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February 06, 2008 Wednesday Muharram 27, 1429 England draw first blood as Kiwis crumble: First Twenty20 International AUCKLAND, Feb 5: England drew first blood on their cricket tour of New Zealand when they comfortably won the opening Twenty20 International by 32 runs at Eden Park here on Tuesday.... ‘Cricket will always be king in India’ NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Cricket rules in India and golf will never be as popular despite surging interest, according to two of the country’s leading players.... Hafeez not interested in ICL LAHORE, Feb 5: Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez said that he had no intention of joining the controversial Indian Cricket League (ICL).... Simmons named ECB chief LONDON, Feb 5: Jack Simmons, the chairman of Lancashire, has been appointed as the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman to succeed Dennis Amiss.... Lord’s favourite to host World Twenty20 final LONDON, Feb 5: Lord’s and The Oval have been nominated as two of the main venues to host next year’s ICC World Twenty20 Championship, with the ECB also recommending Lord’s to host the final.... Yousuf fourth in one-day rankings KARACHI, Feb 5: Most of the Pakistan batsmen improved in the ICC one-day player rankings after they recorded a clean sweep in the home series against Zimbabwe recently.... Rain denies Sri Lanka chase after Gambhir ton BRISBANE, Feb 5: The second match in the triangular One-day International cricket series was abandoned here on Tuesday when heavy rain meant Sri Lanka were unable to take the field in pursuit of India’s total of 267 for four.... Aussies face dilemma over IPL contracts MELBOURNE, Feb 5: The participation of Australia’s star cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) could be in doubt, after Cricket Australia warned that it could still exercise the power... Debutant Harkleroad puts US into Fed Cup semi-finals LA JOLLA (California), Feb 5: Fed Cup debutant Ashley Harkleroad sealed victory for the United States over Germany in their world group first-round tie with a 6-4, 7-5 defeat of teenager Sabine Lisicki on Monday.... Rohit Sharma fined for dissent BRISBANE, Feb 5: Young Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was fined 10 percent of his match fee for dissent after being incorrectly judged caught behind off Muttiah Muralitharan for a duck in the triangular series on Tuesday.... Sania snub stuns officials, players NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s decision not to play in home tournaments this year because of off-court rows has left fans and officials shell-shocked.... Top seeds cruise into last 16 KARACHI, Feb 5: Top seeds opened their campaign on a winning note when they propelled into the men’s singles pre-quarter-finals by notching up convincing victories in the Open Sindh ranking tennis championship at the DHA Sunset Club courts on Tuesday.... Lyceum win throwball match KARACHI, Feb 5: The Lyceum School ‘A’ defeated Meritorious Science College 2-0 in the sixth Aga Khan University (AKU) Inter School/Collegiate girls’ throwball tournament at the AKU Gymnasium on Monday.... Bahria College move ahead KARACHI, Feb 5: Bahria College M.T. Khan Road were through to the second round after an imposing 2-0 victory over DHA College Phase VII in the Karachi Board Inter-collegiate girls’ badminton... Wonderful Smile can do it again today LAHORE, Feb 5: Dark bay horse Wonderful Smile looks like a good proposition to have the better of his 11 rivals in a six event card at the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.... IOC chief urges Arab nations to bid for Games RIYADH, Feb 5: Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who is in Riyadh on a short trip, has urged Arab countries to bid for the Olympics.... Red carpet rolled out for Beijing Games, but not for all BEIJING, Feb 5: China’s 40-billion-dollar welcome mat is almost in place as Beijing prepares to woo the world — barring unwelcome guests — to the Olympic Games in August.... Bulgarian duo lose doping appeal SOFIA, Feb 5: Bulgaria’s European 400 metres champion Vanya Stambolova and high jump silver medallist Venelina Veneva have failed to have their two-year doping bans overturned and will not be at the Beijing Olympics, their federation announced on Tuesday.... Cameroon set up Ghana clash, Egypt also make semis ACCRA, Feb 5: Stephane Mbia scored twice to help Cameroon see off Tunisia 3-2 after extra time on Monday and set up an African Nations Cup semi-final against hosts Ghana.... Saddam leads Sindh to retain soccer title LAHORE, Feb 5: Two-goal Saddam Hussain helped Sindh to retain the title of the seventh National Under-14 Festival of Football by overpowering Karachi Yellows 2-0 in the final at the Ali Rai Nawaz Stadium, Sahiwal, on Tuesday.... Argentina, New Zealand remain unbeaten: Olympic qualifiers AUCKLAND, Feb 5: Brothers Lucas and Rodrigo Vila scored a goal apiece to help Argentina remain unbeaten after the third round of a six-nation men’s field hockey Olympic qualifying tournament on Tuesday.... Basketball, athletics trials KARACHI, Feb 5: Trials to select the Karachi boys and girls athletics team for the 12th Sindh Games will be held at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday at 9.00am,...

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