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May 30, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1428 PCB urged not to restrict department cricket KARACHI, May 29: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has appealed to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hierarchy to discard any advice which may either reduce the role of departments in domestic cricket or confine them to play non first-class cricket.... Conditioning camps planned for players KARACHI, May 29: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced to hold conditioning camps at three different places to improve the fitness level of national players.... Roddick, Gonzalez ousted as Federer makes winning start PARIS, May 29: Roger Federer''s latest bid to add the French Open to his glittering collection of 10 Grand Slam titles got off to a winning start on Tuesday but Andy Roddick endured another Roland Garros flop.... Injury cuts short Sarwan’s England tour LEEDS, May 29: West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan was ruled out on Tuesday of the remainder of his side''s Test and one-day series in England after injuring his shoulder in the second Test at Headingley, tour manager Michael Findlay announced.... India to play only one warm-up game Down Under MUMBAI, May 29: India will have to make do with just one warm-up match on their gruelling year-end tour of Australia after the cricket board Tuesday ruled out any extra games.... Places up for grabs, says Windies coach LEEDS, May 29: West Indies coach David Moore said there “will certainly be questions asked on both the batting and bowling side” after what the Australian described as his team''s ‘ugly’... Warne penalised for dissent LONDON, May 29: Shane Warne was given six penalty points by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday for abusing an umpire after being given out LBW playing for Hampshire in a county match last week.... Vaughan hopes Old Trafford will inspire Harmison LEEDS (England), May 29: England captain Michael Vaughan was hopeful Old Trafford would again inspire Stephen Harmison after the fast bowler failed to fire for much of the side''s record-breaking innings... Another setback for Jones SWANSEA (Wales), May 29: England fast bowler Simon Jones has suffered yet another setback in his recovery from the knee surgery he underwent last season and is due to see a specialist at Loughborough.... Blewett quits ADELAIDE (Australia), May 29: Greg Blewett retired from cricket on Tuesday, saying his biggest regret was not being able to build on his promising start in the Australian Test line-up.... Andean nations cry foul over high-altitude FIFA ban LA PAZ, May 29: Andean countries vowed on Monday to fight a ban by FIFA on high-altitude soccer matches, with Bolivian President Evo Morales saying it amounted to discrimination against mountainous countries.... Thai boxer wants to fight in US, Europe BANGKOK, May 29: Record-breaking Thai flyweight Pongsaklek Wongjongkam plans to fight outside Asia for the first time in his career if he gets past Japan''s Daisuke Naito in seven weeks time, local media reported on Tuesday.... Pearson fires Derby into top flight of English soccer LONDON, May 29: Stephen Pearson fired Derby County into the English Premier League for the first time since 2002 as his second half goal clinched a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the Championship play-off final on Monday.... Asad, Shahzaib shine in U-19 cricket KARACHI, May 29: Pakistan Under-19’s former opener Asad Ali smashed a century to guide Zone-II Whites to the Inter-zonal Under-19 Cricket Championship semi-final as they overwhelmed Zone-III Whites by 117 runs at the TMC Ground on Monday.... FIFA unveils $196m new headquarters ZURICH, May 29: World soccer''s governing body FIFA officially opened its new $196 million headquarters on Tuesday as delegates arrived for the start of a two-day congress.... Aqeel takes on Nomi in final KARACHI, May 29: Top two seeds — Aqeel Khan and Nomi Qamar — set a final date after chalking up contrasting victories in the men’s singles semi-finals of the 11th Anti-Tobacco Day tennis tournament at Karachi Club on Tuesday.... Akram, Haris hit fifties HYDERABAD, May 29: Akram Khan and Haris Baig struck half-centuries as Hyderabad defeated Badin by 118 runs in the Hyderabad Region Inter-district cricket championship at the Niaz Stadium on Tuesday.... Zoaq on course to taste success for third time LAHORE, May 29: Four-year-old bay colt Zoaq, who has two consecutive wins to his credit, will be on the trot to make it three in-a-row when the feature event of the... Brothers CC triumph HYDERABAD, May 29: Brothers Cricket Club defeated Al-Hashim by 147 runs as three matches were decided in the PCB National Inter-club cricket championship, a press release issued on Tuesday said.... Jabbar leaves for Denmark LAHORE, May 29: Abdul Jabbar Adnan left for Thisted, Denmark to represent Pakistan in the bench press event of the World powerlifting championship to be held there from May 30 to June 8.... Basketball trials KARACHI, May 29: A one-day trials to select Karachi team for the All-Sindh Inter-district basketball tournament will be held at Arambagh basketball court on Wednesday at 7:00pm.... Squash camp LAHORE, May 29: Punjab Squash Association will organise summer training camp for boys and girls in different age categories from June 11 to July 20....

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