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June 17, 2005 Friday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1426 Substitute Hakkim goal stuns Pakistan PESHAWAR, June 16: India beat Pakistan 1-0 on Thursday under lights to secure at least a share of the spoils in the arch-rivals’ first ever football series. Substitute Abdul Hakkim was on target after 66 minutes... Senators give notice for privilege motion against PCB chief ISLAMABAD, June 16: Following Wednesday’s walkout from the Senate Standing Committee on Sports, three senators led by Muhammad Enver Baig have given notice of their intention.... Trescothick stars as England maul BD LONDON, June 16: Marcus Trescothick marked his 100th One-day International by scoring 100 not out as England thrashed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the opening NatWest Series triangular match... Afridi voted third most destructive batsman LONDON, June 16: Adam Gilchrist has been voted the most destructive and intimidating batsman in One-day International cricket. A poll of leading bowlers — carried out by The Wisden Cricketer magazine... Pakistan 5th in ODI rankings LONDON, June 16: Australia go into NatWest Series against England and Bangladesh with highest ever rating in ICC One-day International Championship... India must get back to basics: Greg Chappell BANGALORE (India), June 16: New India coach Greg Chappell has urged his players to focus on their basic skills and work harder towards the team’s cause... Lee may miss opening one-dayers LONDON, June 16: Fast bowler Brett Lee is “very unlikely” to play for Australia against either Bangladesh or England this weekend — regardless of the results of Thursday’s scan ... Zinha-inspired Mexico overcome stubborn Japan HANNOVER (Germany), June 16: Mexico stretched their unbeaten run to 19 matches with a 2-1 win over Zico’s Japan in the Confederations Cup on Thursday.. Italian Cup for Inter MILAN, June 16: Inter Milan ended a 16-year wait for a domestic honour on Wednesday when they lifted the Italian Cup, beating 10-man AS Roma 1-0 in the second leg of of the final to secure a 3-0 aggregate win... PTA dominates opening day’s proceedings LAHORE, June 16: Ten players of the Punjab Tennis Academy (PTA) won their matches in the India-Pakistan Punjab Friendship tennis tournament on the opening day at the Bagh-i-Jinnah on Thursday... Teenager dumps Paradorn NOTTINGHAM (England), June 16: Paradorn Srichaphan’s defence of his Nottingham Open title came to an abrupt end at the hands of French teenager Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals.... Entries close today KARACHI, June 16: The Karachi Club tennis championship will go into action at KC courts with main rounds starting from Monday. The entry for the richest-ever tennis competition of the country... Sindh to host National Games KARACHI, June 16: Sindh will play host to the 30th National Games at Karachi in July next year. The tentative period of staging the biennial games was finalized at a meeting... Pakistan name 11-man team Karachi, June 16: Hosts Pakistan on Thursday named a 11-member strong squad for the First Asian Junior Boxing Championship, which will commence of June 20, 2005 at the KPT Sports Complex.... Aziz to lead Punjab LAHORE, June 16: Abdul Aziz will lead a 19-member Punjab team in the national swimming championships to be held at Islamabad from June 27 to 29. The team was selected after... Wapda triumph LAHORE, June 16: Wapda beat Railways 61-31 in the only match played in the Chaudhary Zahoor Elahi memorial floodlit kabbadi tournament on Wednesday. The winners led the first half 32-19.... Women squash KARACHI, June 16: Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) on Thursday announced that the 2005 National women’s Squash Championship will now be held in Bhurban from June 27. According to a PSF press... Basketball team LAHORE, June 16: Punjab Sports Department has announced a 12-member team to take part in the Inter-provincial U-17 basketball championship to be played at Abbottabad from June 18 to 20.... Lillee to train Pakistani pacemen CHENNAI, June 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that three Test bowlers besides another speedster would be joining for training under former Australian speedster Dennis Lillee at India’s Pace... Kent lose appeal LONDON, June 16: Kent have lost their appeal against an eight-point penalty imposed for the state of the surface at Maidstone earlier this month. The England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB)... Zone-II Whites in final KARACHI, June 16: Zone-II Whites booked their berth in the final of the KCCA Under-19 Inter-Zonal cricket tournament with an easy eight-wicket thrashing of Zone-V Blues at the KCCA Stadium on... French raider wins Gold Cup YORK (England), June 16: French raider Westerner won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot at York on Thursday, gaining sweet revenge for its second place last year. The 7-4 favourite Westerner,...

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