Pak dismiss coach PybusKARACHI: Barely two days after returning from Australia where Pakistan suffered a 3-0 whitewash, Pakistan cricket officials today sacked their English-borncoach Richard Pybus, officials said.``Pakistan Cricket Board has released coach Richard Pybus after the conclusion of the first leg of the Australian tour,'' said the board's secretary Shafqat Rana in a statement. ``A decision on Pybus' replacement will be announced soon,'' he said.UCBSA inspectorMUMBAI: A representative of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) has come to India and has started visiting centres which have been earmarked by the home board to host matches during the forthcoming tour of the Proteas in February-March.Ghoolam Raja, no stranger to the sub-continent having accompanied previous teams to India, has already visited Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium which is scheduled to host one of the two Tests during the 34-day tour after reaching here a few days ago.Bihar, Orissain QFJAMSHEDPUR: Hosts Bihar and Orissa entered the quarter finals of Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19), defeating Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh respectively in the pre-quarter final matches.East Zone champion Bihar snatched a thrilling one-wicket victory over a fighting UP at the Keenan Stadium here while Orissa registered an emphatic 47-run win over Andhra Pradesh at the Telco ground on the concluding day of the three-day tie today.Bihar will now take on Tamil Nadu and Orissa will meet Punjab in the quarter-finals from December 5.National BridgeHYDERABAD: Over 1500 players from all over the country will participate in the 41st National Bridge Championship which will get under way from December 4 to 14 at Lal Bahadur Stadium here.The championship includes team of four duplicate for Ruia Gold trophy, board-a-match for Dhampur Trophy, pairs for Holkar Trophy and categorised pairs.Ferreira fetedMUMBAI: Former world amateur billiards champion Michael Ferreira wasyesterday honoured with his signature on the Wall of Fame.The Wall of Fame has been conceived at the Silly Point Sports Bistro here in Mumbai with the idea of recognising India's most outstanding sports personalities.Jeev in formNEW DELHI: Jeev Milkha Singh shot a fine four-under 68 and Gaurav Ghei went three under for the day to be both at nine-under 207 for 54 holes after three days in the US $200,000 Thailand Open golf tournament here. The two Indians are lying joint sixth and four strokes behind the leader, Lin `the Pin' Keng-Chi, whose seven-under 65 for the third round saw him stand at 13-under 203.Leading scores (after 54 holes): 203: Lin Keng-Chi (Tpe) 69-69-65; 204: Fran Quinn (US) 71-66-67; 205: Simon Yates (Sco) 71-65-69, Andrew Pitts (USA) 71-67-67; 206: Robert Huxtable (USA) 67-71-68; 207: Felix Casas (Phi) 71-66-70, Yeh Wei-Tze (Tpe) 70-66-71, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69-70-68, Ahmad Bateman (USA) 68-71-68, Christian Pena (USA) 69-72-66, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 66-72-69,Aaron Meeks (USA) 67-73-67.
