ITF dismisses Pakistan’s Davis Cup appeal

KARACHI: The International Tennis Federation has rejected an appeal by Pakistan to host its Davis Cup tie against Lebanon next year, the Pakistan Tennis Federation has said. “We had filed an appeal against the decision to move the tie and we assured full security arrangements for the visiting team,” PTF secretary Mumtaz Yousuf said of the Asia/Oceania Group Two tie that is scheduled for Feb 10-12. “But the ITF has rejected our appeal.” The tie was originally supposed to be in Lahore and while Lebanon had said they were prepared to play in Pakistan, the ITF moved the tie to Lebanon because of security concerns. Pakistan have not held a Davis Cup tie at home since 2005 because of security issues, though Mumtaz said the ITF...

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Wapda, Balochistan outclass opponents

Defending champions Wapda and Balochistan outclassed Sindh and Khyber Pakhtun Khwa, respectively to win their matches on the second day of the 19th National Baseball Championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Friday. Three runs each by Usman Butt, Sumair Zawar, Adnan Butt, M Asif and M Zubair helped Wapda to crush Sindh by a big margin of 16-1. Sindh could score its lone run in the first innings through Nadeem Zaheer, in which Wapda had scored three runs through Usman Butt, Sumair and Asif. Wapda were on the offensive in the second innings scoring 10 runs without conceding any run as their Usman, Sumair, Asif, Akhlaq Ahmad and Zubair added two runs each. In the third innings Wapda scored three more runs as their Adnan...

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