endorsement deals, Jordan, 53, is worth $1.1 billion and will make at least $30 million more than any other athlete in the world this year, active or retired, the magazine estimated.Beckham, leading an investment group in the early stages of launching a Major League Soccer expansion team in Miami, ranked second at $65 million. Major endorsement deals in Britain and China helped boost the 40-year-olds position.Golf legend Arnold Palmer, 86, ranked third at $40 million. His Bay Hill resort hosts a PGA Tour event and his iced tea-lemonade drink is a top-selling US brand.Topping the womens charts in 14th was Chinas tennis star Li Na, 34, at $14 million. She retired two years ago but remains an iconic endorsement figure in her homeland. She won the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open titles.Junior Bridgeman, who played mainly as a reserve for 12 years in the NBA before retiring in 1987, was fourth at $32 million, thanks to a owning a diverse lineup of restaurant franchises, with 1950s National Football League player Jerry Richardson, owner of a restaurant chain and the NFL Carolina Panthers, fifth on $30 million.Jack Nicklaus, who won a record 18 major golf titles, was sixth on $26 million, largely due to his course design business.He was followed by former NBA big man Shaquille ONeal on $22 million, former race car driver turned car dealer and team owner Roger Penske on $20 million, South African golf legend Gary Player on $19 million and NBA legend Magic Johnson at $18 million.Among other top international athletes was Australian golfer Greg Norman, 12th overall at $15 million thanks to course design and the sale of a sports management business, and Brazilian football icon Pele on $14 million.

Golf: Hoffman seizes first-round Houston Open lead Posted: LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Charley Hoffman fired nine birdies in an eight-under par 64 on Thursday to grab a one-shot lead after the first round of the Houston Open over a quartet of players that included Dustin Johnson.Hoffmans 64 was one stroke shy of the Tournament Course record at the Golf Club of Houston held by five players.He opened with a birdie at the 10th, and added birdies at 13 and 14 -- adding a burst of four straight birdies from the first through fourth holes.Hit it great, said Hoffman, who won the most recent of his three PGA Tour titles in 2014. Hit a lot of fairways, hit a ton of greens, gave myself a bunch of chances and luckily enough a few went in today.Johnson, a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, powered into contention with a 10-footer for eagle at his penultimate hole, the par-five eighth and a birdie at the last, where he holed a long one from the fringe.Johnson was tied for second with fellow Americans Roberto Castro, Scott Brown and Morgan Hoffmann.Another four Americans were tied on 66: Johnson Wagner, Justin Hicks, Chez Reavie and Scott Pinckney.Overall, it was a great day, Johnson said after a round that included seven birdies total.I made just two bogeys and one of them was a mud ball on five.Then I had a penalty shot on the par-five 13th. Other than that, I felt like I played really solid today and holed some nice putts, he said.World number two Jordan Spieth, trying to build momentum heading into his Masters title defence next week, carded a 67 that left him tied for 10th.Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson opened with a 69.Defending champion JB Holmes, who won last year in a playoff with Spieth and Wagner, withdrew from the tournament on Wednesday with a shoulder injury. He was replaced in Thursdays group with Spieth and Patrick Reed by Luke List, who carded a 68.

Cycling: Westra snatches Three Days of De Panne victory Posted: DE PANNE (AFP) - Dutchman Lieuwe Westra won the Three Days of De Panne on Thursday, beating defending champion Alexander Kristoff by 13 seconds overall.Westra finished fourth in the concluding time trial, after Marcel Kittel had taken the victory in the 111km first part of stage three earlier in the day by beating Kristoff and Phil Bauhaus in a sprint.In the second part of the final day, Pole Maciej Bodnar edged out Tony Martin to win the 14.2km time-trial in De Panne.Katusha man Kristoff went into the final stage seven seconds clear of Alexey Lutsenko and 12 ahead of Westra, but Astanas Westra did enough to overhaul the Norwegian, who finished down in eighth.Kazakh Lutsenko had to settle for seventh in the time-trial and third overall, 16 seconds adrift of champion Westra.It was stressful until the end, I did not want to finish second again, said 33-year-old Westra, who finished as runner-up in 2011 and 2012.My legs felt good and I set a good time. Not good enough for a double win, but I am already very happy with the final victory.Some people are a bit choosy about this time-trial, but not me. Im just pleased to have written my name into the history of the race.

Offensive words against Altaf condemnable: MQM Rabita Committee Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Rabita Committee Thursday responded, by issuing a statement, against the severe criticism hurled at their party chief Altaf Hussain by Pak Sar Zameen Party (PSP) leader Mustafa Kamal. The Rabita Committee stated that the use of offensive words against Hussain was highly condemnable.According to the statement, the Committee said that people with an unprincipled conscience were hurling abuses at Hussain. The statement added that every group has the right to express their opinion, but hurling abuses and issuing inflammatory statements against someone was against the democratic and ethical values.The statement further said that the government should take notice of these provocative statements and should conduct action against these elements.

