Azhar developed his strengths from U19CWC: Umar Gul

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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.

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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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ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): The National Athletics Championship will explode into action from May 24 to 26 at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Around 500 men and women athletes will chip in the three-day event, Secretary General, Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Muhammad Zafar said on Friday. He said the championship had been dedicated to late Syed Zakir Hussain, former Director General of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).

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Azhar developed his strengths from U19CWC: Umar Gul

ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (APP): Pakistan fast-bowler Umar Gul on Wednesday said the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup provided Azhar Ali the opportunity to develop his strengths, making him one of the stars of international cricket.While discussing the benefits of the U19 CWC, Umar said Azhar played in New Zealand 10 years ago as a bowler but now he is the mainstay of Pakistan’s middle-order, said a press release issued here.“Azhar was a very keen batsman even then but the ICC U19 CWC actually provided him that platform and opportunity where he evaluated and reworked on his strengths and is now one of the stars of international cricket,” Umar said.Umar said the U19 CWC is a launching pad for players giving them an opportunity to test themselves against the best players from all over the world in that age group. “The U19 CWC gives players a good level of cricket and alarms them of what they need to do to survive or excel at the highest level in the game,” he said.

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