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Saturday, <strong>August</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />

Sportlight<br />

Qalandars launch Durban T20<br />

Global League team in South Africa<br />

LAHORE:<br />

DURBAN: Pakistan<br />

Super League (PSL) franchise<br />

Lahore Qalandars’<br />

owner launched the Durban<br />

team of South Africa’s T20<br />

Global League on Friday.<br />

Addressing the kickoff<br />

ceremony for ‘Durban<br />

Qalandars’, Lahore<br />

Qalandars chairman Fawad<br />

Rana said he was delighted<br />

to be representing the<br />

province of KwaZulu-Natal<br />

in South Africa’s new T20<br />

competition, with the inaugural<br />

edition scheduled to<br />

be held later this year.<br />

“There is no better<br />

opportunity to come and<br />

invest in this great country,”<br />

Rana said.<br />

He was accompanied by<br />

Cricket South Africa CEO<br />

Haroon Lorgat and Durban<br />

Qalandars’ marquee player<br />

Hashim Amla at the launching<br />

ceremony.<br />

Lorgat, speaking on the<br />

occasion, said the “development<br />

of youth” lay at the<br />

centre of Rana brothers’<br />

vision.<br />

“We are proud to have<br />

the Qalandars represent us..<br />

We share their values &<br />

vision of transformation,”<br />

said Fawzia Peer, Durban<br />

Deputy Mayor.<br />

Meanwhile, PSL franchise<br />

and <strong>2017</strong> champions<br />

Peshawar Zalmi own the<br />

rights of ‘Benoni Zalmi’-<br />

another franchise of South<br />

Africa’s T20 league.<br />

Bollywood actor Shah<br />

Rukh Khan, owner of IPL<br />

franchise Kolkata Knight<br />

Riders, will be running<br />

Cape Town's team while the<br />

owners of Delhi Daredevils<br />

own Johannesburg's team.<br />

Maria Toorpakai appreciates<br />

that Imran extended support<br />

Squash great<br />

Maria Toorpakai has appreciated<br />

Pakistan Tehreek-e-<br />

Insaf (PTI) chairman’s<br />

tweet that barred his party<br />

workers and social media<br />

activists to malign her for<br />

KARACHI: Pakistan<br />

Super League (PSL)<br />

Champions Peshawar<br />

Zalmi have decided to<br />

promote cricket in China.<br />

Chinese Academy Of<br />

Social Sciences China<br />

President Wang Weiguang<br />

and NPC vice-chair Zhao<br />

Baige said after meeting<br />

with Peshawar Zalmi<br />

Chairman Javed Afridi in<br />

Lahore.<br />

being sister to disgruntled<br />

party representative Ayesha<br />

Gulalai who accused Khan<br />

of making unwelcome<br />

advances.<br />

Toorpakai conversed<br />

with the media at Squash<br />

Complex in Lahore and said<br />

that she appreciates Khan’s<br />

tweet as it stands for the fact<br />

that national athletes are to<br />

be respected and are apolitical.<br />

“I really appreciate his<br />

action,” Toorpakai said.<br />

Peshawar Zalmi to promote cricket in China<br />

Chinese delegates congratulated<br />

Peshawar<br />

Zalmi on winning the<br />

PSL title. Javed Afridi<br />

assured the Chinese delegates<br />

that Peshawar<br />

Zalmi will help and contribute<br />

to promoting<br />

Cricket in China, Afridi<br />

also accepted the invitation<br />

of Chinese friends to<br />

visit China next month,<br />

where he will meet officials<br />

of China Cricket<br />

board and discuss the<br />

promotion of cricket in<br />

the friendly country.<br />

Pakistani people are<br />

proud of brotherly relations<br />

with China and very<br />

hopeful that this relationship<br />

will grow further<br />

like mountains of<br />

Himalayas, with ground<br />

breaking CPEC mega<br />

project, Javed Afridi said.<br />

Pakistan wins gold, silver medals in IBSF<br />

World Team Snooker Championship <strong>2017</strong><br />

Dr M. Arif Hafeez<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Pakistan 2<br />

