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LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on Monday said if any of the three suspended players is cleared of spot-fixing charges, they can be included in Pakistan's World Cup squad. The International Cricket Council anti-corruption tribunal is due to announce its verdict on the charges filed against Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir on February 5.
The Pakistani selectors will announce the final 15-member World Cup squad on January 19. "The squad is to be

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan on Friday warned the PPP-led government of severe reaction after lapse of 45 days deadline, in case it 'continued playing with words' on the issues of national importance.
Talking to reporters, Nisar said, "We want the government to proceed on the agenda put up by the PML-N on national issues."
He said he hoped the government would convince other political parties within 45 days that it was

HOBART - American Bethanie Mattek-Sands is one win away from her first WTA singles title after reaching the final of the Hobart International on Friday.
After leading the USA to victory in last week's mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth, Mattek-Sands continued her impressive start to the new season by overcoming China's Peng Shuai 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in 1hr 47min.
Mattek-Sands will play Australian Jarmila Groth in Saturday's final.
Sixth seed Groth defeated her doubles partner

SYDNEY - Kim Clijsters stormed into the semi-finals of the Sydney International with a straight sets demolition of Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday. The Belgian world number three reaffirmed her status as favourite for next week's Australian Open with five service breaks on the way to a 6-3, 6-2 win over the seventh-seed from Belarus in 85 minutes. Clijsters will face Alisa Kleybanova on Thursday after the unseeded Russian overcame Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in the

DOHA - Pundits in Uzbekistan have rated Vadim Abramov's team as the country's best in a decade and their victory against hosts Qatar in their Asian Cup opener underlined those credentials.
Goals from Odil Akhmedov and evergreen captain Server Djeparov handed the Uzbeks a well-deserved 2-0 victory on Friday evening and Abramov believes better is still to come. "Our midfield in particular played very well but I hope this is not the best we can show. I think we can play better," he

LAHORE - A play by Hazaar Daastan was acted out at the Alhamra Hall 2. The play titled Sabz, was produced by Umer Hameed and written and directed by Abdullah Farhatullah. Farhatullah told Pakistan Today that the play revolved around the youth and its take on the current social situation.
Although it is about a play within a play, the theme runs around young people and their take on society especially after the 9/11 scenarios. The play is a musical and has a witty script.

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Thursday that the suspended Pakistan trio can become the part of World Cup squad if they are declared innocent by the independent tribunal. The ICC had suspended three Pakistani players former skipper Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for their alleged involvement in spot fixing after claims by a British tabloid News of the World (NOTW) in August last year during the fourth npower test match between Pakistan

MADRID - Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola believes playmaker Xavi Hernandez could go on to reach 700 games for the club after the Spanish World Cup star equalled the club's all-time appearance record in Barcelona's 2-1 win over Levante Sunday.
Xavi made his 549th outing in the famous shirt to draw level with legendary centre-back Migueli and at 30 the midfielder is set to go on and set a new benchmark for future generations to beat. "We wanted to win this game for him (Xavi)," said

Irrfan Khan who has become a craze in the US because of his role in the daily soap 'In Treatment' is ecstatic at the way his international career is going. Like his 'Slumdog Millionaire' costar Anil Kapoor, Irrfan's career overseas is on an upswing. Before leaving for Taiwan to shoot for Ang Lee's the 'Life of Pi', an excited Irrfan said,
"2011 looks to be a great year for me. I will be playing the villain in the Spider Man franchise...and my agents are in talks for a couple of

Aamir Khan and his wife, Kiran Rao spent a quiet marriage anniversary on Tuesday night. They completed five years of eventful marriage that has seen highs and lows.
The two were spotted leaving home only late evening but the interesting thing that emerged on the occasion was the presence of Aamir's brother, Faisal who joined the two in celebrations at Aamir's residence.
The rivalry between the two brothers that had resulted in a bitter family blood bath with Faisal even

That austere, lean "Dhobhi Ghat" look will soon change to a beefed up, hefty one; in Faruk Kabir's next " One-Punch Prince", Pratiek will play a larger than life action hero. Though he will have his memory intact, Pratiek's character will be seen thrashing his adversaries quite effortlessly. Said Faruk,
"The title "One-Punch Prince" comes from the fact that the hero can vanquish his enemies with a single punch. Just one punch, and the guy opposite Pratiek would fall flat on the

LAHORE - The PCB's Board of Governors met here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday and discussed in detail the selection of Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik in the national team for the World Cup 2011.
The final decision on the selection of players would be taken after the December 29 and 30 meeting of the PCB's integrity committee which will be followed by the selection committee meeting.
It has been learnt that the BOG members were informed that the players' assets were

The dust kicked up by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) by its parting ways with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led coalition, appears to have settled and the chances of its transforming into a storm have also seemingly diminished, with the clouds of uncertainty too disappearing for the time being after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) softened its position after meeting the president and the prime minister.
The JUI-F had "apparently" quit the government after its minister

KABUL: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani downplayed US cables released by WikiLeaks, saying they were merely the "views of junior officers", while Afghan President Hamid Karzai doubted their credibility.
At a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, Gilani said "not to trust WikiLeaks... These are just some of the views of junior officers of some observations," Gilani told reporters. "We should not take them seriously."
Speaking at the

LAHORE: Former national wicketkeeper Moin Khan believes that former captain Mohammad Yousuf should focus on Test cricket only in order to keep himself fit and thus play for a longer duration at the top level.
"Yousuf should concentrate only on Test cricket," Moin said. He felt that Yousuf does not warrant selection in the Pakistan World Cup squad due to being dogged by injuries of late.
Although the right-handed batsman was selected for the recently concluded ODI series

BRISBANE: Vice-captain Michael Clarke has recovered sufficiently from a back injury to play for Australia in the Ashes opener against England starting Thursday at the Gabba. "Just finished training and the back got through," Clarke wrote on his Twitter feed Wednesday. "Wake up ok tomorrow and I'm in."
The middle-order batsman injured his back playing for New South Wales in Sheffield Shield cricket earlier this month and only returned to training on Tuesday.
But Clarke, who

LAHORE: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first, a decision that proved to be the right one immediately as debutant seamer Tanvir Ahmed reduced South Africa to a precarious 33-3 in no time.
The strongly built seamer was one of three changes to the Pakistan side from the first Test along with Mohammad Sami and Asad Shafiq. Tanvir made the ball talk bringing the ball in to the right-handers off the seam and making life difficult for the batsmen.
He first had Alviro