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September 7, 2005 Wednesday Sha’aban 2, 1426 Pierce surprises Henin, Agassi survives scare NEW YORK, Sept 6: Mary Pierce avenged the most painful defeat of her career when she surprised Belgian seventh seed Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round of the US Open on Monday.... Astle century inspires New Zealand to tri-nation title HARARE, Sept 6: Opener Nathan Astle struck an unbeaten 115 to guide New Zealand to a six-wicket victory over India in the final of the One-day International triangular series at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday.... Easy going for Pindi and Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Islamabad and Rawalpindi emerged winners in the opening round of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Tuesday. Islamabad handed Azad Jammu and Kashmir a 244-run defeat with Raheel Majeed taking five for 40.... Girls ousted, three boys enter quarterfinals LAHORE, Sept 6: All Pakistani girls were ousted from the ITF junior tennis championship singles while three boys managed to qualify for the quarterfinals at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts on Tuesday.... High Court restores BCA secretary LAHORE, Sept 6: Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan of Lahore High Court, Multan Bench has restored M Mueen Khanzada as secretary, Bahawalpur Cricket Association (BCA) till further orders.... Browne claims first title in six years NORTON (Massachusetts), Sept 6: Olin Browne captured his first PGA Tour title for six years when he fired a closing four-under 67 to record a one-shot victory at the $5.5... DCA Hyderabad comes under fire HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Secretary of Hyderabad Sports Welfare Organisation, Faheem Baig Mughal, accused District Cricket Association (DCA) Hyderabad of ignoring talented cricket players in the ongoing PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship.... FBA official to inspect venues LAHORE, Sept 6: Yukichi Maeda, representative of Federation of Baseball of Asia (FBA) will arrive on Sept 26 to inspect the facilities in Islamabad for holding the Asia Cup in April.... PSF invites Farhan for trials ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), taking a lenient view of the ban on Farhan Mahboob has invited him to appear in trials for this December’s World Team Championship.... KTTA tourney from Saturday KARACHI, Sept 6: The Karachi table tennis championship will be played at the Islamia Club from Sept 10 to 14, secretary, Karachi Table Tennis Association (KTTA), Javed Chotani announced on Tuesday.... Banks to sponsor Shan-e-Punjab and SPNC teams KARACHI, Sept 6: Saudi Pak Bank (SPB) unveiled the sponsorship for Saudi Pak Northern Cavaliers (SPNC) team for the inaugural Super Hockey League (SHL) 2005 at a ceremony held on Tuesday.... Europeans would have made SHL more competitive: Tirkey KARACHI, Sept 6: Indian captain Dilip Tirkey said on Tuesday that induction of more Asian and European players would have made inaugural Super Hockey League (SHL) more competitive and tough for players.... Narrow win for HHS KARACHI, Sept 6: City School, Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AHSS), Happy Home School (HHS) and Falcon Public School won matches in the All-Karachi Inter-school basketball tournament at Aga Khan University Sports Centre on Monday.... Ad hoc imposed on DFAR ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Exercising his powers, the chairman of the District Football Association, Rawalpindi, (DFAR) has appointed an ad hoc body to run the affairs and to hold elections.... Sports Colour for UP athletes PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The University of Peshawar (UP) on Tuesday awarded Sports Colour to 67 athletes who represented the varsity in four different games and grabbed gold medals in the second Pakistan University Games held at Islamabad last May.... Shabbir-Rafi claim doubles title KARACHI, Sept 6: Shabbir Gul and Rafi Darbari from Hyderabad claimed the 35 plus doubles title of Seniors national ranking tennis tournament at Karachi Club beating Shahid Hussain and Imran Ahmed 6-2, 6-2.... Teams renamed KARACHI, Sept 6: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has renamed their zonal teams which will be named after their respective areas. Zone-I will now be known as Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone, Zone-II... Jones unfit LONDON, Sept 6: England fast bowler Simon Jones was ruled out on Tuesday of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval starting Thursday after failing a fitness test at Lord’s.... ICAB officials ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Syed Sultan Shah was elected president of the Islamabad Cricket Association (ICAB) for the Blind at a General Council meeting.... Referees course LAHORE, Sept 6: The three-day referees physical fitness and upgradation course will be held at the Punjab Stadium from Sept 22 to 24. The successful referees will be selected and recommended for FIFA list-2006....

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