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September 13, 2006 Wednesday Sha'aban 19, 1427 Zaheer axed; Talat named manager for Champions Trophy: Kaneria, Umar Gul to appear as witnesses at Inzamam hearing KARACHI, Sept 12: Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan’s team manager on the recent England tour, became the first casualty in the aftermath of the Oval Test fiasco when he was replaced by Talat Ali for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy in India.... KCCA delegation meets PCB chief KARACHI, Sept 12: A delegation comprising the newly elected office bearers of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) called on Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar M. Khan on Tuesday to discuss various issues confronting Karachi cricket.... Pakistan must improve fielding, says Inzamam KARACHI, Sept 12: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Tuesday termed his team''s overall performance in England as ‘unsatisfactory’, saying that the team badly needed to improve its fielding in one-day cricket.... Imran slams ODI showing in England KARACHI, Sept 12: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said he was dejected at the national’s poor performance in the one-day series against England''s ‘weakest’ outfit.... Australia thrash Kiwis to claim semi-final berth: Japan shock Argentina 4-3 in World Cup hockey MONCHENGLADBACH (Germany), Sept 12: Australia showed its Athens Olympic gold medal class at the men''s field hockey World Cup Championship here Monday, thrashing trans-Tasman neighbour New Zealand 7-1 and advancing to the semi-finals.... Australia down West Indies KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12: Australia made a triumphant return to international cricket after a lengthy break with a 78-run victory over West Indies on Tuesday in the first match of the tri-series in Malaysia.... Rusty Ancic powers back into action BEIJING, Sept 12: Mario Ancic looked rusty but had enough power and class to dispose of Spain''s Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the China Open on Tuesday, his return to action after two months out injured.... Lahore Ravi, Islamabad in thrilling tie LAHORE, Sept 12: Lahore Ravi held Islamabad to a thrilling tie in the PCB Inter-region U-19 One-day cricket tournament. Chasing a winning target of 252 in 50 overs, Islamabad managed to... Kaneria saddened by Trophy snub LONDON, Sept 12: Pakistan’s talented leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said on Tuesday he would have captured at least 20 wickets in the recent Test series against England had luck gone his way.... PCB chief heading delegation to China KARACHI, Sept 12: The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar M. Khan, will head an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) delegation to China later this month.... Samiullah disappointed KARACHI, Sept 12: Former Olympian Samiullah on Tuesday expressed his disappointment over Pakistan''s inability to reach the last four stage of the on-going Hockey World Cup in Germany.... ‘Aussies fear Flintoff’ LONDON, Sept 12: Australia ‘fear’ Andrew Flintoff, selection chief David Graveney said on Tuesday after unveiling the Lancashire all-rounder as the England captain for the defence of the Ashes.... Flintoff named to lead England on Ashes tour LONDON, Sept 12: Andrew Flintoff has beaten off competition from Andrew Strauss to captain England in the defence of the Ashes in Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced when naming the squad on Tuesday.... Provincial Games set to commence LAHORE, Sept 12: A total of 1733 players and officials will take part in the 2nd Inter-provincial games set to be staged here from Sept 16 to 18.... No-win situation spoils sports weekend SPORT was on the agenda this last weekend and it promised much; after a disastrous summer of controversy preceded fitfully by some cricket, Pakistan were hoping to end a long tour with some gusto.... Maliha excels at Karachi TT KARACHI, Sept 12: Junior international Maliha Khurshid annexed doubles crown in addition to making it to the women’s singles final of the 35th Karachi Table Tennis Championship at Islamia Club on Tuesday.... Performance satisfactory, says PBF chief LAHORE, Sept 12: Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) secretary Aamir Hayat Khan Rokri has claimed that performance of shuttlers in the 10th South Asian Games was satisfactory, keeping in view that India’sworld ranking is 10th.... Ian Fyfe trophy for TCC KARACHI, Sept 12: Tapal CC (TCC) won the inaugural Ian Fyfe Memorial Twenty20 cricket tournament by whipping Muhammad Hussain CC (MHCC) by 56 runs in the final at KGA Ground.... School cricket LAHORE, Sept 12: Fine batting by Kaleem Ahmed (42) and Nauman Ishtiaq (30 not out) from lower-order helped Lahore beat Karachi by two wickets in the PCB national school cricket Inter-region championship at Cricket Centre ground on Tuesday.... Junior weightlifting LAHORE, Sept 12: More than 100 players from all over the country will compete in the national junior ranking weightlifting championship to be held here on Sept 16 and 17....

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