SOURAV Ganguly stood on the burning deck nearly
four hours for a fine 87 as India’s misadventure
at Motera ended with ugly scars that may take a
while to heal. South Africa, a class apart from
first ball to last, swept to a thoroughly
deserved innings-and-90-run victory inside three
days and cannot lose a series that was billed as
the contest for the No.2 ranking behind
Australia.
Lahore—Pakistan and Guam have announced their
squads for their third matches in the second AFC
Challenge Cup Qualifiers (Group-A) on Sunday, 6
April 2008 at Chinese Taipei’s Chungshan Stadium
in Taipei. The match will be kicked off at 4 PM
Taipei Time.
Islamabad—Four teams Dar-ul-Hujjat, Ghausia
Mehria, Riaz-ul-Ulum and Jamia Salfia moved into
the 2nd round of 1st Bainul Madaris cricket
tournament by beating their respective opponents
here at G-6 cricket ground Islamabad. Dar-ul-Hujjat
team defeated Qutab Shaheed, Ghausia Mehria beat
Jamia Naziria, Riaz-ul-Ulum overcame Jamia
Haidreia and Jamia Salfia got walk over against
Abdullah Bin Waqas.
Islamabad—Aamir Atlas Khan stunned Yasir Butt
3-0 in the final of the 6th Chief of Army Staff
(COAS) International Squash Championship on
Saturday here at Mushaf Squash Complex. The
final score-line was 11-9, 12-10 and 11-9.
Saint Petersburg—The Olympic flame was relayed
across Russia’s imperial capital Saint
Petersburg on Saturday as demonstrators prepared
to protest rights abuses by China, the host of
this summer’s Games.
