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Montillet wins title for late friend, France
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 13: Carole Montillet won the Olympic women’s downhill title for France and her late team mate Regine Cavagnoud in an emotionally charged run down the Wildflower piste... 
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Zubair helps Punjab clinch U-16 trophy
 LAHORE, Feb 13: Five goals, including a hat trick, by inside-left Muhammad Zubair enabled Punjab to defeat NWFP 6-3 in the Inter- provincial under-16 hockey championships, final at the National Hockey Stadium Wednesday....
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Atlanta may host Tyson-Lewis bout
LONDON, Feb 13: Mike Tyson could face world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in Atlanta in June after Tyson, who recently had an application to fight in Las Vegas denied, was granted...
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Haseeb lifts memorial chess crown
 KARACHI, Feb 13: Haseeb Ahmed securing eight out of nine points lifted the Jameeluddin Memorial Chess Crown, after the top contender offered a draw to his opponent Hassan Tariq on the...
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Kournikova sets up date with Venus
ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 13: Anna Kournikova booked a second round clash with Venus Williams at the $585,000 Antwerp Open on Tuesday, brushing aside Germany’s Marlene Weingartner 6-2 6-1 in convincing fashion....
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Asif pumps in three for winners
LAHORE, Feb 13: Two more matches were decided in the Power International Basant Cup polo tournament at the Lahore Polo Club Wednesday....
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Islamabad in command
KARACHI, Feb 13: Islamabad, struggling for most of the season, were unexpectedly in a strong position on the second day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Sheikhupura at Sheikhupura Stadium...
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English fans arrested
AMSTERDAM, Feb 13: Amsterdam police arrested four England soccer fans on Wednesday for minor offences in the city centre ahead of their friendly match against the Netherlands....
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Top Choice springs major surprise
LAHORE, Feb 13: Four-year-old bay colt, Top Choice, sprang a big surprise to win the feature event run over six furlongs during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday....
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Aussies dump Waugh from one-dayers
SYDNEY, Feb 13: Steve Waugh has been dumped as Australian one-day captain just a year before the World Cup in South Africa, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said on Wednesday....
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Wasim targets landmark on comeback trail
SHARJAH, Feb 13: Wasim Akram will set a new bowling benchmark when Pakistan take on beleaguered West Indies in three One-day Internationals here from Thursday....
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Nevin and Astle lead Kiwis victory charge
 CHRISTCHURCH, Feb 13: Half-centuries from openers Chris Nevin and Nathan Astle led New Zealand to a convincing four-wicket victory over England in the first one-day international on Wednesday....
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Imran puts Karachi in command
KARACHI, Feb 13: A strokeful and chanceless century by Imran Javed put Karachi Whites in the drivers seat against Faisalabad at stumps on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match...
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Naveed unlucky to miss century
RAWALPINDI, Feb 13: Rawalpindi’s Naveed Ashraf was only himself to blame as he missed what was a perfect opportunity for him to score a century in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match...
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Peshawar take big lead over champions
KARACHI, Feb 13: Peshawar batted themselves into a winning position by increasing their overall lead to a substantial 397 on the second day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I clash against defending...
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NZC fear Players burnout
KARACHI, Feb 13: New Zealand Cricket has deferred the announcement regarding their rescheduled tour to Pakistan in April-May....
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Usman Tariq slams double century
KARACHI, Feb 13: Usman Tariq hammered a career-best 210 and Rehan Rafiq an unbeaten 102 as Bahawalpur ran up a mammoth total of 526 for declared in their first innings in...
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Hyderabad dominate Karachi ‘B’
KARACHI, Feb 13: Spinners Rizwan Ahmed and Imran Alam took advantage of some reckless Karachi Blues batting to give Hyderabad a handy first innings lead of 50 runs on the second...
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Asim hammers excellent 157
KARACHI, Feb 13: A fine unbeaten 157 by Pakistan under-19 batsman Asim Munir helped Gujranwala to pile up 422 in their first innings on the second day of the Quaid Trophy...
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Punjab facing defeat
KARACHI, Feb 13: Rest of Punjab were heading for defeat after conceding a massive 179-run first innings to Sialkot on the second day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Gymkhana...
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Controversy should end
SHARJAH, Feb 13: Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar Wednesday said the issue of his bowling action should now end for good....
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$102,000 shot
PERTH, Feb 13: Western Australian batsman Michael Hussey Wednesday night unfurled what could be the most lucrative single stroke in the history of cricket....
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