PFF calls meeting of AID-27 coaches

PFF calls meeting of AID-27 coaches

Sunday, June 29, 2008
By our correspondent

KARACHI: In a bid to analyse the achievements of the coaches working at grassroots level and to assign them a fresh task, the football governing body in the country (PFF) has called a meeting of the AID-27 coaches which would be held at FIFA Football House in Lahore on July 1 and 2.

The secretary of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Col Ahmad Yar Khan Lodhi told ‘The News’ on Saturday that all the AID-27 coaches, working at different centres of the country, have been invited for the two-day conference to have a debate on and to analyse what progress they have made so far in imparting training to the young footballers of different age groups in their respective centres.

He said that the services of these qualified coaches would also be taken in the different Youth Development Centres (YDC) which the federation intends to establish in twelve centres of the country to realise its dream of achieving the target of Vision 2020 which the federation has unveiled in its Congress meeting on July 21.

The coaches who are invited to the meeting are: Bilal Ahmed Butt, Nouman Ibrahim, Rana Zahir Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Habib, Shehzad Anwar, Sajjad Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Rashid, Hassan Baloch, Nasir Ismail, Salim Patni, Zafar Iqbal, Niaz Ahmad Aabro, Abdul Karim, Najibullah Najmi, Haji Abdul Sattar, Gohar Zaman, Qazi Wajid Ali, Fazl-e-Ghaffar, Saeedullah, Faisal Amir Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Saleem, Haji Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Asghar, Iftikhar Ahmad Ghani, Muhammad Asghar and Muhammad Siddique. Source

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Kapali’s ton leads BD to 283-6 against India

Kapali’s ton leads BD to 283-6 against India

Kapali’s ton leads BD to 283-6 against India

Sunday, June 29, 2008
KARACHI: Alok Kapali hit a fighting maiden century to lead Bangladesh to their highest one-day total of 283-6 against India in the Super Four League Asia Cup 2008 match at the National Stadium here on Saturday.

The 24-year-old made 115 to lift the innings with a 112-run stand for the sixth wicket with Mahmudullah Riyad (26 not out) after Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat on a flat, dry pitch.

Kapali came into in his own after top order Bangladeshi batsmen struggled against some disciplined bowling. Only opener Tamim Iqbal with 55 made an early impression until Kapali arrived with the score at 120-4.

Kapali brought up his seventh one-day fifty by hoisting off-spinner Yusuf Pathan for his second six before smashing one off paceman Manpreet Gony.

His previous best one-day score of 89 not out came against the West Indies at Dhaka in 2002.

Kapali then smashed one more six off Gony before taking a single to bring up his hundred off just 86 balls. He finally holed out at deep square-leg off Gony in the last over
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Pakistan decide to blood Mansoor against Lankans

Pakistan decide to blood Mansoor against Lankans

Pakistan decide to blood Mansoor against Lankans

Sunday, June 29, 2008
By Khalid Hussain

KARACHI: Pakistan will field uncapped allrounder Mansoor Amjad in their crunch Asia Cup game against Sri Lanka here at the National Stadium, looking to give their title campaign a boost today (Sunday).

Mansoor, 21, is a prolific first-class batsman but it would be his wrist spin bowling that could prove to be useful for Pakistan who were thrashed by India in Thursday’s Pool B game.

The Sialkot-born youngster would come in place of Karachi all-rounder Fawad Alam as one of the two changes Pakistan are going to make in their playing eleven.

Young left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz will step in for injured fast bowler Umar Gul.

Pakistan are desperate to beat Sri Lanka and stay on course for the July 6 final to be played under lights at the National Stadium.

The hosts were let down against the rampaging Indians by their bowling attack that is without key pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.

On a batting wicket and against a Sri Lankan side that has the services of prolific batters like Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, the Pakistan bowlers will once again be under immense pressure.

Wahab, 23, will join Sohail Tanvir and Rao Iftikhar Anjum in the pace battery with Mansoor taking a place in the spin trio that includes Malik and the experienced Shahid Afridi. Wahab made his debut earlier this year and since then played four One-day Internationals and has taken nine wickets.

Mansoor, who has had a county stint with Leicestershire, is a successful spinner at the domestic level with 154 wickets from 60 matches at 33.27 apiece. He has also scored 2,290 runs at 29.74 with the help of four hundreds.
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ParkwayHealth says its ethics committee procedures comply with HOTA

ParkwayHealth says its ethics committee procedures comply with HOTA

ParkwayHealth says its ethics committee procedures comply with HOTA

SINGAPORE : ParkwayHealth, which runs Mount Elizabeth Hospital, has confirmed that its policies and procedures are in complete compliance with the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) following a review.

Investigations into the first two organ trading cases are still ongoing at Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor in Singapore can take as long as eight years, so to shorten to wait, some renal patients turn to live donors.

The ethics committee at Mount Elizabeth Hospital is made up of three persons as required under the HOTA. It comprises a doctor with an active practice at the hospital, a second doctor who is completely independent of the hospital, and a lay person. All candidates are drawn from a panel of Health Ministry (MOH)-approved doctors and lay persons.

As required under the Act, the curriculum vitae of every person on this panel is submitted to the MOH and approved by the Director of Medical Services before they can serve as a Transplant Ethics Committee member. Read More

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