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February 24, 2008 Sunday Safar 16, 1429 McCullum helps Kiwis win ODI series CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), Feb 23: An explosive Brendon McCullum wrecked the best bowling England could offer as New Zealand overcame a mid-innings crisis to win the one-day series decider by 34 runs here on Saturday.... Bangladesh seize control in Dhaka Test DHAKA, Feb 23: Opening batsman Junaid Siddiqui and fast bowler Shahadat Hossain combined to help Bangladesh take a 147-run lead on the second day of the first Test against South Africa on Saturday.... Yousuf blames PCB, BCCI for missing IPL auction KARACHI, Feb 23: Senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf is “disappointed” at not being part of the Indian Premier League players’ auction and holds the PCB and BCCI responsible for missing out on a lucrative deal.... Justin Langer says no to IPL PERTH, Feb 23: Former Australian opener Justin Langer has turned his back on the inaugural Twenty20 Indian Premier League, opting to honour a prior commitment to English county side Somerset.... Usman, Naveed put FA on top KARACHI, Feb 23: Centuries by Naveed Qureshi and Usman Saeed enabled Federal Areas to take full control of the Pentangular Cup match against Balochistan as batsmen dominated the second day’s play at the National Stadium here on Saturday.... Riffatullah shines as NWFP reach 181-3 LAHORE, Feb 23: The Pentangular Cup fixture between Punjab and NWFP was nicely poised after the visitors made a solid reply on the second day of the match at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Saturday.... Karlovic blasts 15 aces to reach Rotterdam semis ROTTERDAM, Feb 23: Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic hammered 15 aces as he swept past German qualifier Mischa Zverev on Friday to book a place in the semi-finals of the World Indoor Tournament in Rotterdam.... Olympic gymnast dies in accident SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Feb 23: Diego Lizardi, a gymnast who represented Puerto Rico in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games has died in a car accident, police said.... AKU, Iqra win basketball ties KARACHI, Feb 23: The Aga Khan University and Iqra University earned full points by notching up convincing victories against their respective opponents in the Inter-university zone F basketball tournament which got underway on Saturday at the UBL Sports Complex.... Nakamura, Nakanishi set new swimming world records TOKYO, Feb 23: Athens Olympic bronze medallists Reiko Nakamura and Yuko Nakanishi issued an Olympic warning by setting new world records at the Japan Open short course swimming championships on Saturday.... Chelsea bid to retain League Cup in final today LONDON, Feb 23: Avram Grant will never hog the headlines like Jose Mourinho, but the Chelsea manager is developing a ruthless streak to match his predecessor and it could prove the decisive factor in Sunday’s League Cup final against Tottenham.... Nomura falls in Hamburg HAMBURG (Germany), Feb 23: Japan’s Tadahiro Nomura, a triple Olympic champion, slumped to a shock defeat at the hands of Austria’s Ludwig Paischer at the Hamburg tournament here on Friday.... ‘Premier League overseas plans are dead’ LONDON, Feb 23: One of England soccer’s most respected officials Arsene Wenger fears Premier League plans to play a round of fixtures in cities across the world have been killed off by the negative response to the proposals.... Adam shrugs off injury to lift Team Pakistan DURBAN, Feb 23: A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan put up a strong performance on Saturday around at A1GP South Africa when the 22 year-old racer battled against injury to record his team’s second best qualifying result of the season.... Sialkot gets hockey stadium SIALKOT, Feb 23: After almost a four-year delay, the Rs45 million project of the Sialkot Hockey Stadium finally got completed here this week following the laying of an Astroturf at the ground.... All odds in Houstan’s favour at LRC today LAHORE, Feb 23: Four-year-old colt Houstan looks all set to continue his winning streak to four in-a-row when the 26th Lahore Winter Meeting gets underway at the Racecourse on Sunday.... IPL not distracting Symonds: Hopes SYDNEY, Feb 23: Australia all-rounder James Hopes on Saturday denied that struggling team-mate Andrew Symonds was being affected by off-field distractions such as the Indian Premier League (IPL).... Moon Baby has firepower to outshine rivals at KRC KARACHI, Feb 23: Four-year-old chestnut filly Moon Baby is tipped to atone for the loss she suffered in the last outing should she sprint to victory in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... 28 players report to camp for AFC Challenge Cup LAHORE, Feb 23: Khan Research Laboratories’ (KRL) Amir Qureshi, who was adjudged best goalkeeper of the Pakistan Premier Soccer League 2007, along with 27 other probables have joined the National Camp... Kosovan paddlers set to make history at World TT PARIS, Feb 23: A delegation of table tennis players from Kosovo is set to participate in a first international sports competition since Kosovo unilaterally proclaimed its independence from Serbia last week.... Hampshire sign Bond LONDON, Feb 23: New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has signed for Hampshire as the English county’s overseas player for the first part of the season starting in April.... ds gfg

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