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Olympic medallist Steve Parry on who will shine at Worlds
Jobless plus Hopeless
An interesting thing one executive said was that there is no shame in work, but there's plenty of shame in waiting for charity.
The Ultimate Currency War
After the 2008 financial crisis, the liquidity trap induced policymakers to venture in unconventional endeavors. On the fiscal front, much has been discussed regarding the effectiveness of fiscal policy to pull developed countries out of the sluggish recovery.
Not giving Gold Medals in KU Annual convocation 2011 -A very good Decision
Its a very good decision by KU Administration to not giving gold medals to the position holders because everyone knows how they got positions in their respective discipline. Karachi University administration said that due to unavailability of sponsors we are unable to give gold medals to position holders.The main cause behind no interest of sponsors in giving sponsorship for gold medal might be they knows about checking system in KU.They have seen that what KU's gold medalist do in market after passing out.
A mighty question mark on PML-N " Merit Laptop Scheme"
All Pakistan knows better that what is the main motive behind these "SASTI ROTI" and "MERIT LAPTOPS" schemes.Just "1" vote from every individuals.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Legend Michael Phelps unbeaten
Olympic legend Michael Phelps returns to international action at the World Championships in Rome on Sunday looking to end a monumental 12 months positively.
Buehrle pitches rare perfect game
| Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle throws the first perfect game - retiring all 27 batters - in the major leagues since 2004. |
7 SPORTS AIMS FOR OLYMPICS
Baseball and softball will launch their bids to return to the Olympics on Monday as seven sports federations attempt to make the 2016 Games.
ENGLAND WOMAN MISS OUT ON 5TH
England's campaign in the Women's Champions Trophy ends with a 7-0 loss to China in the fifth-place play-off.
Breeze left 'high and dry' by cut
| Weightlifter Michaela Breeze says she has been left "high and dry" by UK Sport after her funding was cut. |
Edgbaston groundsman Steve Rouse says he faces a tough battle to prepare the pitch for next week's third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
Heavy rain has hampered preparations and with more downpours forecast, the outlook for Rouse's team is bleak.
"It's a nightmare," he told BBC Sport. "We've had two actual dry days in the last 10 and the wicket is like jelly.
"It has to be ready a day before and I've got no chance of getting it solid, not with the weather coming in."
Test pitches are normally hard for pace and bounce, or dry and dusty to aid spinners.
Rouse suffered similar problems four years ago when a tornado in Birmingham and three inches of rainfall at the Warwickshire ground left him four days behind schedule.
England retain confidence in Bell
England batsman Ian Bell has been given a vote of confidence ahead of next week's third Ashes Test, with selectors unlikely to add any batting cover.
National selector Geoff Miller said that the 13-man squad for Edgbaston, to be announced on Sunday, will include only extra bowling options.
That paves the way for Bell to return to the team on his home ground in place of the injured Kevin Pietersen.
The Warwickshire batsman was out for a duck against Hampshire on Friday.
Bell also made only seven runs in the first innings of the drawn match at the Rose Bowl, but has been in good form for most of the season.
Prior to his double failure against Hampshire, he had scored 640 runs in seven County Championship matches.
Bell was axed following England's defeat by the West Indies in Jamaica last February, but was named in their 13-man squads for both matches so far in the Ashes series.
The 27-year-old was identified as the next batsman in line by England coach Andy Flower in the aftermath of the second Test victory at Lord's, before Pietersen was ruled out of the rest of the series after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon.
Asked about adding extra batting cover, Miller said: "There are no injury problems as such, so we probably won't need to do that.
"We had question marks to cover in the last squad but I don't foresee needing to do that here.
"If we needed to draft someone in for any reason, we know who we would be looking at and have provision to do that at short notice."
Bell will be hoping for a fresh start against Australia, having struggled in his 10 previous Ashes Tests.
He has managed just 502 runs off their attack, at a poor average of 25.10 - compared to an overall Test average of 40.59.
kumar helps srilanka in 4th test
Kumar Sangakkara unbeaten 130* helps Sri Lanka save the final Test as Sri Lanka win the 3-Test series 2-0, Colombo, 24 July 2009
cricket I made a big mistake by joining the ICL: Razzaq
LAHORE: All-rounder Abdul Razzaq Thursday said he was excited at the prospect of reviving his international career after he was cleared to join Pakistan as a replacement in the World Twenty20.
Bangladesh look to keep winning at newest venue
DOMINICA: Bangladesh hopes to christen international cricket's newest venue with victories in the first three one-dayers against West Indies on Sunday at Windsor Park in Dominica.
The Tigers would have probably had low expectations prior to their arrival in the Caribbean, but fortune favoured them when the leading West Indies players chose to boycott the series.
Their replacements were no match for the Bangladeshis, who convincingly swept the two-Test series to gain the boost of confidence that their appointed captain and leading fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza set as one of their objectives.
Sadly, Mortaza played only a minor role in the Test series triumph, following a fall which aggravated a previous right knee injury, and has sidelined him for the three ODIs and the Twenty20 International to follow.
Shakib Al Hasan will lead the side as he did during the Tests, and will hope to build on his performances which led to him winning the man-of-the-series award.
