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September 24, 2005 Saturday Sha’aban 19, 1426 PCB admits blunder over Inzamam’s selection LAHORE, Sept 23: Pakistan skipper Inzamamul Haq has only been selected to the World XI for the one-off Test match and not for the One-dayers against World champions Australia to be played next month.... Australian ‘A’ pacers too hostile for Pakistan ‘A’ batsmen LAHORE, Sept 23: Australia ‘A’ scored a crushing seven-wicket win against Pakistan ‘A’ in the first One-dayer of three-match series in which the under prepared pitch of the Qadhafi Stadium also played a key role on Friday.... Lahore bomb blasts worry England LONDON, Sept 23: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will closely monitor events in Pakistan over the next month after two separate bomb blasts in Lahore Thursday claimed lives of six people and injured more than 20 others.... Carla whitewashes Iranian Fatimeh ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistani top seed Carla Khan toyed with Iranian wild-card Fatimeh Heidary as she won her match without dropping a game in the squash competitions of 4th Women Islamic Games in Tehran, according to reports available one Friday.... Rifat slams first hat trick KARACHI, Sept 23: Spearhead Rifat Mehdi slammed first hat trick as holder Railways opened their title defence campaign overwhelming Karachi Whites 22-0 in the 21st National women’s hockey championship, at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium on Friday.... Chinese coach due next month KARACHI, Sept 23: A Chinese table tennis coach is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on Oct 17 to take up his assignment of grooming the paddlers for next year’s international committments.... Davis Cup Gonzales outclasses Aqeel SANTIAGO, Sept 23: World number 18 Fernando Gonzalez showed no mercy to a horribly outclassed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan as the Chilean clinched a crushing 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 win in the... PIA Academy beat Afghan Academy KARACHI, Sept 23: All-rounder Mahmood Hamid took three key wickets to spin PIA Academy to an interesting 16-run victory over touring Afghan Aria Cricket Academy (AAA) side in the opening match at National Stadium on Friday.... Asia Cup venue decision next month LAHORE, Sept 23: Representatives of Sri Lankan and Indian women cricket wings will arrive here on Oct 10 to take a decision about holding the first Asia Cup in Lahore this December.... Islamabad and Lahore win ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Islamabad walloped Bahawalpur by 114 runs while Lahore overcame Karachi by 26 runs in the 6th Sight Savers Blind challenge cup on Thursday.... PCB chief SHIKARPUR, Sept 23: Chairman PCB Shaharyar M Khan paid a visit to newly-constructed Shahi Bagh stadium and held a meeting with the members of District Cricket Association on Thursday.... Shabbir leads LAHORE, Sept 23: Shabbir Iqbal, Pakistan No 2, emerged as the first day’s leader of the Rachna Open golf championship by playing a fine round of six under-par-66 with seven birdies and just one bogie at the Gujranwala Club on Friday.... Hair’s appointment raises concerns SYDNEY, Sept 23: The appointment of Australian umpire Darrell Hair to next month’s Super Series will revive memories of his calling Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking in Melbourne almost 10 years ago.... PBSA names 8-man squad KARACHI, Sept 23: Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) named an eight-member squad on Friday for the Nov 7-20 IBSF World snooker championship scheduled to be held at Arabian Sea Country Club.... Five star show by Farhan LAHORE, Sept 23: Lahore, Kasur, Bhakkar, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Toba Tek Singh, Mandi Bahauddin and the hosts Faisalabad qualified for the quarterfinals of the Sports Board Punjab under-17 football championship on Friday.... Sharapova eases into semifinals BEIJING, Sept 23: World number one Maria Sharapova swept into the semifinals of the China Open with a crushing 6-4 6-1 victory over Japan’s Shinobu Asagoe on Friday.... Qasim’s double sinks Navy LAHORE, Sept 23: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) held Wohaib Club to a 1-1 draw in the Pakistan Premier Soccer League on Friday. Wohaib took the lead with a goal against the run of play.... Fiery Zaheer bowls Zahoor GBSS in last-8 KARACHI, Sept 23: Medium pacer Zaheer Abbas snapped seven wickets to bowl Zahoor GBSS into the last eight stage of KCCA Inter-school cricket championship with an emphatic 243-run victory over GBSS Hasrat Mohani at Students ground on Thursday.... Regional trials HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Two-day trials for the selection of junior and senior teams of Hyderabad Region for participation in PCB Inter-region and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy cricket will be conducted from Sept 29, at Nazim Stadium.... Double hat trick by Sibtain KARACHI, Sept 23: Seven goals by Sibtain Raza helped City Central Grammar School rout Al-Madressah Al-Burhania School 9-0 in the 5th Nawab Ali and M Ismail memorial hockey tournament on Friday.... Deaf cricket LAHORE, Sept 23: The Pakistan deaf cricket team will depart for India on Nov 14 to take part in the World Cup in November this year.... Mardan beat Badrashi PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Mardan stunned Badrashi Club, Nowshera 3-2 in a thrilling match of the NWFP Nowshera Cup football at Farooq A Sheikh Stadium on Friday.... Goosen, Scott dump Woods and Couples GAINESVILLE (Virginia), Sept 23: South African Retief Goosen and Australian Adam Scott beat top-ranked Tiger Woods and Fred Couples 4 and 3 as the Internationals took the first point over the US team at the Presidents Cup.... Mansoor and Shahid in main round KARACHI, Sept 23: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman and Mansoor Zaman will feature directly in the main round draw of the 2005 British Open squash championship to be held in Manchester next month.... PST cash for Usman ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Pakistan Sports Trust (PST) will play Rs. 500,000 to an upcoming horse-rider Usman Khan who is currently training in Australia. Usman had appealed for financial help to PST.... Outstanding performance by Adnan KARACHI, Sept 23: An outstanding all-round performance by Adnan Malik steered Zone V to a three-wicket victory over Zone IV in the PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship Karachi Region at TMS ground on Friday....

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