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July 05, 2006 Wednesday Jumadi-ul-Sani 8, 1427 Sohail Abbas ready to play for Pakistan: PHF welcomes decision KARACHI, July 4: Pakistan hockey received the much needed boost when penalty corner specialist, Sohail Abbas, decided to come out of retirement and will be available for selection for national team if selected.... Roberto Carlos retires SAO PAULO, July 4: Brazilian Roberto Carlos has quit international soccer following Brazil''s 1-0 quarter-final defeat to France in which he was widely blamed for failing to mark goal scorer Thierry Henry.... History and Zidane back France to beat Portugal MUNICH, July 4: History and a revitalised Zinedine Zidane suggest France will have the upper hand in Wednesday''s World Cup semi-final against Portugal. The 1998 world champions have fond memories of... FIFA to consider three yellow cards BERLIN, July 4: Players are likely to be suspended from playing in future World Cups after receiving three yellow cards in a round and not two as happens now, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.... Frings ban should have come sooner, says FIFA chief BERLIN, July 4: FIFA''s decision to ban Germany''s Torsten Frings for Tuesday''s semi-final clash with Italy should have come sooner, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said. “The decision should come more than a day before the match,” Blatter said on Tuesday.... Ivory Coast select five for national coach ABIDJAN, July 4: Ivory Coast named five candidates, four of them French, on a shortlist to replace Henri Michel as national coach on Tuesday. Michel, also French, quit immediately after his... Portugal v France tactical ploys MUNICH, July 4: France coach Raymond Domenech is expected to name an unchanged side for the third successive game, a preferred 4-2-3-1 formation with Zinedine Thierry Henry alone up front.... ‘Spirit of 1998 is back’ MUNICH, July 4: France have recaptured the spirit that guided them during their triumphant 1998 World Cup campaign, defender Lilian Thuram said on Monday. “Since the start of the tournament we... Germans launch pizza plot BERLIN, July 4: A German newspaper has come up with a way to upset Italians regardless of how Tuesday''s World Cup semi-final between the two nations turns out.... Great competitors meet again in showdown MUNICH, July 4: Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, having seen off friends, rivals and fellow national team captains from their Real Madrid days, meet again on Wednesday in a showdown between the original, and greatest, galacticos.... Costa Rican coach quits SAN JOSE, July 4: Costa Rica''s World Cup coach Alexandre Guimaraes quit his post on Monday after receiving phone threats at his home, he told a press conference.... Italians hold light workout DORTMUND, July 4: Italy worked out for about 40 minutes on Tuesday morning ahead of their World Cup semi-final clash with hosts Germany. Midfielder Mauro Camoranesi, who absorbed a slight knock... Players didn’t influence Rooney decision: referee LONDON, July 4: The referee who sent off England''s Wayne Rooney during Saturday''s World Cup quarter-final loss has said he was not influenced by protests from the Portuguese players.... Prosecutor wants Juve relegated to third division ROME, July 4: Champions Juventus should be relegated to the third division and three other top clubs thrown out of Italian soccer''s top league, the prosecutor in a sports match-fixing trial said on Tuesday.... Magical moment when time stood still for Platini BERLIN, July 4: One of the defining moments in the glittering career of former France captain Michel Platini came in Marseille late on the night of June 23, 1984 when he appeared, for a moment, to make time stand still.... Sri Lanka smash ODI record AMSTELVEEN, July 4: Sri Lanka on Tuesday set a new one-day world record by piling up a total of 443 for nine wickets in a mismatch against the Netherlands in Amstelveen.... Scolari and Portugal would win World Cup on popularity BERLIN, July 4: If the World Cup were a popularity contest, only one of the four remaining coaches would win in a landslide back home. That''s Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari — and he was born in Brazil.... Ecuadorean squad awarded medals QUITO, July 4: Ecuador''s World Cup squad were awarded medals by the country''s government on Monday for their performance in Germany where the team reached the second round of the tournament for the first time.... Ronaldo in line for honour BERLIN, July 4: Cristiano Ronaldo, who is being criticised for his role in getting Wayne Rooney sent off in Portugal’s quarter-final win over England, is a leading candidate to win the World Cup’s best young player award.... Tears are very much on show BERLIN, July 4: The football may not always be flowing at the World Cup but the tears are very much on show. David Beckham became the latest player to wear his... Man United extend Rossi contract MANCHESTER, July 4: Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi has agreed a two-year contract extension keeping him at Old Trafford until 2010, the club said on Tuesday.... Squash: Pakistan seeded second KARACHI, July 4: Defending champions Pakistan have been placed as second seeds behind Egypt in interim seedings, announced by the World Squash Federation on Tuesday, for men''s 14th World Junior Team squash championship.... Sharapova leads seeds into semis LONDON, July 4: A streaker failed to distract Maria Sharapova and the other top women''s seeds also marched through to their allotted places in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday.... Khurram, Imran reach quarter-finals COLOMBO, July 4: Pakistan’s Khurram Agha and Imran Shahzad advanced to the quarter-finals of the 22nd Asian Snooker Championship by overcoming Malaysia’s Kein Foot Young and Susantha Botjeu of Sri Lanka respectively at a hotel on Tuesday.... Strauss named captain for first Test LONDON, July 4: Andrew Strauss has been appointed England captain for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord''s next week, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Tuesday.... 4 nations name squads for international boxing KARACHI, July 4: Four more countries — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait and Thailand — who had confirmed their participation in the Green Hill Cup (GHC) International boxing championship sent names of their squads, said a Pakistan Boxing Federation press release on Tuesday.... Jawwad lifts Zone-IV with century KARACHI, July 4: A fine century by Ali Jawwad propelled Zone-IV to 328 all out against Zone-III on the first day of the two-day PCB Inter-district Under-19 Karachi region fixture on Tuesday.... Women’s basketball from 23rd KARACHI, July 4: The postponed National women’s basketball championship will be held at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) from July 23 to 27.... Meeting next week ISLAMABAD, July 4: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports is to be held sometimes next week to discuss the dismal performance of the Pakistan hockey team in recent years.... New football manager LAHORE, July 4: Irfan Niazi has been appointed as manager of the Pakistan football team in place of Ahsan Gilani. Niazi will hold the office till December 31....

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