Bazid’s sparkling and unbeaten 90 sinks England
By Muhammad Ali
LAHORE: Test discard Bazid Khan played a sparkling and an unbeaten innings of 90 as Pakistan A scored a thrilling one-wicket victory over England in a one-day game at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground here on Wednesday. It was England’s second loss at the picturesque venue where... 
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Symonds’ 156 leads Australia to thrilling two-run victory
WELLINGTON: Andrew Symonds blasted the third highest one-day international score in history with a brilliant 156 to lead Australia to a thrilling two-run victory over New Zealand Wednesday, securing the Chappell-Hadlee series with a game to spare. Australia recovered from a shaky start to post an imposing...
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India coach makes peace with Ganguly
CHENNAI (India): India’s cricket coach Greg Chappell on Wednesday drew the curtain on the unsavoury row with Sourav Ganguly, saying the spat was history. “We have moved on. The drama that surrounded the episode was much greater than actually was the case,” Chappell said in an interview after the drawn...
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South Africa thrashed in tour opener
PERTH (Australia): South Africa crashed to an innings defeat in their opening tour match against Western Australia on Wednesday after losing eight wickets for 139 runs on the third and final day.
The tourists had been forced to follow-on after making just 179 in their first innings in reply...
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India-Pakistan take on World XI in hockey fundraiser
CHENNAI (India): Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will pit a combined team against a World XI in a field hockey match on Thursday to raise funds for victims of the South Asia earthquake in October.
The benefit match will be played at the Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium two days before the elite six-nation...
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Penpics of Pakistan hockey team for Champions Trophy
Muhammad Saqlain (captain- center half)
Age: 27
Birth place: Lahore
International debut: 1998
Total matches: 200
Goals: 32
Major tournaments: World Cup – 2002, Champions Trophy (6)
Department: ABL
Dilawar Hussain
(left half)
Age: 26
Birth place: Shakargarh.
International...
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20th World Men’s Team Squash Championship begins today
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: World’s top squash players, barring world number four David Palmer of Australia, have reached Islamabad as the stage is set for the 20th World Men’s Team Championship which is starting at Mushaf Squash Complex here on Thursday (today).
The Pakistan Squash...
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Maldives crush Afghanistan 9-1: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by solitary goal as SAFF Championship begins
By Mirza Iqbal Baig
KARACHI: Pakistan started their campaign in style when they defeated Sri Lanka by a solitary goal on the opening day of the 6th South Asian Football Federation (SAAF) Championship at the People’s Sports Complex here on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, Maldives crushed...
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National Volleyball Championship: Indian Punjab shock Army to qualify for semi-finals
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Indian Punjab displayed quality game to shock fancied Pakistan Army 3-1 in the quarter-final of the 41st National Volleyball Championship at the Liaquat Gymnasium here on Wednesday. With the victory, the visitors qualified for the last-four stage. Army, Police and...
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Captaincy woes for Asian teams
MADRAS (India): India and Pakistan, the two Asian teams competing in field hockey’s Champions Trophy, are confronted with captaincy woes ahead of the December 10-18 tournament. India skipper Dilip Tirkey is sidelined from the tournament following a viral infection, while Pakistan captain Mohammad Saqlain...
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South, North Korea fail to agree on team make-up
SEOUL: Sports officials of South and North Korea meeting on Wednesday in Kaesong, just north of the border, failed to agree on the make-up of a joint team for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
The two Koreas agreed on Nov. 1 to compete as a single team. Sports officials...
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Tokuyama to defend title against Navarro
TOKYO: WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama of Japan will defend his title against American Jose Navarro in February, his gym said on Wednesday.
In his first defense of the title he reclaimed in July, Tokuyama will meet Navarro at Osaka Central Gymnasium on February 27. Tokuyama, a...
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Snooker: China’s Ding sets up White clash
YORK (England): China’s teenage snooker sensation Ding Junhui will face veteran cueman Jimmy White in the second round of the UK Championship after a crushing 9-3 win over England’s Anthony Hamilton here on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old Ding finished his first round tie with a break of 95 - his seventh...
