LONDON: Mohammad Asif, one of the cricketers at the centre of the fixing scandal, is considering making a claim for political asylum in Britain to avoid returning to a potentially violent backlash in Pakistan. The Pakistan bowler held a 35-minute meeting with an immigration lawyer last Friday, a local newspaper told, and said he feared the allegations of fixing certain events in a recent Test match against England could make him the target of dangerous criminal gangs linked to the illegal betting underworld. The cricketer is said to have asked the lawyer what would be a way to stay in Britain
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NEW YORK: Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will feature in two different finals at Flushing Meadow’s – the home of U.S. Open Tennis – this week: Aisam has reached the finals in both the Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles categories. Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi continue their exciting run at the US Open Men’s doubles event as they stormed into the finals on Thursday.
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Aisam cruises into men’s doubles final in US Open
NEW YORK: Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has reached the US Open men’’s and mixed doubles finals and hopes to win both in tribute to the 21 million flood victims in his homeland. Qureshi and partner Rohan Bopanna of India, trying to foster peace between their rival homelands, advanced to the men’’s doubles final Wednesday by beating Argentina’’s Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zaballos 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. The 16th-seeded duo will face US top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan in Friday’’s championship match, but Qureshi has already booked another title date.
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LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt, who had made tall claims of victory, returned home from England where he faced relentless humiliation following serious allegations of spot-fixing against the players. He is of the view that the players are innocent until proven guilty and that they will be subject to a stern action if their crime is established.
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NEW YORK: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi set another precedent in the tennis history of Pakistan when he reached the final of the mixed doubles at the US Open for the first time in New York. Qureshi, who has teamed up with Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic, reached the final after defeating Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas by 7-6 6-7.
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Aisam in mixed doubles final at US Open
CARDIFF: England wrapped up a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan after the tourists suffered the embarrassment of being dismissed for 89 to add to their off-field problems here on Tuesday. World Twenty20 champions England finished on 90 for four to complete a six-wicket win with 36 balls to spare, having won by five wickets here Sunday. Pakistan’’s total was their worst in 40 matches at this level while England’’s seventh straight Twenty20 international win saw them equal a record held jointly by South Africa and Pakistan
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England crush Pakistan to win T20 series 2-0
CARDIFF: Pakistan’’s scandal-scarred tour of Britain suffered a fresh on-field low here on Tuesday as England dismissed them for their worst ever Twenty20 international total of 89 all out. Pakistan’’s previous lowest score in 40 matches at this level was the 125 for nine they made in 20 overs against Australia at Melbourne in February
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Pakistan dismissed for record T20 low by England
CARDIFF: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat against England in the second and final Twenty20 international at Sophia Gardens here on Tuesday.
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Pakistan win toss, bat against England in 2nd T20
MELBOURNE: Allegations surrounding corruption in cricket continue to widen, with Indian Premier League officials claiming that a leading batsman had to be moved up the order to prevent him manipulating matches. And witnesses claim the West Indies were “all over” the same man who made approaches so dubious to Australian players in London last year that they reported him.
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A top batsman played suspiciously in IPL
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Tuesday adjourned a hearing into treason allegations against seven national cricket players, the sports minister and cricket chief, over a ‘’spot-fixing” scandal, lawyers said. Chief justice of LHC Khawaja Mohammad Sharif adjourned the hearing until September 22 after a sports ministry official said the case was premature while investigations were ongoing.
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