"We are looking forward to the ODI series too, and we want to continue winning," said left-arm spin bowling all-rounder.
"The boys have been playing really well, and God willing, we can also win the ODI series."
Bangladesh has added left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak, all-rounder Naeem Islam, and medium-fast bowler Syed Rasel for the series.
Razzak is the most experienced with 111 wickets at 27.90 in 81 ODIs and will be looking to exploit the frailty of the West Indies batsmen to spin bowling which was so apparent in the Tests.
But he will also be looking to give solid proof that his bowling action is no longer suspect, following his suspension in December last year, after playing against South Africa last November like Naeem and Rasel.
West Indies too, have recruited some troops to fortify their side, but the big names like Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor and Denesh Ramdin remain absent although the players' boycott has ended.
The players and the West Indies Cricket Board have agreed to arbitration, but the decision came after the announcement of the squad for the first two ODIs.
It is still not clear whether West Indies will start filtering the leading players back into the line-up for the last ODI or the Twenty20 match.
The first two ODIs will be staged at Windsor Park which has been significantly upgraded at a cost of $20.85 million, and allows Dominica to host its first international matches.
The ground, which was levelled out of a rubbish dump a couple decades ago, now accommodates state-of-the-art facilities featuring 10,000 seats and was a gift from China at the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
The series concludes Friday next week at Warner Park in St Kitts, which also stages a Twenty20 International between the two sides two days later.
Squads:
West Indies: Floyd Reifer (captain), Darren Sammy, Dave Bernard Jr, Travis Dowlin, Andre Fletcher, Rawl Lewis, Nikita Miller, Nelon Pascal, Kieran Powell, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Devon Smith, Devon Thomas, Gavin Tonge.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Abdur Razzak, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mahbubul Alam, Mahmudullah, Mehrab Hossain Jr, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal.
Rana Naved to feature in Yorkshire’s Twenty20 side
LONDON: England county Yorkshire were given a major boost with news that Pakistan’s Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is available for Twenty20 Cup opener against Leicestershire at Headingley, Leeds.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) brokered a deal with Lalit Modi, man behind Indian Premier League (IPL) and lucrative Champions League, which allows all rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) linked players to feature for their counties in domestic competition.
But Naved, whom Yorkshire are pressing to sign release papers from the ICL, would not be able to play in the Champions League event until 2010.
‘Naved has to sign a termination of his ICL contract by May 31, but we want it done before start of our Twenty20. We have sat him down, and he is committed to playing for Yorkshire,’ said chief executive Stewart Regan.
Regan was also working hard to get release from the ICL signed off from Indian end.
Naved, formerly of Lahore Badshahs, demonstrated his worth to any Twenty20 side by creaming 53 off 24 balls in last Wednesday’s Friends Provident Trophy win against Surrey at The Oval. The release from his ICL contract could also pave way for his return to international cricket with Pakistan.
Stint with Surrey will help me regain form: Sohail Tanvir
KARACHI: Pakistan’s discarded paceman Sohail Tanvir said on Friday he was honoured to win a one-year contract with English county side Surrey, saying it could help him win back his place in the national team.
The 25-year-old left-arm paceman, omitted from Pakistan’s five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka starting next week, said he would try to benefit from the opportunity.
‘I am very honoured and excited at getting a one-year deal with a renowned county like Surrey,’ Tanvir told AFP.
‘I hope a stint with Surrey will help me get fitter and regain my form, and with it I get my Pakistan place back.’
Tanvir has been off form since he was the leading wicket-taker for Rajhastan Royals in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League last year.
He was dropped from the Pakistan team after the first one-day international against Sri Lanka this year before being recalled for the limited over series against Australia in April-May, where he again failed to impress.
He was part of Pakistan’s triumphant World Twenty20 squad but was again ineffective in the matches he played.
‘I am aware that I am not bowling to the best of my ability, but I am confident that the loss of form is temporary and bowling at The Oval (where Surrey are based) will give me my confidence and form back.’
Tanvir, who has played two Tests, 31 one-day internationals and 13 T20 games since his debut in 2007, said he was honoured to be associated with the same county for which legendary Pakistan paceman Waqar Younis played.
‘It is a great honour that I will be playing for the same county for which Waqar played and he was one of my favourite bowlers. I will definitely want to make my name in the English county as well.’
Decision to drop action against ICC is right: Abdul Qadir
ISLAMABAD: Former chief selector Abdul Qadir said that lawyer of the PCB Mark Gay has rightly advised to take back the case against the ICC because Pakistan will be saved from being left alone in the world of cricket.
In an exclusive talk with Geo News, Abdul Qadir said that the Pakistan Cricket Board should have taken the same decision in the present circumstances as the current security situation of the country does not allow any foreign team to tour Pakistan.
Aisam-Querrey in doubles semifinals of Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS: The pair of Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq and America’s Sam Querrey qualified for the semifinals in men’s doubles event of the Indianapolis Tennis Championship.
They contested with Robby Ginepri and John Isner, both from United States, in the quarterfinals held here in the US.
Displaying brilliant performance, the pair of Aisam and Querrey did not allow the opponents to show any resistance and won the match 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals.
