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August 21, 2005 Sunday Rajab 15, 1426 Sri Lankan stars lift Asia XI to solid total DURBAN (South Africa), Aug 20: Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene hit polished half-centuries for the Asia XI... Double-bogey forces Woods share of lead AKRON (Ohio), Aug 20: Tiger Woods double-bogeyed his final hole at the $7.5 million WGC-NEC Invitational to fall back into a share of the second-round lead with Briton Luke Donald on Friday.... Van Nistelrooy gives United maximum points LONDON, Aug 20: A rejuvenated Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his third goal of the season to give Manchester United a 1-0 over Aston Villa and make it two wins out of two in the Premier League on Saturday.... SA Academy take big lead LAHORE, Aug 20: Fine bowling by medium-pacers Ugsen Govender and Vaughn Philander helped the South African Academy take a 167-run lead on the first innings on the penultimate day of the... Early exit for Carla KARACHI, Aug 20: Pakistan’s former national champion Carla Khan lost in the opening rounds of the women’s English Open squash championship in Sheffield to second seed Vicky Botwright of England on Friday.... India finish a poor seventh AMSTELVEEN, Aug 20: India just about managed to avoid ignominy of finishing last as they laboured to a scrappy 2-1 victory over England to take seventh position in eight-nation Rabo Trophy hockey on Saturday.... Federations must give women 20 per cent representation: POA LAHORE, Aug 20: Every national sports federation will give 20 percent representation to women members by the end of December this year. “It has been made mandatory to give representation as... Asia Women Cup likely in December LAHORE, Aug 20: The Pakistan Cricket Board Women Wing (PCBWW) is likely to host the first Asia Women Cricket Cup in December this year, the PCBWW Chairperson Dr.... Irani inspires Essex to superb victory LONDON, Aug 20: Essex captain Ronnie Irani’s unbeaten 88 guided his team to memorable five-wicket victory over Derbyshire in the English county cricket championship on Friday, lifting them to second in Division Two.... Sponsors urged to support regional teams LAHORE, Aug 20: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Shaharyar M. Khan, on Friday stressed the need to revert to traditional cricket in order to compete at the international level.... Lucky Mayla day’s best bet LAHORE, Aug 20: Seven-year-old gelding, Lucky Mayla, who finished third on his previous outing, can claim feature event during the Lahore Summer Meeting to be held at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Horse-racing: Half-bred Ghori should make amends today KARACHI, Aug 20: Following lacklusture performance in the last few meetings, half-bred bay horse Ghori should make amends and start as our day’s best in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... Badminton: Indonesian Hidayat in semis ANAHEIM (Calif) Aug 20: Reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat staged a stirring comeback to defeat second-seed Kenneth Jonassen in a men’s singles quarter-final at the world badminton championships on Friday.... Motor Racing: First ever pole for Raikkonen ISTANBUL, Aug 20: World championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen became the first Formula One pole sitter at the Istanbul Park circuit here Saturday when he finished fastest in qualifying for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix.... Federer leads top guns into last four CINCINNATI (Ohio), Aug 20: Roger Federer lined up a semifinal with the hottest of the current American hopes, crushing Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-3 to storm into title contention at the US$2.45... Nomi lifts title, triple crown for Mushtaq KARACHI, Aug 20: Davis Cupper Nomi Qamar outplayed second seed Jalil Khan in a three-setter to win the men’s singles title of the Sindh Open ranking tennis tournament at the Karachi Gymkhana on Friday.... Tennis: 60 foreign players confirm entries KARACHIi, Aug 20: Top players of the country including 60 foreign players have confirmed their participation in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Under-18 World ranking tournament commencing from Aug 20 in Islamabad.... Bridge: Impressive victory for Zia-Hamid KARACHI, Aug 20: Playing from East-West direction, reputed pair of Zia-Hamid Mohiuddin put up scintillating performance to annex the Mitchell Pair Bridge event with an impressive score of 63.41%... Lebedeva remains on course for jackpot ZURICH, Aug 20: Russian Tatyana Lebedeva was the only athlete to remain in contention for the $1 million Golden League jackpot after winning the triple jump at the Weltklasse meeting on Friday.... Yousuf clinches 6th victory KARACHI, Aug 20: Muhammad Yousuf grabbed his sixth win in the World seniors snooker championship in Manama, Bahrain spiced with a break of 101 in a 3-0 win over Isa Al Ratsi of Saudi Arabia.... Shahid misses COAS squash ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The pre-qualifying round of the Chief of the Air Staff International Squash Circuit began at the Mushaf Complex on Saturday. The tournament that carries a prize purse of... Olympic Day Run LAHORE, Aug 20: Five hundred runners have confirmed their participation in the Olympic Day Run to be held on Sunday.... Award for Naqi LAHORE, Aug 20: International Badminton Federation (IBF) has awarded its prestigious “Meritorious Service Award” to S. Naqi Mohsin, vice-president Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF). The IBF has been awarding the honour to... District cricket HYDERABAD, Aug 20: Hyderabad White defeated Dadu and Shikarpur beat Jacobabad in round matches of Inter-district cricket tournament Hyderabad Region on Saturday.... Imran to lead KARACHI, Aug 20: Imran Khan has been named to lead a 19-member Karachi region squad in the National under-17 hockey championship scheduled to be held at Faisalabad from Aug 23 to 31, Sindh Hockey Association (SHA) announced on Saturday.... Hameed retains ITF Srs title ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Pakistan’s former Davis Cup star Hameedul Haq on Saturday retained his 40 and over crown in the ITF Asian seniors championship in Pattaya, Thailand.... Aqeel-Asim beaten in Tehran KARACHI, Aug 20: Pakistan No. 1 Aqeel Khan and Asim Shafik lost to Iranian pair in the final of men’s doubles event of International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures Two event in Tehran on Friday....

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