Sports News for October 24, 2007

Jansher caught with 19 bottles of liquor
Former World Squash Champion Jansher Khan has been caught at the Islamabad Airport with 19 bottles of liquor in his possession, sources have said. ANI

Warnie gave me the name `Punter, says Ponting
There have been plenty of light moments in the cricket life of Ricky Ponting, too, and one of them surrounded his first involvement with Shane Warne at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide during the winter of 1992, of how the aspiring spin-king tried to lead him astray even though his then captain-to-be was a teenager at the time. ANI

How the 2007 World Cup almost ended in a jail stint for the Aussies?
In his new book, Captains Diary 2007, which hits bookshelves across Australia today, Ponting reveals how his teams World Cup-winning celebrations almost ended in disaster - with the possibility of even a night in jail - in the West Indies earlier this year after the team ventured back onto the Bridgetown pitch to sing its celebratory song Under the Southern Cross following its win over Sri Lanka in the final. ANI

Shoaib Akhtar likely to play fifth ODI against S. Africa
Pakistans controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is likely to play the fifth and final One-day International against South Africa after completing a 13-match ban, bowled a few spells in a Quaid Trophy match in presence of a national selector here. ANI