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Asif to be barred from UAE
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SportsDesk on 08 June, 2008 05:03:36
 
By Bipin Dani
Mumbai
June 8: Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Asif will not be able to enter UAE
again, PCB official Nadeem Akram revealed on Sunday.
Asif was caught with contraband drugs at the Dubai airport on his arrival from
Mumbai on June 1, while returning home after playing the IPL. He is under
detention now.
"Whenever Asif will be deported to Pakistan, his entry to this nation will be
banned. The authorities will affix a 'BANNED' stamp on his passport." Akram told
over the phone from Dubai on Sunday.
Akram also believed Asif, who appeared before the court along with his lawyers
on Sunday, will be deported to Pakistan today.
Majid to replace Gavaskar?
The BCCI in India has voted in favour of Majid Khan as ICC's next cricket
committee chairman, according to Niranjan Shah. "We have endorsed the PCB's
choice for Majid Khan to be the next ICC cricket committee head. Sunil Gavaskar
served the post for eight years and now we are not nominating any other Indian
player to give room for player of some other country to represent." Shah said.
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Sania in second round
Indian ace Sania Mirza advanced to the second round of the WTA US$ 200,000 DFS
Classic after getting a first round bye in Birmingham. Sania made a return to
the competitive tennis after missing the entire clay court season, including the
French Open in Paris, due to a wrist injury. Ranked 32, Sania comes back to
on-court action after a three-month injury lay off.
Warne to lead against Victoria
Having won
plaudits for his captaincy skills during a successful IPL stint, Shane Warne
now has his home side - Victoria - in the rival court when he leads Rajasthan
Royals in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament. The US$ five
million tournament would pit the best two sides from the domestic T20
competitions of Australia, South Africa, England and India.
Akthar's appeal postponed
A Pakistan Cricket Board Tribunal on Sunday deferred the decision on fast
bowler Shoaib Akhtar's appeal against a five-year ban until June 14.
"We need some more time as we have to study more documents," Farrukh Aftab,
chief of PCB tribunal said. He did not go into the details of the documents.
Ex Austrian tennis pro Skoff dead
Former Austrian tennis player Horst Skoff has died at the age of 39 of a
coronary thrombosis, the SID sports news agency reported. Skoff, who died
overnight Saturday in the northern German city of Hamburg, ended his playing
career in 1995.
He won four singles and two doubles titles on the ATP men's tennis circuit and
reached a highest ranking of 18 in January 1990.
Skoff's Davis Cup quarterfinal rubber against Sweden's Matt Wilander in Vienna
in 1989, which lasted six hours four minutes, is the tournament's longest ever
following the introduction of the tie-break that same year.
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