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Winning silver on debut is difficult: Akram Khan

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) Secretary Akram Khan believes winning a silver medal in a tournament debut is not an easy task, hence praising Syed Mohammad Asif for his achievement at the Fourth Taipei City Tournament.</strong></div>
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The PBF had fielded two boxers in the tournament; Asif for the 52kg event and Jahanzaib in the 49kg category. Asif bagged the silver medal on Sunday and lost to a Japanese boxer in the final, whereas Jahanzaib made an exit after reaching the quarters in his respective category.</div>
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According to Akram, the Taipei tournament was bigger than even the Commonwealth Games.</div>
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“The Taipei event was more important than the Commonwealth Games for sure,” Akram told <em style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The Express Tribune.</em></div>
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“Mohammad Waseem [runner-up in Glasgow] is a good boxer but the Games don’t feature countries that are known for their real boxing talent. On the other hand, the Taipei event included those who had previously competed at the Olympics.</div>
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“In Jahanzaib’s category, the boxer who went on to win the gold was the runner-up at the 2012 London Olympics. This was another level of competition altogether.”</div>
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Following Waseem, Asif became the second boxer this month to win a silver in the international boxing arena.</div>
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“Asif won this silver medal after a lot of hard work against very tough competitors,” added Akram.</div>
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“But Waseem had gotten lucky at the Commonwealth Games competing against boxers from Malaysia, Ghana or Scotland. These countries are not known for the boxing talent.”</div>
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The Taipei tournament featured 16 countries including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Italy, Russia, Hong Kong, and Macau.</div>
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Meanwhile, the official stated that the PBF will try to send its best boxers to the Asian Games, with recent performances having proven that the local talent can win gold medals too.</div>

Winning silver on debut is difficult: Akram Khan

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Japan set friendly date with Brazil

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Asian champions Japan will face Brazil in a friendly in Singapore on October 14 in a high-profile test for new coach Javier Aguirre, said the Japan Football Association (JFA) on Thursday.</strong></div>
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The 55-year-old Mexican, set to arrive in Japan this weekend, has a potentially tricky start with home friendlies against Uruguay on September 5 and Venezuela on September 9.</div>
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Japan will also play Jamaica in Niigata on October 10 before flying out to face Brazil, who they have yet to beat in 10 previous meetings.</div>
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Aguirre, poised to become Japan’s highest-paid coach ever with an estimated annual salary of almost $2.5 million, led Mexico to the last 16 of the 2002 and 2010 World Cups.</div>
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The former Espanyol manager recently told Spanish daily Marca he had been unimpressed with Japan’s performance in Brazil, where they picked up just one point in three games.</div>
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On the other hand, Brazil’s World Cup ended in tears for the host nation after being humiliated 7-1 by eventual winners Germany in the semi-finals.</div>

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Guardiola unable to control temper after loss

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Angry Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola did not shake hands with his opposite number after his star-studded side lost to the MLS All-Star team in a fierce friendly in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday.</strong></div>
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The Spaniard gave Caleb Porter a one-fingered wave-off, apparently angry at some of the tackles by the MLS players as the German champions were beaten 2-1.</div>
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Guardiola offered the refereeing panel a token handshake and quickly disappeared into the tunnel.</div>
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The acrimonious ending overshadowed a brilliant first-half goal by Polish striker Robert Lewandowski that gave Bayern the lead. Lewandowski, who moved to the Bundesliga champions from Borussia Dortmond in the close season, struck a piledriver from just outside the box into the roof of the net that beat MLS keeper Nick Rimando with sheer pace.</div>
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But substitute Bradley Wright-Phillips scored an equally impressive goal in the 51st minute when he latched onto a through ball and hammered a left-foot shot into the far corner from about 20 metres.</div>
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Landon Donovan then snatched the win for the All-Stars with a right-foot shot from 10 metres in the 70th minute. Most of the Bayern first-team regulars started on the bench in the team’s sixth pre-season game.</div>
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In the 79th minute, four of Germany’s World Cup-winning team – Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lamm, Thomas Muller and Mario Gotze – came on simultaneously in a mass substitution, though Schweinsteiger left the game before the end after a challenge that may have prompted Guardiola’s subsequent ire.</div>
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“I understand he doesn’t want his players to get hurt,” Donovan told ESPN. “They’re not great tackles but they’re not the worst tackles I’ve ever seen and I hope Schweiny’s not hurt. I’m not sure why they’re going after the officials.”</div>

