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August 5, 2005 Friday Jumadi-us-Sani 28, 1426 Imran blames PCB, makes U-turn on Karachi KARACHI, Aug 4 Imran Khan, the former Pakistan captain, has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for mishandling the itinerary of England’s tour this year. Imran said on Thursday that the... ODIs: Salahuddin backs neutral umpires KARACHI, Aug 4: Former Test cricketer Salahuddin Ahmed has welcomed Pakistan Cricket Board’s move to have neutral umpires in the forthcoming home series against England. He said on Thursday that the... Second Ashes Test: Australia claw back after early hammering BIRMINGHAM (England), Aug 4: Australia, deprived of Glenn McGrath following a freak warm-up injury, weathered a battering before dismissing England for 407... Sania causes upset, Clijsters advances CARLSBAD (California), Aug 4: Kim Clijsters continued her run of superb form on the U.S. hardcourt season while India’s Sania Mirza provided the upset of the second round at the San Diego Classic on Wednesday.... McGrath ruled out of Test after freak injury BIRMINGHAM, Aug 4: Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath was ruled out of the second Test against England on Thursday after suffering a freak injury while warming up for the Edgbaston match.... No mercy, Atapattu warns rivals COLOMBO, Aug 4: Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu on Thursday warned rivals his team will not relax despite qualifying for the final of the triangular one-day cricket series.... Kiwis bank on return of Bond HARARE, Aug 4: New Zealand are banking on the return from injury of fast bowler Shane Bond for the first Test of a two-match series against Zimbabwe, starting in Harare on Sunday.... India to play two Tests in Zimbabwe NEW DELHI, Aug 4: India will play two Tests and a one-day tri-series also involving New Zealand on their tour of Zimbabwe starting later this month, the Indian board said on Thursday.... Ganguly unfazed COLOMBO, Aug 4: India’s Saurav Ganguly, only the third batsman to complete 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, says it does not matter where he bats in the order as long as he serves his team’s interests.... World champions keen to avenge Olympic defeats HELSINKI, Aug 4: Revenge is in the air as the world athletics championships approaches with three defending champions desperate to set aside sour memories of last year’s Olympics and regain their mantle as best in the world.... Second successive win for Afghan Club CHAMAN, Aug 4: Afghan Club won their second match of the Pakistan Premier League, defeating Habib Bank (HBL) 3-1 on Thursday. The winners of the event will be the national champions... Basketball: GCU lifts trophy LAHORE, Aug 4: Nauman contributed 17 points to help Government College,University Lahore emerge as champions of the Lahore Division basketball championship, beating Don Bosco Club 66-45 in the final at the Islamia College, Civil Lines courts on Thursday.... National judo next month PESHAWAR, Aug 4: All is set to stage the 17th national judo championship at the Qayyum Stadium during Sept 30-Oct 2, said, Shehzada Naeem Latif, president of the NWFP Judo Association at a news conference on Thursday.... Army thrash Fata LAHORE, Aug 4: Army, Don Bosco Blues and Fazal-e-Umar Club moved into the second round of the All-Pakistan Don Bosco Jashan-e-Azadi basketball championship on Thursday. In the first match, Army beat Fata 62-40 after leading the first half 37-20.... Sara sets final date against Nida Rahim ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Sara Mahboob and Nida Rahim swept into the singles final of the women’s National ranking tournament at the PTF Complex on Thursday. The 14-year-old Sara underlined her status as Pakistan No.... Under-17 games ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Thursday finalised its schedule of under-17 Inter-Provincial Youth tournaments. The programme was give final shape in a meeting chaired by the head of PSB Brig.... Army beat KRL RAWALPINDI, Aug 4: Pakistan Army defeated KRL 2-0 in an ill-tempered third place playoff match of the National Challenge Cup soccer at Army Stadium on Thursday with two players from both side receiving red cards.... Double crown for Ashfaq ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: Ashfaq Mahmood claimed a double crown in the Staff Welfare Running Trophy Badminton Tournament winning both the singles and doubles events. In an engrossing singles final, Ashfaq edged... PSF suffers setback ISLAMABAD, Aug 4: The construction work on the Liaquat Bagh Squash Complex, which were hit by floods in 2001, has abruptly been stopped by EDO Rawalpindi Ajmal Shah, says a Press release of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF).... Sindh, Punjab share trophy KARACHI, Aug 4: Hosts Sindh and Punjab were declared joint winners of the national junior softball title after the two teams finished level with 16 HR in the final played at the Polo Ground the other day.... Varsity cricket KARACHI, Aug 4: Karachi University (KU) will take on Hamdard University (HU) in the opening match of PCB Inter-university cricket championship at National Stadium on Friday.... SA academy team due on Monday LAHORE, Aug 4: Led by Francois Du Plessis the 15-member South African Cricket Academy team will arrive in Karachi on Monday. The team will play two Four-day and three One-day matches against Pakistan Academy team.... Independence day badminton LAHORE, Aug 4: Punjab U-18 Independence day badminton tournament will be held at the New Khan Hall from Aug 10 to 12. The tourney is being organised by the Punjab Badminton... Cadet boxing KARACHI, Aug 4: The third National Cadet boxing starts at KPT Sports Complex from Friday. Boxers representing four provincial teams and departmental outfits are taking part in the event.... TT contest KARACHI, Aug 4: A three-day Independence Day table tennis tournament will be held at Islamia Club from Aug 13. Former International and SAF Games Gold medallist Arif Khan said on Thursday that event would be open to professionals and amateurs.... Ranking tennis KARACHI, Aug 4: The Sindh Tennis Association (STA)organized ranking tournament will be played during Aug 13-19 at Karachi Gymkhana. Events to be contested are mens singles, ladies singles, girls under-17, boys under-15, boys u-17,u-15, u-13, u-11 and u-9....

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