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June 04, 2006 Sunday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1427 Only fit Shoaib to be selected LAHORE, June 3: Chief selector Wasim Bari has said that only a match-fit Shoaib Akhtar will be considered for the forthcoming tour of England.... West Indies in command ST JOHN''S (Antigua), June 3: Aggressive batting by Chris Gayle gave West Indies the advantage on the second day of the first Test against India on Saturday.... Sri Lanka take narrow lead NOTTINGHAM (England), June 3: Sri Lanka dismissed England for 229 to secure a two-run first-innings lead on the second day of the third and final Test on Saturday.... Two-goal Abid puts Army into final LAHORE, June 3: Two goals by Abid Ali enabled defending champions Army to cruise into the final of the 2nd national U-21 football championship, beating Punjab 2-0 in the semifinals at Railways Stadium on Saturday.... Brilliant display by Gul KARACHI, June 3: All-rounder Gul Sher produced a dazzling show in GBSS Lyari No. 1’s 163-run victory over St Francis at the KCCA Stadium on Friday.... Mushtaq spins Middlesex to defeat LONDON, June 3: Sussex’s Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed took five quick Middlesex wickets on Saturday at Horsham to seal the county''s fifth win in six County Championship starts this season.Middlesex... Beaten Lashing lodges protest ISLAMABAD, June 3: A protest lodged by Lashings over what the club claimed were unregistered players fielded by CDA marred the start of the CDA Margalla Festival cricket tournament on Saturday.... WICB identifies players for contracts ST JOHN’S, June 3: West Indies Cricket Board has identified at least 16 cricketers for retainer contracts. “The board has given us that responsibility of rating players, which we are looking at now and then we will give them that information.... Akber shines LAHORE, June 3: Devastating bowling by medium-pacer Akber Ali helped Model Town Greens enter the final of the Apollo Sports Gold Cup beating Cricket Centre by six wickets on Saturday.... Cricket academy SIALKOT, June 3: Pakistan Cricket Board would establish an international standard cricket academy at Sialkot for promotion of the game, National Cricket Academy coach Mansoor Rana disclosed this while talking to newsmen at Jinnah Stadium on Saturday.... French Open: Henin avenges 2004 upset defeat PARIS, June 3: Fighting off flashbacks, Justine Henin-Hardenne avenged a 2004 upset defeat, winning the final nine games on Saturday to defeat Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 6-0 at the French Open.... KRC warning for owners, trainers, riders KARACHI, June 3: The administration of Karachi Race Club (KRC) has issued strict warning to owners, trainers and riders aimed at holding fair races which would come into effect at the Karachi Racecourse Sunday.... Fajr fancied to win main event LAHORE, June 3: The 5th Lahore Summer Meeting featuring seven-event card has been drawn at the Racecourse on Sunday. The feature event, the Bhalwal Plate class IV division I has a field of six runners.... Double crown for Zuhair KARACHI, June 3: Zuhair Raza claimed double crown in the 10th Anti Tobacco Day tennis tournament on Saturday.... Swimming: Golden girl Rizma’s clean sweep LAHORE, June 3: Rizma Farooq winning all eight gold medals at stake was adjudged the best swimmer of Punjab women swimming championship (Open age category) held on Saturday.... Beenish, Mehwish meet in final KARACHI, June 3: Beenish Sharif and Mehwish Zaman sailed into the women''s singles final of Karachi regional badminton championship after winning their semifinals at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre on Saturday.... Fareed, Imran strike KARACHI, June 3: NBP stormed into the semifinals of All Pakistan Anwar Bhaijan memorial football championship when they beat HBL 4-2 on penalty shootout at Peoples Stadium on Friday.... Athletics trials KARACHI, June 3: Two-day trials to pick Karachi men and women athletes for the coming Sindh Games would be held at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) on June 5 and 6, organisers said Saturday.... Cricket greats back England, Brazil for World Cup KARACHI, June 3: Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram backed England on Saturday to win the World Cup, saying he expected Sven-Goran Eriksson''s men to triumph against the odds.... Powell wins 100 metres, Bekele upstaged OSLO (Norway), June 3: Joint world record holder Asafa Powell raced to victory in 9.98 seconds over 100 metres at the Bislett Games Golden League meeting on Friday.... Pettersson holds lead at rainy Memorial DUBLIN (Ohio), June 3: American Steve Flesch surrendered his first-round lead to Sweden''s Carl Pettersson on Friday as the weather-hit Memorial tournament headed into a marathon weekend.... PFF delegation for Germany LAHORE, June 3: A four members delegation of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will attend FIFA congress being held in Munich, Germany, on June 7.... Two teams for world bridge KARACHI, June 3: Pakistan''s top teams Allana and Hadi will represent Pakistan in World Bridge Championship to be held at Verona (Italy) from June 7 to 25, Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF) announced on Saturday.... Don’t rush Rooney, warns Pele LONDON, June 3: Brazilian legend Pele on Saturday urged England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson not to rush Wayne Rooney into a premature return from injury for the World Cup....

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