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August 22, 2005 Monday Rajab 16, 1426 Eight-Nation Hockey: Mudassir goal earns Pakistan title AMSTERDAM, Aug 21: A Mudassir Ali Khan second half match-winner helped Pakistan lift Rabo Trophy hockey title after a 4-3 victory over Australia on Sunday.... Trophy shared as rain disrupts decider DURBAN (South Africa), Aug 21: The Africa XI and the Asia XI shared the inaugural Afro-Asia Cup when the third and final match was abandoned because of rain at Kingsmead on Sunday. The Asians were struggling at eight for two in reply to the Africa XI’s modest 106 all out when rain stopped play.... Africa XI go down fighting DURBAN, Aug 21: Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene scored contrasting half-centuries to pave the way for a 17-run victory for Asia XI against Africa XI in the second of three Afro-Asia Cup matches at Kingsmead on Saturday (partly reported in Sunday’s edition).... Drogba fluke strike for Chelsea seals Arsenal’s fate LONDON, Aug 21: Didier Drogba’s fluke goal gave English champions Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, their first league success against their London rivals for 10 years.... Top seed Federer to meet Roddick in final CINCINNATI, Aug 21: World number one Roger Federer had to dig deep to beat American wildcard Robby Ginepri 4-6 7-5 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters.... Pakistan Academy fail in gallant attempt LAHORE, Aug 21: Pakistan Academy won the two-match series against the touring South African Academy after the second four-day fixture ended in a dramatic draw at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday.... England retain squad for fourth Test LONDON, Aug 21: England named an unchanged squad for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia which starts at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, on Thursday.... Woods, Perry stay tied after third round AKRON (Ohio), Aug 21: Tiger Woods and Kenny Perry remained tied at the top of the leaderboard after returning early on Sunday to complete their weather-hit third rounds of the WGC NEC Invitational.... Splendid double by jockeys Nasir and Mumtaz KARACHI, Aug 21: Jockeys M. Nasir and Mumtaz Ali shared the day’s honour by performing a splendid double apiece in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... Horse-racing: Royal Command outclasses rivals to win second race in-a-row LAHORE, Aug 21: Four-year-old chestnut colt, Royal Command, outclassed his eight rivals to win second race in-a-row during the Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Lin and Hidayat to clash in final ANAHEIM (California), Aug 21: World No 1 Lin Dan continued his domination over Denmark’s Peter Gade with a 15-9, 13-15, 15-10 victory in the semifinals of the world badminton championships on Saturday.... Challenger knocks out Thai boxer YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 21: Japanese challenger Koki Kameda defeated Wanmeechok Singwancha of Thailand by a technical knockout to become the new Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight champion on Sunday.... Evans wins 7th stage PARIS, Aug 21: Australian Cadel Evans won the 177-km seventh stage of the Tour of Germany, the second mountaintop finish in the nine-day race, after an exciting battle over the final climb on Sunday.... Turkish delight for Raikkonen ISTANBUL, Aug 21: McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen won Sunday’s inaugural Turkish Grand Prix but Renault’s title favourite Fernando Alonso stole second place following a mistake by Raikkonen’s team mate Juan Pablo Montoya.... Freedom Cup gets under way ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: All the seeded players moved into the second round of the 4th Freedom Cup junior tennis championships which got under way at PTF Tennis Complex on Sunday.... Thorpe quitting at season’s end LONDON, Aug 21: Former England batsman Graham Thorpe is to quit cricket at the end of the season. “I have decided the time has come for me to retire,” the 36-year-old Surrey left-hander told The Mail on Sunday.... Hyderabad ‘W’ in semis HYDERABAD, Aug 21: A five-wicket haul by Shoaib Leghari and a knock of 66 runs by Faisal Athar enabled Hyderabad White to qualify for the semifinal of Inter-district cricket tournament of Hyderabad Region at Niaz Stadium on Sunday.... Waris wins Olympic Day Run LAHORE, Aug 21: Mohammad Waris of Navy won the 10km Olympic Day Run held on Sunday. Army claimed the remaining five position of the race. They were Said Akbar, Mohammad Qaiser, Mohammad Fayyaz, Nazir Hussain and Mohammad Aslam.... Squash: Pre-qualifying round ends ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Farzan Rashid, Waseem Shad and two others advanced to the qualifying round of CAS International squash championship at Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday.... Zeeshan named captain LAHORE, Aug 21: Zeeshan Ali was named captain of a 26-member Lahore team which will take part in the national U-17 hockey championship, being held at Faisalabad.... Schedule revised LAHORE, Aug 21: A slight change has been made in the three One-day match series between Pakistan and South African academies. Now the first One-day will be held at the Bagh-i-Jinnah ground on Wednesday instead of Sheikhupura Stadium.... Women swimming KARACHI, Aug 21: Karachi Women’s Swimming Association is organizing the 14th Palmolive Sindh women’s swimming championships on Sept 17-18 at Karachi Gymkhana Club....

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