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Phelps suffers first major setback

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Olympic great Michael Phelps suffered the first big setback of his return to competition Wednesday as a poor turn left him seventh in the 100m free at the US Swimming Championships.</strong></div>
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In a finals field loaded with Olympic medallists, the 18-time Games champion made a mess of his turn at the 50m wall, and had no chance to challenge coming home in the race won by 2012 Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian.</div>
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“When I literally took a couple kicks and I barely passed the flags, I knew there was very little chance that I was going to run anybody down,” said Phelps.</div>
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“It just kind of stinks that I missed the first wall.”</div>
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Phelps ended a near two-year retirement in April, and the US championships are just his fourth meet since then and his first chance to qualify to represent the US at an international event — the Pan Pacific Championships August 21-25 in Gold Coast, Australia.</div>
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Phelps suffers first major setback

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Test squad concludes training for SL tour

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">As the Test squad concluded its camp for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka on Saturday, the players revealed that they had enjoyed working with the new team management in the short 10-day period.</strong></div>
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The camp, which began July 17, included two sessions; net practice in the afternoon and extensive training during night time.</div>
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“I can feel that exciting times are ahead as everyone is working really hard before the Sri Lanka series,” one of the senior players told<em style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> The Express Tribune.</em></div>
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“All the players, coaches and support staff gelled well during the camp which is a positive sign as we’ve got important series coming up against Sri Lanka and then Australia and New Zealand.”</div>
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Pakistan are scheduled to take on Sri Lanka in August, during which the team will play two Tests and three ODIs.</div>
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Pakistan’ Test squad includes Misbahul Haq (captain), Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younus Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Talha, Junaid Khan, Rahat Ali and Wahab Riaz.</div>
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Meanwhile, another player added that fielding coach-cum-trainer Grant Luden’s methods had kept the players motivated.</div>
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“We all enjoyed working with Luden, especially because his training methods have been different; they were difficult but likeable so it didn’t feel like a burden and we were motivated enough to put in extra effort.”</div>

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Japan leads Crown chase after fightback

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Sakura Yokomine sank a 15-foot par putt at 18 to complete an astonishing fightback and keep Japan undefeated and atop the field Friday at the LPGA International Crown matches.</strong></div>
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Standing 6-down with seven holes to play, Yokomine and Ai Miyazato rallied to split two points with Australia’s Katherine Kirk and Lindsey Wright.</div>
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“It feels amazing,” said Miyazato. “We kept making birdies to give ourselves a chance.</div>
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“We said we had to keep it going. We didn’t know what was going to happen. We just kept a positive attitude.”</div>
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Mika Miyazato and Mamiko Higa also rallied in a 3-and-2 win over Karrie Webb and Minjee Lee. Webb birdied the third but Higa birdied to win the next three holes and 11 as well in the victory.</div>
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That gave lone unbeaten Japan the lead in the eight-team event with two wins and two halves for six points. Thailand were next on five points and Taiwan, South Korea at four.</div>
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Spain, Sweden and Australia trail with three points each and need wins as only five teams advance to Sunday’s singles matches. Overall point totals will decide the winner in the $1.6 million showdown for global bragging rights at Caves Valley.</div>
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Kirk and Wright went 5-up after seven holes and appeared set for a blowout win before the match was put on the clock after Yokomine birdied to win 12.</div>
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“We lost our timing and that was pretty much it,” said Wright. “We just lost our rhythm. It was just awful. It was really disappointing.”</div>

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The match was cut short to a 12-over affair after precious time was lost due to rain.</div>
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Set a target of 91, Fazal starred with 59 off 32 balls hitting three sixes and four boundaries in his team’s chase to help Omar CC make 91-1 in 10 overs. Salman Khan picked up a solitary scalp.</div>
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Earlier, Alamgir Gymkhana had made 91-4 in 12 overs, with Daniyal Mansoor making a 33-ball 29, while Saud Shakil starred with 27 off 18 hitting three sixes.</div>

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Hungarian Grand Prix: Rosberg on pole as Hamilton hopes go up in smoke

