| 30 April 2005 | Saturday | 20 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426 |
Honours even as Aisam, Yen win opening singles
 LAHORE, April 29: Aisamul Haq notched up a convincing straight set victory over Taiwan’s Wang Yeu Tzuou before his fellow countryman Aqeel Khan went down fighting against Lu Yen Hsun in...
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PCB constitutes probe body
LAHORE, April 29: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formed a three-member committee to probe the ‘ugly act’ of Shoaib Malik who deliberately conceded a match of Twenty20 Cup on Thursday...
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Smith, de Villiers give West Indies more headache
ST JOHN’S (Antigua), April 29: South Africa got off to a flying start and reached 114 without loss at lunch on the opening day of the fourth and final Test against...
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CDFAK flays PFF for ignoring Karachi as venue
KARACHI, April 29: City District Football Association Karachi (CDFAK) on Friday lashed out at Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) for ignoring Karachi from the venue list for three-match Pakistan-India soccer series, saying...
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Top-order helps Indians claim opener
PESHAWAR, April 29: Excellent batting by top order of New Delhi Cricket Association (NDCA)’s President XI helped the team to 32-run victory over Accountant General (AG) XI in the opening match...
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Eagles down Dolphins in tri-series match
 LAHORE, April 29: A sparkling batting display by opener Salman Butt and fine bowling by medium-pacer Fahad Masood helped Lahore Eagles score a four-wicket win against Karachi Dolphins in the opening...
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Haas surges into semifinals
MUNICH (Germany), April 29: German fourth seed Tommy Haas surged into the semifinals of the 323,250 euro (419,754 dollar) BMW Open with a 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) win over Australian veteran...
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Pindi Rams crash out without a fight
LAHORE, April 29: The Shoaib Akhtar-led Rawalpindi Rams suffered a humiliating eight-wicket defeat against a rampaging Faisalabad Wolves in the last league fixture of the Twenty20 Cup at the Qadhafi Stadium...
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Asif inspires Wolves to victory
LAHORE, April 29: A breezy 40-ball 57 by Asif Hussain enabled Faisalabad Wolves (FWs) to ease to an easy five-wicket victory against Lahore Eagles in the second match of the triangular...
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Hick moves past WG Grace
LONDON, April 29: Former England batsman Graeme Hick scored his 127th first-class hundred on Thursday to move above WG Grace into 10th place on the all-time list of century makers. The...
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World TT starts today
SHANGHAI, April 29: China, the hosts and dominant force in table tennis, are favourites to sweep the board at the world championships starting on Saturday after winning three of the four...
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Els cards 8 birdies to take charge
 SHANGHAI, April 29: World number three Ernie Els fired a sizzling 10-under-par 62 to open a four-stroke lead after the second round of the Asian Open on Friday. The South African...
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National tennis from May 3
KARACHI, April 29: The Pakistan Seniors Tennis Association along with the Karachi Gymkhana will be organising the first Bilal Brothers National Seniors tennis championship from Tuesday May 3 to Sunday May...
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Referee Hoyzer banned for life
FRANKFURT, April 29: The German Football Association (DFB) banned referee Robert Hoyzer for life on Friday for his central role in the country’s biggest match-rigging scandal in over 30 years. Hoyzer...
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Aqeel sparkles
KARACHI, April 29: Mohammad Aqeel narrowly missed a century by four runs, but his superb knock helped Taimuria Sports defeat Fazlaur Rahman Sports by 28 runs in the KCCA Centenary Inter-club...
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Vaqas in lead on first day
LAHORE, April 29: Vaqas Ahmed fired a fine card of four- under-par-68 to emerge as the first day’s leader of the 28th Punjab amateur golf championships at the Lahore Gymkhana course...
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Khalid Atlas crashes out
KARACHI, April 29: Pakistani youngster Khalid Atlas Khan fell in the quarterfinals of the Mega Italia Open squash championship to Italian top-seed Davide Bianchetti in Brescia, Italy on Thursday. Bianchetti outclassed...
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Netball team returns
KARACHI, April 29: The national netball team returned home on Friday from India after levelling the series 2-2, the fifth match of which was called off by the president of Indian...
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Pinilla boosts Sporting cup hopes
 LONDON, April 29: Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla boosted Sporting’s hopes of playing in the UEFA Cup final in their own Alvalade stadium with a scorching winner in their semifinal first leg...
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Ebdon seizes early semi’s initiative
SHEFFIELD, April 29: Former champion Peter Ebdon seized the early initiative in the opening world championship semifinal on Thursday as he took 6-2 lead over Shaun Murphy at the end of...
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