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Kashif set to lead colts in Youth Olympics
KARACHI: Syed Kashif Shah has been named to lead Pakistan junior hockey team in the upcoming 1st Youth Olympic Games.
Selection Committee has announced the 16-member junior team for the event after one-day trials in Lahore on Wednesday.
Chairman Selection Committee Olympian Hanif Khan, members Mussadiq Hussain, Arshad Chaudhry and Muhammad Usman observed the trials.
Squad: Mazhar Abbas, Adnan Shakoor (Goalkeepers), Amir Sultan, Muhammad Usman Aslam, Ali Hassan Faraz (Full Backs), Muhammad Sohaib, Syed Kashif Shah (Captain), Amir Ashiq, Muhammad Rizwan (Halves), Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Irfan, Arslan Qadir, Ahmad Zubair, Muhammad Suleman, Ali Shan and Muhammad Adnan (Forwards). Stand Bye players are Yasir Khan, Fahad Khan, Yasir Ali, Kamran Asif, Hafiz Zohaib, Shaharyar, Abdul Karim and Zohaib Khan.
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Pakistan trio may come home in 48 hrs
LONDON: Pakistan trio named in cricket spot fixing may come home before Eid, Geo News reported Thursday.
Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamir have been allowed to go home by ... more |
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Accused players will return home soon: Ijaz Butt
LAHORE: Pakistan's cricket chief on Thursday said three players under investigation in Britain for corruption can return home as no charges had been brought against them.
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Wahab Riaz will be questioned by police: PCB
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board says fast bowler Wahab Riaz will appear before Scotland Yard police next week in relation to match-fixing allegations.
Ijaz Butt ... more |
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Germany sail into semis at World Cup
NEW YORK: Germany beat Australia 1-0 to win through to the semifinals in the last Pool A match of the women’s Hockey World Cup here on Tuesday.
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Arif declared Man of the Tournament in KG festival
KARACHI: All-rounder Arif Mahmood, who lifted the Bahria Town Trophy, for being the skipper of the victorious Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), was also declared Man of the Tournam... more |
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PCC retain title in RLCA Ramazan cricket tournament
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Club retained the title in style when they defeated Malir Gymkhana by 17 runs in the final of the RLCA Ramazan Twenty20 Night Cricket tournament held here at the RL... more |
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Kaneria cleared by Essex police in probe
LONDON: Essex and Pakistan cricket player Danish Kaneria has been cleared by police in an investigation into cricket match irregularities.
An Essex Police spokesman confirmed a 29-yea... more |
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We know how to handle pressure: Collingwood
CARDIFF, Wales: England captain Paul Collingwood on Tuesday night hailed his players over their unbeaten run in Twenty20 Internationals and said that the world champions know how to handle p... more |
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'Only one win' will change the entire scenario for Afridi boys
CARDIFF, Wales: When Shahid Afridi took over Pakistan’s captaincy following the scandal-scarred Lord’s Test last week, he vowed to put the team back on track.
But Pakistan’s one-day c... more |
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Asif considers seeking asylum in Britain
LONDON: Mohammad Asif, one of the cricketers at the centre of the fixing scandal, is considering making a claim for political asylum in Britain to avoid returning to a potentially violent ba... more |
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Aisam cruises into men’s doubles final in US Open
NEW YORK: Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will feature in two different finals at Flushing Meadow’s – the home of U.S. Open Tennis – this week: Aisam has reached the finals in bot... more |
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