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March 10, 2006 Friday Safar 9, 1427 Squash: Shahid and Mansoor book berths in semifinals ISLAMABAD, March 9: Shahid Zaman and Mansoor Zaman booked their berths into the semifinals of the $25,000 Chief of the Army Staff Squash (COAS) championship with contrasting quarterfinal victories on Thursday.... Hockey: Rehan, Shakeel fit for C’wealth Games LAHORE, March 9: Key Pakistan hockey forwards Rehan Butt and Shakeel Abbasi have recovered from hamstring injuries ahead of hockey competition in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne from March 15.... Tharanga’s maiden hundred puts Lankans on top BOGRA (Bangladesh), March 9: Upul Tharanga slammed an impressive maiden century to help Sri Lanka take a handy first innings lead over Bangladesh in the second and final Test on Thursday.... Pietersen boosts England on gloomy day MOHALI (India), March 9: Kevin Pietersen hit a brisk 64 to help England recover to 163 for four on a rain-hit opening day of the second Test against India on Thursday.... Pakistan may name two new faces LAHORE, March 9: Two newcomers are likely to be inducted in the Sri-Lanka-bound Pakistan cricket team, which is being announced on Friday. Slow left-armer Abdur Rahman and off-spinner Tahir Khan have... Honours even after Styris hits century AUCKLAND, March 9: Scott Styris starred for New Zealand on Thursday, backing up an unbeaten century with two wickets in three balls to even the honours on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies.... Polo: Godara steals limelight LAHORE, March 9: Sanofi Aventis qualified for final of the national Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup polo, on better goal average, despite losing the crucial last league match to Diamond Paints 10-9 on Thursday.... Symonds returns for fourth ODI DURBAN, March 9: All-rounder Andrew Symonds will return to the Australian team for the fourth One-day International against South Africa on Friday after recovering from a thigh strain.... Table Tennis: Pakistan to compete in Algeria KARACHI, March 9: An eight-member Pakistan junior under-18 table tennis team including four girls would fly to Algeria on March 18 to feature in World Junior Circuit Event 2006 being held there from March 21 to 24.... Hockey: Qamar, Adnan slam three goals each LAHORE, March 9: M.A.O College Old Boys, Lahore, Pak PWD, Karachi, Mitchell Club, Okara and Gojra Sports entered semifinals of the national Inter-club hockey championship on Wednesday.... Lyari Brothers qualify for semifinals KARACHI, March 9: Lyari Brothers reached semifinals of All-Pakistan Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan soccer after a 6-5 sudden death penalty shootout victory over Gwadar Port Trust (GPA) at Colony Sports Football Stadium on Thursday.... PCB, BCCI officials to meet in Abu Dhabi LAHORE, March 9: A four-member sub-committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will hold a meeting with Abu Dhabi Cricket committee officials... Davis Cup camp rescheduled ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has rescheduled training camp from March 10. It will now start from Monday. The camp is being organised in preparation for the... Chawla second youngest Indian debutant MOHALI, March 9: Piyush Chawla became second youngest cricketer to play for India when he stepped on to the field in second cricket Test against England on Thursday.... Champions League: AC Milan, Arsenal, Lyon and Benfica in quarterfinals LONDON, March 9: AC Milan, Arsenal, Lyon and Benfica reached the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. Defending champion Liverpool and nine-time champions Real Madrid are out, however.... Marmat, Fraser tied for first place SINGAPORE, March 9: Home-grown Mardan Marmat carded a sizzling seven-under 65 to tie for the lead with Australia’s Marcus Fraser in the opening round of the US$one-million Singapore Masters on Thursday.... Siddique crown champion LAHORE, March 9: M. Siddique with aggregate 209 won the All-Pakistan Open garrison golf tournament which concluded at the Lahore Garrison course on Thursday. Siddique, who trailed third on the opening... Palmer and David favourites for gold KARACHI, March 9: Pakistan number one Shahid Zaman has been seeded 11th in the squash singles events in next week’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The Pakistani has been awarded a bye in the first round.... International bridge from April 13 KARACHI, March 9: Balijee International bridge championship which was schedule to be organised at Lahore Gymkhana from March 23 will now be held from April 13 to 16 at the same venue, Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF) said on Thursday.... PU clinch university athletics title LAHORE, March 9: Fine performance by Sumaira Tayyaba and Beenish Amin enabled Punjab University (PU) to make a clean sweep and win the Inter-varsity women athletics championship with a record tally of 237 points.... KHA polls on Sunday KARACHI, March 9: Karachi Hockey Association (KHA) elections will be held again for the third time on March 12 at Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Complex. Sindh Sports Minister Qamar Mansoor, also... Tariq slams hat trick for St Lawrence KARACHI, March 9: Tariq blasted four goals to fire St.Lawrence School to a massive 12-0 victory over hapless St Frances Xavier School in the Inter-school Under-14 football championship at CDGK Stadium on Thursday.... Urooj shines LAHORE, March 9: Devastating bowling by Urooj Mumtaz and 66 extras helped Karachi earn a 129-run win against Peshawar in the national women championship on Thursday.... Misbah sprints to victory in 400m LAHORE, March 9: Six events were decided in the All- Pakistan Inter-board girls athletics championship at the Punjab Stadium’s track on Thursday. The athletes from Lahore, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi excelled in most competitions.... Cricket Centre triumph LAHORE, March 9:Despite fine performance by Ghulam Raza and Haris, Universal Club were beaten by Cricket Centre by 50 runs in the 10th Tauseef Trophy on Thursday.... U-17 volleyball LAHORE, March 9: Eleven more matches were held in the Punjab Inter-district U-17 volleyball championship in Sialkot on Thursday....

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