team comprising Babar<br />

Masih and Muhammad Asif<br />

defeated Pakistan 1 consisting<br />

of Asjad Iqbal and<br />

Muhammad Sajjad by 5-4 to<br />

clinch the IBSF World Team<br />

Snooker Championship<br />

<strong>2017</strong> gold medal while Pak 1<br />

won the silver medal. Both<br />

the Pakistani teams displayed<br />

quality snooker skills<br />

India cannot be true No.1 team<br />

without playing Pakistan: Dean Jones<br />

NEW DELHI: Taking a<br />

pot-shot at the Indian<br />

team, former Australian<br />

batsman Dean Jones<br />

believes that the Virat<br />

Kohli-led outfit cannot be<br />

considered numero uno<br />

unless it plays Pakistan.<br />

India are placed No.1 in<br />

the current Test match<br />

rankings but have not<br />

played Pakistan since<br />

2007-08 in Test match<br />

cricket. The last time the<br />

two teams met almost a<br />

decade ago, India who<br />

hosted the series, won the<br />

three-match series 1-0.<br />

Speaking to Deccan<br />

Chronicle, Jones said, “I’m<br />

a firm believer that there is<br />

no such thing called No.1<br />

side in cricket. India<br />

became the ‘No.1 Test’<br />

side without facing<br />

Pakistan. I would love to<br />

see the two teams play in a<br />

Test series. In last twothree<br />

years, there is so<br />

much improvement in<br />

Pakistan cricket.”<br />

He further said, “The<br />

Pakistan Super League has<br />

transformed them into a<br />

professional unit. The<br />

Champions Trophy success<br />

can also be attributed<br />

to the players who<br />

emerged through PSL.<br />

Pakistan just have to get<br />

their first-class structure<br />

right.”<br />

Mudassir's hat trick Kufa<br />

reached in title decider<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: A hat-trick<br />

