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May 17, 2005 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1426 Afridi starts tour with hurricane century ST JOHN’S (Antigua), May 16: A flattering all-round performance from Shahid Afridi helped Pakistan to a commanding 248-run victory in their West Indies tour opener, a limited-overs practice match against Antigua... Woolmer expects stiff challenge ST JOHN’S, May 16: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer expects a stiff challenge from West Indies in their imminent series of three One-day Internationals and two Tests, despite the pasting the home... Imran Warsi guides Seniors to victory over Rest XI KARACHI, May 16: Promising penalty corner executioner Imran Warsi guided Pakistan seniors to a 3-0 victory over Rest XI in the second game of the three-match hockey series on Monday. Imran... Proteas complete whitewash in ODI series PORT-OF-SPAIN, May 16: Boeta Dippenaar struck a 41-ball half-century to lead South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over West Indies and a 5-0 One-day International series whitewash in Sunday’s final game.... PCB proposes venues LAHORE, May 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board has proposed to India Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi as venues for next year’s Test series. Similarly, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Faisalabad and Multan are selected... Top seed Aqeel works hard to beat Asim in final KARACHI, May 16: Top seed Aqeel Khan was extended by third seed Asim Shafiq, before coming through a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 winner, in the men’s singles final of the KC Summer... Mohammad Ali shines KARACHI, May 16: Mohammad Ali Naqvi produced a fine all-round show in Korangi Al-Fateh CC’s 50-run win over Pak Star CC in the KCCA Centenary Inter-club cricket tournament at the latter’s... Purdy lifts first US PGA crown IRVING (Texas), May 16: American Ted Purdy fired a flawless final round five-under 65 to claim a one stroke win over Sean O’Hair and his first US PGA Tour title at... Lewis looks set for Test debut LONDON, May 16: Pace bowler Jonathan Lewis looks set to make his Test debut against Bangladesh after Simon Jones suffered a recurrence to a back injury on Monday. Jones was able... Hard court tennis starts today KARACHI, May 16: Seeding for the Greener Pakistan National hard court tennis championship which begins on Tuesday at the Karachi Gymkhana, was finalised. Aqeel Khan and Asim Shafiq were seeded No.... Zia beats Rashid in opener KARACHI, May 16: The Toyota Camry Tennis Championship began on Monday evening under floodlights at the hard courts of the Karachi Gymkhana. Iqbal Umer, President of the Karachi Gymkhana performed the... Gymnastics title for Cardinal LAHORE, May 16: Cardinal School, Gulberg Lahore won the All-Punjab Inter-schools U-14 boys and girls gymnastics championship while Khalil Farooq and Mehar-un-Nisa were declared best gymnast in their repective category in... NSTCC to have new chief ISLAMABAD, May 16: The National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) in Karachi is to have a new head shortly, officials at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) said on Monday. Akhtar... Southampton relegated after 27 years in top flight LONDON, May 16: West Bromwich Albion made a slice of Premier League history as they survived and Southampton, Norwich City and Crystal Palace were relegated in a dramatic finale on Sunday.... Pakistan-India snooker KARACHI, May 16: The Lawrence Pakistan-India snooker challenge 2005 will be played in the city from June 9 to 11. This was disclosed by Ali Asghar Valika, President of the PBSF... Aggressive bounce back to win title KARACHI, May 16: Aggressive bounced back with 113 Victory Points (VPs) in the last two rounds to clinch the weekend Swiss bridge tournament at Aslam Bridge Hall on Sunday. Aggressive comprising... US financier Glazer takes full control of Manchester United LONDON, May 16: U.S. financier Malcolm Glazer seized full control of Manchester United on Monday, raising his stake in the British soccer club to just over 75 per cent as part... Engineer hired for Goal Project LAHORE, May 16: FIFA after being disappointed with the slow pace of the construction work at the Goal Project in Lahore has appointed an engineer to ensure completion without further delay.... Second seed Farrukh annexes trophy ABBOTTABAD, May 16: Second seed Farrukh Zaman lifted the glittering trophy of President PSF Cup squash after defeating Amir Atlas 3-2 in the final at the newly-constructed Jansher Squash Complex on... National weightlifting from May 27 LAHORE, May 16: The 53rd national weightlifting championships, a day and night event, will be held at the Railways Stadium on May 27 and 28. Competitions will be held in the... Proposal for Youth Games discussed ISLAMABAD, May 16: Minister of State M Ali Durrani and Brig Arif Mahmud Siddiqui, director general of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Monday discussed the proposed Youth Games and the National... PSB to launch BSc, MSc programmes ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) is set to launch graduate and postgraduate programmes in Physical Education shortly, says a press release. The programme is in collaboration with the... Women’s Islamic Games ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan will take part in 11 disciplines at the 4th Women’s Islamic Games in Tehran this September. Out of a total of 18 sports, the national athletes will... Amir Khan turns professional LONDON, May 16: Amir Khan’s manager announced the Briton was turning professional after the teenager avenged last year’s Olympic lightweight final defeat by beating Cuban veteran Mario Kindelan on Saturday. Khan,...

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