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LAHORE - The Sri Lankan baseball team on Monday paid a visit to the Liberty Roundabout, the place where the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in May 200p, to pay homage to those killed and injured by terrorist during the attack.
The team members laid a floral wreath near the plaque at the Liberty Roundabout, remembering the martyrs of the day. This is the first Sri Lankan team to have visited Pakistan since the attack took place.
The Sri Lankan cricket team is due later

ST JOHN'S - Reports that senior players in the West Indies team may be dropped permanently have been greatly exaggerated, Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board Ernest Hilaire said Saturday.
West Indies have excluded former captains Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan, their three most capped players, from their squad for the first the opening exchanges in their home series against Pakistan, starting this coming week. The move has prompted

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation selection committee closely monitored the performance of the camp trainees at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad.
Chief Selector Abdul Hanif Khan, along with selectors Arshad Ali Chawdhry and Khalid Bashir, observed the players and spotted 22 players for the next session from April 20 until the departure of the team on May 1 for the 20th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, to be played in Malaysia.
The spotted players have been asked to

LAHORE - PCB Director General and former batting maestro Javed Miandad has highlighted the importance of merit in the selection of the players in the national team instead of recruiting blue-eyed boys. Talking to journalists here on the sidelines of the training camp Tuesday, Miandad sounded sentimental about his continuous altercations with the board officials, blaming them for his refusal to take the coaching assignment. He also referred to his past coaching jobs when he was asked

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's sports authorities on Tuesday ordered its cricketers playing in the ongoing Indian Premier League to return home for training ahead of next month's tour of England. Sports Minister Mahinadananda Althugamage said he wanted team members to prioritise the national side over the IPL, which is financially lucrative for players. "In future, national cricket players can participate in foreign tournaments only in a manner that will not affect practices of the Sri Lankan

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked all the members of the cricket team to sign their central contracts by April 12. The PCB announced the central contacts for 19 players earlier this month and has now asked the players to sign the deal with the board before they set off to the West Indies.
The PCB has divided the players into three categories for six months. Category A players will get Rs 250,000 per month, category B players will get Rs 175,000 per month while

LAHORE - Pakistan cricket might have made a move forward after putting up a decent show at the recently concluded World Cup, but the players were left teary-eyed after their semi-final loss to arch rivals India.
Talking to the media during a felicitation function hosted by the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the players expressed that the defeat to India was hard to comprehend as huge expectations were associated with the game. "Most of the players wept in the dressing room

NEW DELHI - Indian cricket stars Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have hit out at Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for his comments that Indians do not have "big clean hearts" like Pakistani Muslims.
Afridi also praised Pakistan's media for being "100 times better" than India's in a Pakistani TV show aired Sunday that has caused hurt and anger across the border in India.
"If Indians were not large-hearted, they would not have made so much of progress and delivered growth,"

LONDON - The head of English football's players union on Tuesday questioned the decision to charge Wayne Rooney over his foul-mouthed outburst at a television camera after scoring a hat-trick. Rooney faces a two-match ban unless he successfully appeals against charges of using abusive language during the 4-2 victory at Upton Park on Saturday.
However Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor questioned whether Rooney deserved to be punished, suggesting

LAHORE - The Badminton World Federation has barred Pakistan from fielding any badminton players in international tournaments before having elected a proper representation. The decision to bar Pakistani players from international tournaments came after the world body suspended the Pakistan Badminton Federation.
The BWF, in a confusion over who to listen from the two warring groups of Aamer Hayat Khan Rokhri and Nazar Muhammad Gondal, took the decision and also asked the Pakistan

KARACHI - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was looking forward to resting his aching limbs after returning home from the World Cup to a heroes' welcome on Friday.
Afridi, Younus Khan and Asad Shafiq touched down in Karachi, while the rest of the players and officials flew to Lahore where the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman were present to welcome them.
Despite losing to arch-rivals India in the semi-finals, Afridi was

KARACHI - Shahid Afridi's men should be given a heroes' welcome when they touch down in Pakistan despite their loss to India in the World Cup semi-finals, urged a number of former players on Thursday. A few years ago, Pakistan cricketers would have expected anger and backlash following a defeat by their traditional foes but former captain Javed Miandad said the class of 2011 should be lauded as they had exceeded expectations.
"We need to support this team and appreciate their

LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation approved on Sunday 34 players in the build up for national U-13 football team for the AFC U13 Festival of Football.
Various activities have been lined up for the festivals, including matches, 'C' Certificate Coaching Course, Head Coaches Workshop, Preparatory Course for Referees and S2S Programme.
Jaranwala's little upcoming lad Faizan Nasir, who will celebrate his 11th birthday on June 19, is also included in the camp. The national

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation's selection committee on Sunday short-listed 34 players for the camp training. The committee observed trials in two sessions on March 26 and 27 of U18 probables for the training camp to be set up at the National Hockey Stadium from March 28.
Out of 64 probable players, the national selection committee has spotted and short-listed 34 for training camp. The national training camp of U-18 players preparing for the third U-18 AHF Cup will be

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara admitted that cricket's international schedule wears down players and appealed for more support in the light of Michael Yardy's depression-enforced World Cup exit.
England all-rounder Yardy pulled out of the World Cup on Thursday, just two days before the quarter-final against Sri Lanka, citing depression as the reason. "I think every side going forward will place more and more attention on to the psychological aspects of players and

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has congratulated Pakstan team for winning the World Cup quarter-final match against the West Indies and is now looking forward to the next quarter-final match. In a message to the team he said: "Well done Pakistan. Now all eyes of tomorrow's (Thursday's) match." Another former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif congratulated the Pakistan team as well as the entire nation for the win against the West Indies. He also hoped to see Pakistan play

LAHORE - The weighing of the U-14 wrestlers was held here at the National Hockey Stadium ahead of the PSB Youth U-14 Wrestling Championship 2011 Lahore.
The managers' meeting and scrutiny was also held to finalise the rules and regulations of the championship. The competitions will start on March 22 here at the National Hockey Stadium.