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MOHALI - Grizzled veteran Ramnaresh Sarwan, who knows the difference between a new West Indies golden age and another false dawn, is refusing to ponder a World Cup quarter-final spot just yet. The 30-year-old, with 162 ODIs under his belt as well as more than 5,000 runs, believes the West Indies cannot take anything for granted despite being in touching distance of the last eight.
Victory over Ireland on Friday would virtually assure qualification but Sarwan is wary of the

NEW DELHI - India will look to wrap up a convincing victory over rock-bottom Netherlands in the World Cup on Wednesday and virtually make sure of their quarter-final berth. India are the only team who have yet to taste defeat in their group and that record is unlikely to be broken against the under-performing Dutch who have still to register a win. The host nation are on top of Group B with five points. England have as many points but have played a game more and have a worse run rate

STATS CORNER - With two victories in as many matches, Pakistan take on minnows Canada in their third match of the 10th World Cup at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, today. It will be the second one-day international match between the two teams and also the second in the World Cup.
Pakistan defeated Canada by eight wickets with 119 balls remaining when the two teams met only time in a limited overs international as well as World Cup match at Leeds on June 9,1979. Having won the

COLOMBO - Canada's veteran opening batsman John Davison admitted on Wednesday that his struggling team's biggest challenge will be to counter Pakistan's devastating reverse swing in Thursday's World Cup clash. Canada have lost to Sri Lanka by 210 runs and were similarly mauled by 175 runs against Zimbabwe to leave them second from bottom of Group A with only Kenya below them.
The 40-year-old Davison, the oldest player in this World Cup, said his team have made plans for

HAMBANTOTA - Pakistan's cricketing isolation could end in October if Sri Lanka, who were targeted in a deadly terror attack in Lahore two years ago, agree to tour the troubled country. Sri Lankan officials said Wednesday they were in talks with the International Cricket Council's Pakistan Task Team (PTT) to explore the possibilities. "We are still discussing the option with the ICC and with all the other board members," said Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Somachandra de Silva.
"There

KARACHI - A group of goons, alleged to be associated with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and posted at Bilawal House, have grabbed 24 apartments in a complex situated at Dr Dawood Pota Road near the Cantt Station, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The property, worth million of rupees, was occupied in the first week of January, according to an FIR lodged with the Artillery Police by the aggrieved residents of Horizon Plaza. Millions of rupees in cash were also seized, and the goons

COLOMBO - West Indies and Sri Lanka will resume their series where it ended last year due to rains. The one-dayers were postponed and are now being played with World Cup in sight. The teams will start their World Cup preparations, with the 15-member squad trying to get into winning form.
Sri Lanka last played an ODI series in November, West Indies even further back in June when they were thrashed 0-5 by South Africa, and a series in the subcontinent provides a welcome platform

Sir Anthony Hopkins is in talks to tackle the role of Alfred Hitchcock in a new biopic about the legendary moviemaker, according to a U.S. report.
The Oscar-winning actor is said to have been approached to play the Master of Suspense in a movie based on Stephen Rebello's book 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho', which tells the story of the director's struggle to finance his 1960 horror classic.
Screenwriter/ director Sacha Gervasi is in talks to step behind the

KARACHI - Orangi Town is the hotbed of the recent conflict in the city, with nine of the 22 killed in the violence reported in the last 24 hours belonging to the area.

TOKYO - Japanese lenders like Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are aggressively pursuing project financing deals around the world, intensifying competition with traditional French rivals as well as local players in hot new markets like India.
The push by Japanese banks, which are scrambling to put trillions of yen in deposits to work outside their sluggish home market, comes as loan demand rebounds from the global financial crisis and as infrastructure projects in developing

LONDON - Chelsea head to bottom of the table Wolves on Wednesday with manager Carlo Ancelotti insisting all is not lost for his defending champions in their quest to retain the Premier League title.
The Blues, held to a 3-3 draw by Aston Villa last time out, could kick-off nine points behind Manchester United if the leaders beat Stoke at Old Trafford on Tuesday. But Italian boss Ancelotti was in defiant mood, saying: "First they (United) have to win (the game in hand). "Second I

TOKYO - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni is chasing a record fourth win at this month's Asian Cup as a crucial stepping stone in the build-up to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. A win in Qatar would guarantee the Blue Samurai a berth at the Confederations Cup, held by the World Cup host nation a year before the four-yearly showpiece and featuring the various continental champions. The tournament gives teams a crucial taste of conditions ahead of the World Cup.
"The Asian Cup is a

TEHRAN - An Iranian court has ruled that a man must lose an eye and an ear after he blinded and burnt an ear of another man in an acid attack, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Judge Aziz Mohammadi gave the order against the man, who was only identified as Hamid, after convicting him of the throwing acid on the victim, named as Davoud, said the hardline Kayhan newspaper.
The judge also ordered Hamid to pay blood-money for the burn injuries suffered by Davoud, in a ruling

MELBOURNE: England still have the upper hand going into the final two Tests of an enthralling Ashes series, needing only one more victory to retain the coveted urn against Australia.
Australia go into Sunday's fourth Melbourne Test fuelled by the momentum from their emphatic 267-run victory in Perth, which levelled the series at 1-1. But they cannot afford a slip-up in the last two matches.
"We always talk about the last two Tests in a series being where things are won and

ABU DHABI
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi hoped his beleaguered side is focused enough to counter a spirited South African team in the back-to-back Twenty20 matches starting here on Tuesday.
Pakistan's recent tour to England was rocked by spot-fixing allegations which prompted a Scotland Yard investigation and the suspension of three of their players by the International Cricket Council.
Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were charged for

PARIS: Manchester City may have grander ambitions than the Europa League, but the big-spending Premier League club can take a big step towards the knockout phase with a win over Lech Poznan on Thursday.
The Polish side are the surprise leaders of Group A after two matches, heading City on goal difference, while Italian aristocrats Juventus are third, two points adrift.
City supporters of a certain vintage will be heartened by the opposition being Polish as their last

AHMADABAD: Indian cotton farmers, salivating over the prospect of higher prices, are not releasing their entire harvested produce into the market, resulting in a shortage in a global market where the prices are already at record highs.
Arrivals were expected to rise from mid-October, but unseasonal rains over western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, the top two producers in the country, have delayed harvesting. Jagannath Dharme, a farmer from Akola district in Maharashtra,