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Cricket: Rain delays Pakistan’s clash with Scotland

EDINBURGH, May 19, (APP/AFP) - Pakistan’s one-day international against Scotland was delayed on Sunday due to a waterlogged playing surface in Edinburgh. The umpires ordered a 1200GMT pitch inspection at the Grange after taking a close look at the wicket three times before the scheduled start of play. Heavy rain in the Scottish capital on Saturday left areas of the outfield sodden, while there were also worries about the condition of the wicket.

Army wins national women cycling title

LAHORE, May 18 (APP): Pakistan Army won the title of the 10th national women cycling championship here on Saturday at the cycling velodrome. Army’s riders added another gold to their previous four to emerge the winners of the three-day premier event held under the supervision of Pakistan Cycling Federation,Munawar Baseer Group.
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Recent spot-fixing scandal has tarnished cricket’s image further: ex-players

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Former Pakistan cricketers feel that the recent spot-fixing scandal that has rocked ongoing Indian Premier has tarnished the image of the game of cricket. Erstwhile skipper Zaheer Abbas in an interview on Friday said that he was shocked by the scandal involving Indian Test player, Sreesanth and two others—Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. “What worries me is that this apparently is just the tip of the iceberg as far as corruption in cricket is concerned. There have always been fears that the IPL was a soft target for bookmakers but no one took this seriously,” he said.

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Pakistan Army won the 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship by clinching overall 17 gold, three silver and two bronze medals on Friday here at Liaquat Gymnasium. Army secured a total of 507 points. WAPDA remained second with 165 points, securing one gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
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National athletics championship dedicated to Zakir Syed

LAHORE, May 17 (APP): Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) has decided to dedicate the 45th edition of the National Athletics Championship in the memory of late Syed Zakir Hussain Syed, a former director general of Pakistan Sports Board. The premier activity, both for men and women, will be organised May 24 at Jinnah stadium Islamabad and all the affiliated units of the AFP will take part, said a spokesman of AFP here on Friday. He said late Zakir rendered meritorious services for the cause of sports in the country and the AFP has decided to dedicate the championship to him to acknowledge his valuable contributions as a sports administrative. “Over 500 athletes belonging to the four provinces, AJ&K, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan and various services and departments will compete in the three-day sports “, he added.

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Over seven typhoons may hit China in 2013

BEIJING, May 12 (APP): The number of typhoons that will land along China’s coastal areas this year is estimated to be between seven and nine, the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center said on Sunday. Though the figures are similar to that of last year, typhoons are becoming more destructive due to climate change, according to Zhang Zhihua, an official with the center. The possibility of an increase in violent typhoons can not be ruled out, Xinhua news repported. “The typhoons coming this year are expected to have a bigger impact on coastal provinces like Zhejiang and Fujian which lie along the East China Sea,” said Li Benxia, another official with the center.

Nawaz Sharif to seek improved ties with US, Afghanistan and India

NEW YORK, May 12 (APP): Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, whose party swept Saturday's polls, told a major American newspaper that he would seek improved ties with the United States, Afghanistan and India. "The relationship with the U.S. was quite good when I was in power,".
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Chinese media highlights elections in Pakistan

BEIJING, May 11 (APP): Like all around the world, Chinese media also constantly disseminating latest news reports on General Elections in Pakistan held Saturday. The dispatches as well as news analysis on the elections from various Pakistan’s based correspondents are published and telecast in both print and electronic media on daily basis over the past several days. This morning, the Xinhua news agency on its online edition, published photographs, showing people in long queues waiting to cast their vote in a polling station.

UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (APP): Pakistan has called for developing “quick response” strategies to combat terrorism that continued to mutate into new and more sinister forms. “Terrorists use new information and communication technologies and the Internet for recruitment and incitement as well as for planning and financing their activities,” Ambassador Masood Khan told the U.N. Security Council as it reviewed the work of its three anti-terrorism Committees.

UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (APP): The international community must act to stop the conflict in Syria and ensure those responsible for human rights violations are held accountable, the UN human rights chief said Friday, following reports of massacres in Baniyas. “We should not reach the point in this conflict where people become numb to the atrocious killing of civilians,” said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.

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