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June 08, 2006 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 11, 1427 Football World Cup Match schedule Group ‘A’: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador. Group ‘B’: England, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago, Sweden..... Security fears exaggerated, say German police NEUSS (Germany), June 7: Fears hooliganism will mar the World Cup are hugely exaggerated and there is no concrete evidence to suggest violence will break out at any of the scheduled group matches, German police said on Wednesday.... Banned hooligans land in Germany NEUSS, June 7: The head of the German police unit monitoring hooliganism said on Wednesday that five banned English troublemakers and possibly more were believed to have entered Germany.... Serbia can’t replace Petkovic BILLERBECK, June 7: Serbia & Montenegro will conduct their World Cup campaign with 22 players after being told by FIFA officials that they could not call up a replacement for centre back Dusan Petkovic.... ‘Current squad better than 2002’ WALLDORF (Germany), June 7: Costa Rica''s all-time leading scorer Paulo Wanchope says the Ticos are a better side than four years ago when they narrowly missed out on reaching the knockout stages at the World Cup.... Gattuso ruled out of Italy opener DUISBURG, June 7: Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been ruled out of the Azzurri''s opening World Cup game against Ghana with a thigh injury and faces a race to be fit for the second match.... Shoaib doubtful for England tour LAHORE, June 7: Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is a doubtful starter for the England tour after being advised three-week rest by a South African medical expert.... Rooney undergoes scan BADEN BADEN (Germany), June 7: England were anxiously waiting for news of Wayne Rooney on Wednesday after the Manchester United striker had a scan on his broken foot.... Cafeterias offer culinary tour WUERZBURG, June 7: Soccer fanatics not content with just watching every match should head to Wuerzburg for the ultimate World Cup culinary experience.... Generous incentive for Koreans LEVERKUSEN, June 7: South Korea''s players will each receive almost $530,000 if they win the World Cup, the Korean Football Association said on Wednesday.... Police pull plug on Mexican TV crew GOETTINGEN, June 7: Local police pulled the plug on a live broadcast by one of Mexico''s main television stations because they had parked illegally, a spokesman for the Mexican football association said on Wednesday.... India denied victory by last pair ST JOHN''S (Antigua), June 7: The West Indies last pair of Fidel Edwards and Corey Collymore hung on grimly to force a dramatic draw in the first Test against India on Tuesday.... Nadal, Ljubicic stroll into semifinals PARIS, June 7: An impertinent teenager and an over-awed Frenchman proved no match for the seasoned muscle of Rafael Nadal and Ivan Ljubicic at Roland Garros on Wednesday.... Seven-wicket haul by Yasir Sabir KARACHI, June 7: Left arm spinner Yasir Sabir produced a devastating spell of seven wickets for 17 runs to help GBSS Lyari No 2 beat Okhai Memon School by eight wickets in the PCB Inter-school Karachi region cricket tournament on Tuesday.... Snooker: Bherwani, Sarwar in last four KARACHI, June 7: Aneel Bherwani advanced into the semifinals of Karachi Club Open snooker challenge when he beat last year''s runners-up Asim Ghani 4-2 in quarterfinals at Amir Bakhsh memorial billiards hall on Tuesday evening.... Perera, Fernando recalled for ODIs COLOMBO, June 7: Sri Lanka have called-up fast bowlers Dilhara Fernando and Ruchira Perera into a 14-man squad for the five-match one-day series against England starting at Lord''s on June 17.... District teams announced HYDERABAD, June 7: District associations of athletics, volleyball and table tennis announced teams on Wednesday to participate in the 10th Sindh Games.... Burnett crowned champion KARACHI, June 7: Living upto his billing top seed Harrison Burnett clinched men''s singles crown in Karachi regional badminton championship when he beat Waseem Ismail 2-1 in the final at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) on Tuesday evening.... U-16 soccer trials LAHORE, June 7: Two-day trials to select Punjab U-16 team to take part in the 5th National soccer championship will be held at Company Bagh ground, Sargodha, on June 9.... Squash complex ISLAMABAD, June 7: Renovation and upgradation of the Liaquat Bagh Squash Complex, severely damaged because of floods in 2001, is likely to be completed by the end of September.... Swimming meet ISLAMABAD, June 7: An under-17 Inter-provincial swimming championship organised by the Islamabad Sports Board, is due to open at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday.... Cycling squad KARACHI, June 7: Karachi Cycling Association on Wednesday named a three-member squad to take part in Sindh Games to be held in Hyderabad from June 12....

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