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Nico Rosberg had mixed feelings again on Saturday when he claimed his sixth pole of the season for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix after Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton’s car burst into flames on his opening lap.</strong></div>
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The world championship leader took full advantage of Hamilton’s bad luck and admitted he felt less than ecstatic at his success and would have preferred to have competed against his main title rival.</div>
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The 29-year-old German, who leads Hamilton by 14 points in their duel for the drivers’ title, cashed in after the luckless Briton’s car burst into flames in the opening minutes of a dramatic qualifying session.</div>
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“It’s a pity for the team and for me,” said Rosberg. “Again it’s reliability and, also, I would prefer to be battling with Lewis and have the maximum adrenaline rush and not be like this… It’s not the same.</div>
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“I am not so happy and not ecstatic about it.”</div>
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Rosberg clocked a best lap of one minute and 22.715 seconds to claim his sixth pole of the year and the 10th of his career in an hour that saw intense heat, at the start, followed by dark clouds and rain in the final minutes.</div>
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He added: “Q3 was a big challenge. The track was changing all the time at the beginning I was the first one into the first corner. It was very difficult to judge. It was very wet.</div>
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“So, I took it easy and I managed to avoid crashing. It was massively difficult and unpredictable. And then it was drying and it was much easier and I managed to nail it with my last lap.”</div>
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Vettel clocked a best lap of 1:23.201 that put him clear at the top in the final seconds, but Rosberg responded to outpace him by 0.486 seconds to secure the prime starting position.</div>
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Vettel said: “I think the nature of the track here suits us better; there are less straights and historically we have always had a competitive car around here.</div>
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“It is nice to be a little bit closer to Rosberg, but his lap still gave him a bigger gap at the end than we had hoped for.”</div>
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Finn Valtteri Bottas was third for Williams ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo in the second Red Bull, two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Brazilian Felipe Massa, sixth for Williams.</div>
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Briton Jenson Button, twice a winner in Hungary, in wet conditions, was seventh for McLaren ahead of Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso, German Nico Hulkenberg of Force India and Magnussen.</div>

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Senior versus junior series expected: Sheikh

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Senior team’s head coach Shahnaz Sheikh told <i style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The Express Tribune</i> that he has submitted a proposal to Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Rana Mujahid for the series.</div>
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He said that he has suggested four- to six-match series between the two teams.</div>
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“I have submitted the proposal for the series and I am quite hopeful of getting approval,” said Sheikh.</div>
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Sheikh said that the series between the two teams will be good for Pakistan senior’s team in the Asian Games, where they will be defending their crown.</div>
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“The series will also enable the junior team to raise its game,” said Sheikh, who has represented Pakistan in the 1971, 1975 and 1978 World Cups.</div>
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It was Pakistan junior team coach Manzoorul Hasan who originally suggested the series between the two sides during the junior training camp last month.</div>
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On the other hand, when Mujahid was asked about the series, he said that the PHF will be able to announce the official date as soon as they receive the grant.</div>
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“Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada has informed that the Prime Minister has approved the amount that will be handed over to the very soon.”</div>

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“I’ll try my best all the season like I do it every year,” said the 29-year-old striker on Tuesday, adding he would like to play “six, seven more years” at the top level of club competition.</div>
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“I’ll try to be the best, try to help my team, try to score goals and try to win titles.”</div>
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Portugal failed to make the World Cup knockout round in Brazil with one win, one loss and one draw in their group as an injury-hit Ronaldo squandered plenty of chances and notched up just one goal.</div>
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He had been hampered by a left leg injury since just before the global tournament.</div>
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“I’m really focused. My injury is gone. I feel very, very good,” said Ronaldo, adding he wanted to kick off and finish the Spanish top-flight league season “in good shape.”</div>
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Without referring to his World Cup disaster in Brazil, the striker described last season as ‘amazing’. He listed several individual trophies while Real Madrid won a 10th Champions League title and the Copa del Rey, the oldest Spanish football competition.</div>
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Ronaldo was the top scorer in La Liga and the Champions League and won his second Ballon d’Or as well as the European Golden Shoe, among other honours.</div>
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Ronaldo added that he hoped for a repeat of last season’s glory, saying he will have an “opportunity to win five, six titles this year. I’m really focused”.</div>
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“I dedicate myself 100% to my game and I want to carry on like that until I finish my career.” AFP</div>

