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July 3, 2005 Sunday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1426 Malik and Shabbir will be cleared: Elliott LAHORE, July 2: Professor Bruce C. Elliott, biomechanist of University of Western Australia believes that medium-pacer Shabbir Ahmed will be cleared of the charge of suspect bowling action.... English security experts visit stadium RAWALPINDI, July 2: The England security experts, assigned the task of giving green signal for England cricket team to tour Pakistan later this year, Saturday attended a briefing at DIG office... Williams crowned Wimbledon queen for third time LONDON, July 2: Venus Williams won her third Wimbledon title on Saturday when Lindsay Davenport saw her championship dream sabotaged by a crippling back injury just when she sensed victory in the longest women’s final in history.... Roddick gets chance for revenge against Federer LONDON, July 2 Andy Roddick of the United States set up a repeat of last year’s Wimbledon final against Roger Federer when he defeated Thomas Johansson of Sweden after a tough battle in Saturday’s rain-delayed second semifinal.... JUNIOR WORLD CUP HOCKEY:Australia down Pakistan to top group KARACHI, July 2: Two late goals by Colin Hennessey and fine goalkeeping by Ben Creese gave Australia a 3-2 victory over struggling Pakistan to become pool ‘C’ winners of Junior World Cup hockey in Rotterdam,... BADMINTON: Olympic champion Hidayat dumps world number one SINGAPORE, July 2: Taufik Hidayat showed the form that brought him gold at the Athens Olympics to overpower world number one Lin Dan of China in the semifinals of the US$170,000 Singapore Open on Saturday.... Five Pakistanis in ICC squads for Super Series LONDON, July 2: The International Cricket Council (ICC) named its Test and one-day squads for the Super Series matches against world champions Australia in October. India’s Sachin Tendulkar... Cool Bjorn shares halfway lead with Donaldson STRAFFAN (Ireland), July 2: Dane Thomas Bjorn used his new-found serenity to overcome an awful start and surge through the field to share the second round lead at the European Open on Friday.... New Zealand to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour WELLINGTON, July 2: New Zealand’s cricketers will proceed with next month’s tour of Zimbabwe despite increasing opposition from their government. The nation’s administration is leading a global push to have Zimbabwe... Scotland thrash Oman in ICC Trophy opener BELFAST (Ireland), July 2: Scotland got their ICC Trophy campaign off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Oman on Friday. At the World Cup qualifying tournament in Ireland,... Ashraful hopes to build on England trip CANTERBURY (England), July 2: As Bangladesh prepared to leave England, talented batsman Mohammad Ashraful vowed to use the trip as a springboard for further, more consistent, success.... Lankan ODIs to be played under old rules KOLKATA, July 2: The upcoming tri-series between India, Sri Lanka and West Indies would not be played under new rules for ODI matches announced recently by International Cricket Council... Flintoff, Harmison restrict Aussies LONDON, July 2: Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison produced a command performance at Lord’s as England dismissed Australia for 196 in Saturday’s triangular series one-day final.... Doucoure registers unexpected success in high hurdles PARIS, July 2: Frenchman Ladji Doucoure, denied an Olympic high hurdles silver medal last year when he smashed into the final barrier, recorded an unexpected victory at the Paris Golden League meeting on Friday.... Alonso seizes pole position MAGNY-COURS (France), July 2: Renault’s world championship leader Fernando Alonso seized pole position for the French Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Saturday.... ‘Hit Man’ set to make boxing comeback at 46 DETROIT (Michigan), July 2: Boxing legend Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns will return to the ring here on July 30 at age 46 and after a five-year retirement when he faces American journeyman John Long.... Impressive victory for HEC LAHORE, July 2: Higher Education Commission (HEC) beat Mardan Club 3-l in the First National football challenge cup (Pool A) at Peshawar University Ground on Saturday.... National hockey camp starts RAWALPINDI, July 2: Forward Rehan Butt is yet to report while remaining 28 probables started training at national hockey camp which commenced on Saturday at Army Stadium to prepare squad for the two tournaments in Europe next month.... Hockey ranks 13th by Olympic TV ratings ISLAMABAD, July 2: Hockey has been ranked in the top half of all Olympic sports in a report analysing television coverage at the 2004 Olympic Games released by the International Olympic Committee.... Quartet hog limelight in PCB U-19 cricket KARACHI, July 2: Fine batting by Hassan Raza, Waqas Haroon and Hafiz Asad and a destructive spell of bowling by Shamir Khattak guided their respective teams to victories in the two-day... Classy Bang On Target tipped to win today KARACHI, July 2: Bang On Target start as favourite to win when the Summer Gymkhana race meeting gets underway at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday. As many as seven races, all going over five furlongs, are on card for the day.... Mazhar-Shoaib claim pairs title KARACHI, July 2: Competing from the East-West direction, the seasoned pair of Mazhar Ali Khan and Shoaib Khan put up impressive performance and added the weekend Bridge title on Friday with a score of 61.97%.... Nadeem slams decisive goal LAHORE, July 2: Two goals by centre-forward Nadeem and one by international Ijaz Ahmed helped Gulberg Club beat Liberty Club 3-1 in the opening match of the Lahore district hockey championship at the National Hockey Stadium’s outer ground on Saturday.... Long-shot Oratorio eclipses Motivator LONDON, July 2: Oratorio, trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by Kieren Fallon, sprang a 12-1 surprise in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday, overturning hot 2-5 favourite Motivator, the Epsom Derby winner.... Shepherd rejects Ashes farewell LONDON, July 2: David Shepherd has turned down the chance to umpire this month’s first cricket Test between England and Australia. International Cricket Council was willing to waive their neutral umpires rule to allow him to stand at Lord’s.... Shahid seeded eighth KARACHI, July 2: Pakistan No. 1 Shahid Zaman has been named as the eighth seed in the squash event of this month’s World Games to be held in the German city... Summer camp concludes KARACHI, July 2: Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Summer under 15 and 18 years boys and girls training and coaching camps concluded at National Coaching Centre on Friday.... Gujranwala win GUJRANWALA, July 2: Gujranwala won the Punjab Inter-district wrestling championship on Saturday, which was held under the District Sports Committee and District Wrestling Association....

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