Pak Sar Zameen Party opens office in Mirpur Khas, Kamal lambasts opponents Posted: MIRPUR KHAS (Dunya News) – Pak Sar Zameen Party (PSP) opened its office in Mirpur Khas Thursday. Addressing the gathered workers at the inaugural ceremony, former Mayor Karachi and leader of PSP, Mustafa Kamal, once again lambasted his opponents. He stated that the party will replace the stones in the hands of those who pelted them in Mirpur Khas and Tando Allahyar with pens.Addressing the workers in Muhajir Colony, Kamal severely criticized MQM chief Altaf Hussain, without naming him. He congratulated the workers who faced the stones hurled at them by their opponents and advised his workers of not taking vengeance. He added that those hurling stones will be welcomed the next time.Former MQM member Anees Qaimkhani also addressed the workers. The party leaders were earlier given a grand welcome on their arrival.Tension ran high earlier as MQM and Kamal’s Pak Sar Zameen Party (PSP) workers clashed with one another in the areas of Mirpur Khas and Tando Allahyar. MQM’s enraged group pelted the vehicles of Kamal’s cavalcade with stones, shattering the windows of many.According to the details, Confrontation occurred between the MQM and PSP group. Both groups chanted slogans against one another. The war of words then escalated into a brawl.A contingent of police arrived and provided a safe passage to Kamal’s cavalcade towards the rally point.

Lahore: Police take 39 into custody during search operation Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – Police late Thursday night took 39 tenants into custody during a search operation in several places of factory area of Lahore. A case was registered against 12 of the individuals for violation of the Punjab Tenancy Act.According to the police, these people living on rent in the houses but their identification documents had not been submitted in the concerned police station due to which they have been taken into custody.Further interrogation from individuals taken into custody is being conducted.

Karachi: Gang war commander, accomplice killed in police encounter Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Police conducted a search operation in Mochko Mawach Goth area on Thursday on a tip-off that terrorists were present in the area and shot dead two gang war accused after an encounter, Dunya News reported.According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) City Fida Hussain, the terrorists opened fire at the search party which was retaliated as a result two accused, including gang war commander Shakeel, were killed. The killed gang war accused belonged to Baba Ladla group. Police sources said that both the dead accused were involved in several cases of target killings, extortion and hand grenade attacks.On the other hand, police conducted a raid on a popular Shisha Café in Clifton area and arrested two persons.

One in eight adults now obese: global survey Posted: PARIS (AFP) - Over one in eight adults are now obese -- a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to one in five by 2025, a major survey reported Friday.Of about five billion adults alive in 2014, 641 million were obese, the data showed -- and projected the number will balloon past 1.1 billion in just nine years.The research warned of a looming crisis of severe obesity and disease brought on by high-fat, high-sugar diets causing blood pressure and cholesterol to rise.There will be health consequences of magnitudes that we do not know, author Majid Ezzati of Imperial College London told AFP.The survey, published in The Lancet medical journal, claimed to be the most comprehensive of its kind conducted to date.People are divided into healthy or unhealthy weight categories based on a universally-adopted measure dubbed Body Mass Index (BMI) -- a ratio of weight-to-height squared.A healthy BMI ranges from 18.5 to 24.9. One is considered underweight below 18.5, overweight from 25 up, and obese from 30 -- when the risk of diabetes, stroke, heart disease and some cancers escalates massively.With a BMI of 35 one is categorised as severely obese, and from 40 upward as morbidly so.Among men globally, obesity tripled from 3.2 percent of the population in 1975 to 10.8 percent in 2014 (some 266 million), and among women from 6.4 percent to 14.9 percent (375 million), said the survey -- 12.9 percent combined.This was equivalent to the average adult, 18 and older, being 1.5 kilos (3.3 pounds) heavier every decade.If the rate of obesity continues at this pace, by 2025 roughly a fifth of men (18 percent) and women (21 percent) will be obese, according to a statement by The Lancet.More than six percent of men and nine percent of women will be severely obese.The ratio of underweight people in the world declined at a slower rate than obesity grew, said the authors -- from about 13.8 percent in 1975 to 8.8 percent for men, and 14.6 percent to 9.7 percent for women.Over the past 40 years, we have changed from a world in which underweight prevalence was more than double that of obesity, to one in which more people are obese than underweight, said Ezzati.At current rates, more women will be severely obese (a BMI of 35 or more) than underweight by 2025, and the world will miss its stated target of halting obesity at 2010 levels.In 2014, the worlds fattest people lived in the island nations of Polynesia and Micronesia, where 38 percent of men and more than half of women were obese, said the study.Nearly a fifth of the worlds obese adults (118 million) lived in six high-income countries -- the United States, Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.The US was home to one in four severely obese men and almost one in five severely obese women in the world.At the other extreme, the paper said, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia and Eritrea had the lowest BMI numbers in the world, with averages as low as 20.1More than a fifth of men in India, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and a quarter of women in Bangladesh and India, were underweight.The global focus on the obesity epidemic has largely overshadowed the persistence of underweight in some countries, the research paper said.To address this problem will require social and food policies that enhance food security in poor households, but also avoid overconsumption of processed carbohydrates and other unhealthy foods.Like being underweight, severe and morbid obesity has many health risks.We can deal with some of these, like higher cholesterol or blood pressure, through medicines, said Ezzati.But for many others, including diabetes, we dont have effective treatment.The paper says stomach-shrinking bariatric surgery may become the most effective intervention for weight loss and disease prevention as waistlines continue expanding.The data was compiled from 1,698 studies involving 19.2 million adults from 186 countries which are home to 99 percent of the worlds population.Unlike earlier research, studies were only included if the participants height and weight had been measured -- not self-reported.The data did not include statistics on children and teenagers.

