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ACC urges India to tour Pakistan

COLOMBO: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has urged India to go ahead with its tour of Pakistan next year, saying that cancelling the series would be disastrous for the game in the sub-continent.
The ACC, which met in Colombo on Thursday, also scrapped the Asian Test Championship claiming that it was a loss-making exercise.
The ACC [...]

West Indies name squad for New Zealand tour

BARBADOS: West Indies named its squad for their forthcoming tour against New Zealand and the appointment of wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin as the new Vice-Captain.
Ramdin replaced Ramnaresh Sarwan for the post for the upcoming five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals on the tour of New Zealand. Sarwan, however, retains the deputy to captain position in [...]

Pakistan to figure in hockey Champions Challenge-II in Ireland

KARACHI: Pakistan will figure in next years Hockey Champions Challenge-II in Ireland in a bid to qualify for the Champions Trophy, Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Asif Bajwa said Thursday.
PHF Secretary, who returned here from Los Angeles (USA) on Wednesday night after attending the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Congress with chief Qasim Zia, said international [...]

‘ACC cannot play further role for Pak-India cricket series’

KARACHI: Chief executive Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Syed Ashraful Haq said that the uncertain situation of the cricket series between Pakistan and India is thought provoking but we cannot play further role to make the series certain.
In an exclusive talk with Geo News, Syed Ashraful Haq said that the Pak-India series is the biggest event [...]

S Korea, India in singles final at ITF Pakistan Women Tennis

ISLAMABAD: Hae Sung Kim of South Korea bagged the doubles title in company with compatriot Jung Yoon Shin and also reached singles final of the 2nd Leg of ITF Pakistan Women Futures Tennis Tournament at PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Hae Sung Kim and Jung Yoon Shin beat India pair Poojashree Venkatesha and Parul Goswami [...]

PCB decides to insure cricket events, series

LAHORE: David Borman, representative of a British insurance company, gave a briefing to the officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regarding insurance.
The PCB sources told that the board has decided to insure the cricket events and the series to avoid any monetary loss in case of cancellation or postponement of cricket events and series [...]

India’s 15-man squad named for Test series against England

CHENNAI: India on Thursday announced a 15-man squad for the two-Test series against England starting next week.
Yuvraj Singh and Pragyan Ojha have been included in the team. Yuvraj was dropped in the Test series against Australia while Ojha has replaced fast bowler RP Singh, who has been dropped.
Two Tests will be played in the series [...]

Miandad vows to strengthen national cricket

LAHORE: The Director General of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has said that he will devise policies to improve the standards of cricket at grass root level in the country.
Talking to journalists here, Miandad said Australia remains the strongest team in the world because of their strong cricket system, which allows nurturing young talent.
He [...]

Man Utd into Carling Cup semi-finals

MANCHESTER: Carlos Tevez scored four times to lead Manchester United into the Carling Cup semi-finals.
Tevez headed in from close-range and then set up Nani to fire home, before Benni McCarthy’’s shot pulled one back.
Tevez struck next from the spot after he was fouled by Martin Olsson, before tapping in another to seal his [...]

Cos. not complying LPG price cut being taken to task

ISLAMABAD: OGRA and the ministry of petroleum have started taking actions against the companies having not implemented from December 3 cut in LPG prices.
LPG Distributors Association’s chairman, Irfan Khokhar told this here. He said that the government has made a clear announcement regarding the cut in LPG prices since December 3, but some companies have [...]

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