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July 10, 2005 Sunday Jumadi-us-Sani 2, 1426 Anwar blames top PHF officials KARACHI, July 9: Former Olympian and hockey legend Anwar Ahmed Khan said on Saturday that Pakistan hockey was “dead and buried” after debacle in Junior World Cup in Rotterdam (Netherlands).... Pakistan to meet Spain in opener LAHORE, July 9: Pakistan meet Spain in the Rabo Trophy hockey opener to be hosted by Amsterdam, the Netherlands from Aug 14 to 21. Pakistan are placed in pool ‘A’ along with India, Spain and Germany.... Kenyans hunt for new coach to replace Mudassar NAIROBI, July 9: World Cup semifinalists Kenya are looking for a coach to lead them at the 2007 championships in the West Indies, cricket officials said on Saturday.... Our best yet to come, warns Collingwood LONDON, July 9: Paul Collingwood believes England can improve on their stunning display against Australia in the first match of a three-game One-day International series this week.... Warne will be more focused, says McGrath SYDNEY, July 9: Australian great paceman Glenn McGrath is predicting that his team-mate Shane Warne may be even more motivated for Ashes cricket series after his latest sex scandal.... Australia on right track, insists coach: Second ODI today LONDON, July 9: Australia coach John Buchanan maintained the one-day world champions were on course to peak in time for the Ashes despite an unusually poor run of results since arriving in England.... No plans to become guardian of laws: ICC chief LONDON, July 9: International Cricket Council (ICC) has no plans to become the “guardian of the Laws of Cricket”, only aspect of the game that is not under the control of world body, its president Ehsan Mani said.... Dementieva and Myskina put Russia on top MOSCOW, July 9: Anastasia Myskina stunned Wimbledon champion Venus Williams on Saturday as Russia blasted into a 2-0 lead in their Fed Cup semifinal against the United States in the Olympic Stadium.... Depleted Windies crumble against spin COLOMBO, July 9: Spinners Rangana Herath and Kaushal Lokuarachchi bagged three wickets apiece as the weakened West Indies were bowled out for a paltry 110 by a Sri Lankan Board President’s XI here on Saturday.... Alonso secures second successive pole SILVERSTONE (England), July 9: Championship leader Fernando Alonso secured his second consecutive pole position here Saturday as title rival Kimi Raikkonen lost out a front row start for the British Grand Prix because of a penalty.... Bermuda qualify for World Cup after 26 years of trying BELFAST (Ireland), July 9: Bermuda, an island of only 66,000 inhabitants, made history on Thursday by qualifying for their first cricket World Cup after reaching the semifinals of the ICC Trophy.... Bone Crusher should make amends today LAHORE, July 9: A tricky card of six events has been chalked out for the Lahore Summer Meeting to be held at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Ghori on course for hat trick KARACHI, July 9: Ghori, the nine-year old bay horse, looks certain to clinch honours when the Summer Gymkhana race meeting begins at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... Nadal in sight of 7th title BAASTAD (Sweden), July 9: French Open champion Rafael Nadal can clinch his seventh title of the season on Sunday when he faces unheralded Czech Thomas Berdych in the final of the 302,000-euro claycourt tournament.... South Africa stun Mexico in Gold Cup opener CARSON (California), July 9: South Africa launched their campaign in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-1 victory over defending champions Mexico on Friday.... Holder meets world’s number one in final KUALA LUMPUR, July 9: Defending champion Lee Chong Wei remained on course for a back-to-back Malaysian Open badminton tournament title after sending China’s Bao Chunlai packing in the men’s singles semifinals Saturday.... Gatlin returns to winning ways ROME, July 9: Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin returned to his winning ways with victory in 9.96 seconds at the Rome Golden Gala on Friday.... Glimmer of hope for squash, four other sports SINGAPORE, July 9: The five sports denied a chance to feature in London’s 2012 Olympics were offered a glimmer of hope for inclusion in future Games on Saturday.... Lafeber, Clark share third round lead LOCH LOMOND (Scotland), July 9: Overnight leader Maarten Lafeber held off the challenge of some of the European Tour’s biggest names before being caught by South Africa’s Tim Clark in the Scottish Open third round on Saturday.... Lewis heads leaderboard as Wie fails cut SILVIS (Illinois), July 9: Schoolgirl sensation Michelle Wie fell short in her bid to become the first female in 60 years to make a cut on the PGA Tour on Friday at the US$4m John Deere Classic.... Fifteen events for second Punjab Games LAHORE, July 9: Fifteen games, including three for women, have been selected for the second Pakistan-India Punjab Games to be held in Lahore and Faisalabad from Dec 24 to 30.... Argentina favourites for trophy ROTTERDAM, July 9: Argentina’s unbeaten run in 8th Junior World Hockey Cup have put them as favourites to win the title when they take on Australia in Sunday’s final.... Heinze voted United Player of the Year LONDON, July 9: Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze has been voted Manchester United’s Player of the Year by fans. Heinze, who took a third of the votes by 17,000 United fans, is... Junior softball from July 28 KARACHI, July 9: The National junior softball championship will be held here on July 28-31, Pakistan Softball Federation announced on Saturday. Sindh, Punjab, NWFP, Balochistan, Islamabad and Azad Kashmir will take part in the three-day event.... Swimming trials on July 12 KARACHI, July 9: Trials to select Sindh camp trainees for the 13th National men’s junior swimming championship will be held on July 12 at 3.30pm at HPS swimming pool, says a Sindh Swimming Association (SSA) press release on Saturday.... Boxing camp KARACHI, July 9: The Summer Boxing Camp will commence here from Monday at GBSS Hall Younusabad, Sandspit Road. The camp will be organised by Young Fisherman’s Sports and Training Centre....

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