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February 03, 2008 Sunday Muharram 24, 1429 New-look Pakistan cruise past Zimbabwe to sweep series 5-0 SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 2: Displaying total dominance with the bat and ball here on Saturday, Pakistan completed a clean sweep of the five match one-day series against Zimbabwe, registering a crushing seven-wicket win in the final match at the Sheikhupura Stadium.... Kamran, Umar join IPL LAHORE, Feb 2: Pakistan wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and paceman Umar Gul have joined the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director Media and Marketing Ahsan Hameed Malik said on Friday.... Pakistan U-19 win tri-series final COLOMBO, Feb 2: Pakistan thrashed hosts Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the U-19 tri-nation limited-overs series final at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground on Friday.... HBL, Police, PIA register wins: National hockey departmental round PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Pakistan Police recorded victories in the 55th National Hockey Championship being played here at the Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium on Saturday.... Series win raised my confidence, says Malik SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 2: While Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik was delighted on Saturday after his team’s 5-0 triumph against Zimbabwe, his counterpart Hamilton Masakadza expressed his disappointment.... No luck for Naumanullah as nine newcomers get green caps KARACHI, Feb 2: Taking advantage of the fact that Zimbabwe, everybody’s favourite whipping boys of international cricket along with Bangladesh, were the opponents in the just concluded One-day Internationals, the Salahuddin... ICC urged to investigate CA, BCCI actions: Harbhajan racial abuse issue MELBOURNE, Feb 2: Tim May, the chief executive of FICA, has slammed the way Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s issue was coped by the Australian and Indian cricket boards and called on the ICC, the game’s governing body, to investigate their conduct.... England off to winning start in NZ CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), Feb 2: England made a bright start to their two-month tour of New Zealand by easily winning their first practice game against Canterbury here on Saturday.... CSA names list of contracted players JOHANNESBURG, Feb 2: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has declared the names of 15 players who have been given a yearly contract with the national squad — from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009.... Aussie stars angry at lack of support MELBOURNE, Feb 2: Australian players plan to confront Cricket Australia (CA) with complaints about the lack of support offered to them during the Harbhajan Singh appeal process, media reported on Saturday.... Jayasuriya hurt badly as Sri Lanka lose HOBART (Australia), Feb 2: Opener Sanath Jayasuriya was hit in the jaw as Sri Lanka slumped to a disappointing defeat here on Saturday in their final warm-up match before the triangular series against India and Australia.... Team Pakistan makes progress at Eastern Creek track: A1GP in Australia SYDNEY, Feb 2: The action continued for A1 Team Pakistan on Saturday at the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport track here towards qualifying the car for the Sprint and Feature races.... Ferguson not surprised by Beckham’s omission MANCHESTER, Feb 2: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday he was not surprised by David Beckham’s omission from the first squad selected by new England coach Fabio Capello as he was not match fit.... Adebayor strikes twice as Arsenal sink Manchester City: English Premier League MANCHESTER, Feb 2: Arsenal strike duo Emmanuel Adebayor and Eduardo ensured Arsenal kept the pressure on Manchester United at the top of the Premier League by ending Manchester City’s unbeaten home record.... PTF to hold trials for future assignments KARACHI, Feb 2: Open trials to pick Pakistan under-16 and under-14 tennis teams for upcoming international assignments will be held from Feb 9 to 12 at Islamabad’s Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Complex, the PTF announced on Saturday.... Durban bids emotional farewell to hometown hero DURBAN (South Africa), Feb 2: A.B. de Villiers struck a confident 77 while Shaun Pollock bid an emotional home town farewell as South Africa beat the West Indies by five wickets... Filly Poly Cat up against tough competitors in the richest race q LAHORE, Feb 2: The richest race for four-year-old fillies is all set to produce the country’s best filly when the 23rd Lahore Winter Meeting takes place at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Lagat outruns Mottram to land sixth mile triumph NEW YORK, Feb 2: Kenyan-born US star Bernard Lagat captured his sixth Wanamaker Mile title, edging Australian Craig Mottram for the second year in a row here on Friday at the 101st Millrose Games indoor athletics meet.... Els takes over from Woods at Desert Classic DUBAI, Feb 2: Ernie Els knocked Tiger Woods off the top of the leader board early in the third round of the 2.5 million dollars Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday.... Ghana coach Le Roy warned over insult ACCRA, Feb 2: Ghana coach Claude Le Roy has apologised and been let off with a warning and a suspended $5,000 fine after an alleged slur at the African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football said on Saturday.... Ghana face Nigeria, Ivory Coast take on Guinea: African Nations Cup quarter-finals ACCRA, Feb 2: Hosts Ghana meet regional rivals Nigeria in Accra on Sunday at the start of the business end of the African Nations Cup after a two-day break.... Rehman advances in Sindh Tennis KARACHI, Feb 2: Top seed Abdul Rehman had an easy sailing over his opponent in the juniors’ U-17 singles first round fixture of the Open Sindh ranking tennis championship at DHA Sunset Club courts on Saturday.... High jumper banned for one year COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado), Feb 2: Eric Thompson, a 19-year-old high jumper who was runner-up at last year’s junior national meet, received a one-year doping ban Friday from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).... Kanoute named African Footballer of the Year LOME (Togo), Feb 2: Mali striker Frederic Kanoute won the 2007 African Footballer of the Year award on Friday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced.... FFT seeks to ban online French Open betting PARIS, Feb 2: The French Tennis Federation (FFT) said on Friday it wants to ban online betting during the French Open.... Trezeguet remains glum: Euro 2008 ROME, Feb 2: Juventus striker David Trezeguet said he is unlikely to be at Euro 2008 because France coach Raymond Domenech does not have faith in him.... Salman Humair shines with 25 points KARACHI, Feb 2: Salman Humair scored 25 points as DA Public School defeated Meritorious Network School 85-20 in the sixth Inter School/ Collegiate basketball championship match at the AKU Gymnasium on Friday.... Murali, team officials abused in Australia HOBART (Australia), Feb 2: Members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad in Australia for the CB limited-overs series were the target of verbal abuse and had eggs thrown at them on Thursday night in Hobart.... Sailors off to Doha KARACHI, Feb 2: A five-member Pakistan sailing team left on Saturday for Doha, Qatar, to compete in Sail the Gulf regatta being held there from Feb 3 to 9....

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