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December 29, 2007 Saturday Zilhaj 18, 1428 Australia offer Indians historic run chase : Melbourne Test MELBOURNE, Dec 28: India will have to do what no other Test team has done before to come from behind and win the first cricket Test after Australia set them a historic run chase at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.... Australia to monitor violence ahead of tour MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Australia will monitor violence in Pakistan following Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to gauge whether the national cricket team can safely tour next year, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday.... New Zealand clinch ODI series against Bangladesh NAPIER (New Zealand), Dec 28: Bold batting carried New Zealand to a 102-run win over Bangladesh in the rain-shortened second limited-overs cricket match Friday and a 2-0 win in the three-match series.... Clarke says reverse swing to trouble India MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Pitch conditions and the ability of Australia’s pace trio to exploit reverse swing should make India’s job of scoring another 493 runs to win the first Test a tough one, batsman Michael Clarke said on Friday.... PCB releases itinerary for matches against Zimbabwe LAHORE, Dec 28: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced full itinerary for five One-day International matches and two side matches against Zimbabwe.... ‘Aussies thorough preparation pays off’ MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Australian bowler Stuart Clark said his team’s thorough preparation for the series against India bore fruit with surgical precision in the opening cricket Test, a report said on Friday.... Lawson seeks advice on situation before return SYDNEY, Dec 28: Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson said on Friday he is seeking advice on the situation in the volatile country before deciding whether to return following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.... Yuvraj faces disciplinary hearing MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh has been charged with showing dissent towards an umpiring decision during the first cricket Test against Australia, Cricket Australia said on Friday.... Hodgson Appointed Fulham manager LONDON, Dec 28: Fulham have appointed former Inter Milan and Blackburn boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager, the Premier League club announced on Friday.... ‘Benazir’s assassination will discourage teams from touring’ MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram says the assassination of Benazir Bhutto will discourage teams from touring the country.... Harbhajan strives to emulate 2001 series win MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Spin bowler Harbhajan Singh says he has shouldered unrealistic expectations since his career-high achievements during India’s famed home series win over Australia in 2001.... Starace, Bracciali banned for betting LONDON, Dec 28: Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have been banned and fined for betting on matches, the ATP confirmed on Thursday.... West Indies’ batting collapse gives Proteas chance of victory PORT ELIZABETH, Dec 28: The West Indies suffered a second innings collapse to give South Africa an outside chance of victory on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Friday.... Wild Oats lifts third consecutive crown : Sydney-Hobart race HOBART, Dec 28: The Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI won the Sydney to Hobart race for a third year in a row on Friday, becoming the first boat to snatch three consecutive line honour victories in 59 years.... United flex muscles as title race hots up : English Premier League LONDON, Dec 28: Louis Saha expects Manchester United’s superior squad to give the champions a decisive edge as the Premier League title fight hots up.... Romario banned for drugs RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28: Former Brazilian star striker Romario has been hit with a... Beijing’s air quality goal for Games BEIJING, Dec 28: With the city’s notorious pollution a major concern for athletes and organisers, Beijing is aiming for more “good air days” in 2008 as it prepares to host the Olympics in August, a senior official said on Friday.... ‘America can win Hopman Cup without Serena’ PERTH, Dec 28: Mardy Fish is confident the United States can win without star team-mate Serena Williams, and add another Hopman Cup to their already impressive record in the mixed teams event.... Multi-million-euro bonus for treble MADRID, Dec 28: Real Madrid bosses have promised players a bonus of 900,000 euro (1.3 million dollars) each if they achieve the treble — the Primera Liga, Champions League and Spanish... Golf tourney postponed LAHORE, Dec 28: The two-day Lahore Gymkhana golf tournament, featuring some 110 golfers, that was to commence from Saturday has now been postponed for an indefinite period due to the assassination and three-day mourning announcement for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.... ‘Trescothick, Caddick can help lead Somerset’ LONDON, Dec 28: Former Australia Test opener Justin Langer believes old Ashes adversaries Marcus Trescothick and Andy Caddick can help lead his Somerset team to a first English County Championship next year.... Blind cricket LAHORE, Dec 28: Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has postponed the remaining matches of the PBCC Trophy along with the anniversary celebrations of the blind cricket world cup victory owing to the three-day national mourning for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.—APP... ‘Bird’s Nest’ to be ready for Olympics by March BEIJING, Dec 28: Competition venues for next year’s Beijing Olympics have been completed according to plan, an official said Friday, with the only outstanding project — the 91,000-seat National Stadium — scheduled to be finished by March.Construction... National Basketball put off LAHORE, Dec 28: The ongoing national men’s basketball championship has also been postponed for three days following the Rawalpindi incident in which former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto lost her life....

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