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Ireland ‘very willing’ to tour Pakistan: Cricket Ireland
Karachi—Ireland are willing to tour Pakistan, if they are provided satisfactory safety and security in the country, Cricket Ireland CEO, Warren Deutrom, said. “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proven a very strong supporter of Irish Cricket in agreeing to play here on a number of occasions over the last few years, for which we are incredibly grateful,” he told the Sunday Independent.Pakistan will defeat India at Champions Trophy: Ajmal
Islamabad—Pakistan’s master spinner Saeed Ajmal claimed that his team was capable of beating India in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Talking to private news channel, Saeed Ajmal said that although both sides were very strong , but the Pakistani team would handles the pressure.World Table Tennis Championships
Zhang, Wang in final as Li wins women’s gold
Paris (France)—Reigning champion Zhang Jike of China moved to within one victory of retaining his title at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris with a ruthless dismissal of compatriot and world number one Xu Xin. Seeded fourth in the French capital after an inconsistent season, Zhang banished any such concerns about his form to whitewash top-ranked Xu 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 12-10 and secure his place in Monday’s final.Van Garderen captures Tour of California title
Santa Rosa—Tejay van Garderen, fifth in last year’s Tour de France, captured the eighth Tour of California cycling race, sealing his first career stage-race triumph in the final stage. Slovakia’s Peter Sagan won the eighth and final stage, which took the riders out of San Francisco via the iconic Golden Gate Bridge to a finish in Santa Rosa. Van Garderen won the overall title in a total time of 29 hours and 43 minutes. Australia’s Michael Rogers was second overall, 1:47 back, with Colombia’s Janier Acevedo third.Vettori set to replace injured Martin
London—New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori could return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury. Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of the squad for the two-Test series in England.Tainted players’ records can’t be erased, say Statisticians
Bipin Dani Observer Correspondent
Mumbai—Former India captain (and now also the new chairman of the ICC’s cricket committee) Anil Kumble’s suggestion of wiping out tainted players’ record from the record books is not acceptable to the game’s statisticians.
On Sunday, the 43-year-old spinner and the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), in the working committee meeting in Chennai has suggested (via video conference) to delete the records the tainted players, like how, Lance Armstrong’s records have been erased by the world’s governing body, Union Cyclist International) following doping charges against him.
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