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LAHORE - Atif Tiwana and Saqib Khan Khakwani showed gutsy control to lead Rijas into the main final, to be played on Sunday after facing tough resistance from National Bank in the league match of the Cool & Cool Lahore Open Polo Cup here on Friday.
Rijas won over National Bank 6-5. Both the teams were going neck and neck until the fourth chukker, when Faisal Shahzad brought parity for Rijas. That forced the game to enter the fifth quarter to decide the fate of the match. Saqib

KARACHI - I CC's General Manager Operations Dave Richardson on Thursday visited the National Cricker Stadium here and watched the first days' play in the day/night Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy.
Former South African wicketkeeper Richardson is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to watch the day/night matches in the longer version of the game. He will also submit report about the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final to the ICC about the prospect of of

SYDNEY - Two-time champion Kim Clijsters will play China's Li Na in the final of the Sydney International after a marathon three-set victory on Thursday. Clijsters struggled early before storming home in a final set tiebreaker to overcome unseeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) in 2hr 39min. The Belgian third seed will now take on Li, who earlier wore down Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in 1hr 40min. Clijsters, 27, who won here in 2003 and 2007, will

LAHORE - Punjab College of Commerce and Punjab University Teaching Department have qualified for the final of the PU Inter-collegiate Badminton Championship that will be played today at the newly-constructed Gymnasium Hall of the university.
In the first semi-final, Punjab College of Commerce defeated Punjab University Law College 3-0. In singles Faizan beat Aaun Ali, Mohammad Shan beat Zafar and Faizan and Irfan beat Aaun and Zafar in the doubles.
In the second

LAHORE - For the first time in the history of the Pakistan domestic cricket the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will be played under lights and with colored cricket balls.
The new playing format is expected to herald a major change in the domestic cricket structure as it would be the first time that day and night cricket will be used in the longer version of the game.
HBL and PIA, two of the most successful domestic cricket teams, will fight for honors in the final

LAHORE - Habib Bank and PIA qualified for Division I Final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after PIA beat Karachi Blues by an innings and 16 runs at Karachi's National Stadium on day three of the four-day match on Saturday.
Karachi Blues made 146 runs in their first innings while PIA responded with 262 runs and later bowled out Karachi for 100 runs in the second innings. Aizaz-Bin Ilyas was the star of the match, taking 14 wickets, seven each in either innings for 65 and 45 runs

LAHORE - Hissam Ali Hyder led Master Paints Whites to the final of the Toyota Cup Polo Tournament 2011 after a closely-contested match against The Bank of Punjab here on Saturday at the LPC ground.
Master Paints Whites scored six goals against BoP's five and a half. Hissam produced four goals while one each came from Sufi Muhammad Haris and Lt. Col. Raja Nadeem. Rivals BoP remained at their heels throughout the four chukkers, with Shah Qubilai Alam, Hamza Mawaz Khan and Waseem

BRISBANE - Sweden's Robin Soderling remained on course for a blockbuster final against Andy Roddick after easing past qualifier Matthew Ebden in the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International on Friday.
The Swedish top seed raised his game when it mattered against his gallant, but outclassed Australian opponent, winning 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals. The 26-year-old Swede, runner-up at the French Open for the past two years, controlled the tie from the outset, breaking

HONG KONG - Top seeds Europe powered into the final of Hong Kong's World Team Challenge Wednesday, with world number one Caroline Wozniacki and her teammate Aravane Rezai notching straight-sets singles wins.
Danish sensation Wozniacki, 20, dispatched China's top woman Li Na 6-4, 6-3 to help the Europeans to a 4-0 clean sweep in the semi-final clash with Asia-Pacific in the season-opening exhibition. World number 19 Rezai had dismissed Hong Kong's top-ranked player Zhang Ling

PERTH - Serbian Ana Ivanovic overcame an injury scare as her top seeded nation closed in on a berth in the Hopman Cup final with a 3-0 win over Australia in the mixed teams tournament on Tuesday. Ivanovic gave her country the lead with a straight sets win over Alicia Molik in the women's singles, 6-4, 6-0, but felt a sharp pain in her left knee in the third game of the second set.
The world number 17 pulled up sore after the last point of the third game, in which she broke the

ABU DHABI - Tennis icons Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will contest the final of the Mubadala world tennis championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi after both won their Friday semi contests.
Whereas Nadal scored a straight sets 6-4, 6-4 success over Czech Tomas Berdych, Federer needed three sets to get past Swede Robin Soderling. World number two Federer conceded the opening set on the tiebreak but the 16-time grand slam winner then knuckled down and completed a 6-7

SYDNEY - Buoyant England will go into the final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday intent on wrapping up their first series triumph in Australia for nearly quarter of a century.
As holders, Andrew Strauss's team are already guaranteed to keep hold of the Ashes after thumping Australia by an innings and 157 runs in the fourth Melbourne Test to take a 2-1 series lead with just one match to play.
But despite England's dominance throughout most of the series, the

LOS ANGELES -It's first half is still playing in theaters and collecting millions of dollars at box offices, but already fans of British boy wizard Harry Potter can't wait to see his final chapter on film.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" is the most-anticipated movie of 2011 among both men and women, according to a poll by online movie ticket seller Fandango.com. The movie, which lands in theaters in July next year, is the last in the lucrative series based on the

LAHORE - The final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-II will be played between KRL and State Bank from December 31 to January 4 at the Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi.
The match will be supervised by Saleem Badar and Ahsan Raza while Khateeb Rizwan will be the referee and scorer Shakeel Ahmed. The winner of the final along with Abbottabad Region will be promoted to Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-I for the next season of 2011-12.
The winner will pocket Rs 500,000, Rs 250,000 will

LAHORE - Master Paints and Monnoo Foods left Rijas high and dry in the final of the Treet Cup Polo Tournament winning the title in style here at the Lahore Polo Club's Aibak ground on Sunday.
In the match up for third position, Zafa left Security 2000 off guard by 6

LAHORE: The combined team of Master Paints and Monnoo Foods qualified for the final of the Treet Cup Tournament here at the Lahore Polo Cub on Friday. Security 2000 qualified for the subsidiary final after winning their two-chukker match Master Paints and Monnoo Foods beat Guard Group/Diamond Paints and Adisseo.
Security 2000 defeated Oratier Technologies and Garrison Polo Club to ensure a berth in the subsidiary final against Zafa. Master Paints-Monnoo Foods team outplayed

LAHORE - Junior tennis star Iman Qureshi went down fighting in the final of the Asian Junior tennis championship at Doha. Iman Qureshi fought gallantly after going down 6-3 in the first set and gave a tough time to her rival from the host countryin the second set, eventually losing 7-6.
Despite having crowd support, Olla Murad of Qatar was having trouble meeting the challenges posed by Iman. By reaching the singles and doubles final, Iman has now moved up to the top five in Asian