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July 8, 2005 Friday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1426 Miandad calls for cancellation of England’s visit KARACHI, July 7: Former captain Javed Miandad on Thursday urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to cancel England’s forthcoming tour of the country this winter at the latter’s refusal to play a Test in Karachi.... Trescothick century seals victory for lucky England LEEDS (England), July 7: England had centurion Marcus Trescothick, Paul Collingwood and Lady Luck to thank on Thursday as they crushed Australia by nine wickets in the first match of their one-day series.... Mickelson in touch with leaders LOCH LOMOND, Scotland, July 7: Phil Mickelson birdied four of the last six holes for a four-under-par 67 to stay in touch with the Scottish Open first-round lead on Thursday.... IOC expels Slavkov SINGAPORE, July 7: Bulgarian International Olympic Committee member Ivan Slavkov was expelled on Thursday following allegations of corruption in a television documentary, IOC members said.... Did London win or Paris lose? SINGAPORE, July 7: London’s surprised elation at winning the 2012 Olympics and Paris’s stunned silence were a marked contrast which left open the question: did London win or did strong favourites... Cricket minnows don’t belong in prime time JOHANNESBURG, July 7: South Africa will vote in favour of changing international touring programme, which will lead to less Tests against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, when ICC meet at their new headquarters in Dubai next month.... Ferrero faces Nadal in last 8 BASTAD (Sweden), July 7: Top seed Rafael Nadal outgunned compatriot Alberto Martin 6-2 6-4 on Thursday to set up an all-Spanish quarterfinal with Juan Carlos Ferrero at the claycourt Swedish Open.... Challenge Cup to start from July 13 LAHORE, July 7: National champions Wapda and Army are placed in Group-I and II in the first national football Challenge Cup stage-II starting in Multan and Karachi, simultaneously from July 13.... LRC revises stake money LAHORE, July 7: A new format of classwise stake-money to be awarded to the horses winning first three positions in a race has been announced for the Lahore Summer Meetings, showing... Australia face India in semis ROTTERDAM, July 7: Defending champions India will clash with Australia in semifinal of the Junior World Cup hockey tournament for men on Friday. In other semifinal, Spain, top ranked team in... Asif and Saad share honours in identical wins KARACHI, July 7: Devastating spells of bowling by Asif Hameed and Saad Azeem inspired their respective sides to identical eight-wicket victories on the first day of the PCB Karachi region Under-19 Inter-district Cricket Championship on Thursday.... South Africa rely on ODIs for Aussie Tests DURBAN, July 7: South Africa will rely on a steady diet of one-day cricket to prepare for their back-to-back Test series against Australia next season. South Africa’s tour schedule released by... Match-winning spells by Haq and Taha KARACHI, July 7: Spinners Haq Nawaz and Taha Mamsa excelled with the leather to steer their teams’to victory in the Touch me KCCA Inter-zonal U-15 cricket championship on Wednesday.... Nabeel, Hafsa crowned champions LAHORE, July 7: Nabeel Aftab and Hafsa Mahmood won the boys and girls’ finals of the table tennis competition held at Mayo Garden at the end of the fortnight summer training camp on Thursday.... Renovation of squash complex to cost Rs10m ISLAMABAD, July 7: The renovation and extension of the Liaquat Bagh Squash Complex, rendered useless by floods in 2001, is to be completed in 11 months, officials said on Thursday.... Punjab Games camp in full swing LAHORE, July 7: Altogether 90 male and female athletes are attending national athletics camp at Islamabad for preparations of Pakistan-India Punjab Games being held later this year in Lahore.... Brilliant show by Mujahid KARACHI, July 7: Mujahid Bilal displayed an excellent performance show in Layyah Public School Multan’s impressive seven wicket win over Government Municipal High School (GMHS) Nawabshah in PCB National School Cricket Championship at PCB Academy ground Thursday.... France favourites for third final PARIS, July 7: France are overwhelming favourites to reach their third successive Fed Cup final when they take on Spain in Aix-en-Provence this weekend. Having beaten Spain 5-0 in last year’s... Youth league from 18th ISLAMABAD, July 7: The National Youth Football League will be played at Abbottabad from July 18. All the affiliated units of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will compete in the event which... Four teenagers for Morocco KARACHI, July 7: Four Pakistan teenagers will take part in the 2nd International Regatta schedule to be held in Casablanca (Morocco) from July 22 to 28, Pakistan Youth Sailing Association (PYSA) announced on Thursday.... Imran slams four goals PESHAWAR, July 7: Imran Mani’s clinical finishing in scoring all four goals guided Army to trounce PAF by 4-0 in the league round of the Inter-services football championship played at PAF ground on Thursday.... ICA elections ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked all interested individuals to file their nomination papers by July 14 for the elections of Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA)....

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