March 19, 2010
LAHORE: New coach of the national cricket team Waqar Younis said that the team performance would be affected by bans and fines on senior players but he hoped that the remaining experienced players in the team would provide support to new players.
He said this while talking with media on Friday here at the Allama Iqbal Airport after arriving from Sydney.
He said that he was not consulted regarding the action taken against the players.
Waqar Younis said that the team’s performance would be raised by injecting discipline and confidence into the team.
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March 19, 2010
JOHANNESBURG: Before the thunderous opening of the World Cup football here on June 11, a musical concert will be held in which Shakira and other renowned singers will perform.
This music festival announcing the inauguration of sensational contests of the World Cup will be telecast all over the world live from the stadium at Soweto.
The stadium has a sitting capacity of over 30,000 people.
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March 19, 2010
WELLINGTON: Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has returned to the Test team in emphatic style against New Zealand in Wellington, scoring his 14th Test hundred.
Clarke (100 not out) put aside the dramas of his broken engagement to celebrity model Lara Bingle to help Australia to a comfortable 316-4 at stumps on first day of the first Test.
West Australian left-hander Marcus North, whose position in the team was under intense scrutiny, is 52 not out after sharing in an unbeaten partnership of 140 with Clarke.
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March 19, 2010
LONDON: A top sports professor claimed he could heal crocked David Beckham in time for the World Cup.
Becks' hopes of making the England squad for South Africa in June looked over after he tore an Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan on Sunday.
But Greg Whyte who helped fix Golden balls' metatarsal injury before the 2002 World Cup said massive doses of collagen in pill form could dramatically speed his recovery.
Ex-World Championship pentathlon silver medalist Prof Whyte has used collagen, a protein, to aid tissue regeneration in the past.
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March 19, 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan team has been finalized for the Asian Badminton Championship but the team’s participation in the event depends on an NOC from the ministry of sports.
The Asian Badminton Championship will be played in Indian capital Delhi from April 12 to 18.
The players selected for the team include Pakistan number one Wajid Ali, Umar Zeeshan, Rizwan Azam, kashif Sulehri, Palwasha basher and Sara Khan.
The ministry of sports will decide about the Pakistan team’s participation in the Asian Badminton Championship.
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March 19, 2010
KARACHI: A 16- member disabled cricket team will leave for Malaysia today on a 10-day tour.
The team will also play three matches in Singapore. President of Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association(PDCA) Salim Kareem, secretary Ameeruddin and coordinator Muhammad Nizam said this will be the first visit of disabled team in which it will play against local clubs of Malaysia and Singapore. They said two matches will be played against Malaysia on March 20 and 22 whereas three matches will be played in Singapore.
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March 19, 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded central contracts to 37 players but it ignored five senior cricketers Shoaib Akhtar, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and former captains Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik while announcing the central contracts here on Friday.
The PCB has placed 18 players in three categories while 19 cricketers have succeeded in getting special monthly stipends.
Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Abdul Razzaq, Mohamamd Asif and Danish Kaneria were placed in "A" category and they will earn Rs250,000 a month.
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March 19, 2010
LONDON: A top sports professor claimed he could heal crocked David Beckham in time for the World Cup.
Becks' hopes of making the England squad for South Africa in June looked over after he tore an Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan on Sunday.
But Greg Whyte who helped fix Golden balls' metatarsal injury before the 2002 World Cup said massive doses of collagen in pill form could dramatically speed his recovery.
Ex-World Championship pentathlon silver medalist Prof Whyte has used collagen, a protein, to aid tissue regeneration in the past.
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March 18, 2010
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has allowed allrounder Shoaib Malik to take part in the Bangladesh cricket league (BCL).
The Bangladesh cricket league will commence on March 26 in Sharjah.
Sources said that the board’s stance was that Malik is not available to the national team due to one-year ban and this is why he has been permitted to play league cricket.
Earlier, the PCB also allowed star batsman Mohammad Yousuf to participate in the Bangladesh league cricket.
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March 18, 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the team management for the Twenty20 World Cup here on Thursday.
Yawar Saeed has been appointed manager of the national team whereas Waqar Younis has been assigned the responsibility of coach in place of Intikhab Alam.
The Twenty20 World Cup will be held in the West Indies from April 28.
Former test cricketer Ijaz Ahmed has been made assistant coach while Faisal Hayat has been appointed as physiotherapist, David Dyre as co-trainer, Talha Butt as analyst, Khwaja Najam as security manager and Shafqat Rana as associate manager.
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