Tuesday, May 01, 2012, Jumada Al-Akhir 10, 1433
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PCB invites proposals for T20 LeagueSeeks explanation on Yousuf’s fitness testLahore—The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has begun the process of setting up a Twenty20 league in the country by soliciting proposals for the creation of such a tournament from a number of companies, a board official has said. Eight companies, including Ten Sports, Nimbus and Geo TV, have already made their pitches to the PCB, while another three are expected to do so this week. “The purpose of the sessions was to hear the ideas and concepts and each one came with in-depth studies,” Subhan Ahmed, the board’s chief operating officer, told ESPNcricinfo. Spot-fixing: Asif likely to be released on May 5Karachi—Pakistan’s former paceman Mohammad Asif is expected to be released from a British prison on May 5 after completing half his one-year sentence for spot-fixing during the 2010 Lord’s Test against England, a friend and cricket coach said Tuesday. “Asif is due to be released on May 5 and he was in high spirits when I visited him last month,” Mohammad Haroon told AFP from London.
WADA rips Britain for pursuing doping appeal
UK plans Olympic security steps to tepid welcomeLondon—As Britain gears up for a big Olympic security exercise between May 2 and 9, Londoners are casting a cool eye at the multiple measures deemed necessary to protect the hundreds of thousands of people expected to visit Olympic venues. While many are resigned to tougher security as just one more inconvenience in a city handicapped by overcrowded, ageing infrastructure, some have bristled, especially at a proposal to put surface-to-air missiles on civilian buildings. In the Bow Quarter apartments overlooking the Olympic Park, proposed site for a missile battery, resident Claude Grongnet, 78, told Reuters: “I am very much against it.”Hodgson hired to coach England footballLondon—Roy Hodgson was hired as England’s oldest national team coach Tuesday, six weeks before the European Championship. The 64-year-old West Bromwich Albion manager signed a four-year deal, taking him through to the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, the Football Association said. |
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