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March 11, 2007 Sunday Safar 21, 1428 Younis shapes convincing victory for Pakistan ST AUGUSTINE (Trinidad), March 10: Younis Khan overcame a controversial pitch with an attractive half-century as Pakistan whipped South Africa by seven wickets in the final World Cup warm-up match here on Friday (partially reported in Saturday’s edition).... Pakistan’s sports graph plummetted despite millions spent: Arif Hasan’s three years as POA chief KARACHI, March 10: Money can’t win medals. This is, perhaps, the moral of the story when a careful assessment is made of country’s sports supremo, Lt.... Inzamam all praise for Hafeez ST AUGUSTINE, March 10: Pakistan have found a surprise match-winner in opener Mohammad Hafeez, who played a crucial role in his team''s two successive victories in the World Cup warm-up matches.... New Zealand earn morale booster despite Tharanga ton BRIDGETOWN, March 10: New Zealand restored their World Cup morale after Tuesday''s surprise defeat by Bangladesh when they beat a powerful Sri Lanka side by 18 runs on Friday.... Bookies tip Australia to lift trophy again COLOMBO, March 10: The first ball of the World Cup has not yet been bowled, but a virtual tournament is already in full swing, with the online gaming industry betting Australia will lift the title for a third successive time.... Marathon men ready to take aim at World Cup BRIDGETOWN, March 10: Thirty-two years after the first World Cup was decided over a modest five playing days, the 2007 edition will open on Sunday and will go on and on until April 28.... Australia score easy win over England KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), March 10: A superb 72 from Adam Gilchrist helped Australia snap their losing run against England with an easy five-wicket win in their final World Cup warm-up on Friday (partially reported in Saturday’s edition).... Australian juggernaut rolled on in 2003 despite Warne ban NEW DELHI, March 10: The 2003 World Cup was not only about Australia''s triumph over adversity, but also about a drug-ban, boycotts, protests and some prominent cricketers'' farewell.... We won''t panic, says Arthur ST AUGUSTINE, March 10: South Africa coach Mickey Arthur said there is no need to panic despite watching his world No 1 side''s batting line-up fail to click for the second successive match.... Pen-sketches of Scotland squad BRIDGETOWN, March 10: Penpix of Scotland''s World Cup squad:... India canter home by nine wickets TRELAWNY (Jamaica), March 10: India skittled West Indies for 85 runs in a warm-up tie before marching to a nine-wicket victory, plunging the hosts into a crisis four days before their first World Cup match (partially reported in Saturday’s edition).... Pen-sketches of Australia squad BRIDGETOWN, March 10: Pen pix of Australia''s World Cup squad:... Fulton joins NZ casualty list BRIDGETOWN, March 10: Peter Fulton added his name to New Zealand''s growing injury list after he broke a finger during a World Cup warm-up match against Sri Lanka on Friday.... Lara bemoans chronic collapse TRELAWNY, March 10: West Indies captain Brian Lara said his team had a chronic problem with batting collapses after they were rolled over for 85 by India in their World Cup warm-up match on Friday.... Sehwag backed TRELAWNY, March 10: India captain Rahul Dravid insisted he still had confidence in struggling Virender Sehwag despite the dashing opener suffering another miserable failure with the bat.... Intikhab-e-Bhakkar poised to win Cup LAHORE, March 10: The six-year-old horse, Intikhab-e-Bhakkar, is fancied to win the Mohy-ud-Din Mohammad Alamgir Cup, featuring a card of six events for the Lahore Winter Meeting to be held at the Racecourse on Sunday.... ‘Chowdhry’s ouster from AIBA main cause for defeat’: Pugilists’ poor show at Al-Fajr tourney KARACHI, March 10: Pakistan’s seven-member boxing team returned without fetching any laurels from Al-Fajr boxing tournament on Saturday with their coach putting the defeat to recent ouster of Anwar Chowdhry from the International Boxing Association (AIBA).... Truf Shot tipped to put up another bold show KARACHI, March 10: Four-year-old bay colt Truf Shot who edged past Midas Touch in the last outing should be in line for another bold show when the Gymkhana race meeting resumes at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... Top seeds Yousuf, Imran stunned in league contests: National Snooker KARACHI, March 10: Two top seeded players - Mohammad Yousuf and Imran Shehzad – rounded off their league matches on a sour note, tasting defeats at the hands of low ranked... Sri Lanka’s Nilanga wins 6th stage MULTAN - Sudeera Nilanga of Sri Lanka won the sixth and the shortest stage of the 13th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race from Bahawalpur to Multan in a Race that... Fawwad’s heroics in vain KARACHI, March 10: Despite a magnificent all-round performance by Fawwad Alam, Karachi Dolphins just failed to make the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup final on Saturday.... Faisal shines for Karachi Zebras KARACHI, March 10: Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal excelled with the bat and to help Karachi Zebras score a facile 25-run win over Interloop Wolves Faisalabad in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex on Saturday.... Panthers in final KARACHI, March 10: Despite suffering a 26-run defeat against Lahore Eagles at the UBL Sports Complex on Saturday, Peshawar Panthers qualified for the final of the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup.... PHF allows five undisciplined players to play KARACHI, March 10: Five players banned to represent Pakistan have been permitted by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to play at national hockey championship this month.... Asghar wins LAHORE, March 10: Asghar Ali of the NWFP on Saturday defeated Kazim of Balochistan as seven fights were decided on the opening day of the Inter-provincial Under-17 boxing championship.... Karachi Colours win HYDERABAD, March 10: Karachi Colours defeated the Azad Jammu and Kashmir 5-3 to secure third position in the qualifying round of the 54th National hockey championship at the Board’s Stadium on Saturday....

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