Karachi: 3 terrorists among 12 arrested in Rangers, police operations Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Crackdown against criminal elements continued in Karachi as Rangers and Police detained 12 accused, including three terrorists, during operations in different parts of Karachi on Thursday.According to details, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) police conducted an operation near Machar Colony Railway Crossing and detained three accused. One repeater and two pistols were recovered from the arrested persons. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) SIU, Farooq Awan, informed media that the arrested persons were involved in several cases of robberies and other street crimes.Police also conducted an operation in Shah Faisal Colony and arrested an accused who was robbing the residents.On the other hand, Rangers conducted operations in Manghu Pir and Landhi areas and arrested three terrorists. Rangers also conducted operations in other localities and arrested five accused. A Rangers spokesman said that target killers and extortionists were among the arrested persons.

Dhoni responds playfully to reporter's retirement question Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – After a defeat by West Indies in a suspenseful and fiercely contested World T-20 match, Indian Captain MS Dhoni was seen in a light mood during a press conference after the match.The conference turned interesting when a foreign reporter asked the Indian skipper about his retirement. The Captain’s response left everyone in fits of laughter.He invited the reporter on to the stage, seated him right by his side, flung his arm friendlily over the media personnel’s shoulder and staring at him, asked “Do you want me to retire?” The reporter responded with a no. Dhoni again questioned him saying “Do you think I’m unfit”, to which the reporter again answered no.Finally, Dhoni questioned him “Do you think I can survive up until the 2019 World Cup”, the reporter responded in the affirmative. To this, Dhoni stated “Then you have answered the question”.Upon this, the room erupted with laughter.WATCH VIDEO BELOW:

Punjab CM watches WT20 semi-final, congratulates West Indies Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – There is no shortage of passionate cricket fans all across Pakistan, be it the common man or the Prime Minister (PM) of the country. Punjab’s very own Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Shareef is an avid follower of the game, as he was seen enjoying the World T-20 India Vs West Indies semi-final Thursday from the comfort of his home’s lounge. He congratulated West Indies over its stunning victory over India.Sharif remained active on social media websites, uploading pictures and expressing his views on the game.Congratz WI ... what a match pic.twitter.com/qCFDduB3A6— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) March 31, 2016 West Indies managed to secure a place in the grand World T-20 finale against England by beating India in a match that proved to be one of the finest of the tournament.

Oil prices rise on weak dollar Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices edged higher for the second day in a row Thursday on dollar weakness in the aftermath of Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellens dovish signals this week.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in May added two cents at $38.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Brent North Sea crude for May delivery, the global benchmark, rose to $39.60 a barrel in London, up 34 cents from Wednesdays settlement.Prices swung back and forth into losses and gains before settling slightly higher.The rise in prices is mostly a function of the lower dollar. The dollar is down strongly today and was at a five-month low at one point, so crude oil came back, rallied into the green, said Bob Yawger of Mizuho Securities USA.A weaker greenback typically bolsters the appeal of the dollar-priced commodity for buyers using stronger currencies. The dollar has slumped since Yellen sounded a cautious tone Tuesday on raising US interest rates, given the global economic slowdown.Analysts said the market remained focused on the global oversupply of crude, which is keeping a lid on prices. The United States reported Wednesday that commercial crude inventories had climbed last week to another record high, underscoring the glut.Yawger pointed to reports that OPEC had boosted production in March, even as the 13-nation cartel plans to meet with non-OPEC producers next month to discuss a potential output freeze to stabilize the market. Oil prices are down more than 60 percent from mid-2014.That flies in the face of the April 17 meeting so that was a bearish development and helped to the downside, he said.Tim Evans of Citi Futures highlighted that early estimates of March OPEC production suggested a net increase of 100,000 barrels per day.

Dollar hits 5-month low vs euro Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - The dollar sank to a five-month low against the euro Thursday, suffering from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellens comments suggesting the global slowdown would delay a US interest rate increase.Traders were bracing for Fridays US jobs report to see if one of the economys strongest points, the labor market, is showing cracks.Kathy Lien of BK Asset Management said the dollar had clawed back some ground toward the end of the day, possibly a sign investors were hoping a strong jobs report would boost the US currency.The Labor Department reported initial US jobless claims rose by 11,000 last week, more than analysts expected, but still in a historically low trend.The dollar sank to $1.1412 per euro, its lowest level in five and a half months, before paring back the loss to $1.1377 per euro by sessions end. Non-farm payrolls is only important when it can be a game changer for Federal Reserve policy but Janet Yellen made it very clear that they have no intention of raising interest rates in April and unless theres significant improvements at home and abroad, rates will remain steady in June as well, Lien said.

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