by Karachi United Football<br />

academy Liyari Center<br />

(KUFA) Striker Mudassir<br />

inspired them to a 5-1 victory<br />

over Madhoo<br />

Mohammad football academy<br />

(MMFA) in the first<br />

semi final as winner reached<br />

in the final in first Naya<br />

Nazimabad inter academy<br />

U-19 football tournament<br />

<strong>2017</strong> here at Naya<br />

Nazimabad football ground.<br />

Mudassir, awarded the<br />

Man of the match, scored the<br />

hat- trick in ( 16th minute,<br />

66th minute and 70th<br />

minute) were the remaining<br />

goal scored by Siraj in (11th<br />

minute) and Najeeb Ullah<br />

in( 22nd minute). while the<br />

Bilal was score the only<br />

goal in (50th minute) from<br />

the losers Madhoo<br />

Mohammad football academy.<br />

Later Chief guest secretary<br />

Mudho Muhammadan<br />

Football Zahid Ahmed was<br />

given away the man of the<br />

match award to Mudasir<br />

(KUFA) for his brilliant Hit-<br />

Trick. Sadjid Rind and<br />

Muhammad Asif Were are<br />

present on the occasion.<br />

Top seed Nadal upset by<br />

Canadian teen Shapovalov<br />

MONTREAL: Canadian<br />

teenager Denis Shapovalov<br />

shocked top seeded Rafael<br />

Nadal to reach the quarterfinals<br />

of the ATP Montreal<br />

Masters tournament, spoiling<br />

the Spaniard´s chances<br />

of returning to world number<br />

one. The 18-year-old<br />

Shapovalov, who needed a<br />

wild card to get into the tournament,<br />

continued his giant<br />

killing form at the hardcourt<br />

tournament by rallying to<br />

beat Nadal in three sets, 3-6,<br />

6-4, 7-6 (7/4) on Thursday.<br />

Nadal would have<br />

returned to No. 1 in the<br />

world if he had defeated<br />

Shapovalov Thursday, and<br />

then Chung Hyeon or<br />

Adrian Mannarino on<br />

Friday.<br />

Shapovalov´s<br />

upset against the reigning<br />

French Open champion<br />

came as a result of some<br />

inspired tennis in front of a<br />

boisterous home crowd who<br />

cheered his every shot.<br />

and were equal at 4-4, but in<br />

the final and decisive frame,<br />

Pak 2 team played some outstanding<br />

snooker to beat Pak<br />

2 team. Earlier in the semifinals,<br />

Pak 1 team outclassed<br />

Wales team by 4-0, with the<br />

scores of 67-59, 95-0, 65-52,<br />

65-48 while Pak 2 trounced<br />

Ireland by 4-0 as the score<br />

was 86-04(52), 109-31(66),<br />

63-50, 95-71. Soon after<br />

Pakistan teams tremendous<br />

finish in the world snooker<br />

event, PBSA officials<br />

extended heartiest felicitations<br />

to the players and<br />

termed it historic achievement,<br />

as after a long time,<br />

both Pakistani teams were<br />

facing each other, which<br />

gold and silver medals, both<br />

were already won by<br />

Pakistan. But the way Babar<br />

andAsif finished mega event<br />

by clinching the gold medal,<br />

was also commendable.<br />

Jashan e Azadi T-20<br />

Festival Cricket will<br />

start from 14th <strong>August</strong><br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Former first<br />

class cricketer and now a candidate<br />

for president KCCA<br />

Zone 2 in forthcoming<br />

Election Nusrat Mahboob<br />

will inaugurate the first<br />

Jashan e Azadi T20 Colourkit<br />

Cricket Tournament at<br />

the Taisar town cricket<br />

ground. On the opening day<br />

Mujahid Gymkhana colts<br />

will face Al- Hussaini CC<br />

after the opening ceremony<br />

at 2:00 pm.<br />

According to Tournament<br />

secretary Muhammad<br />

Zareen Khan, A total 8 top<br />

club of KCCA Zone 2 are<br />

taking part in the competition,<br />

they will compete on<br />

knock basis the final will be<br />

played on 20th of <strong>August</strong>.<br />

The participated team are as<br />

Mujahid Gymkhana colts,<br />

Al- Hussaini CC, Surjani<br />

Sports, Mansoora Sports and<br />

Host LERP Taisar town CC.<br />

India bid to<br />

reinstate Sreesanth<br />

fixing ban<br />

NEW DELHI: India´s<br />

cricket board will appeal<br />

against a court order that<br />

lifted fast bowler<br />

S h a n t h a k u m a r a n<br />

Sreesanth´s life ban for<br />

match-fixing, a senior<br />

official told AFP on<br />

Friday.<br />

The Board of Control<br />

for Cricket in India<br />

(BCCI) does not agree<br />

with the Kerala state high<br />

court order that acquitted<br />

Sreesanth for lack of<br />

proof, the official said on<br />

condition of anonymity.<br />

After the court ruling<br />

on Monday, Sreesanth, 34,<br />

said he was hoping to get<br />

his career back on track<br />

and represent India at the<br />

next World Cup in 2019.<br />

But the BCCI official<br />

said: "We don´t agree with<br />

the order. It definitely<br />

needs to be challenged<br />

and within a week the<br />

appeal would be filed in<br />

the Kerala high court.<br />

"We were always clear<br />

on this case as the board is<br />

firm on its zero tolerance<br />

policy on corruption and<br />

match-fixing," the official<br />

added.<br />

Sreesanth and two<br />

other Rajasthan Royals<br />

players were banned for<br />

life over alleged involvement<br />

in betting and spotfixing<br />

following a 2013<br />

scandal in the Indian<br />

Premier League.<br />

LAHORE: Newly<br />

elected chairman of the<br />

Pakistan Cricket Board,<br />

Najam Sethi left for Sri<br />

Lanka late Thursday to<br />

attend meeting of Asian<br />

Cricket Council (ACC) in<br />

Colombo.<br />

Speaking to Geo News<br />

ahead of his departure<br />

from Lahore airport, Sethi<br />

said the two-day conference<br />

will bring important<br />

discussions to the table.<br />

KARACHI: Table Tennis Players Group Picture With International Table Tennis Player<br />

Farrukh Kamal During Pakistan independence Day Table Tennis Tournament <strong>2017</strong> at<br />

