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June 30, 2005 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1426 Pakistan sail past Belgium KARACHI, June 29: Pakistan overcame a first-half scare to post a 3-1 victory over minnows Belgium in the Junior World Cup hockey opening match at Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Wednesday. According to information available here, Belgians gave green shirts... PFF faces dilemma over venue selection for SAFF contest LAHORE, June 29: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) faces dilemma over selecting the venue for December’s SAFF... Army win swimming championship ISLAMABAD, June 29: Army on Wednesday night won the 46th National Swimming Championship bagging 12 gold medals at the Pakistan Sports Complex. The Army swimmers finished with 188 points and besides... Three women seeds crash out SINGAPORE, June 29: All eight men’s seeds sailed through the first and second rounds of the US$170,000 Singapore Open badminton tournament on Wednesday, with Chinese world number one Lin Dan leading the way.... FOOTBALL: Ballack snatches winner as hosts clinch third spot LEIPZIG (Germany), June 29: Captain Michael Ballack scored a sensational free-kick in extra-time as ten-man Germany defeated Mexico 4-3 to win the Confederations Cup third-place play-off on Wednesday.... Champion thrives, challenger survives LONDON, June 29: Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt gave no quarter to dangerous opponents at Wimbledon on Wednesday but Andy Roddick was made to fight hard for his semifinal place.... Australia – England 1-dayer washed out BIRMINGHAM, (England), June 29: England and Australia’s hopes of scoring psychological points before their weekend triangular series final were washed away by the rain on Tuesday (partly reported in Wednesday issue).... Vaughan ready for fiery Ashes battle BIRMINGHAM, (England), June 29: England captain Michael Vaughan says the ugly incident which overshadowed Tuesday’s washed-out Triangular Series match against Australia here at Edgbaston could just be the first of many in a fiery Ashes season.... Kiwis to continue pressing for ban on Zimbabwe WELLINGTON, June 29: New Zealand will continue to press for the ban of Zimbabwe from international cricket despite indications international cricket’s governing body would reject such a move, New Zealand Foreign... Hafiz helps Zone I win thriller KARACHI, June 29: A brilliant century by the Man-of-the-Match opener Hafiz Asad and his first wicket stand worth 153 with Ainan Arif gave Karachi Zone I a thrilling one-wicket victory over... No plan to strip BD of Test status, says ICC London, June 29: International Cricket Council has ruled out stripping minnows Bangladesh of their Test status, saying it was looking at ways to assist non-performing countries to improve their playing standards.... Asif, Zahid shine for Lahore LAHORE, June 29: An unbroken second wicket partnership between Asif Ghafoor and opener Zahid Nazir of 103 runs and fine bowling by off-spinner Tanveer Yaqoob helped Lahore Region beat... FIFA to crackdown on racism FRANKFURT, June 29: FIFA has given itself the power to punish member associations who fail to take proper disciplinary action following acts of racism. The move, which effectively toughens its existing... Pakistan Open squash to be held in city KARACHI, June 29: The Pakistan Open squash championship, which will be held at DHA’s Asif Nawaz Complex on July 24-29, returns to the city after five years, said a spokesman... Daniyal retains top spot LAHORE, June 29: Daniyal Jehangir with two-day aggregate 148 retained on top on the second day of the three-day trials being held at the Lahore Gymkhana golf course to select a six-member Pakistan junior team for the Hong Kong Open to be held in August... Maria crowned champion ISLAMABAD, June 29: Maria Toor on Wednesday grabbed the national women’s squash title when she downed Misbah Rani in the final played in Murree. She received winner’s purse of Rs20,000 while Misbas pocketed Rs14,000.... Navy beat SGP KARACHI, June 29: Pakistan Navy won the KASB National Football League beating Sindh Government Press (SGP) 4-3 on penalty kicks at the City District Government Stadium on Tuesday.... Pakistani teams for India KARACHI, June 29: Three Pakistan teams including a women’s and a combined team of Karachi Bridge Association are due to leave for Ahmedabad, India on Thursday to feature in the July 2-4 Samachar Gujarat... Ntini to play for Warwickshire LONDON, June 29: South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini will join Warwickshire for the second half of this season, the English county club said on Wednesday. Ntini will replace Zimbabwe paceman Heath Streak... SKA officials KARACHI, June 29: Muhammed Anwer Goraya was elected president and Azfar Rizvi chairman of Sindh Karate Association (SKA), says a press release on Wednesday. Others office-bearers are: Waseem... U-17 volleyball LAHORE, June 29: Fine play by Ali Abbas, Mohammad Nabeel and Ghulam Jillani helped Punjab win the Inter-provincial U-17 volleyball championship beating NWFP in a straight-set final at Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.... Inter-club hockey LAHORE, June 29: The Lahore district Inter-club hockey championship will be held at the National Hockey Stadium from July 2 to 13, the secretary Lahore District Hockey Association Muhammad Hussain Sheikh said on Wednesday....

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