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The 50-year-old Dunga, Brazil’s 1994 World-Cup winning skipper, takes the reins for a second time having led the Selecao at the 2010 tournament.</div>
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“I am immensely happy,” said Dunga, who in his playing days was a tough-tackling midfielder with Serie A side Fiorentina and Germany’s Stuttgart, and who also had a spell in Japan with Jubilo Iwata.</div>
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“Thank you for your confidence in me. The fans are very down right now but they are right behind the team which means so much to them.</div>
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“I am not here to sell a dream, we must get down to work,” he added, arriving with a brief to make the team shipshape for the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with next year’s Copa America in Chile a first test.</div>
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“We must get results and forge a side for 2018. This team is very young. We must find the way to blend new players with those who have more experience.</div>
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“We have to work conscientiously; not just the players, but the press and the fans too.”</div>
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His no-nonsense style dating from his days as a player was decried by some but his 91 caps showed the esteem in which he was held and that respect has endured, said CBF President Jose Maria Marin.</div>
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“He was world champion, captain of a world champion side,” said Marin.</div>
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“He has what it takes to lead the Brazil team. The numbers show he absolutely has the ability to take charge.”</div>
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Dunga said Brazil had to understand that the modern game is constantly evolving.</div>
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“Football changes every instant and every day. Attacking football, as people understand it, is to play with four or five up front. But at the World Cup you saw teams marking 10 metres behind the half-way line!”</div>
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Dunga’s first match in charge will be a September 5 friendly against Colombia in Miami.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Pakistan midfielder Saddam Hussain said he is looking forward to the team’s clash against their archrivals next month in India</strong>.</div>
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The series will see two matches on August 16 and August 21,</div>
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“Despite the rest period from the national camp, it is mandatory for every player to keep practicing,” Hussain told <i style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The Express Tribune</i>.</div>
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“Having a break from the camp doesn’t mean it’s a holiday.</div>
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“The national camp will resume in August, but I need to be confident that I’m 100% ready to take on the challenge. India is a tough side on their home ground.</div>
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“I just want to make sure that I’ve done everything so that I can play my best for the team.</div>
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Hussain added that given the two sides’ traditional rivalry, the national team will go the extra mile while playing against India.</div>
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Pakistan last faced India in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in Nepal last year, where they lost 1-0.</div>
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Hussain emphasised that football is about investing time in understanding the game and practicing.</div>
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“If players don’t keep their fitness in check during the month-long break from the camp, it can spell disaster. I practice in the field for two hours before Iftar and train in the gym for another one-and-a-half-hour afterwards.”</div>
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He added that he will be excited to play with FC Dordoi duo Kaleemullah and Mohammad Adil again.</div>
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“We have a young side, the oldest player is 24 years old. Coach Mohamed Shamlan is trying his best to get us ready in time.”</div>
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Teenager Mansoor Khan, who will be playing against India for the first time as a part of the national side, said that he is also training in Mardan.</div>
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“I’m putting extra effort during the break, because it’s India. It’s a different state of mind altogether,” said Mansoor.</div>
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Meanwhile, Pakistan Football Federation Secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi said that the national camp for the series will begin on August 5 in Lahore.</div>
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This is the PCB’s fourth constitution since 1995 and the latest one was developed under the supervision of Najam Sethi, who was removed as the board’s chairman also on Thursday, a day after the constitution was finalised way before International Cricket Council’s June 30 deadline.</div>
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According to the new document, the president will be elected for three years and he can be re-elected for one more term. A special meeting of the Board of Governors shall be convened to elect the chairman from among the members of the boards of governors – of which Sethi is a member of – by a majority of the total voting membership of the board.</div>
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During the interim period, the power of the day-to-day management of the board shall vest in the election commissioner i.e. Justice (retd) Jamshed Ali Shah.</div>
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To be eligible for the chairman’s office, a person has to at least have a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent professional degree or higher and be a citizen of Pakistan.</div>
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If the person is dismissed from service of any government job then he cannot be elected for this post.</div>
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Laws of governance: PCB finalises constitution way before deadline

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Romario wants prison for football chiefs

