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December 7, 2005 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 4, 1426 Vaughan ruled out of Pakistan ODI series LONDON, Dec 6: England cricket captain Michael Vaughan will miss the one-day series against Pakistan as he undergoes an exploratory operation on his injured knee. Vaughan, who suffered the recurrence of a cartilage problem at the start of the recent Test series, returned home from Pakistan at the weekend and saw a specialist in England on Monday.... Sialkot rout Faisalabad to land maiden Quaid Trophy LAHORE, Dec 6: Sialkot took only two and a half day to emerge as new champions of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy after inflicting a crushing innings and 44-run defeat over Faisalabad in the Gold League final at Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday.... One-day practice match today LAHORE, Dec 6: England play a one-day practice match against Pakistan ‘A’ at Bagh-i-Jinnah on Wednesday as part of much-needed preparations ahead of the five One-day Internationals against Pakistan.... Jayawardene shines in drawn Test CHENNAI, Dec 6: Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene stroked a fluent half-century before the rain-delayed first Test against India ended in a draw on Tuesday. No play was possible on the first 3-1/2 days of the match because of the rain.... Shoaib an interesting man, says Solanki LAHORE, Dec 6: England one-day specialist Vikram Solanki has praised Shoaib Akhtar for reinventing himself as a lethal Test bowler in the series triumph over England.... Abbasi and Baig criticise PCB: New constitution ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Arif Ali Khan Abbasi and Senator Muhammad Enver Baig on Wednesday took a swipe at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over its new constitution which has yet to see light of day.... Proteas struggling for survival in tour opener PERTH, Dec 6: South Africa were struggling to avoid a heavy defeat in their opening tour match in Australia after a late batting collapse on Tuesday. The Proteas, preparing for their three-Test series against Australia starting next week, lost eight wickets for the addition of just 88 runs in the final session to slump to 25 for two in their second innings against Western Australia.... Sri Lankans not overawed by Rehman’s inclusion KARACHI, Dec 6: Having highly-rated Fulham defender Zesh Rehman in their ranks, Pakistan go with all guns blazing against Sri Lanka who claim the Briton’s presence won’t be a challenge at SAFF soccer championship which kicks off on Wednesday.... Brazil, Germany seeded for 2006 World Cup LEIPZIG, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Hosts Germany and defending champions Brazil were named among the top eight seeds for the World Cup finals as expected on Tuesday, along with England, Spain, Mexico, France, Argentina and Italy.... North, South Korea planning for unified team SEOUL, Dec 6: North and South Korea will try to make a symbolic dream of unification a reality when they meet on Wednesday to discuss forming a joint team for the... Sailing: Double gold for Lankans KARACHI, Dec 6: Sri Lanka ended the South Asian Yachting regatta by picking up double gold in Optimist over 12-year competition at Marina Club on Tuesday.... Winners to scoop $18.75m LEIPZIG, Dec 6: The winners of next year’s World Cup final will scoop 24.5 million Swiss Francs ($18.75 million) as part of a total prize pool of 300 million Swiss Francs ($229.5... Volleyball: Wapda edge out fighting POF ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: In the best match yet, Wapda edged a stubborn POF in the quarterfinals league of the 41st National Volleyball Championship at the Liaquat Gymnasium on Tuesday.... Woolmer and Ponting want super sub rule changed SYDNEY, Dec 6: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer and Australia captain Ricky Ponting want a change to the super sub rule being trialled in one-day games by the International Cricket Council (ICC).... Senators inspect controversial projects ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: A sub-committee constituted by the Senate Standing Committee on Sports on Tuesday inspected two of Capital Development’s road projects that threaten to eat up several playgrounds.... Haseeb, Akhtar send Islamabad reeling ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Rawalpindi seamers Haseeb Amjad and Akhtar Ayub ran through Islamabad batting to restrict them to 140 on the first day of the PCB Under-19 Inter-region Championship final at the Diamond Ground.... India series will be close: Wasim CHENNAI, Dec 6: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram predicted that ensuing three-Test series and five One-day Internationals between his country and India would be a close affair and played on slow tracks.... Two-year doping ban for Mutlu ANKARA, Dec 6: Turkey’s three-time Olympic champion Halil Mutlu has been banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation for using anabolic steroids.... Sindh trounce Islamabad LAHORE, Dec 6: Three more matches were decided in the 14th national baseball championship on Tuesday. Four runs each by Qambar Ali and Nadeem Zaheer helped Sindh beat Islamabad 23-9 in the first match.... Inter-school hockey KARACHI, Dec 6: Shah Abdul Latif (SAL) Township clinched the All_Sindh Tanveer Dar Inter school hockey tournament when they thrashed Agro Technical School Shah Faisal Colony 5-1 in the final at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on mMonday.... Women netball HYDERABAD, Dec 6: Zila nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jameel, presided over a meeting to finalize arrangements for holding Pakistan-India women netball match on Dec 27, at Niaz Stadium Hyderabad.... Navy win title KARACHI, Dec 6: Nazir Ahmad’s match-winner helped Habib Bank (HBL) edge past Pakistan Navy 2-1 to lift All-Pakistan Gold Cup soccer title at Bizenjo Stadium, Gwadar, on Sunday.... Yousuf, Saleh for India KARACHI, Dec 6: Country’s top two cueists, Muhammad Yousuf and Saleh Muhammad, will fly to Mumbai on Dec 12 to compete in Reid and Taylor doubles snooker tournament being held there from Dec 12 to 17.... Veterans match KOCHI, Dec 6: The fourth and last one-day cricket match in upcoming ‘Indo-Pakistan Friendship Veteran Series’ will be held at Kochi on Jan 1. J.K. Mahendra, president, Kerala Veterans Cricket Association, said 40-over match will be ‘day and night’ encounter....

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