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February 24, 2006 Friday Muharram 25, 1427 Asian Cup Soccer: Pakistan, India and BD suffer defeats PESHAWAR, Feb 23: Pakistan, India and Bangladesh suffered heavy defeats on the opening day of the 14th Asian Cup first round qualifiers being played at different venues across Asia.... PCB ad hoc committee fails to deliver KARACHI, Feb 23: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ad hoc committee has failed to justify its existence and better be scrapped for the good of the game.... Wasim tells Ponting to shut up DHAKA, Feb 23: Former Pakistani fast bowling great Wasim Akram has hit out at Australia skipper Ricky Ponting for suggesting that minnows Bangladesh be ousted from Test cricket.... Inzamam rejects idea of separate Test, ODI teams LAHORE, Feb 23: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has rejected the idea of separate Test and one-day teams with different skippers. He was speaking in a Meet-the-Press programme organized by the Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) on Thursday.... Ganguly’s ouster could signal end of career VADODARA (India), Feb 23: Former India captain Saurav Ganguly was on Thursday dropped from a 15-man squad to play England in the first of three Tests against England starting in Nagpur on March 1.... Twenty20 Cup goes into action today KARACHI, Feb 23: The second edition of the popular Twenty20 Cup cricket tournament starts here on Friday with the Faisalabad Wolves defending their title.... Rookie paceman rocks England batting VADODARA, Feb 23: Fast bowler Munaf Patel ripped through England’s injury-hit batting on the opening day of the three-day tour match against the Indian Board President’s XI on Thursday.... Younis and Yousuf, to lead KARACHI, Feb 23: Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousuf will lead Peshawar Panthers and LWahore Eagles in the Twenty20 Cup starting from Friday.... Shoaib to leave for Australia LAHORE, Feb 23: Paceman Shoaib Akhtar’s fitness problems have further aggravated after it was discovered through an X-ray that he is nursing a knee injury in addition to his ankle problem.... Barcelona and Bremen snatch comeback wins LONDON, Feb 23: On a remarkable night of Champions League comebacks Barcelona beat 10-man Chelsea 2-1 in London while Werder Bremen scored twice in the last three minutes to beat Juventus 3-2 in their first knockout round first legs.... Roddick and Murray rally to advance MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Feb 23: Top seed Andy Roddick fended off a fierce challenge from Australian Wayne Arthurs on Wednesday to reach the third round of the ATP tennis tournament here.... Golf: Tiger tames Ames CARLSBAD (California), Feb 23: World number one Tiger Woods posted the most lopsided victory in the history of the Match Play Championship on Wednesday, a 9 and 8 rout of Stephen Ames.... Mahboob hits fine century ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Mahboob Ali cracked a fine century as Quaid-i- Azam University (QAU) advanced to the final of the Inter-university (Zone C) Championship with a 91-run defeat of International Islamic University Islamabad (IOWA).... Fifa funds for NWFP, AJK ABBOTTABAD, Feb 23: World football’s ruling body FIFA has allocated funds for the development and reconstruction of infrastructure of football in quake-affected areas of NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.... Squash: Mansoor, Shahid ousted KARACHI, Feb 23: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman and Mansoor Zaman fell in the last four stages of men’s single of the Asian Senior squash championship after facing defeats by Malaysian players in semifinals on Wednesday in Taiwan.... Faheem, Adil triumph PESHAWAR, Feb 23: Faheem Gul, Adil Khan, Mansoor Jan and Fazil Mehmood took berths in the main round of the Under-13 category after securing victories in qualifying round of the second... Forty probables called for camp LAHORE, Feb 23: Forty probables have been called for training camp to finalise Pakistan ‘A’ hockey team to play in the International Friendship tournament in Muscat from March 14.... Separate stadium for ladies HYDERABAD, Feb 23: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil announced on Wednesday that a separate cricket ground would be constructed for women cricketers.... Ansar to defend title KARACHI, Feb 23: Ansar Mehmood will defend his title when the Sindh Amateur golf championship tees off on Friday at the Karachi Golf Club.... 23 pass Level I course ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Twenty three coaches who successfully completed the National Level I Volleyball Course on Thursday will go on to train players at the grassroots level.... St Patrick’s lift cup KARACHI, Feb 23: St Patrick’s High School lifted the first Oasys Inter-school cricket trophy when they beat City School PAF Chapter by three runs the other day.... Sindh varsity bag honours HYDERABAD, Feb 23: University of Sindh clinched the Pakistan Inter-university Boxing Championship on Wednesday while the University of Punjab secured second position and the University of Peshawar secured third position.... Sindh squad for National Athletics KARACHI, Feb 23: Sindh Amateur Athletics Association (SAAA) on Thursday named a 41-member Sindh men and women squad for the National Athletics Championship being held under lights at National Sport Training and Coaching Centre from Sunday.... More rejects idea of bowling coach Vadodara, Feb 23: The chairman of Indian cricket selectors, Kiran More, has said there is no need for a bowling coach as the present squad is performing well without him.... Sumaiya to lead Hyderabad HYDERABAD Feb 23: A 16-member squad of the Hyderabad region women cricket team following two days trial at the PCB Rani Bagh Academy ground was announced on Thursday.... Nazim Cup ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Sixty one teams are to compete in the District Nazim Cup being organised by the Rawalpindi District Cricket Association (RDCA).... Mehran Club capture trophy HYDERABAD, Feb 23: Mehran Hockey Club won the Hyderabad district Inter-club hockey championship defeating Qamar XI 3-1 in final at the Board Stadium on Thursday.... Kamil hammers double century KARACHI, Feb 23: Kamil Khan blasted an unbeaten doubled hundred and Shujat Ali smashed 150 not out as Karachi Lions crushed Quetta by massive margin of 238 runs in the Inter-city Seniors cricket championship at UBL Sports Complex Ground on Thursday.... Feroz, Tanvir on target LAHORE, Feb 23: Three more matches were decided in Nurpur Low Goal polo cup on Thursday. Harvester Punjab Greeners beat Big International 4 1/2-1.... SKBZ win KARACHI, Feb 23: SKBZ School and Jenning Girls School clinched the boys and girls title of the Inter-school badminton championship on Thursday....

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