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| October 19, 2007 | Friday | Shawwal 6, 1428 |
Proteas draw first blood against faltering Pakistan: De Villiers, Gibbs slam centuries
LAHORE, Oct 18: Fine centuries by A.B. de Villiers and Herschelle Gibbs followed by Makhaya Ntini’s four-wicket burst helped South Africa to a 45-run victory against Pakistan in the first One-day International at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday....
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PCB snubs former Test cricketers
LAHORE, Oct 18: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) policy of ‘good governance and corporate culture’ proved more beneficial for bureaucracy instead of former Test cricketers, during the first One-day International between Pakistan and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday....
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Loss of early wickets led to defeat: Shoaib
LAHORE, Oct 18: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said early fall of top four wickets led to their defeat in the first One-day International against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday....
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Mistakes made in Woolmer examination: pathologist
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Oct 18: Mistakes were made in post-mortem examinations of late Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, a British pathologist said on Wednesday under cross-examination at an inquest into Woolmer’s death....
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Atapattu earns surprise call-up for Aussie Tests
COLOMBO, Oct 18: Sri Lanka’s selectors on Thursday named former captain Marvan Atapattu as a surprise late inclusion for the upcoming trip to Australia, nearly two years after his last Test match....
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BD close to naming new coach
DHAKA, Oct 18: Bangladesh could have a new coach in place in time for their tour of New Zealand in December, after the Bangladesh Cricket Board named Gordon Greenidge, John Dyson and Colin Miller on a new three-man shortlist....
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ICC urges zero tolerance towards racism
DUBAI, Oct 18: Malcolm Speed, the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s chief executive officer, has urged its member countries to follow a zero-tolerance policy towards racism and adhere to the Anti-Racism Code....
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McGrath, Warne to reunite at HK Sixes
HONG KONG, Oct 18: Australia’s most successful bowling pair Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne will once again team up at this month’s Hong Kong Sixes, organisers said on Thursday....
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Harmison to play in SA
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 18: England fast bowler Steve Harmison is heading for a spell in South African domestic cricket in his quest to regain fitness before the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka after a recent back injury....
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Sami, Mansoor to lead Karachi teams
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Karachi City Cricket Association on Thursday named two squads for Quaid-i-Azam Trophy starting from Saturday at various centres of the country....
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Unsteady Nadal overcomes Baghdatis to set up Murray clash MADRID, Oct 18: World No 2 Rafael Nadal recovered from an unsteady start to overpower Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-4 in the Madrid Masters on Wednesday and set up a mouth-watering last-16 clash against Andy Murray....
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Hasan Raza to captain HBL
KARACHI, Oct 18: Pakistan discard Hasan Raza has been named to lead a 15-member Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) squad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship....
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Greece, Romania, Czechs seal Euro 2008 berths
LONDON, Oct 18: European champions Greece, Czech Republic and Romania will join Germany in the European Championship finals next year after qualifying on Wednesday....
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Beijing designing high-tech Olympic torch
BEIJING, Oct 18: Beijing organisers are designing a high-tech Olympic torch capable of withstanding gale-force wind, torrential rain and even the oxygen-thin air atop Mount Everest, state media reported on Thursday....
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Drogba wants to quit Chelsea
LONDON, Oct 18: Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has said he wants to quit Chelsea three years after joining the Premier League club....
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Taimur shares early lead in amateur golf
LAHORE, Oct 18: Taimur Hasan made a fine start in the national amateur golf championship by sharing the first-round lead with Sri Lanka’s K.A. Chandradasa at the Lahore Gymkhana golf course on Thursday....
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Jones scandal termed soul-destroying
SYDNEY, Oct 18: Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones’s admission she used performance enhancing drugs was ‘soul destroying’ but there were good signs the Beijing Olympics would be clean, the incoming world anti-doping chief said on Thursday....
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Saudi squad to play Patron’s Trophy
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has allowed a Saudi Arabian team – namely Pak-Saudi International – to take part in the Patron’s Trophy tournament, according to the documents made available here on Thursday....
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Hurdler banned for doping
PARIS, Oct 18: France’s 400m hurdles Olympic bronze medallist Naman Keita was on Wednesday banned for two years after testing positive for testosterone....
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Disgraced Japanese boxer apologises to champion
TOKYO, Oct 18: Japan’s bad-boy boxer Daiki Kameda on Thursday apologised to a world champion for a rough fight after coming under fresh fire for failing to say sorry in public....
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