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| July 17, 2007 | Tuesday | Rajab 01, 1428 |
Suspense over coach ends as Lawson lands Pakistan job
KARACHI, July 16: Pakistan finally ended the month-long suspense over the appointment of national team coach on Monday when Geoff Lawson, the former Australian Test fast bowler, was officially named in...
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PCB offers six-month central contracts to 20 players: Inzamam, Rana Naved, Asim Kamal ignored
KARACHI, July 16: Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and prolific batsman Asim Kamal were notable omissions on Monday when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced a list of 20 players who have been awarded new central contracts for six months....
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‘Local experts, Whatmore could do a better job than Lawson’
LAHORE, July 16: Former Pakistan skippers Javed Miandad and Intikhab Alam on Monday criticised the appointment of Geoff Lawson as new Pakistan coach and said his fellow Australian Dav Whatmore would have been a much better choice for the job....
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Brazil retain Copa title with convincing win
MARACAIBO (Venezuela), July 16: Brazil produced a ruthlessly efficient performance to beat old rivals Argentina 3-0 on Sunday and win the Copa America for the second time in a row....
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Pakistan coaches since Sept 1998
KARACHI, July 16: A chronology of Pakistan cricket coaches in the last nine years after former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson was named to succeed Bob Woolmer on Monday:...
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Former Aussie Test umpire Brooks dies
SYDNEY, July 16: Tom Brooks, the former New South Wales (NSW) player and Test umpire, died on Monday aged 88. A life member of the NSW cricket association, Brooks made his...
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Japan, Australia and Iraq in last eight of Asian Cup
HANOI, July 16: Holders Japan stormed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a clinical 4-1 demolition of co-hosts Vietnam on Monday. However, Vietnam joined Japan in the last eight after Qatar...
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Muralitharan on brink of history
DUBAI, July 16: Sri Lanka’s magical off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara have both topped 900 points in the latest ICC player rankings. Muralitharan became only the fourth Test bowler...
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Shoaib Malik hails Lawson appointment
LAHORE, July 16: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik, lauding Geoff Lawson’s appointment as Pakistan coach, said it was a tough decision for the Pakistan Cricket Board but was made correctly and will help the team flourish....
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Australian security team arrives
LAHORE, July 16: A five-member Australian security delegation arrived in Lahore on Monday night to check the arrangements being made for their U-19 and ‘A’ teams who will visit Pakistan this year....
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Karthik warms up for Lord’s Test
CHELMSFORD (England), July 16: Dinesh Karthik warmed up for the first Test at Lord’s with 51 against England Lions on the final day of India’s tour match on Sunday....
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Zimbabwe left out of Test rankings
HARARE, July 16: Zimbabwe have dropped out of the ICC Test Championship as a result of them only playing eight Tests in the last three years....
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Zanjeer proves strength by pulling off victory
LAHORE, July 16: Gelding Zanjeer surprised punters by winning the feature event of the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday evening. Zanjeer, who ran off the board...
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No joy for Gay, Wariner and Pistorius in Sheffield meet
SHEFFIELD (England), July 16: High-profile trio Tyson Gay, Jeremy Wariner and double amputee Oscar Pistorius all suffered in the rain at Sunday''s IAAF British Grand Prix....
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Three clubs in corruption probe
LONDON, July 16: English Premier League clubs Newcastle United and Portsmouth and Scottish Premier League club Rangers are all involved in a police investigation into corruption in football, the clubs and police confirmed on Monday....
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Santoro wins all-French battle
NEWPORT (Rhode Island), July 16: Frenchman Fabrice Santoro won his first ATP event in five years when he beat compatriot Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4 in the Hall of Fame Championship final on Sunday....
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PFF Youth Cup starts from tomorrow
LAHORE, July 16: The newly-introduced PFF Youth Cup will start in Quetta, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Bannu from Wednesday. The matches will also be played in Islamabad, Dir and Nowshera....
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Ammar steers Combined CC to victory
KARACHI, July 16: Ammar Rana kept Combined Cricket Club’s (Faisalabad) chances alive for a place in semi-finals of the National Club cricket tournament when they outplayed Okara Gymkhana (Multan) by five wickets here on Sunday....
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Nazimabad Gym storm into quarters
KARACHI, July 16: Owais Rehmani’s fine batting display guided Nazimabad Gymkhana to the 5th Pak-China Gold Cup quarter-final as they thrashed Young Pak Flag Cricket Club by nine wickets at the Airport Stadium on Sunday....
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Inter-district cricket from next month
LAHORE, July 16: The Regional Inter-District cricket tournament 2007-08 will start from Aug 24. The schedule of the tournament will be announced by the end of this month....
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