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September 6, 2005 Tuesday Shaban 01, 1426 Pakistan can beat England: minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Federal Sports Minister, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, said on Monday the newly-adopted sports strategy would be fully implemented. The sports strategy is the milestone in the promotion of games... PTF blamed for poor showing by juniors ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Senior tennis player Hameedul Haq on Monday called upon the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) to start focussing on juniors as nothing had been done in this area for the past three years.... Close victory for Attock in low-scoring match ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Attock won an exciting low-scoring match against Chakwal on Monday with a full day to spare in the PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship at the ARL ground in Rawalpindi.... Hayden hits form CHELMSFORD (England), Sept 5: Led by opener Matthew Hayden, Australia’s batsmen made up for their bowling embarrassment by piling on the runs before drawing their two-day game against Essex at Chelmsford on Sunday.... India aim to end poor record in ODI finals HARARE, Sept 5: India captain Saurav Ganguly has told his players to put behind them their poor record in recent one-day international finals when they face New Zealand at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday.... Zimbabwe cricket braces for crisis HARARE, Sept 5: Zimbabwe Cricket and the Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers’ Association said on Monday there was no threat of a player strike disrupting the two Tests against India later this month.... Misbah to lead ‘A’ side LAHORE, Sept 5: As many as eight Test players were named on Monday in the 15-member Pakistan ‘A’ squad for the first four-day match against Australia ‘A’ at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from Sept 11.... Babar downs India’s Shandilya LAHORE, Sept 5: Six boys and four girls from Pakistan moved to next round after 24 matches were decided in both categories on the first day of the ITF junior tennis championship on Monday.... Venus wins battle of siblings as Hewitt sweats NEW YORK, Sept 5: Flushing Meadows witnessed another curiously unsatisfying episode of the Venus and Serena Williams story on Sunday. This time Venus enjoyed the happy ending, winning 7-6, 6-2 to... Raheel shines ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Raheel Majeed shone with both bat and ball on Sunday leading Asif Memorial Club into the quarterfinals of the Inter-club cricket championship with a 213-run defeat of Shaheen Club.... Late chip-in helps Garcia win European Masters CRANS-SUR-SIERRE (Switzerland), Sept 5: Sergio Garcia clinched his first European Tour title of the season with a one-shot victory at the European Masters on Sunday after chipping in for birdie at the par-three 16th.... Lebedeva claims $1m Golden League jackpot BERLIN, Sept 5: Russia’s Tatyana Lebedeva won the Golden League’s one million dollar jackpot on Sunday with a triple jump victory in Berlin she said was more important than defending her world title in Helsinki last month.... Master Plan for uplift of sports soon ISLAMABAD, Sep 5: A Master Plan for the national federations is to be announced shortly, the chief of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) said on Monday.... Shahid causes biggest upset KARACHI, Sept 5: Eight seed Shahid Hussain created the biggest upset of the tournament when he outclassed top seed Khwaja Masroor in 45-plus quarterfinal of Seniors national ranking tennis tournament on Sunday at Karachi Club.... Zain strikes again KARACHI, Sept 5: Zain Tariq struck again by scoring 29 points to give second victory to Bayview High School (BHS) in Aga Khan University (AKU) All-Karachi Inter-school basketball tournament when it... 19-member squad named for Regatta KARACHI, Sept 5: Pakistan Sailing Federation (PSAF) named on Monday a 19-member squad for the South Asian Yachting Regatta to be held at Defence Authority Marina Club on Sept 8-11.... PGF to host one major event every month LAHORE, Sept 5: Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) has unveiled its year-long activity programme under which a total of 20 tournaments will be played till next year.... Sattar’s hat trick fires Bankers past KPT KARACHI, Sept 5: A rampaging Sattar Mansoori fired National Bank (NBP) to a 3-2 victory with a hat trick over a battling Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in Premier League soccer at CDGK Stadium on Monday.... Powerlifters for England LAHORE, Sept 5: A three-member Pakistan squad will leave for England on Tuesday to take part in the Commonwealth powerlifting championship to be held in Northumberland from Sept 9 to 11.... Aussies call up paceman Clark LONDON, Sept 5: Middlesex fast bowler Stuart Clarke has been called up to Australia’s squad for the fifth Ashes Test as cover for Glenn McGrath. The 29-year-old will join the Australian...

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