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Venus back in the groove at Wimbledon
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Five-time champion Venus Williams cruised into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Uzbekistan’s Akgul Amanmuradova on Monday. Venus had missed most of the last five months after suffering a hip injury that forced her to pull out of the Australian Open during a third round match against Andrea Petkovic. But the 31-year-old has finally recovered...
Mohsin Khan to form separate T-20 team
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Pakistan Cricket Team Chief Selector Mohsin Khan said he’s operating to create a separate specialized team’ for the Twenty-20 cricket.
“I wish 70-80% of the Twenty20 squad for next year’s World Cup to be created from twenty over specialists,” Mohsin said.
“I’ve continually been keen on having a “separate team” for the Twenty over format which there are...
Wicketkeeper Zulqarnain fined Rs 500,000
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PCB on Friday fined runaway wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider Rs five hundred,000 ($5,800) and place him on a year’s probation for abandoning the team in Dubai over alleged death threats.
The 25-year-old created a stir in Pakistan cricket by fleeing the team hotel and flying to London last November, saying he had received death threats from unknown individuals to repair...
Afridi fined Rs 45 lakh, cleared to play abroad
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The disciplinary committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board has fined Shahid Afridi four.5 million rupees for violating its code of conduct and restored his eligibility to play abroad.
PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi announced the judgment of the committee on Thursday and said Afridi has accepted the decision. Rizvi said Afridi had "pleaded guilty and failed to wish to contest."...
Squad off to Singapore for Asia under 18 hockey
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A 23-member Pakistan hockey squad is as a result of leave for Singapore late Tuesday night enroute Bangkok to require half within the Asia Cup Under-18 Hockey Tournament being held there from June seventeen to twenty six.
Goalkeeper Mazhar Abbas is leading the team. different members of the team included Waseem Abbas, Sultan Amir, Ali Hassan Mansoor, Muhammad Sohaib, Muhammad...
Punjab win U-16 women hockey
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Defeating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within the final, Punjab won the ladies U-16 hockey tournament.
Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under-16 ladies played the ultimate in National Hockey Stadium in front of empty stands.
Punjab outplayed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and claimed the title with an astounding 8-0 victory.
Shafaq and Maeda scored 3 goals every for Punjab.
Islamabad shared the rostrum...
Court upholds Afridi cricket ban
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Sindh High Court on Thursday upheld Pakistan Cricket Board call to revoke permission for former captain Shahid Afridi to play abroad, adjourning till June sixteen the hearing of his petition against the Cricket Board.
PCB suspended Afridi’s central contract, revoked all his no-objection certificates (NOCs) which might have allowed him to play in England and Sri Lanka and...
Shahid Afridi won’t attend Pakistan summons
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Retired cricket star Shahid Afridi won’t seem as summoned before a Pakistani disciplinary committee on June eight to face charges of violating a code of conduct, his lawyer said Monday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told Afridi to seem before a three-man disciplinary committee when the previous one-day captain abruptly determined to retire from international cricket...
Iran protests against FIFA
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Football Federation head said FIFA had been informed concerning the outfits of the Iranian women’s team.
Iran condemned the choice taken by the ruling soccer body FIFA to deny its women’s soccer team enjoying a 2012 Olympics qualifier in Jordan attributable to the players’ Islamic outfits.
FIFA cancelled Friday’s game in Amman and declared Jordan 3-0 winners once the...
Sania Mirza reaches in 2nd round of French Open
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Sania Mirza created a winning come to the French Open on Monday.
The 24-year-old world variety seventy two comfortably beat Germany s Kristina Barrois 6-3, 6-3 within the 1st spherical to line up an encounter with either Polish twelfth seed Agnieszka Radwanska or Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria.
Having climbed as high as twenty seven within the girls s world rankings, Mirza...