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September 04, 2006 Monday Sha'aban 10, 1427 My best yet to come, Shoaib warns rivals LONDON, Sept 3: Shoaib Akhtar believes he has still to find his best form in the run-up to next year''s World Cup after starring once more against England.... Pakistan stronger after Oval fiasco: Younis LONDON, Sept 3: Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan believes the team are stronger in the wake of the fourth Test forfeiture which rocked international cricket.... Pakistan, India may play in North America LONDON, Sept 3: India and Pakistan could play in North America once again, in a one-day series after the World Cup in 2007.... Sailors face uphill task ahead of Doha Games KARACHI, Sept 3: Pakistan sailors are lagging far behind in their preparations for this year’s Asian Games which are three months away from now.... US Open hit by more rains NEW YORK, Sept 3: Andre Agassi''s third-round match with German Benjamin Becker will have to wait after rain forced the cancellation of all US Open matches on Saturday.... Onions replaces injured Gough for remaining ties LONDON, Sept 3: Darren Gough was ruled out on Sunday of the remainder of England''s one-day series against Pakistan with a left shin injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced.... England can improve, says Strauss LONDON, Sept 3: England captain Andrew Strauss is confident his team will improve in time for next year''s cricket World Cup after yet another one-day defeat against Pakistan.... Kumble, Ganguly left out for Champions Trophy MUMBAI, Sept 3: India''s injured leg-spinner Anil Kumble and sacked former captain Saurav Ganguly have been left out of the 14-man squad named on Sunday by the hosts for the ICC Champions Trophy.... Sobers, Lara attend Sir Clyde’s funeral BRIDEGTOWN, Sept 3: West Indies great Sir Clyde Walcott was remembered as a pioneer, visionary and a reason why cricket is called the ‘gentleman''s game’ at his funeral in Barbados on Saturday.... World Open Squash: Shabana survives scare to reach last eight CAIRO, Sept 3: World champion Amr Shabana was close to losing his World Open squash title to his best friend before reaching the quarter-finals at the Giza pyramids on Saturday.... Sprinting ace Powell leads trio of double jackpot winners BERLIN, Sept 3: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and American 400 metres runners Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards completed perfect Golden League seasons on Sunday to scoop $250,000 shares in the double jackpot.... Aussies plot to undermine Panesar SYDNEY, Sept 3: Australia''s batsmen say they are planning to dominate English spin sensation Monty Panesar from the outset of this year''s Ashes series.... Guerrero captures IBF title LOS ANGELES, Sept 3: Roberto Guerrero captured the International Boxing Federation featherweight world title on Saturday with an eighth-round technical knockout of Eric Aiken.... Rose, Allenby share lead as Woods falters NORTON (Massachusetts), Sept 3: Australian Robert Allenby drained a hole-in-one on his way to a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.... Spaniards restore pride SAITAMA (Japan), Sept 3: Spain shed their under-achieving reputation and restored sporting pride with a courageous gold medal win over Greece at the world basketball championship on Sunday.... Double Olympic champion dies NEW YORK, Sept 3: Two-time Olympic decathlon gold medallist Bob Mathias has passed away at the age of 75, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement.... Cricket: National U-19 starts tomorrow with one-dayers LAHORE, Sept 3: A total of 13 teams will compete in the PCB National Inter-region Under-19 one-day and three-day cricket tournaments which begins across the country from Tuesday.... Saima outclassed WAH, Sept 3: Kirsty Mephee of England outclassed Pakistan’s Saima Shaukat in 11 minutes in the quarter-finals of the 2nd Pakistan Ordnance Factories WISPA squash tournament-2006 at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, POF Wah Cantt on Sunday.... World champions Italy stumble but France win LONDON, Sept 3: World champions Italy stumbled out of the blocks at the start of the race to the Euro 2008 finals when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Lithuania in their opening qualifying match in Naples on Saturday.... Baseball camp LAHORE, Sept 3: Twenty-two probables are attending the 12-day Punjab baseball training camp, which was set up at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex ground from Friday to select a team for the forthcoming 2nd Inter-provincial games.... 14 teams to vie in district hockey LAHORE, Sept 3: The NWFP Inter-district hockey championship will be played at the Peshawar Lala Ayub Stadium from Monday.... U-19 badminton LAHORE, Sept 3: National under-19 and under-16 badminton championships begin in Faisalabad from Monday....

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