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LAHORE - Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 8-2 to win the First SAARC Baseball Cup at the Punjab Stadium here on Sunday. Pakistan took the gold as they won all of their matches in the tournament. Sri Lanka won silver while Afghanistan won bronze.
Pakistan started their first innings with Imtiaz making a score.
Sri Lankan batters failed to make any score. In the second innings Pakistan couldn't make any score while Sri Lankan batters made two scores through Khosla and Timmuni. Sri

LAHORE - KRL, HBL, PIA, KPT forced their way into quarter-finals, as four more matches were decided in the 21st National Bank Football Cup at two venues of Faisalabad on Sunday.
KRL got rid of HBL 2-0, while PIA and KPT struggled to beat Police and PTV respectively in Group-C. Police went down 1-2 at the hands of PIA at Bohranwali Ground and once again winger Zafar Majeed became the hero of KPT's 1-0 win over Pakistan Television at PMC Ground.
His goal in the final minute of

MOSCOW - Vera Zvonareva powered Russia into their first Fed Cup final in three years when she beat Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-2 in the first reverse singles on Sunday to give the home team a 3-0 lead against defending champions Italy.
The world number three broke Vinci in the ninth game for a 5-4 lead before serving out the first set, then secured two more breaks in the second to seal a comfortable victory after 74 minutes.
On Saturday, Zvonareva brushed aside Sara Errani 6-0 6-2

LAHORE - Afghanistan beat Nepal 19-11 in an interesting encounter of the first SAARC Baseball Cup at the Punjab Stadium here on Saturday. Both teams started their innings in aggressive way. Afghanistan made two scores. Mohammed Tahir and Mohammed Alam made a score each.
Nepal, however, took lead as they made four runs through Rajesh, Gowinda, Sandeep and Aneel. Afghanistan batters bounced back in the second innings and made five runs. Tahir, Alam, Samiullah, Nasir and Fazal Malik

LAHORE - The WAPDA Sports Board has announced a squad of 27 players for the upcoming 7th AFC President's Cup at Nepal. WAPDA will face Nepal Police Club, Taiwan Power Company and Balkan at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium and Halchowk Stadium from April 20 to 24.
Shahkot-born Muzammil Hussain, rated as one of the best upcoming keepers, is among the players announced. Arif Mehmood, the only Pakistani to score a hat-trick in the SAFF championship, also made it to the squad and it will be

ISLAMABAD - Results of a recent Gilani Poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan show that most Pakistanis are satisfied with their team's performance in the recently concluded Cricket World Cup, with a total of 50% rating the Pakistani team's performance as good or very good.
While 22% feel Shahid Afridi did very well as Captain in the World Cup while another 33% rate his captaincy as good.
In a survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country

LAHORE - PAF opened their onslaught with a 3-0 win over HBL in the opening match of the 21st NBP Football Cup on Thursday at Bohranwali Ground. HBL failed to create any impression as PAF scored thrice in the first session. PAF completely dominated the proceedings and their repeated attacks allowed them the opener in the 24th minute when midfielder Muhammad Arif Nawaz steered the ball into the net from close range. Soon after, Amir Khan gave tense moments to the bankers with the second

LONDON - Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez will miss Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against his old club Manchester United and could be out of action for up to a month, City manager Roberto Mancini said on Thursday. The 27-year-old Argentine international injured his hamstring in the 3-0 defeat at Liverpool on Monday and, after initial hopes he could make a quick recovery, is now likely to be sidelined for much of the Premier League run-in.
"Tevez is not available for Saturday.

LAHORE - Burewala thrashed Sahiwal by eight wickets in the NBP Okara Cricket Tournament at Okara Gymkhana Ground, Okara. The Okara District Cricket Association is playing host to the event at the facility between Okara Sports Football Club Stadium and Young Tigers Hockey Club Stadium.
Sahiwal batted first and made 218 in 40 overs with Rameez Alam 38, Waqas Sharif 34. Mudassar Ali and Salman Burki took four and two wickets respectively. Burewala raced to the target with 220-2 in

LONDON - Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez will miss Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against his old club Manchester United and could be out of action for up to a month, City manager Roberto Mancini said on Thursday.
The 27-year-old Argentine international injured his hamstring in the 3-0 defeat at Liverpool on Monday and, after initial hopes he could make a quick recovery, is now likely to be sidelined for much of the Premier League run-in.
"Tevez is not available for

LAHORE - Two former national champions, Pakistan Air Force and Habib Bank Limited, will face each other in the opening match of the 21st NBP Football Cup, which will commence today at Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad. PFF has issued the draws of the 32-match football fiesta and approved two venues for the event under the aegis of Pakistan's Tier I PMC Athletico Club Faisalabad. Bohranwali Ground will act as the main venue, hosting 19 matches, while the PMC Ground will be utilised for the

SYDNEY - The Rugby World Cup in New Zealand later this year will be a fillip to a nation still reeling from the devastation of the Christchurch earthquake, chief organiser Martin Snedden said on Tuesday. Just 150 days before the tournament opens on Sept. 9, Snedden said the organisational problems caused by February's deadly earthquake had been dealt with, although how best to involve the devastated city in the event was still a concern.
And while Snedden stressed organisers'

BANGKOK - Southeast Asian nations hope spreading the financial burden across the region will give them the advantage in their bid to host the soccer World Cup in 2030. World soccer's governing body FIFA may take another decade to decide on the host for the 2030 finals, but the region's footballing federation (AFF) are the second party to express an interest in hosting the soccer showpiece event after Argentina and Uruguay said they were interested in lodging a joint bid.
AFF

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Cricket said Monday it is saddled with a $23-million-dollar debt after cost overruns and hefty bills incurred building stadiums for the recent World Cup.
"We spent a lot of money to host the World Cup, to build two stadiums and rebuild one stadium. The World Cup left us a 2.5 billion rupee ($22.6 million) deficit," Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told reporters.
Sri Lanka, which lost the final to India by six wickets, hosted 12 matches during the

LAHORE - Bohranwali Ground, the venue for the 1995 Asian Club Championship clash between Crescent Textile Mills and Sri Lanka's Saunders FC, will host the final of the 21st NBP Football Cup on April 27. The PFF has approved two venues for the upcoming event, being hosted by PMC Athletico Club Faisalabad. Bohranwali Ground will act as the main venue, hosting 19 matches, while PMC Ground will be utilised for rest of 32-match show. The NBP Cup will commence on April 14.
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