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March 18, 2006 Saturday Safar 17, 1427 First one-dayer falls prey to heavy downpour COLOMBO, March 17: The first One-day International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was washed out on Friday after a tropical downpour midway through the match. The rain started just minutes after... ‘Musarrat occupying office illegally’ KARACHI, March 17: Karachi Hockey Association (KHA) on Friday alleged Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Brig Musarrat Ullah Khan was illegally occupying the office.... Ashar puts Leopards into final ISLAMABAD, March 17: Ashar Zaidi shone with both bat and ball as Islamabad Leopards went storming into the Silver League final of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament with a nine-wicket rout of Quetta Bears at the Diamond Cricket Ground.... Saeed smashes superb century for Tigers KARACHI, March 17: Saeed Anwar lashed a superb 166 as Multan Tigers secured a convincing six-wicket victory over Peshawar Panthers in the Gold League fixture of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament at the UBL Sports Complex on Friday.... Lee spoils Proteas comeback CAPE TOWN, March 17: Fast bowler Brett Lee claimed two wickets in three balls to give Australia the upper hand on the second day of the first... Franklin makes West Indies struggle WELLINGTON, March 17: New Zealand seamer James Franklin ripped through West Indies batting line-up, taking five for 44 off 17 overs, as the visitors slumped to 182 for eight at the... Bangladesh post highest one-day total BOGRA (Bangladesh), March 17: Bangladesh scored their highest One-day International total on their way to a comprehensive 131-run victory over Kenya in the first outing of a four-match series on Friday.... Commonwealth Games: Australia forges ahead as drug cloud lifts MELBOURNE, March 17: Australia surged clear at the top of the medal standings as the murky doping cloud that had hung over their Commonwealth Games team finally lifted on Friday.... Soccer: PFF suspends Akhtar for violating Code of Conduct LAHORE, Mar 17: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has suspended national coach Akhtar Mohiuddin for breaching the Code of Conduct.... Asghar only bright spot KARACHI, March 17: After a dissapointing start by Pakistan in Commonwealth Games, pugilist Asghar Ali Shah brought some smile for the country when he won his first round bout in style in lightweight category on Friday at Melbourne, Australia.... Luck deserts Zebras again KARACHI, March 17: Karachi Zebras succumbed to their fifth successive Gold League defeat in the National One-day Regional tournament when they went down to Sialkot Stallions by four wickets on Friday.... Asif propels Dolphin to facile victory ISLAMABAD, March 17: Asif Zakir struck an unbeaten half century as Karachi Dolphins scored a crushing nine-wicket victory against Hyderabad Hawks in a low-scoring match of the National Regional One-day Silver League cricket tournament on Friday.... Wolves book Gold League final berth KARACHI, March 17: Faisalabad Wolves qualified for the Gold League final of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament after chalking up their fifth straight victory on Friday.... England promise all out attack MUMBAI, March 17: England coach Duncan Fletcher insists the absence of Steve Harmison will not distract the team from focusing on the immediate issue of winning the third and final Test against India to square the series.... Zafar’s century props Rhinos KARACHI, March 17: Abbottabad Rhinos finished their Silver League campaign in the National One-day Regional cricket tournament with a creditable eight-wicket win against Lahore Lions at the Abbottabad Stadium on Friday.... Golf: Bryant and Wilson share leaderboard ORLANDO (Florida) March 17: Bart Bryant already won Jack Nicklaus’ tournament. Opening with a 6-under 66 in the Bay Hill Invitational on Thursday allowed him to think about adding Arnold Palmer’s trophy to his collection.... Contrasting victories for England and Australia MELBOURNE, March 17: Olympic champions Australia and England opened their Commonwealth Games men’s field hockey campaigns with contrasting victories here on Friday.... Paradorn to face Federer in semis INDIAN WELLS (California), March 17: Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan has broken out of his early-season slump in spectacular style to reach the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters Series.... Four-way tie for top spot LAHORE, March 17: Four contenders were tied at the top with identical score of two-under-par-70 on first day of the All Pakistan Open golf championship at the Lahore Gymkhana course on Friday.... Rivas claims golden goal LAHORE, March 17: A golden-goal by Jose Rivas in the fifth chukker helped Bank Alfalah earn 8-7 win against Kings Textile in the President of Pakistan polo trophy on Friday.... Army and Wapda share honours ISLAMABAD, Mar 17: Army and Wapda won two gold medals each on the opening day of first national taekwondo championship at Hamidi Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Friday.... PECHS College retain crown KARACHI, March 17: PECHS College beat DHA College 3-0 to retain Karachi Board Inter-collegiate girls’ table tennis title on Friday. Despite the absence of college student Pakistan No 1 Ghalia... Wushu probables LAHORE, March 17: Pakistan Sports Board has initially selected twenty-six probables after trials to attend the national Wushu training camp. A final team will be selected from the camp to participate... PTBF squad ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) has named a squad for this month’s Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, says a press release.... Imrana excels LAHORE, March 17: Five-goal Imrana Nasir helped Punjab University Teaching Department (PUTD) won the university’s Inter-collegiate handball championship for women beating Government College, Karkhana Bazar, Faisalabad in the final 11-4 on Friday.... Indian deaf team KARACHI, March 17: Led by Vijayakumar, the Indian deaf cricket team will arrive here next week to play five One-Day matches against Pakistan deaf team with first match to be played at National Stadium on March 24.... Women camp LAHORE, March 17: Twenty-seven probables have been called to attend national women cricket camp to be held here at the National Cricket Academy from March 20 to 28.... Pakistan CC win KARACHI, March 17: Pakistan CC and Khizra Sports scored comfortable wins over Muhammad Hussain CC and Rangers CC in Inter-club tournament....

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