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Wales refuses to join British team at 2012 Games
CARDIFF: Wales has joined Scotland in refusing to join a unified British soccer teams at the 2012 London Olympics.
The Football Association of Wales council voted against joining England and Northern Ireland for British men’s and women’s Olympic teams. FAW secretary general David Collins said...
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Fight for Volvo Masters of Asia could also decide Asian Order of Merit lead
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee hopes to recapture the Volvo Masters of Asia trophy from defending champion Jyoti Randhawa of India when the pair join the Asian Tour’s top golfers Thursday in the season-ending tournament.
Thongchai and Randhawa, number 2 and 3 respectively on the Asian...
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Sorenstam relishing captaincy of Lexus team
SINGAPORE: World number one Annika Sorenstam is relishing the challenge of spearheading a star-studded international team against an Asian line-up in the inaugural Lexus Cup here, and confident of winning.
The first-of-its-kind ladies match-play event, billed as the region’s equivalent of the...
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Beckham tops British player rich list
LONDON: David Beckham has topped a list of Britain’s richest soccer players, while wise investments put Dennis Bergkamp and Robbie Fowler in the top four. Beckham, the England captain and Real Madrid midfielder, is worth £75 million ($130 million), according to a survey published Wednesday by FourFourTwo...
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Olympic flame arrives in Italy ahead of Turin Games
ROME: The Olympic flame arrived in Italy on Wednesday, little more than two months before the opening of the Winter Games in Turin.
The flame arrived from Athens at Rome’s Ciampino airport aboard an Italian military plane at 10:41 am local time (0941 GMT). Turin organising committee chief Valentino...
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Traffic adds challenge to Winter Games
SESTRIERE (Italy): If you dream about watching Olympic skiers race down the slopes in this Alpine resort and also want to see figure skaters swirl across the ice in Turin, you face a tough challenge. On paper, the distance of some 100 km between the two venues for the 2006 Winter Olympics seems a short...
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Kenyan athletes to quit France over housing conditions
STRASBOURG (France): Fifteen Kenyan athletes who were housed by their French manager in conditions a court described as “contrary to human dignity” are to return home, an official said on Tuesday.
The manager, Jean Conrath, will appear before a court in February for “housing people in conditions...
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Audley predicts seventh-round KO of Williams in Battle of Britain
HOBOKEN (New Jersey): Unbeaten Audley Harrison predicted a seventh-round knockout of rival Danny Williams on Saturday in a heavyweight boxing “Battle of Britain” in London.
“Bet on me, but not in 11, ‘cause Danny Williams will fall in seven,” said Harrison as he completed the final days of workouts...
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Golf: Allenby chasing ‘triple crown’
MELBOURNE: Robert Allenby is riding the crest of a wave that he hopes will help him complete Australian golf’s “triple crown” this weekend. Allenby has already won the Australian Open and Australian PGA titles in the past month and is the favourite for the Australian Masters, starting at Huntingdale...
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Williams sisters deny agreeing to ‘Battle of Sexes’ match
WEST PALM BEACH (Florida): Tennis champion Serena Williams testified Tuesday that she never agreed to play against male counterparts in a “Battle of the Sexes” match and never authorised her father to make the deal for her.
Serena and Venus Williams and their father, Richard Williams, are being...
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We must be more professional, says AFC president
SINGAPORE: When Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohammed bin Hamman talks about developing the game in the world’s most populous continent, the word he keeps coming back to is professionalism.
This, he feels, is what is missing from the sport in many parts of the region, and what...
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Millions of reasons why golf stars visit Asia
HONG KONG: Asia has become a happy hunting ground for many golf stars who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars - and in one case, millions - just to turn up.
While officials refuse to discuss figures, Colin Montgomerie reportedly pocketed $280,000 in fees at last week’s UBS Hong Kong Open...
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