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September 25, 2005 Sunday Sha'aban 20, 1426 Ganguly avoids Chappell’s questions KOLKATA, Sept 24: India cricket captain Saurav Ganguly on Saturday refused to talk about his relationship with coach Greg Chappell after team arrived home from a tour to Zimbabwe.... Azra steals show for Wapda with hat trick KARACHI, Sept 24: National Games gold medallist and pre-tournament favourites, Wapda, outplayed Quetta Colours 11-0 as spearhead Azra Nasir registered a hat trick, second of the tournament, in the 21st National... Zimbabwe players ‘missing’ in Britain HARARE, Sept 24: Eight Zimbabwean soccer players and two officials have failed to return to Zimbabwe after a trip to Britain, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Saturday, with football insiders... Lampard fires Chelsea as United stumble LONDON, Sept 24: Chelsea conceded a goal for the first time this season but a Frank Lampard double allowed the champions to recover and stretch their winning start to the Premiership campaign to seven matches.... Fazal’s heroics go in vain KARACHI, Sept 24: Despite a fine all-round performance by Fazal Subhan, Ebrahim Alibhai Metroville failed to reach the quarterfinals of the KCCA Inter-school cricket tournament after scoring an impressive nine-wicket win over Niazi Star School at Students Sports ground on Friday.... Boxer’s death reignites debate LONDON, Sept 24: American Leavander Johnson’s death on Thursday after brain surgery has reignited the debate over professional boxing two months after Mexican Martin Sanchez also died in a Las Vegas hospital.... Mushtaq guides Sussex to second place LONDON, Sept 24: Former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed equalled his career-best first-class score when he hit an unbeaten 90 against Kent to help Sussex finished second in the first division of the English County Championship.... Saad helps FBANKZ finish runners-up KARACHI, Sept 24: Mansoor Baig struck a fighting century but failed to save North Nazimabad-Orangi from narrow nine-run defeat against Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone (FBANKZ) on the final day of... Karachi probables for U-19 KARACHI, Sept 24: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has directed the following U-19 cricketers to report to Athar Laiq and Zafar Ahmed on Monday at 2:00pm at National Stadium for net... Ashar, Asif may play in 2nd ODI LAHORE, Sept 24: Opener Ashar Zaidi and medium-pacer Mohammad Asif are likely to make the Pakistan ‘A’ team for the second one-dayer against Australia ‘A’ at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday.... Kenya recalls Sheikh NAIROBI, Sept 24: Left-arm spin bowler Mohammed Sheikh was on Friday selected in a 13-man Kenyan squad for the semifinal of the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Bermuda in Namibia next month.... Islamabad and Lahore in final ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Hosts Islamabad and Lahore qualified for the final of the 6th Sight Savers Challenge Cup cricket for the blind at E-8 Naval ground on Saturday.... PFF to engage female coaches LAHORE, Sept 24: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)is likely to acquire the services of two FIFA female coaches next month, said President, PFF, Faisal Saleh Hayat on Saturday.... Americans still trail by one point GAINESVILLE (Virginia), Sept 24: The International team finished the second day of the Presidents Cup with a 6-5 lead over the U.S., even though Tiger Woods finally ended his long wait for a fourball win in the event on Friday.... Ghoray Wah poised to claim feature event LAHORE, Sept 24: Three-year-old bay colt, Ghoray Wah, who registered a facile victory on his last outing, should not let his connections down when the 4th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Kinjhar fancied to make it two in-a-row KARACHI, Sept 24: Six-year-old mare, Kinjhar, starts as our day’s best in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting being held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday. Kinjhar who was piloted home by... Adeel hat trick shocks Afghan Club QUETTA, Sept 24: Wapda will face National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in a crucial encounter of Pakistan Premier Soccer League at Model Town ground (Block C) Lahore on Sunday.... LRC stewards fine owner LAHORE, Sept 24: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards taking a lighter view of the in and out running of Stereo Nation fined his owner rupees five thousand only on last Sunday (Sept 18).... El Guerrouj sets sights on 2008 Olympics VAL-DE-REUIL, Sept 24: Double Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who missed this year’s World Championships in Helsinki, has said he might extend his career to compete in the Beijing Games in 2008.... Starcraft stuns favourite LONDON, Sept 24: Ex-Australian champion Starcraft, ridden by French jockey Christophe Lemaire, upset the cream of Europe’s top milers to win the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.... Matloob struggles KARACHI, Sept 24: Pakistan No. 1 Matloob Rana was in sixth place at the end of the penultimate round of the Hindu Open, the third leg of the Amby Valley PGAI Tour, at the Cosmo-TNGF course in Chennai on Friday.... Shabbir retains top slot LAHORE, Sept 24: Shabbir Iqbal posted another fine round of five-under-67 to maintain top slot on the second day of the Rachna Open golf championship at the Gujranwala Club course on Saturday.... Sharapova retires after injury BEIJING, Sept 24: World number one Maria Sharapova retired injured during her China Open semifinal against fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko on Saturday, completing a miserable week for tournament organisers.... Olympic champion Zhang cruises YOKOHAMA (Japan), Sept 24: Olympic and world champion Zhang Yining was in form Saturday to win through to the women’s singles semifinals at the Japan Open table tennis tournament.... Waheed snatches match winner LAHORE, Sept 24: Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Bhakkar marched into the semifinals of the fourth Sports Board Punjab Inter-district under-17 football championship in Faisalabad on Saturday.... Chileans show no mercy to Aisam, Aqeel SANTIAGO, Sept 24: Olympic gold medallists Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu showed no mercy to a horribly outclassed Pakistan on Friday as Chile took a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup... Army, Railways, Wapda in semis KARACHI, Sept 24: Army, Habib Bank, Wapda and Railways entered the semifinals of the 45th National basketball championship at Attock, says a message received on Saturday.... Titles for Rawalpindi and Toba Tek Singh LAHORE, Sept 24 Toba Tek Singh and Rawalpindi districts emerged as champions in the boys and girls team events of the Punjab Inter-district table tennis championship held at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Saturday.... Alonso takes Brazilian Grand Prix pole SAO PAULO, Sept 24: Spain’s world championship leader Fernando Alonso, in a Renault, took pole position for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday. Earlier, McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen led final practice that could crown Alonso as Formula One’s youngest champion.... DTTA names TT squads HYDERABAD, Sept 24: District Table Tennis Association (DTTA) announced on Saturday two men’s and as many women’s teams for the All-Sindh table tennis championship starting from Sunday at Barkat Bhai table tennis hall....

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