SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Reuter: England won the Sharjah Cup Cricket Tournament after Pakistan beat traditional rivals India by eight wickets in the final match of the four nation competition.
England took the cup and first prize money of 35,000 dollars through a superior run rate after Pakistan failed to pass India’s total of 183 in the 33 overs it needed for the title.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Reuter: The Brazilian Football Association (CBF), confirmed to the World Football Association (FIFA) that it is interested in promoting the finals of the 1994 World Soccer Cup, OBF President Otavio Pinto Guimaraes said.
KARACHI: Centre forward Hasan Sardar has been named to lead a 16member Pakistan hockey team in the Sultan Azlan Shah International Hockey championship in Malaysia later this month.
LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistani cricket authorities announced an 18man squad, packed with seven fast bowlers, for the forthcoming five test tour of England. The pace man are Imran Khan, named last month to Captain the side, leftarmers Wasim Akram and Salim Jaffer, and medium pacers Mohasin Kamal, Zakir Khan, Mudassar Nazar and Manzur Elahi.
AMSTERDAM, Reuter: Ajax Amsterdam returned to the top of the Dutch soccer first division when they beat Veendam 40 while Psy Eindhoven were held 11 at Feyenoord Rotterdam.
TAMPERE, Finland: Sweden won Europe’s Junior Ice Hockey Championship, beating Finland in
Sunday’s last round.
LONDON, Reuter: World Champion Ross Norman suffered a shock quarterfinal defeat at the hands of World Junior Champion Jansher Khan of Pakistan.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 17, 1987
