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August 10, 2007 Friday Rajab 25, 1428 Karthik and company steer India to 316-4 on day one LONDON, Aug 9: Indian veterans Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar played key roles in the middle in steering India to a safe position on the opening day of the third and final Test against England at The Oval on Thursday.... Pakistan hold Australia 2-2: Beijing’s 4-nation hockey BEIJING, Aug 9: Pakistan fought back hard to hold reigning Olympic champion Australia 2-2 in their second match of the Good Luck Beijing International Hockey tournament here on Thursday.... Injury compels Giles to announce retirement LONDON, Aug 9: Ashley Giles became on Thursday the first member of England’s victorious 2005 Ashes side to announce his retirement from cricket. The 34-year-old left-arm spinner has been struggling with a hip injury for over a year.... UAE likely to compete in Twenty20 tourney LAHORE, Aug 9: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be the fourth team of a four-nation Twenty-20 tournament to be held in Kenya from Sept 1 to 4.... Sri Lanka name strong Twenty20 squad COLOMBO, Aug 9: Mahela Jayawardene will lead a strong Sri Lankan team to the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship to be held in South Africa, officials said on Thursday.... Sri Lanka face selector trouble COLOMBO, Aug 9: A depleted selection panel picked Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 World Championship team on Thursday following a spate of no-shows and resignations from the committee, Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said.... Federer and Nadal cruise into third round MONTREAL, Aug 9: Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal eased into the third round of the Montreal Masters with straight-set wins on Wednesday. World number one Federer tamed the giant... No-confidence vote moved against SHA secretary: Sindh Hockey crisis KARACHI, Aug 9: While the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) had apparently solved the hockey crisis in Sindh a few months ago, the game was once again in turmoil on Thursday after... Fleming dropped for World Twenty20 WELLINGTON, Aug 9: New Zealand selectors on Thursday said they would not send Test skipper Stephen Fleming to the Twenty20 World Championship in order to blood Daniel Vettori as captain.... ‘Cricket wouldn’t be same without sledging’ LONDON, Aug 9: Sledging adds an aura of mysticism to cricket and the game wouldn’t be the same if players remain silent, thinks former Australia Test cricketer Justin Langer.... Tribute planned for Lara PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), Aug 9: A commemorative cricket match has been proposed to officially honour the recently retired batting maestro Brian Lara at the newly built Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.... Rafique, Nafees axed DHAKA, Aug 9: Bangladesh have axed spinner Mohammad Rafique and opening batsman Shahriar Nafees to make room for three uncapped players in their 15-man squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Championship.... Pakistan Test drop was a shocker: Sarwan KINGSTON, Aug 9: West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has called the experience of being dropped from the Test squad in Pakistan last year one of the most shocking incidents of... Sindh Rangers to form youth TT team KARACHI, Aug 9: Pakistan Rangers Sindh has decided to form a table tennis team comprising youth who will make their debut in the upcoming Inter-club event next month.... PCB revokes decision on players’ qualification: Quaid-i-Azam Trophy LAHORE, Aug 9: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revoked an earlier decision on cricketers’ qualification for domestic tournaments which would have deprived many players from appearing in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy 2007-08.... 89th PGA Championship under way TULSA (Oklahoma), Aug 9: The 89th PGA Championship began in partially overcast conditions at the Southern Hills Country Club on Thursday. American left-hander Steve Flesch found the middle of the fairway... Rigamonti excels in pool, S Korea dominate Taekwondo events BANGKOK, Aug 9: Switzerland''s Flavia Rigamonti turned her World Championships silver into gold at the World University Games pool on Thursday, setting a games record in the process.... England to retain squad for Pakistan U-19 Test SCARBOROUGH, Aug 9: England juniors are likely to name an unchanged squad for the second Pakistan Test after the home side won the first first U-19 Test by an innings and 58 runs on Tuesday.... Beckham’s MLS debut put on hold TORONTO, Aug 9: It seems likely that English star David Beckham''s long-awaited debut in Major League Soccer for the Los Angeles Galaxy will remain on hold.... Aqeel reaches Futures Tennis semi-finals KARACHI, Aug 9: Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan marched into the last-four stage of the India F8 ITF Futures tennis tournament in the Indian city of Ludhiana with a straight sets win over local player Vivek Shokeen.... Pakistan spikers face hard task ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Pakistan have been placed in pool B of the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship which will be staged in Jakarta from Sept 1 to 9.... Hockey tourneys LAHORE, Aug 9: Two hockey competitions, the All-Pakistan General Musa Gold Cup and Shaheed-i-Millat Hockey Tournament, will be held in Quetta and Karachi from Aug 27 and Sept 5, respectively.... Punjab Open badminton championships LAHORE, Aug 9: The Punjab Badminton Association (PBA) will be holding the Punjab Open badminton championships in Bahawalnagar from Aug 26 to 29. The event is being organised by the Bahawalnagar District Badminton Association.... Wrestling squad LAHORE, Aug 9: A four-member Pakistan squad comprising two players and two officials will leave for Beijing, China, later in the month to compete in the World Wrestling Championships being held from Aug 21 to 26....

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