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September 18, 2005 Sunday Sha'aban 13, 1426 Hockey: Shahid’s hat trick propels Dynamos KARACHI, Sept 17: Shahid Rabbani’s hat trick helped Capital Dynamos exact “sweet revenge” for their earlier surprise loss when they whipped Frontier Falcons 7-1 in the fifth place playoff in the Super Hockey League on Saturday.... Senate Committee wants to grill ex-PHF official KARACHI, Sept 17: Senator Enver Baig on Saturday alleged that although PHF secretary Brig Musarrat Ullah Khan was responsible for visa scandal, Senate Standing Committee on Sports would like to question sacked official Mukhtar Ali.... Hopes century lifts Australia ‘A’ in second Test RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: A polished knock of 146 by opener James Hopes guided Australia ‘A’ to 318 for five in their first innings on the opening day of second ‘Test’ against Pakistan ‘A’ at KRL Stadium on Saturday.... Governor assures support for cricket PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP Governor Mr. Khalilur Rehman has assured all out support for promotion of cricket in the province and Fata at the grassroots level.... Flintoff, Pietersen main danger, says Younis KARACHI, Sept 17: Pakistan must concentrate on controlling England’s Ashes heroes Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen in the forthcoming cricket series, vice-captain Younis Khan said on Saturday.... Shoaib warns England LONDON, Sept 17: Pakistan’s world’s fastest bowler Shoaib Akhtar has warned England it will be tough to reproduce their Ashes heroics when they head to his country in October.... Yousuf embraces Islam LAHORE, Sept 17: Pakistan batsman Yousuf Youhana officially declared on Saturday that he had embraced Islam and his Muslim name is Mohammad Yousuf. He publicly announced the decision after offering Maghrib... Snooker: Naveen retains title KARACHI, Sept 17: Pakistan’s number three Naveen Perwani defended his title successfully beating veteran Muhammad Yousuf in the final of 19th Latif Masters snooker championship on Saturday at Amir Bux Billiards Hall, Karachi Club.... Daniyal dazzles with unbeaten century KARACHI, Sept 17: A superb unbeaten century by Daniyal Ahsan increased Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone’s hopes of winning the Karachi region title of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Saturday.... Mauresmo victory makes it 1-1 PARIS, Sept 17: Amelie Mauresmo levelled for hosts France after Elena Dementieva had given holders Russia the first point of the Fed Cup final here on Saturday.... Do not rest on laurels: Vaughan LONDON, Sept 17: Victorious England skipper Michael Vaughan has told his Ashes winning side not to rest on their laurels if they want to keep their places in the side.... Lucky Murad tipped to win feature event LAHORE, Sept 17: A tricky card of six events awaits the race-goers when the third Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Campbell takes on McGinley for richest first prize VIRGINIA WATER (England), Sept 17: U.S. Open winner Michael Campbell turned the form book upside down when he hammered top seed Retief Goosen 7 and 6 on Saturday to reach the World Match Play Championship final.... Chelsea brush aside Charlton challenge LONDON, Sept 17: Second half goals from Hernan Crespo and Arjen Robben helped Premiership leaders Chelsea maintain their 100 per cent start to the season with a 2-0 victory over second placed Charlton at The Valley on Saturday.... Lucky Golden should oblige punters with hat trick KARACHI, Sept 17: Four-year old chestnut, Lucky Golden, is tipped to perform a hat trick when the Summer Gymkhana race meeting gets underway at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... Matloob finishes joint fourth KARACHI, Sept 17: Pakistan number one Matloob Ahmed Rana finished on a joint fourth position in the Open South tournament at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course in Bangalore on Friday.... Athletics: China’s Liu, Gatlin sweep to victories SHANGHAI, Sept 17: Olympic champion Liu Xiang swept to victory in the 110 metres hurdles on Saturday in front of his home crowd at the Shanghai Grand Prix.... Golf: Munir enjoys lead RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: Muhammad Munir took a three-stroke lead after two rounds in professionals’ category of COAS Open Golf Championship at Rawalpindi Golf Course on Saturday.... Big guns for memorial snooker KARACHI, Sept 17: Country’s top eight cueists will take part in Karachi Club (KC)-Ian Fyfe Memorial snooker championship starting from Monday at Karachi Club. KC is organising the Rs100,000 event in... American Muslim woman to compete in Islamic Games TEHRAN, Sept 17: An American Muslim runner is to be the first woman to represent the US in Iran’s Islamic Women Games, although photographers will not be allowed to record the... Coria takes on Nadal in final BEIJING, Sept 17: Argentina’s Guillermo Coria fought back from the jaws of defeat to overcome Thomas Johansson of Sweden 4-6 7-5 6-2 in the China Open semifinals on Saturday.... Bahrain to help Pakistan promote soccer LAHORE, Sept 17: The Bahrain football authorities will send its national team to Pakistan and will also cooperate with the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)extensively to raise the standard of the game in the country.... Six-man Indian squad arrives KARACHI, Sept 17: A six-member Indian squad arrived on Saturday to feature in the Pakistan International Seniors tennis championship to be played at the Karachi Gymkhana which started on Saturday.... Railways, Wapda share honours LAHORE, Sept 17: Defending Champion, Wapda and Railways took the honours in the National wrestling championship on Saturday at Railways stadium. Both Wapda and Railways had four men in the final.... Tariq-Ameer win KARACHI, Sept 17: Tariq Zafar and Syed Ameer Hasan from North-South direction scored 61.89 percent for the prime honour in a weekend Bridge Mitchel Pairs organised by Karachi Bridge Association on Friday.... Khalid, Amjad beaten ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Amjad Khan and Khalid Atlas lost on the third day of national squash trials on Friday. The trials are being held to select Pakistan squad for the forthcoming World men’s team squash championship.... Jahangir and Arsalan shine KARACHI, Sept 17: Fine knocks by Arsalan Javed and Jahangir Shah inspired Qadri Secondary School to a convincing 119-run victory over Aziz-i-Millat School in the KCCA Inter-school cricket tournament on Friday.... Former jockey Mushtaq dies KARACHI, Sept 17: Former jockey turned horse trainer, Mushtaq Muhammad died of heart failure in Australia early on Friday morning. He was 45.... County title for Nottinghamshire LONDON, Sept 17: Nottinghamshire won the English county championship for the first time in 18 years with a 214-run victory over Kent on the fourth and final day at Canterbury on Saturday.... Basketball trials LAHORE, Sept 17: Trials to select Punjab basketball team which will compete in the forthcoming Indo-Pak Punjab Games will be held at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex from Oct 1 to 3 starting at 4pm....

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