Trump Starlets Club registered a 10 run victory against Jyoti Club in their league match of the Ratan Lal Sharma Memorial Monsoon Cricket Tournament at RB Tiwari Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday.
Asked to bat first, Trump Starlets Club scored 148 runs losing all its wickets in 29 overs in the 30 overs-a-side match. Imran (42) and Pankaj Verma (25) were the main run-getters. But besides them, few others could stay at the crease for long due to the accurate bowling spell by M Salmaan who claimed five wickets giving away 37 runs.
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The Lahore police said on Wednesday that they had arrested one of seven suspects behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team at the city’s Liberty Chowk on March 3.
Seven persons, including six policemen, were killed when the bus carrying the team from their hotel to the stadium was ambushed.
The team was being taken for the third day of the second Test against Pakistan.
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Detroit at St. Louis – Tigers 20-year-old rookie Rick Porcello (7-4) faces MLB home run leader Albert Pujols and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Tuesday
-Felix Hernandez, Mariners, pitched a two-hitter and Seattle handed San Diego a record-setting 12th straight interleague loss with a 5-0 victory.
-Gil Meche, Royals, pitched a four-hit shutout – his first in nearly five years – as Kansas city beat Arizona 5-0.
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By Jesse Sanchez
Commissioner Bud Selig said that baseball draws more attention and criticism for its steroid revelations than does football during a radio interview on Tuesday.
“We are held to a higher and different standard,” Selig said during a 17-minute appearance on the Dan Patrick Show.
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Joe Torre’s legacy as one of the game’s all-time great managers is already secure. His next victory will only provide further proof of that.
The major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers look to give Torre his 2,195th regular-season win to move him into sole possession of fifth place on the career list Wednesday night when they continue a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics.
Matt Kemp’s RBI single with two out in the 10th inning lifted Los Angeles (43-22) to a 5-4 victory in Tuesday’s series opener. The Dodgers’ third straight win moved Torre into a tie with Sparky Anderson for fifth on the managerial wins list.
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By Tony Dondero
It will cost more to play school sports next year and more high school athletes will have to find their own transportation to games.
The Everett School District is adding pay-to-play fees while the Edmonds and Shoreline school districts plan to raise fees already in place.
“This time around, with the significant cuts to school district budgets around the state, the only way we could keep our full middle-school and high-school programs would be to raise fees,” Everett School District athletic director Robert Polk said.
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By Dave Kinchen
Giving back was the name of the game for Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley of Saginaw. He hosted his second free football camp for youngsters in the city along with St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Clifton Ryan.
Woodley stood on the very same Saginaw High School field that launched his career, recalling a similar experience that changed his life.
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The Montana State football team bolstered its passing game and defense Friday with the addition of two junior-college transfers from California, wide receiver Julius Lloyd and safety Anthony Cosme.
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“It’s a big day for us,” said Bobcat head coach Rob Ash. “We feel like these guys will really add talent to our roster.”
Cosme is a 6-foot, 210-pounder from Fullerton Junior College, where last fall he had 40 tackles and two interceptions. He is originally from Lakewood (Calif.) High.
“He’s a rover or strong safety,” said Ash. “Anthony is a real physical player and we like his versatility. He can play like a linebacker and tackle, but he’s also quick enough to play the deep third of field.”
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As Iranians prepare for the country’s increasingly unpredictable presidential election, a national football disappointment yesterday provided a paradoxical boost for those hoping to unseat the incumbent hardliner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
President Ahmadinejad faces a serious challenge from Mir Hossein Musavi, who is reviving the hopes of the long-demoralised reformist camp. Musavi, a former prime minister, benefited when Iran drew 0-0 against North Korea – reinforcing worries that the beautiful game has declined along with the Islamic Republic’s economic situation and international standing during Ahmadinejad’s stormy four-year term.
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By Tim May
There were scores of coaches and hundreds of high school football players. It was the Ohio State summer football camp, but it could have been labeled paradise as far as John Peterson was concerned.
“When I was an assistant coach in the Mid-American Conference, I remember that working different camps during the summer, particularly the Ohio State camp with (then-OSU recruiting coordinator) Bill Conley, was a great time for me,” Peterson said. “You got to mingle with and get to know all kinds of coaches from around the country, and you got to work with and evaluate mass numbers of football players.”
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by Larry Burton
Just north of Montgomery, Alabama, just off I-65, is the little town of Millbrook, Alabama. In this town, when the good football football players leave to go to college, he most go to either Faulkner University, a mostly religious school in Montgomery, or the University of South Alabama.
One is going to the big show though, to play for none other than Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide and play his entire career in the glare of national media coverage.
Demarcus Milliner, a five-star recruit and arguably the best high school cornerback in the nation, has chosen to commit early and secure his spot on what he feels is a team headed to the National Championship.
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Jim Owens, who led a resurgence of West Coast football during his 18 seasons as University of Washington coach, has died at age 82.
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CHRISTIAN Malcolm is looking forward to leading Cardiff into action in the inaugural Super8 athletics competition next week.
All-star teams from all over Britain will take on the host city in a series of events at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium on Wednesday (7pm).
Malcolm said: “It really is an honour to be asked to captain Cardiff at the first Super8 competition, not only to lead the Welsh athletes, but also to do so on home turf is going to be very special.
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The Chicago White Sox haven’t shown much of a spark at the plate this season. They hope their top prospect will provide one. t7fbrh6qmk
Gordon Beckham is expected to make his major league debut Thursday when the White Sox look for a split of their four-game series with the AL-worst Oakland Athletics.
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Athletic departments across the country are also being pinched. Tens of millions of dollars have been cut from budgets and dozens of teams have been eliminated.
“It’s never been like this,” said Mike Cleary, the 44-year executive director of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. “These are uncharted waters. You’ve had downturns in the economy, but you’ve always had horizons. There doesn’t seem to be a horizon this year.”
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