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November 07, 2007 Wednesday Shawwal 25, 1428 News agencies plan boycott of Brisbane Test SYDNEY, Nov 6: Global news agencies said on Tuesday they may be forced to cancel coverage of the first Australia-Sri Lanka cricket Test in Brisbane after organisers imposed unprecedented restrictions on the media.... Tendulkar decides against taking up Test captaincy MUMBAI, Nov 6: Sachin Tendulkar said on Tuesday he did not want to take on the job of India’s Test captain again at present.“Tendulkar has conveyed to Sharad Pawar (board president)... Fourth round action starts today : Quaid-i-Azam Trophy KARACHI, Nov 6: Islamabad bid to maintain their winning sequence when the fourth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship starts from Wednesday with 10 fixtures spread across the country.... 144 Pakistani fans to witness Mohali ODI MOHALI (India), Nov 6: Pakistan cricket team will find themselves short of fans’ support with not more than 144 fans expected to come here from across the border to watch second one-dayer against India on Thursday.... Wear black and miss Kanpur match, fans told KANPUR (India), Nov 6: A black T-shirt or even a pair of black socks would cost a bona fide ticket holder his entry into Green Park Stadium which hosts the third India-Pakistan One-day International here on Sunday.... Dravid silences critics with double ton in domestic match MUMBAI, Nov 6: India’s Rahul Dravid struck a fluent double century in his first domestic game after being dropped from the one-day team for the opening two matches against Pakistan for loss of form.... ‘Sri Lanka want to play decent cricket’ MELBOURNE, Nov 6: Sri Lanka would not emulate India’s ultra-aggressive tactics against Australia during their upcoming two-Test series Down Under, spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has said.... Inquest orders re-examination of Woolmer stomach samples KINGSTON (Jamaica), Nov 6: Toxicology samples from the stomach of Pakistan’s cricket coach Bob Woolmer will be re-examined because experts disagree on whether poisoning was a factor in his death at... ICC postpones women’s event in Pakistan LAHORE, Nov 6: The ICC has announced that the Women’s World Cup qualifiers, which was scheduled to take place in Pakistan between Nov 19 and 25, has been postponed.... Thorpe relishing challenge of coaching Down Under LONDON, Nov 6: Former England batsman Graham Thorpe is thriving on the challenge of surviving as a rare Englishman coaching cricket in Australia.... BCCI invites bids for website MUMBAI, Nov 6: The Indian cricket board has invited bids for designing and hosting its website for a period of four years.... CA observing situation in Pakistan SYDNEY, Nov 6: Cricket Australia (CA) is keeping an eye on the political situation in Pakistan prior to Austra-... Efficient surprises international field at Melbourne Cup MELBOURNE, Nov 6: Locally-trained four-year-old Efficient stormed up the last straight on Tuesday to win Australia’s biggest horse race, the US$4.7 million Melbourne Cup, stunning international competitors.... Aqeel moves into second round LAHORE, Nov 6: National champion Aqeel Khan also entered the second round of the ITF Pakistan F3 Circuit tennis championship, at the Cosmopolitan Club courts in Bagh-i-Jinnah on Tuesday.... Major winners out in force for Shanghai event BEIJING, Nov 6: World number two Phil Mickelson and number four Ernie Els lead a cosmopolitan field in the battle for Asia’s richest prize at the third Champions tournament in Shanghai this week.... Pakistan suffer another blow as Ihsanullah gets unfit KARACHI, Nov 6: The Pakistan hockey team management suffered another blow when full-back Ihsanullah was ruled out of the upcoming Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.... Pakistan Open Squash from Nov 12 KARACHI Nov 6: Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) is organising the Pakistan Open Squash Championship at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad from November 12-19.... Family miracle helps Henin again MADRID, Nov 6: The miraculous coincidence which brought the restoration of Justine Henin’s family relationships has also helped the preparation of her title defence at the season-ending WTA Championships which started here on Tuesday.... Top seed Vinod in quarter-finals KARACHI, Nov 6: Top seed Vinod Das advanced into the men’s singles last eight without playing a match in the 17th Talent Hunt Sindh ranking tennis championship at the CDGK Sports Complex on Tuesday.... Top contenders to compete in badminton tourney LAHORE, Nov 6: Sixty players from 18 countries will participate in the Pakistan International Challenge badminton tournament to be held at Liaquat Gymnasium, Islamabad from Nov 25 to 28.... Mama Parsi triumph in TT event KARACHI, Nov 6: Mama Parsi Girls School excelled on the opening day of second Jinnah University College (JUC) Inter-school table tennis championship which commenced at the JUC on Tuesday.... Contingent returns LAHORE, Nov 6: With one silver and one bronze medal in the 2nd Asian Indoor Games, held in Macau, the Pakistan contingent will arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday.... Royal Victory tipped to win feature event at LRC today LAHORE, Nov 6: The bay mare, Royal Victory, looks a better proposition on classification to have the better of her rivals in the feature event during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.... Inter-school Hockey from Nov 20 KARACHI, Nov 6: The Tanvir Dar Memorial Inter-school hockey tournament will be played at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium here from Nov 20, organisers announced on Tuesday.... Sweden great Liedholm dies MILAN, Nov 6: Former Sweden and AC Milan great Nils Liedholm died in the Italian town of Cuccaro on Monday, aged 85.... Karachi board hockey trials KARACHI, Nov 6: Trials to select hockey team of the Karachi Board of Secondary Education will be held at the UBL Sports Complex on Sunday at 4pm.... Iqbal Day boxing on Friday KARACHI, Nov 6: The Allama Iqbal Day Inter-club Boys/Cadet boxing tournament will be held at the Ustad Satoo Stadium here on Friday, the Karachi South Boxing Association announced on Tuesday....

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