Lahore—The newly appointed Adhoc committee of
the Indian Hockey Federation has shown keen
interest to revive bileteral series with
Pakistan after Beijing Olympics. In a
telephonic message here on Wednesday, an
official of the Adhoc committee told Secretary,
Pakistan Hockey Federation, Khalid Mahmood that
they want to revive the series which was last
held in 2006 on home and away basis. PHF
official communicated to their Indian
counterpart that Pakistan is also keen to hold
the series but unable to commit before the
Olympics, as for this mega event Pakistan hockey
team is fully involved in preparing its team.
Islamabad—Chief of Naval Staff ‘Amateurs Golf
Cup Championship’ is scheduled to be held at
Islamabad Golf Club from 09-11 May 2008. The
championship was introduced in 2007 as part of
continued efforts of Pakistan Navy to promote
sports in the country in addition to meeting its
operational responsibilities.
Beijing—China has adopted a number of steps
since 2007 and would continue to introduce
measures to ensure environment friendly Olympic
Games starting here from August 8. Addressing a
press conference here at the Media Centre of the
Beijing Olympics Wednesday the Deputy Director
and spokesperson of the Beijing Municipal
Development and Reform Commission Wang Haiping
said that 2008 Action Plan envisages the goal of
making the Olympic City both energy-efficient
and environmentally friendly.
LORD’S could stage neutral Test matches and
matches in the proposed Twenty20 Champions
League to assist the MCC in fund raising as it
plans to spend up to £200 million to redevelop
the ground ahead of its bicentenary in 2014. A
report it the Guardian today says that a number
of proposals are being considered by Keith
Bradshaw, the MCC’s secretary and chief
executive, after a whistlestop visit to India
over the weekend.
Dubai—The Annual General Meeting of Asian
Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) will be
held here on today (Thursday) to finalize the
venues for the next two competition. Secretary
of ACBS Syed Mehboob said that Iran is
interested in hosting next year’s 25th Asian
championship while no country has bided for 2009
Asian Under-21 Snooker Champion.
