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January 08, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 28, 1428 BCCI suspends tour pending Harbhajan appeal: Indian team incensed by poor umpiring, racism row SYDNEY, Jan 7: The Indian cricket board has suspended its team’s tour of Australia pending the outcome of an appeal for banned spinner Harbhajan Singh.... Media hit out at umpires over bitter Test SYDNEY, Jan 7: The Australian and Indian media on Monday panned the umpires for their performance in the crucial Sydney Test, urging the skippers to pull their teams into line after bitter rows over racism and sportsmanship.... ICC backs Bucknor to stand in third Test SYDNEY, Jan 7: The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday it had no plans to bow to Indian demands to remove veteran West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor from the third Test against Australia in Perth later this month.... ACA supports Ponting for reporting Harbhajan SYDNEY, Jan 7: Ricky Ponting should be applauded for taking a strong stand against racism and reporting Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh for an abusive comment he made about Australia’s only black player, the head of the Australian players’ union said.... Hafeez shines amid first day gloom: Quaid-i-Azam Trophy final KARACHI, Jan 7: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) made satisfactory progress on a curtailed opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy final against Habib Bank Limited (HBL) at the National Stadium here on Monday.... PCB releases revised itinerary of Zimbabwe series LAHORE, Jan 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the proposed itinerary of Zimbabwe tour to Pakistan, starting with their arrival on Jan 12.... Wasim Akram slams Aussies for row NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram blasted Australia’s cricketers over the recent ‘racism’ row that threatened to bring a premature end to India’s tour Down Under.... Symonds surprised by incident SYDNEY, Jan 7: Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds said on Monday he was surprised by the on-field incident that led to Harbhajan Singh being suspended for three Tests because there had been “no bad blood” in the series before that moment.... Gayle ruled out of final Test DURBAN, Jan 7: West Indies captain Chris Gayle has ruled himself out of the deciding Test against South Africa in Durban with the broken thumb he picked up in Cape Town.... Hayden in doubt for Perth Test SYDNEY, Jan 7: Australian opener Matthew Hayden is a doubt for the third Perth Test against India because of a thigh injury, Cricket Australia said on Monday.... Umpires’ course LAHORE, Jan 7: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will hold a three-day refresher course for umpires at two centres namely Faisalabad and Karachi from Jan 11 to 17.... Blake scuppers chance to equal Sydney record SYDNEY, Jan 7: American James Blake lost his chance to equal a 68-year record when he was knocked out of the Sydney International on Monday by Frenchman Fabrice Santoro.... Hissam steals limelight in Polo Cup LAHORE, Jan 7: Five-goal Hissam Ali Hyder stole the show in 7-4 win of Polo De Sufi against Emaar in the 5-10 Goals Polo Cup on Monday.... Pakistan campaign fizzles out as Egypt bag six titles: British Jr Open Squash LONDON, Jan 7: Egypt grabbed a half-a-dozen titles in the British Junior Open Squash which ended in the northern English city of Sheffield on Sunday evening while the Pakistanis returned empty-handed after a prolific start in the event.... Arsenal through to fourth round in FA Cup LONDON, Jan 7: A second-string Arsenal side proved strong enough to secure a 2-0 victory at Championship (second division) club Burnley on Sunday and with it a place in FA Cup fourth-round draw.... Chela pushed to the limits AUCKLAND, Jan 7: Second seed Juan Ignacio Chela had to overcome a one-set deficit and a break down in the third set to local wildcard Dan King-Turner before he advanced to the second round of the Auckland Open on Monday.... Twenty probables for training camp LAHORE, Jan 7: Twenty women will attend national cricket training camp to be held at Lahore Country Club, Muridke from Jan 13 to Feb 11 for the World Cup qualifiers.... Tokyo warned on rules in Olympics bid TOKYO, Jan 7: Tokyo has been warned by the International Olympic Committee over allegedly violating bidding rules in its campaign to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, an official said Monday.... Candyland win Bridge championship KARACHI, Jan 7: Candyland chalked up five straight wins in a row to grab the Swiss Movement bridge championship at the Aslam Bridge Hall on Sunday.... Blatter blasts England’s foreigner decision: BBC LONDON, Jan 7: FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised England’s decision to hire a foreign coach on Monday, the day Fabio Capello arrived at FA headquarters for his first day of work.... Navy thrash KPT LAHORE, Jan 7: Four more matches were decided in the fourth Pakistan Premier League (PPL) football at Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday.... Federer withdraws from Kooyong MELBOURNE, Jan 7: World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Kooyong Classic, the warm-up event for next week’s Australian Open, because of a stomach virus.... Wanjiru, Hall added to marathon field LONDON, Jan 7: World half-marathon record holder Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and US hampion Ryan Hall have been added to the men’s field for the London marathon on April 13.... School cricket KARACHI, Jan 7: The PCB inter-school cricket tournament, which was suspended because of riots in the aftermath of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, will resume from Tuesday, the Karachi City Cricket Association announced on Monday....

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