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Els leaves it late to break duck
CAPE TOWN, Dec 9: Ernie Els left it late to claim his first official tour victory of the year when he won the Sunshine Tour’s Players’ Championship on Sunday.... 
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Manchester United suffer another devastating blow
 LONDON, Dec 9: Manchester United’s English Premiership hopes suffered another devastating bodyblow on Saturday after they crashed to a 1-0 home defeat against West Ham....
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O’Sullivan wastes little energy to reach last 16
YORK (England), Dec 9: Ronnie O’Sullivan wasted little energy in progressing to the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship with a resounding 9-2 win over Essex practice partner Ali Carter...
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Huegill misses another mark
 MELBOURNE, Dec 9: Geoff Huegill swam within 0.27 seconds of his second world short-course record in two days as he won the men’s 100 metres butterfly final at the World Cup...
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Malir Gym in semifinals
KARACHI, Dec 9: Malir Gymkhana booked a berth in the semifinal of the Paragon Cup 2001 cricket tournament, after they mauled the fancied KESC by six wickets at the UBL Sports...
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Junior team prepares for World Cup
RAWALPINDI, Dec 9: Pakistan team for next month’s Junior World Cup in New Zealand began a series of matches among themselves Sunday in preparation for the event....
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FA Cup draw released
LONDON, Dec 9: Manchester United’s faltering form will be put to a severe test in the third round of the FA Cup when they travel to Aston Villa....
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Armenian Surprises two-time champion
PATRAS (Greece), Dec 9: Vagninak Galustyan of Armenia upset two-time world champion Kim In-Sub of South Korea 8-3 to win the gold medal in the 63 kilogram category Saturday in the...
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Atif dominates final with four goals
 LAHORE, Dec 9: Malik Atif Yar Tiwana scored four goals, including a hat trick, to carry Millat Tractors to a facile 6-2 win over Deutsche Bank in final of the Local polo tournament at...
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Volleyball title for Tigers Club
LAHORE, Dec 9: Tigers Club won the Ramazan Inter-club volleyball title after defeating Muslim Sports by three sets to one in the final at the Iqbal Parks Sports Complex Sunday....
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Niaz and Ayub help Publican lift trophy
LAHORE, Dec 9: Publican Club annexed the Lahore City Ramazan football tournament title defeating the defending champions Shah Kamal Club in one-sided final 2-0 at the DPS ground Sunday....
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Argentina struggle for victory
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9: Argentina struggled to a 2-1 win over Japan — an important win despite their coach’s description of the performance as “poor”....
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Pakistan to play in six-nation tournament
KARACHI, Dec 9: Pakistan has confirmed its participation in the six-nation pre-World Cup hockey tournament being played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an official said Sunday....
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Ex-Olympic basketball champ dies
SARAJEVO, Dec 9: Mirza Delibasic, Olympic gold medallist with the former Yugoslavian basketball team in 1980, has died, Dnevni Avaz newspaper reported Sunday....
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Knicks edge out Pacers
NEW YORK, Dec 9: No matter who is on the sidelines, wins never come easy for the New York Knicks....
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Elections at Tehsil level by Feb 15
HYDERABAD, Dec 9: District Sports Officer (DSO) Mirpurkhas Sunday advised secretaries of various sports associations of Mirpurkhas district to complete the election process in their respective associations by Feb 15 in...
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PCB decides to take ICC head-on
KARACHI, Dec 9: The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to take the International Cricket Council (ICC) head-on over express pacer Shoaib Akhtar’s bowling action which was questioned last month, sources said...
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Donald in doubt for series opener
PERTH, Dec 9: South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald is doubtful for Friday’s first Test against Australia after suffering cuts and bruising to his toe, the team said Sunday....
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Zimbabwe bounce back to beat West Indies
 COLOMBO, Dec 9: Zimbabwe bounced back after their humiliation in the opening game with a four-wicket victory over the West Indies in the tri-series here Sunday....
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Giles likely to play in second Test
 AHMEDABAD (India), Dec 9: England spinner Ashley Giles should be fit to play in this week’s second Test against India after recovering from a foot injury, according to the tourists’ captain...
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MacGill back in favour
 MELBOURNE, Dec 9: Australia named forgotten leg-spinner Stuart MacGill in a squad of 12 Sunday for the first Test against South Africa in Adelaide which begins Friday....
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‘India legally obliged to play four Tests’
LONDON, Dec 9: India are legally obliged to play four Test matches in England next year despite an attempt to renegotiate the schedule, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive...
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Weather frustrates Bangladesh
WANGANUI (New Zealand), Dec 9: Two days of rain washed out the first match of Bangladesh’s brief New Zealand tour against an NZ District Association XI....
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Give Waugh some of his own medicine: Richards
MELBOURNE, Dec 9: South Africa should verbally attack Australia captain Steve Waugh in the forthcoming three-Test series between the two teams, former South Africa batsman Barry Richards said Sunday....
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Wasim targets World Cup
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said Sunday he was raring to compete in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa....
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Kenya clinch easy victory
NAIROBI, Dec 9: Two centuries steered Kenya to a comfortable 105-run victory over Zimbabwe ‘A’ in the second one-day match at the Nairobi Gymkhana club here on Sunday....
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