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Nicol starts as firm favourite
LAHORE, March 21: England’s world number one Peter Nicol is confident that organisers will guarantee a safe Pakistan Open when international squash returns to the violence-wracked nation on Friday.... 
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Hasan defends Customs exclusion
KARACHI, March 21: Pakistan Customs which won the national crown for seven times and provided dozens of Olympians to Pakistan will be missing the 49th edition of National Hockey Championship scheduled...
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Leverkusen, Panathinaikos go thru’
 LONDON, March 21: Bayer Leverkusen swept to a 3-1 victory over Deportivo Coruna and Panathinaikos earned a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid on Wednesday to snatch the last two remaining places...
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Three Pakistanis qualify for main round
LAHORE, March 21: Local boys Mohammad Ilyas, Aijaz Azmat and Mansoor Zaman qualified for the main round of the 19th Pakistan Open after the end of two-day qualifying round at the...
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Preliminary round concludes
ISLAMABAD, March 21: National Bank outplayed PIA 4-2 Thursday, the last day of the National Hockey Championship preliminaries, at the POF Welfare Centre....
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Pakistan’s chances receive setback
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pakistan’s gloomy tennis scenario grew even gloomier Thursday when top-ranked player Asim Shafik quit the Davis Cup camp in Lahore following a tiff with the management....
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Sawal hits 117
LAHORE, March 21: Two matches were decided in the Invitational Inter-club cricket tournament Thursday....
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Umpires clinic from March 29
LAHORE, March 21: The National Umpires Clinic will be organised here from March 29 to April 7 in conjunction with the final round of the National Hockey Championship....
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Khurram excels
KARACHI, March 21: Mansoora Sports defeated Al-Noor Gymkhana by 13 runs to clinch the Qazi Shamshad Memorial Cricket Tournament, says a news release issued Thursday....
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Washout gives Butcher more time to recover
 WELLINGTON, March 21: Windy Wellington’s notorious weather claimed the opening day of the second cricket Test Thursday but it was welcomed by England batsman Mark Butcher....
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Australians launch World Cup countdown
JOHANNESBURG, March 21: Defending champions Australia start their countdown to the 2003 World Cup when they meet South Africa in the first of seven One-day Internationals at Wanderers Stadium here Friday....
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India recall Wasim Jaffer for West Indies tour
MUMBAI, March 21: India’s cricket selectors on Thursday named Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffar in a batsmen-dominated squad for next month’s tour of the West Indies....
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PCB’s ill-advised decision devalues premier competition
KARACHI, March 21: The final round matches of the National One-day Cricket Championship, starting Tuesday (March 26), have already lost their importance with the call-up of 31 top players to the...
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Lara looks forward to duel with Tendulkar
NEW DELHI, March 21: West Indian great Brian Lara said Thursday he was fully recovered from injury and looked forward to the challenge of playing against Sachin Tendulkar in the upcoming...
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Skier stripped of Olympic medal
LONDON, March 21: British skier Alain Baxter has been stripped of the slalom bronze medal he won at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics because of a positive drug test, the...
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Zimbabwe trip should go ahead, says Langer
PERTH, March 21: Australia opening batsman Justin Langer said Thursday he would be disappointed if next month’s tour of Zimbabwe was postponed because of the African nation’s political problems....
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Soccer match ruled as fixed
BUCHAREST, March 21: Romanian officials have ruled for the first time that a championship division match was fixed and on Thursday deducted three points from Dinamo Bucharest and Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt....
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Wasim won’t play for Glamorgan
KARACHI, March 21: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram confirmed Thursday he would not be joining Glamorgan for the 2002 season....
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