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March 03, 2008 Monday Safar 24, 1429 India lift U-19 World Cup after rain mars final KUALA LUMPUR, March 2: Virat Kohli’s India juniors won the ICC Cricket Under-19 World Cup title with a 12-run victory over unlucky South Africa in a rain-hit final here on Sunday.... Tendulkar ton sets up upset win for India SYDNEY, March 2: A historic Sachin Tendulkar century ensured India claimed first blood in the tri-series finals with a stunning six-wicket win over Australia at the SCG here on Sunday.... McCullum makes NZ cricket history AUCKLAND, March 2: Brendon McCullum hammered the highest score in New Zealand’s domestic one-day history, and also the fastest century, to drive Otago to their first State Shield title in 20 years here on Sunday.... ECB planning to keep stars away from IPL LONDON, March 2: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is planning measures, including staging additional Twenty20 Internationals, to keep the country’s top players from being lured towards the Indian Premier League (IPL).... Gilchrist set to take fresh guard behind microphone SYDNEY, March 2: Adam Gilchrist will walk straight from his days in international cricket into a television career after signing with Australia’s Channel Nine.... Sri Lanka fined for slow over rate SYDNEY, March 2: Sri Lanka’s celebrations following their tri-series win over Australia were soured on Sunday when they were fined for a slow over-rate.... Bangladesh heading for innings defeat in Chittagong Test CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), March 2: Bangladesh were staring at a huge defeat after yet another disappointing batting performance on the third day of the second and final Test against South Africa here on Sunday.... Liverpool regain fourth spot LONDON, March 2: Liverpool won 3-1 at relegation-threatened Bolton Wanderers on Sunday to move back into fourth place in the Premier League, at least until Everton face Portsmouth later in the day.... Bazid scores century in each innings KARACHI, March 2: Bazid Khan scored his second century of the match to help Federal Areas earn a draw in the Pentangular Cup tie against NWFP at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Sunday.... World record leads to mixed feelings NEW DELHI, March 2: The highest opening stand in Test history between South Africans Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie has left the cricket-playing sons of the previous world-record holders with mixed feelings.... New Zealanders set for pay rise WELLINGTON, March 2: As New Zealand continue to try and recover from the loss of key players to the cash-rich Indian Cricket League (ICL), those players who are staying put are... Brave Act lives up to her name at Pakistan Derby LAHORE, March 2: Fancied four-year-old filly Brave Act staged a stirring charge down the home stretch to become the first-ever short-priced favourite to win the Pakistan Derby at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Garcia excels in Aibak Cup final: Polo LAHORE, March 2: Five-goal Juan Garcia Grossi helped Bank Alfalah avenge their national championship defeat by beating ABN Amro Bank 6-5 1/2 in the Aibak Cup Polo final on Sunday.... PU women win inter-varsity athletics LAHORE, March 2: Defending champions Punjab University (PU) with 256 points have won the Inter-varsity athletics championship for women when seven more finals were decided on the final day... National baseball starts today LAHORE, March 2: Six matches will be played on the opening day of the 16th National baseball championship, commencing on Monday at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex.... Brown claims three-stroke victory in Gurgaon GURGAON (India), March 2: New Zealand’s Mark Brown clinched a three-shot victory in the Johnnie Walker Classic on Sunday, claiming his second title in successive weeks.... Davenport captures 55th career title MEMPHIS (Tennessee), March 2: Former world number one Lindsay Davenport claimed her 55th career title by cruising to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over teenager Olga Govortsova of Belarus in the Memphis Championship on Saturday.... China clinch world team TT crown GUANGZHOU (China), March 2: China clinched the men’s world team table tennis championship here Sunday, proving too powerful for arch-rival South Korea and sending a strong signal ahead of the Beijing Olympics.... Mixed fortunes for Sameer KARACHI, March 2: Promising Sameer Tayyab had a mixed day on Sunday when he progressed in one category and was eliminated in another of the second Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the DHA Sunset Club.... National Laser sailing KARACHI, March 2: Navy’s M. Ashfaq and M. Yousuf of Pakistan Air Force start as joint favourites when the three-day National Laser Standard sailing championship gets underway in the open sea under the aegis of the PN Aquatic Club from Monday.... Clean sweep for Wapda in national karate LAHORE, March 2: Wapda claimed all the three gold medals at stake in the seniors’ category on the first day of the two-day 17th national karate championship in Sialkot on Sunday.... Qotbi named new Iran coach TEHRAN, March 2: Iran have appointed an Iranian-American, Afshin Qotbi, as the country’s new national coach, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted the deputy head of Iran’s Football Federation (FFI) as saying on Sunday.... Vazquez retains WBC title CARSON (California), March 2: Israel Vazquez registered a split decision victory over fellow Mexican Rafael Marquez to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title on Saturday....

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