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November 01, 2007 Thursday Shawwal 19, 1428 Series against India bigger than Ashes: Lawson LAHORE, Oct 31: Pakistan’s Australian coach Geoff Lawson said on Wednesday he was looking forward to the challenge of touring India and that clashes between the great rivals were “bigger than the Ashes.”... Money topic of testimony in Woolmer inquest KINGSTON, Oct 31: A witness testified at the inquest into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer to seeing a roll of US currency in the dressing room on the... Miandad’s negative mindset exposed by outburst: Salahuddin KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday lashed out at former Test captain Javed Miandad for singling out the national selection committee for defeats in the recent home series against South Africa.... Pakistan grouped with England for 2009 World T20 DUBAI, Oct 31: England will be in a group with Pakistan and top ranked non-Test team when they host International Cricket Council World Twenty20 in 2009.... Coach Siddons aims to make Bangladesh a competitive outfit DHAKA, Oct 31: Bangladesh’s new coach Jamie Siddons said on Wednesday his goal was to transform the team into a highly competitive unit in both Test and one-day cricket.... Exuberant Lee relishing new job SYDNEY, Oct 31: Australia fast bowler Brett Lee is very much at ease with his new status as one of the old guards in the world’s best cricket team.... Warne-Murali Trophy suggested COLOMBO, Oct 31: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday formally suggested to Australia to mark their upcoming Test series with a trophy named after spin rivals Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.... Samuels faces probe over bookie link NEW DELHI, Oct 31: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels will face an investigation by the national board over alleged links with a bookmaker during a one-day tour of India in January.... Fletcher a hypocrite, says Boycott LONDON, Oct 31: Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has branded ex-national coach Duncan Fletcher a hypocrite after revelations in his autobiography about Andrew Flintoff’s drinking antics.... BCCI allocates 250 tickets for series LAHORE, Oct 31: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has only allocated 250 VIP tickets to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), for each one-day match and Test matches... Sangakkara doubtful for first Test SYDNEY, Oct 31: Sri Lanka wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara is struggling to be fit for next week’s first Test against Australia due to a hamstring injury, Cricinfo website reported on Wednesday.... ‘Dropping Dravid a mistake’ KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan believes India have made a mistake by omitting former captain Rahul Dravid for their first two One-day Internationals.... Bookies gang busted AMRITSAR (India), Oct 31: Amritsar police on Wednesday busted a gang of bookies, involved in betting on the one-dayer played between Pakistan and South Africa in Lahore last Monday.... Scooby Do edges out Shah Pari in feature event LAHORE, Oct 31: Odds-on favourite colt, Scooby Do, edged out improving filly, Shah Pari, after a grim battle to win the feature event ran over the sprinting distance of 1000m during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.... Convincing wins for Russell Jr, Williams CHICAGO, Oct 31: Bantamweight Gary Russell Jr and featherweight Raynell Williams qualified for the Beijing Olympics with convincing victories and built on the US team’s momentum at the World Boxing Championships on Tuesday.... Beaconhouse record exciting victory KARACHI, Oct 31: Beaconhouse School (Gulshan Campus) registered a nail-biting one-wicket victory over City School (Gulshan Chapter) in a match at the PCB Karachi Region Inter-school Cricket Championship at the PCB Academy ground on Wednesday.... Olympics ticket sales suspended BEIJING, Oct 31: Beijing Olympics organisers apologised on Wednesday after suspending ticket sales following a booking system meltdown, their first major blunder in preparations for next year’s Games.... Karachi U-16 trials from tomorrow KARACHI, Oct 31: The two-day trials to select Karachi Region’s Under-16 team will be held at two centres of the city from Friday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday.... Pakistani cueists fail to win any medal : Indoor Asian Games MACAU, Oct 31: Pakistan snooker team wrapped up its campaign in the Macau Indoor Asian Games without fetching a single medal after its upset defeat at the hands of Iraq in... Asif shines for victors LAHORE, Oct 31: Six-goal Asif Tiwana propelled Millat Tractors to a 8-7 win against Blokes in the Lahore Polo Club Low Goal Cup on Wednesday.... Federer gears up for Karlovic test again PARIS, Oct 31: Roger Federer will face Croatian Ivo Karlovic for the second time in five days when he enters the Paris Masters Series tournament on Wednesday.... Three matches decided KARACHI, Oct 31: Three matches were played on the opening day of the fourth Aga Khan University (AKU) All Karachi Inter-school Throwball Tournament for under-17 girls which is being held at the AKU Sports Centre Gymnasium.... Nasir in Riyadh tennis quarters KARACHI, Oct 31: Reigning national junior champion (Under-18), Nasir Mushtaq, stormed into the quarter-finals of the eighth Saudi ITF world ranking juniors’ tennis championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.... Athletics meet starts tomorrow LAHORE, Oct 31: The national Junior athletics championship will be held at the Punjab Stadium on Friday and Saturday.... Oriola dies aged 79 PARIS, Oct 31: French double Olympic fencing champion of the 1950’s, Christian d’Oriola, has died at the age of 79.... PNF to organize training camp KARACHI, Oct 31: The Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) will organise a training course at the Pakistan Sports Board Complex here from Nov 7 to 10....

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