Pakistan sports Board , Karachi center.<br />

There was no instruction to lose the 2011<br />

World Cup final, says Muthiah Muralitharan<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: World's<br />

highest wicket taker and<br />

the member of Sri Lanka's<br />

2011 World Cup squad<br />

Muttiah Muralitharan says<br />

there was "no instruction"<br />

to lose the final.<br />

Speaking exclusively<br />

the 45-year-old<br />

Muralitharan says, "India<br />

was the first best team and<br />

ours was the second best<br />

team in the tournament.<br />

We had a good opportunity<br />

to win in the final, but two<br />

things happened. I had a<br />

groin injury in the semi<br />

final and Angelo Mathews,<br />

who was among runs was<br />

completely out (final)<br />

because he was injured".<br />

"The batsmen were<br />

scoring runs but the middle<br />

order batsmen didn't click<br />

in few matches and the<br />

selectors made 3-4<br />

changes and it was far than<br />

a regular team".<br />

"(On winning the toss)<br />

the senior players and the<br />

selectors were scared of<br />

chasing the target and<br />

thought of batting first.<br />

But in my mind was to bat<br />

second because I thought<br />

India could chase any target<br />

and this was intimated<br />

to the team-management.<br />

This I had told to them<br />

with my previous tour<br />

experience of dew factor".<br />

He said the moot will,<br />

among other matters,<br />

decide about the hosting<br />

venue of the Under-19<br />

Asia Cup, which is scheduled<br />

to take place in<br />

Bengaluru, India in<br />

November this year.<br />

Media reports earlier<br />

stated that the PCB would<br />

raise an objection to India<br />

hosting the Under-19 Asia<br />

Cup amid political tension<br />

between the two countries.<br />

On the much-awaited<br />

Pakistan-India series,<br />

Sethi assured he would be<br />

holding talks with officials<br />

from the Board of<br />

Control for Cricket in<br />

India in this regard.<br />

He also affirmed that<br />

the PCB would make<br />

efforts to arrange for the<br />

last few matches of Sri<br />

Lankan series to be played<br />

in Pakistan.<br />

"But Sanga said he has<br />

been promised by the<br />

match referee that they<br />

would spray the chemicals<br />

and no dew threat to the<br />

final".<br />

"Within 15 overs dew<br />

came and they could do<br />

nothing. There was no<br />

match-fixing but Mathews'<br />

injury, miscalculation (on<br />

dew factor) cost us the<br />

World Cup final. But we<br />

can't take away credit from<br />

India".<br />

This interview should<br />

clear the doubts, if any, in<br />

the minds of Arjuna<br />

Ranatunga, who time and<br />

again has been demanding<br />

probe.<br />

Najam Sethi leaves for Sri Lanka to attend ACC meeting<br />

Sadia Shaikh further added that to<br />

win the event in China the team<br />

has worked very hard and fully<br />

prepared and we will be honored<br />

in China.<br />

She said that despite limited<br />

re-sources we are touring various<br />

countries on our own – Ms.Aliya<br />

Sethi, after being elected<br />

PCB chairman for a<br />

three-year term earlier this<br />

week, has vowed to bring<br />

international cricket back<br />

to the country after years<br />

of isolation. Barring a<br />

limited-over series against<br />

Zimbabwe in 2015,<br />

Pakistan has not hosted<br />

foreign squads since a<br />

militant attack targeted<br />

the visiting Sri Lankan<br />

team in 2009.<br />

We will be successful to win the event of<br />

women footbal matches in China, Sadia Shaikh<br />

Diya Women Football Club obtained 8th position in Norway during the women football event<br />

KARACHI: Diya women<br />

football club under the guidance<br />

and supervision of the founder<br />

and Secretary General Sadia<br />

Shaikh, after completing a successful<br />

tour of Norway has now<br />

left for China. According to<br />

details the team has shown great<br />

professionalism and obtained<br />

8th position among the 35 countries<br />

participants and reached up<br />

to quarter final position. The<br />

team will be participating in<br />

Gothia Cup,which will be held<br />

in Shenyang from <strong>August</strong> 13th<br />

to 20th<br />

While leaving for China at the<br />

Jinnah International Airport<br />

Terminal during the talks with the<br />

stunning Journalists she said that the trip to<br />

Norway was a great success and<br />

now we are proceeding to China.<br />

She said that we will win the<br />

women football event in China as<br />

all the team members/players are<br />

very hard working and talented.<br />

Jalka will be the team captain<br />

while Ms.Sadia Sheikh Manager<br />

and Ms.Rukhsar Rashid Coach<br />

were also present

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