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October 1, 2007 Monday Ramazan 18, 1428 Pakistan, SA change gears for Test battle at Karachi:First Test begins today KARACHI, Sept 30: After a mixed diet of One-day Internationals and Twenty20 cricket over the past few months, Pakistan and South Africa face the exacting task of asserting themselves in the longer version of the game as they clash in the opening Test of the two-match series at the National Stadium from Monday..... Yousuf out of first Test? KARACHI, Sept 30: Prolific middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf is a doubtful starter for the first Test against South Africa which commences here at the National Stadium, it was reliably learnt by Dawn on Monday..... PHF awaits Jamali’s approval on Juniors squad: Six-nation tourney in Singapore KARACHI, Sept 30: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) finalised the Under-19 hockey squad for a six-nation tournament on Sunday but said it required the approval of federation’s president before official announcement..... PCB rewards Pakistan team for Twenty20 show KARACHI, Sept 30: Pakistan cricket team which finished runners-up in the recently concludedTwenty20 World Cup in South Africa, was awarded with hefty cash prizes amounting to approximately Rs 130 million at a glittering ceremony at a posh hotel here on Sunday evening.... Dordoi-Dynamo crowned champions : AFC President’s Cup LAHORE, Sept 30: Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi-Dynamo lifted the third AFC President’s Cup by defeating Nepal’s Mahendra Police Club 2-1 in the final at the Punjab Stadium on Sunday.... Tursunov crushes Becker to take Thailand Open BANGKOK, Sept 30: Russian Dmitry Tursunov buried any lingering memories of his mid-season ATP slump, picking up his second title of 2007 at the Thailand Open on Sunday... Ganguly in doubt for second ODI BANGALORE, Sept 30: Indian batsman Saurav Ganguly is an injury doubt for the second One-day International against Australia on Tuesday after limping off the field during the first match..... Gebrselassie breaks marathon world record in Berlin BERLIN, Sept 30: Haile Gebrselassie broke the marathon world record Sunday, winning the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds.... Whatmore, Dyson look at WI coaching spot ST JOHN’s (Antigua), Sept 30: Two Australians, Dav Whatmore and John Dyson, are among the candidates to take over as head cricket coach of West Indies team.... Everton win LONDON, Sept 30: Everton moved up to fifth in the Premier League on Sunday with a 2-0 home defeat of Middlesbrough. Joleon Lescott headed them in front after six minutes and Steven Pienaar slotted in the second shortly after the break to leave Middlesbrough rueing several missed chances..... Aussies display reserves of strength BANGALORE, Sept 30: Australia underlined the strength of their reserves in a rain-abandoned first one-dayer against India on Saturday, and stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist said their performance boded well for the future..... In-form Quince registers a hat-trick at KRC KARACHI, Sept 30: Demonstrating yet another awesome performance, the four-year-old chestnut colt Quince stormed to a facile six lengths victory to complete a hat-trick in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... ICC delegation will inspect facilities next month: Champions Trophy LAHORE, Sept 30: A delegation of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will visit Pakistan on Nov 2 and 3 to inspect the facilities available at the venues where the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) intends to hold the ICC Champions Trophy in 2008.... Desert Prince rules in feature event of winter races LAHORE, Sept 30: Fancied bay colt Desert Prince completed hat-trick of victories by winning the feature event of the fifth Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday..... Injured Powell out of Yokohama event YOKOHAMA, Sept 30: Jamaica’s Asafa Powell pulled up with a hamstring injury during the men’s 200 metres at the season-ending Super Track and Field meeting on Sunday.... Germany defeat Brazil 2-0 to keep World Cup title SHANGHAI, Sept 30: Birgit Prinz’s goal in the 52nd minute and Simone Laudehr’s strike late in the game lifted Germany to a 2-0 victory over Brazil on Sunday, bringing the team its second conseutive women’s World Cup title.... Man arrested for running fake Olympics website BEIJING, Sept 30: Police in southern China have arrested a man for running a phoney Beijing 2008 Olympics website that bilked fans by running bogus contests, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.... Pak Shaheen win Inter-club boxing KARACHI, Sept 30: Pak Shaheen Club clinched five gold medals to win the Ramazan Inter-club boxing tournament at Mohammad Satto Boxing Stadium on Saturday.... Ramazan hockey KARACHI, Sept 30: Hanif Khan XI meet Zafar XI in the opening match of Ramazan Champions Trophy hockey tournament at UBL Sports Complex on Monday.... Duo of Aisam, Bopanna enter final LAHORE, Sept 30: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq and India’s Rohan Bopanna have entered the final of the doubles event of the ATP tennis championship in Mumbai. The championship carries a prize money tag of $416,000...

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