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Brazil football legend Romario, now a lawmaker, said on Wednesday that the sport’s chiefs should serve prison time for the national team’s humiliating 7-1 World Cup defeat to Germany.</strong></div>
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One day after the semi-final thrashing, Romario said the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) was plagued by corruption.</div>
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“Our football has been deteriorating for years,” said Romario in a letter posted in social media. “It is being dragged down by leaders who don’t even have the talent to juggle the ball.</div>
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“They stay in their luxury box seats, enjoying the millions that go into their accounts.”</div>
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The prolific striker said players and coaches were not to blame for the sport’s deterioration.</div>
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He said CBF president Jose Maria Marin and his deputy Marco Polo del Nero, who will take over in 2015, ‘should be in prison’.</div>
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Romario, a critic of the record $11 billion spent on the tournament, bemoaned the fact that President Dilma Rousseff will have to hand the World Cup trophy to a team other than Brazil in Sunday’s final.</div>
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“They will leave with the Cup and we will be left with our overbilled stadiums and no material legacy,” he said. “This will be the Cup of shame.”</div>
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Meanwhile, the agent of star striker Neymar, Wagner Ribeiro, set out a six-point list of “technical requirements” for the coach that made barbed references to Scolari, without specifically mentioning him.</div>
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The boss should have “trained Portugal and won nothing”, he said in the Twitter statement.</div>
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He should go to Chelsea and be ‘sacked’, coach in Uzbekistan then return to Brazil ‘and take a good team into the second division’.</div>
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The coach should be “arrogant and ridiculous,” he added.</div>
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Govt ousts Sethi, names new PCB interim boss

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">As the patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Justice (r) Jamshed Ali Shah as the board’s new interim chief and election commissioner on Thursday, while the Management Committee (MC) led by Najam Sethi stands dissolved.</strong></div>
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Shah is the third person in the last seven months to take over the chairmanship.</div>
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However, Sethi will continue to assist Shah – who has been appointed for a month – in hosting elections to appoint the new PCB chairman.</div>
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The PCB chairmanship tussle began in the Supreme Court (SC) as Zaka Ashraf wanted to come back in power whereas the government wanted its own nominee to head the board.</div>
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However, a new twist developed during Thursday’s hearing when Attorney General (AG) Salman Aslam Butt brought it to the knowledge of the apex court’s two-member bench — comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Saqib Nisar – that the government has removed Sethi as PCB chief and appointed Shah as the interim head and election commissioner.</div>
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As per Article 7(2) of the PCB’s new constitution, the election commissioner shall take over as the chairman and ensure the conduct of elections within 30 days from the date of assumption of office.</div>
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The new acting chairman, Jamshed Shah, was involved in drafting the new PCB constitution, which was approved by the patron on Wednesday, and he had earlier headed the PCB Integrity Committee.</div>
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“I was informed verbally to take charge as the interim PCB chief and election commissioner,” Shah said at the PCB headquarters. “I will know my power after receiving the government’s notification and detailed SC order.” He added that the Electoral College according to the new constitution will elect the chairman and his primary work would be to prepare the election schedule.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Sethi still in the fray</strong></div>
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Sethi is still a contender in the upcoming PCB elections and he has also been nominated as a member, along with Iqbal Umar, of the new governing body by PM Nawaz.</div>
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The officials close to former PCB head have revealed that he welcomed the prime minister’s decision to hold elections within 30 days and nominate him in the governing body, which will assist Shah.</div>
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Sethi had recently helped Pakistan get a position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) powerful Executive Committee plus a nomination for the ICC President 2015. He has also signed six series with India, which will fetch Rs40 billion alone from four home series against the archrivals.</div>
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However, during the hearing of the case related to the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination’s appeal, Imtiaz Rashid Siddiqui, the counsel for former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf raised objections over Sethi’s nomination as a member of the Board of Governors.</div>
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Similarly, the two-judge bench, headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, expressed concern over the use of the prime minister’s discretionary powers to nominate Sethi.</div>
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Isner, Mahut reach quarters in Newport

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </strong>Two-time champion John Isner and defending champ Nicolas Mahut eased into the quarter-finals at the ATP Tour’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Wednesday.</strong></div>
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Two-time runner-up Lleyton Hewitt of Australia also advanced in an emphatic fashion with a straight-set win in the grass-court tournament.</div>
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“It was a pretty clean match,” said Isner. “I got an early lead on both sets and that helps so much. I play pretty well when I play [up a break].”</div>
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Isner will now face fellow American Jack Sock in a quarter-final on Friday.</div>
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Meanwhile, former world number one Hewitt humbled Croatian qualifier Ante Pavic 6-2, 6-2, while the fourth-seeded Frenchman Mahut rolled over Australia’s Luke Saville 6-4, 6-2.</div>
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