|
| July 19, 2007 | Thursday | Rajab 03, 1428 |
|
PHF takes U-turn, open doors for banned trio
LAHORE, July 18: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has taken a U-turn, saying that five undisciplined players who preferred foreign league over national duty would be considered after proving physical fitness.... 
|
|
Hanif bars undisciplined trio from training camp
KARACHI, July 18: While the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) recently encouraged a bunch of undisciplined players by saying they would be considered in future, the ‘talent grooming’ training camp coach Hanif Khan booted out three youngsters for indiscipline on Wednesday....
|
|
|
||
|
FIFA snubs Arshad, rejects allegations against Faisal
LAHORE, July 18: FIFA has snubbed former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Arshad Lodhi, rejecting his allegations of adopting unconstitutional approach for the federation’s elections against PFF chief Faisal Saleh Hayat....
|
|
Depleted England ready for India challenge: First Test starts today at Lord’s
LONDON, July 18: England captain Michael Vaughan does not believe the memory of his most prolific home series, against India in 2002, will have any bearing when the teams open their three-Test series at Lord''s on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
Gonzalez, Nalbandian crash out on day of upsets
LOS ANGELES, July 18: American Zack Fleishman produced the biggest upset of the Los Angeles Classic when he knocked out top seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6, 6-4 in the opening round on Tuesday....
|
|
Vasseur wins 10th stage as Sinkewitz tests positive
MARSEILLE (France), July 18: Cedric Vasseur clinched the host country''s first win in this year''s Tour de France with victory on the 229.5-km 10th stage on Wednesday....
|
|
||
|
Hewitt hires Roche as coach
SYDNEY, July 18: Former world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt on Wednesday hired compatriot Tony Roche as his coach in an attempt to return to the pinnacle of men''s tennis....
|
|
South Africa Twenty20 squad named
JOHANNESBURG, July 18: Hosts South Africa have named a 30-man provisional squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship to be staged in September. The squad will be trimmed down to 15 and sent to the ICC as per its regulations....
|
|
||
|
The Oval overhaul announced
LONDON, July 18: While Surrey’s on-pitch shows may not be much to write home about right now, off the field things are looking bright. The club has finalised proposals for a...
|
|
Chanderpaul joins Durham
LONDON, July 18: Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has signed with Durham County to play the second half of the season, according to the caribbeancricket.com website....
|
|
|
||
|
Sri Lanka get Farbrace as assistant coach
COLOMBO, July 18: Sri Lanka has picked Paul Farbrace, a coaching director at English County Kent, as its new assistant coach, a top Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said on Wednesday....
|
|
Queensland batsman eyes WI spot
BRISBANE, July 18: Queensland batsman Brendan Nash will leave Australia to restart his career in the Caribbean. Nash, whose father Paul was an Olympic swimmer for Jamaica, has made the decision...
|
|
|
||
Big guns blaze into Asian Cup quarters
JAKARTA, July 18: Big guns Saudi Arabia, Iran and South Korea blazed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, but China failed yet again to live up to its billing, crashing out at the hands of Uzbekistan....
|
|
Woods bids for British Open hat-trick from today
CARNOUSTIE (Scotland), July 18: Never mind three in a row, Tiger Woods is capable of winning the British Open eight times in succession. That is the opinion of Australia''s Peter Thomson,...
|
|
|
||
|
Taha, Usman produce match-winning shows
KARACHI, July 18: Taha Mamsa and Usman Aamir claimed five wickets each to spin their respective teams – Zone-III Whites and Zone-II Whites – to victories in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 tournament on Tuesday....
|
|
Davenport considers tour return
WASHINGTON, July 18: New mother and former world No 1 Lindsay Davenport said on Tuesday she was considering a return to the tour. The 31-year-old said last year that she could...
|
|
|
||
|
Snooker Cup to go ahead on schedule in Islamabad: PBSA unfazed by terrorism
KARACHI, July 18: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) had decided to go ahead with staging of the 16th Snooker Cup ranking championship at Islamabad from Tuesday despite acts of terrorism in the capital....
|
|
Javelin to be kept away from track
MILAN, July 18: Italian officials said on Tuesday that javelin throwing would be kept away from the track during the Masters Athletics World Championships in September, which will include competitors up to 90 years old....
|
|
|
||
|
Pakistan CC remain unbeaten
KARACHI, July 18: Pakistan Cricket Club (Karachi) ended their pool ‘B’ phase in the PCB National Inter-club Cricket Championship in style as they recorded their fourth successive win, trouncing Ghori Cricket...
|
|
KCCA directive for players
KARACHI, July 18: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) on Wednesday asked players to obtain registration forms from the KCCA office, National Stadium from July 19 after getting an authority letter...
|
|
|
||
