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LAHORE - Pakistan will field its U21 squad against Palestine in the match to be played tomorrow in Lahore, the first of the four-match bilateral series. Punjab Stadium will host the match at 7 PM. The Jadeed Khan-led team lost 2-0 to Malaysia in 2012 London Olympic Games first round qualifier in the first-leg clash at the Shah Alam Stadium last Wednesday. Pakistani coach Tariq Lutfi said: "Palestine's players play in the West Bank Premier League; it is a good team despite the fact

LAHORE - Muhammad Zafar excelled with the bat as Pakistan blind cricketers defeated Australia by 61 runs in the opening ODI at Park 25, Adelaide on Saturday. Australia won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first. Pakistan had a terrible start as they lost both their openers for just 24 runs. Arfan Majeed was bowled on seven runs and Muhammad Jameel was bowled after scoring three runs.
Pakistan lost wickets on regular intervals. The wicket of Anees Javed left Pakistan in deep

LAHORE - Pakistan's Davis Cup team will leave for Hong Kong to play their Asia Oceania Group II tie against the hosts, relying mainly on the country's star player Aismaul Haq Qureshi. The team, comprising Aisamul Haq, Aqeel Khan, Samir Iftikhar and Yasir Khan, had light training on the last day of the training camp under the supervision of non-playing captain Mohsif Zia and coach Rashid Malik.
But in a surprising move, PTF removed Rashid Malik and inducted Mohsif in his place as

ISLAMABAD - In a rare gesture of cooperation, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP) on Thursday joined hands to embarrass Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar in the National Assembly over the unnecessary delays in the introduction of a mass transit system in Karachi.
The heated debate between the legislators of the three coalition partners became a source of delight for the opposition. MQM's Haider Abbas Rizvi, Wasim Akhtar, Dr

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Syed Munawar Hasan urged the Pakistani media to unite for national honour and sovereignty. He was addressing the newly elected members of the Lahore Press Club (LPC) at a luncheon he hosted in honour of LPC President Sarmad Bashir and his team at Mansoora on Thursday.
JI Deputy Chief Chaudhry Aslam Saleemi, JI Secretary General Liaquat Baloch, JI Public Relations Wing Chief Safdar Ali Chaudhary and veteran journalist Bashsir A Qureshi were also

LAHORE - Samir Iftikhar has won his final trial match to make his way into the national Davis Cup team which faces Hong Kong in the Asia/Oceania Group II tie at Victoria Park, Hong Kong from March 4 to 6. Samir, who has won four ITF Junior World Ranking titles, powered past some of the top national players to book a place in the Davis Cup team, along with first cousin Aisam-ul-Haq, Aqeel Khan and Yasir Khan.
In the last trial match, Samir crushed Davis Cupper and Pakistan number

LAHORE - The Pakistan Blind Cricket team leaves for Australia in the wee hours of Friday to play a series against their South Australian counterparts. The team will leave for Melbourne via Bangkok from Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi. The Pakistan team will play three T20s and three ODIs in Australia.

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q have joined hands to develop a "strategic partnership leading to a new political alliance" in the greater national interest. The agreement came in a meeting after a joint address to party workers at the Muslim League House, where a 15-member MQM delegation met the PML-Q leadership on Sunday.
The delegation led by Dr Farooq Sattar was accorded a warm welcome by the PML-Q leadership. MQM leaders who were part

LAHORE - Pakistan national women's team and Lahore girls won their respective matches against the visiting Nepal team at the Country Club Muridke on Saturday. Pakistan women team defeated Nepal by 83 runs while Lahore girls won by 73 runs.
Nain Abidi with 53 runs and Sadia Yousuf with three wickets for eight runs were the stars of the win. Javeria made 30 and Bisma 21 for Pakistan. Pakistan ladies made 136 for four in 20 overs and bowled Nepal out for 53. Javeria took two

ISLAMABAD - With the talks between the government and opposition parties on the economic reforms drawing near to conclusion, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is expected to visit Pakistan within next two weeks, an official source said.
The visit is aimed at getting first hand knowledge about the results of the talks between the government and the opposition.
The government would brief them about the consensus on the major economic challenges and the strategy to

ISLAMABAD - The en masse resignations of the federal ministers enabling Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to form a new "lean and mean" team triggered an intense lobbying for the slots in the new cabinet with President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani making a last ditch effort to convince the MQM and JUI-F to join the federal cabinet.
The resignations of the federal ministers, ministers of state and advisers were sent to President Zardari for acceptance. However, they

LAHORE - Warid Telecom has formed its team for participation in the Aibak Cup, that rolled into action here at the LPC ground on Tuesday. The team is led by a seven goal player from Argentina, Manuel Alberto Crespo, while Maj Rabnawaz Tiwana, Haseeb Minhas and Ahmed Zubair complete the quartet.
Crespo was part of the team that won Camara de Diputados Cup, the most prestigious tournament of Argentina. Ahmed Zubair is rated as a two goals player and had the opportunity to play polo

LONDON - Virgin Racing will compete with a Russian licence this season as part of their partnership with sportscar maker Marussia Motors, the Formula One team said on Monday. Team president Graeme Lowdon told Reuters at the launch of the new MVR-02 car that Virgin had obtained the agreement of Britain's governing body, the Motor Sports Association (MSA), to make the switch.
"There's actually quite close links between the MSA and the Russian federation and there's a lot of

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved Pakistan WAPDA's winger Jadeed Khan as captain of the Pakistan U21 team which will take on Malaysia in Qualifying Phase of the 30th Olympic Games Football Tournament on February 23 at Kuala Lumpur.
Rizwan Asif (KRL) will act his deputy. The return leg will be arranged by PFF on March 9. It will be the seventh international event for Jadeed, who played the last Pakistan Premier League as Afghan FC's

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation's president Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has asked the national team to go an extra mile to achieve glory for the country.
"Go extra mile to achieve the target. If Pakistan can outpace India in overall soccer gold medal tally of South Asian Games and Pakistan turned the tide in sensational way in both legs against Singapore in same Olympics Qualifiers four years ago, why not the present team," he said while briefing Thai-bound Pakistan

LAHORE - As Pakistan's cricket team gets back to winning ways, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has applied for their visas to Indian High Commission for this month's ICC Cricket World Cup.
The PCB doesn't want any hassles therefore it has applied for the visas in advance.
Pakistan are not scheduled to play any of their group stages matches in India but in case of qualifying for quarter-finals and semi-finals, they will have to travel to India.
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VALENCIA - Team Lotus unveiled their 2011 Formula One car ahead of Lotus-backed rivals Renault on Monday with an online presentation setting a target of scoring points and fighting for seventh place overall. "This year's car is a much more contemporary design," said technical director Mike Gascoyne over images of the T128 car in classic Lotus green and yellow livery.
"The car really will be a midfield runner. It's a modern F1 car I'm very confident it is a big step up and it's