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LAHORE - Gujranwala won the final of the Inter Divisional Youth U-14 Wrestling Championship held at Sheranwala Bagh, Gujranwala. Gujranwala got the first position with 65 points. Lahore were declared second having 40 points and Multan achieved third position with 30 points.
Commissioner Gujranwala Saeed Wahla was the chief guest at the occasion and all divisions of Punjab were the participants. During this Championship the following wrestlers were selected for camp training

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's unpopular government was making some progress winning hearts and minds in North Waziristan, a stronghold of its tenacious militant enemies - from al Qaeda to the Taliban. It upgraded a school and built a new road, lifting the spirits of people like shepherd Resham Khan, a victim of decades of neglect of the forbidding mountain region in the northwest.
Then, last June, 15 members of his extended family were blown to pieces during a funeral procession in his

DHAKA - Pakistan must clinch the World Cup if they are to win back their fans, Shoaib Akhtar said on Sunday as his team try to emerge from the damaging spot-fixing scandal. Pakistan have endured a troubled build-up to the tournament after former captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were banned on charges of corruption during the Lord's Test against England last year.
"Obviously we are very hurt inside by whatever has happened to us," Akhtar, 35, told

LAHORE - WAPDA won the 1st National Women Road Cycling Championship at Kasur with 71 Points on Sunday. Army were runner-up with 66 points and Punjab got third position with 25 points. President Punjab Cycling Association, Ch Kamran Amin, was the chief guest of the opening ceremony while District Coordination Officer Kasur, Mailk Jahnazeb Awan, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony at Zila Council Hall Kasur.
In this championship, six teams from all over the country took

PARIS - New world number one Kim Clijsters was defeated 6-4 6-3 by Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova in the Paris Open final on Sunday. Top seed Clijsters, who won the Australian Open last month before helping Belgium into the Fed Cup last four, secured her place as the new number one by reaching the semi-finals at the Stade Coubertin.
However, she was given a stern test in the opening set, losing her serve twice as Kvitova's power and superb returning dominated. Clijsters settled

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party Azad Kashmir leader and women rights activist Advocate Amira Batool has said that the Pakistan People's Party will win the upcoming general elections, which is expected to be held between April and July, with majority of votes.
Talking to a group of media persons here on Sunday, Advocate Batool paid rich tributes to the PPP leadership and said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto brought the lingering Kashmir issue in front of the world

CHENNAI - Morne Morkel grabbed three wickets and Jacques Kallis hit an unbeaten 49 as South Africa raced to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a World Cup warm-up match on Saturday. Paceman Morkel took 3-16 and Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir bagged 3-35 as Zimbabwe were dismissed for 152 after electing to bat in the day-night match in Chennai.
South Africa achieved the target with more than 26 overs to spare in the one-sided contest, with Hashim Amla (45),

SAN JOSE - Slovakia's Lukas Lacko toppled third-seeded American Sam Querrey 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, one of three first-round upsets of seeded players in the ATP Tour SAP Open on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, big-serving Milos Raonic of Canada ousted fourth-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4, and Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis dispatched sixth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-3, 7-6 (7/2).
Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan bucked the trend, defeating Czech Jan Hajek 6-1, 7-6 (8/6).

LAHORE - HBL won the Faysal Bank National Cup Division One title, beating National Bank by 64 runs in the final here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.
Put into bat, HBL had a jittery start when opener Imran Farhat was run out for a duck, but Taufeeq Umar and Humayun Farhat kept the score ticking until it reach 48. Humayun (32) was the first to return to the pavilion and Umar (35) followed when the score reached 103. Saleem Elahi and Shan Masood consolidated the innings total to

COLOMBO - Ajantha Mendis and Thisara Perera shared seven wickets as Sri Lanka posted a 26-run win over the West Indies in the third one-day international on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0.
Sri Lanka showed the depth of their bowling line-up by defending their total of 277-9 and restricting the tourists to 251 despite resting attack spearheads Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Nuwan Kulasekara for the match. Unorthodox spinner Mendis finished with 4-46 and seamer Perera

PERTH - Australia wrapped up an emphatic 6-1 series win over a weary England with a comprehensive 57-run win in the seventh and final one-day international at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday. The home side made 279-7 after winning the toss, and in reply England managed just 222 in their final match of a marathon Ashes tour, despite a lusty unbeaten 60 by Michael Yardy.
England, who now return home for a few days' rest before departing for the World Cup next weekend, were never

LAHORE - Shoaib Bokhari played quality golf for an outward half of 36 and inward half of 37 to win the 5th Infotech Golf Tournament contested at the par 72 Royal Palm Golf Course on Sunday.
Bokhari outpointed 91 ardent golf competitors and what made Shoaib more creditable was the fact that his nearest rivals Mohsen Zafar and Faisal Ali Malik were equally forceful and fierce competitors and appeared as hot contenders right till the very end, but then failed to place their 12

LONDON - Newcastle staged one of the greatest fightbacks in Premier League history on Saturday, dealing a blow to Arsenal's title hopes to claim a 4-4 draw on a day of record scoring. The second-placed Gunners ran riot in an extraordinary opening at St James Park, sweeping into a 4-0 lead after only 26 minutes thanks to two goals from Robin Van Persie and one apiece from Theo Walcott and Johan Djourou.
But the dismissal of Abou Diaby early in the second half gave Newcastle hope

LAHORE - Lahore won the PBCC National Blind Cricket T20 Cup by eight wickets here at the New Campus ground of the Punjab University. Lahore and Okara played the final and the hosts had an easy sailing. Put into bat, Okara scored 220 runs for the loss of three wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Iftikhar Tiger was the top scorer with 100 not out while Muhammad Ashraf scored 76 runs.
Lahore in reply, reached the target of 221 in 18 overs for the loss of two wickets. Arslan Javeed

LAHORE - National Bank defeated ZTBL by eight wickets in the Faysal Bank One-Day National Cup Division-I match here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday. NBP bowlers Mohamamd Talha and Wasim Khan allowed ZTBL to post 222 runs in 44.1 overs. Baber Azam and Haris Sohail with half-centuries provided stability to the innings with solid contribution coming from Imran Nazir.
But the total was not enough and NBP openers provided sound footing and later Nasir Jamshed, Naumanullah and Fawad

LAHORE - Crown Club defeated Free Batters by nine wickets in a friendly match here at the Iqbal Park ground on Thursday. Mohammad Shoaib played vital role in the win. Free Batters made 150 runs in 35 overs. Wasim Butt 33, Asif 25, Asim 32. Nasir three for 25, Shoaib two for 18 and Wasim Khan three for 4.
In reply, Crown Club achieved the score in 14 overs. Shoaib made 60 and Irfan 78 not out and was declared the man of the match. Malik Sarwar was the chief guest.

MUMBAI - The form and experience of returning fast bowler Brett Lee can lead Australia to a fourth successive World Cup title, former captain Steve Waugh told Reuters on Thursday. One of the fastest bowlers in contemporary cricket, Lee was forced to retire from tests in February last year because of injuries but he has looked back to his best in the ongoing one-day series against England.
Lee, 34, is the leading wicket-taker in the series with 11 as Australia have taken an