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| December 27, 2001 | Thursday | Shawwal 11, 1422 |
Newcastle thrash Boro to retain top spot
 LONDON, Dec 26: Newcastle walloped Middlesbrough 3-0 to stay top of the English premier league Wednesday while Vladimir Smicer grabbed a late goal as Liverpool won 2-1 at Aston Villa....
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Seven-goal Saquib goes on rampage
LAHORE, Dec 26: Saquib Mawaz Khan alone scored seven goals, including a hat-trick, to carry Borjan to a narrow win 9-7½ over Black Berets in the Marry Max polo tournament at the Lahore Polo Club...
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PCB tight-lipped on CBFS official’s visit
KARACHI, Dec 26: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Lt Gen Tauqir Zia has discussed issue of rescheduling next year’s Sharjah tri-series with chief of the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) Abdur...
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Nash loses appeal against suspension
WELLINGTON, Dec 26: New Zealand all-rounder Dion Nash has lost his appeal against a three-match suspension for...
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Iraq soccer body severs ties with UAE
BAGHDAD, Dec 26: The Iraqi Football Federation (FIF) have severed links with their United Arab Emirates counterparts following the refusal of an Emirates club to play an official match in Baghdad,...
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Hawks, Eleven Star in CDA cricket final
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Islamabad Hawks set up a clash with Eleven Star in the final of the Chairman CDA Cricket Championship after both scored comfortable semi-final victories....
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Lover’s Millennium surprises star field
KARACHI, Dec 26: Lover’s Millennium the five-year-old bay filly owned by Ijaz Ahmed, shocked all and sundry on Tuesday afternoon, at the Winter Race Meeting, passing the winning post ahead of...
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Sports festival begins
KARACHI, Dec 26: Quaid-i-Azam Sports Festival under the auspices of Sindh Sports Board began here Tuesday with the opening events of mini marathon, rowing and table tennis held at Mazar-i-Quaid, Merchant...
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New constitution approved
KARACHI, Dec 26: The General Council Meeting of Sindh Netball Association (SNA) held the other day unanimously approved a new constitution....
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Karamatullah stuns Shahroz in a marathon
KARACHI, Dec 26: Unseeded Karamatullah Khan stunned top seed Shahroz Khan in a five-game marathon to reach the semifinals of the Quaid-i-Azam Day squash tournament which began Tuesday at the PIA...
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Nicorette loses lead in storm
 SYDNEY, Dec 26: Swedish maxi Nicorette lost her lead in the Sydney-Hobart race Wednesday when she was knocked down in a fierce storm which forced challenger Australian Skandia out of the...
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Houston leads Knicks past Raptors
 NEW YORK, Dec 26: Allan Houston scored 34 points, leading the New York Knicks to a 102-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors Tuesday....
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England agrees to surrender hosting rights to Pakistan
KARACHI, Dec 26: The England Hockey Association has agreed, albeit conditionally, to surrender the hosting rights of the 2003 Champions Trophy hockey tournament to Pakistan, sources said Wednesday....
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Florida Pearl wins King George Chase
KEMPTON PARK, (England), Dec 26: Florida Pearl won the Grade One King George VI Chase Saturday with a battling win over Best Mate....
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Well-backed horses oblige punters in Lahore races
LAHORE, Dec 26: The backers of form-horses returned home happy as four fancied animals claimed top honours in a card of six events of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the...
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Proteas run into trouble on rain-hit first day
MELBOURNE, Dec 26: South Africa stumbled to 89 for three after less than three hours play were possible on a rain-interrupted first day of the second Test against Australia Wednesday....
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Bangladesh struggle
WELLINGTON, Dec 26: Bangladesh, who lost the first Test by an innings and 52 runs, continued to struggle against New Zealand as they were dismissed for 132 on the first day...
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Murphy quits captaincy ahead of Test series
COLOMBO, Dec 26: Leg-spinner Brian Murphy has become the latest Zimbabwe captain to relinquish the job when he opted to stand down for the first Test against Sri Lanka starting Thursday....
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Match referees’ briefing
KARACHI, Dec 26: Match referees, who have been deputed to supervise Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I Cricket Championship matches, will be given a briefing by Col Naushad Ali, CMC chairman Iqbal Qasim and...
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Saeed Anwar withdraws from tour
 LAHORE, Dec 26: Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar pulled out of next month’s Bangladesh tour after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left hand....
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Waugh’s 100th appearance
MELBOURNE, Dec 26: Australia batsman Mark Waugh, 36, played his 100th consecutive Test Wednesday in the second Test against South Africa, becoming only the third player to achieve the feat....
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Fazle’s rude reminder to selectors
LAHORE, Dec 26: Fine bowling by paceman Fazle Akbar (4-17) and an unbeaten 46 by Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan ‘A’ to a convincing six-wicket win over Pakistan Seniors in the first ...
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