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Baby Tabassum favourite to win hands down
KARACHI, May 25: Only six events have been drawn up for the Summer Gymkhana Race Meeting, which will be held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.... 
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Monty slips back after injuring spectator
WENTWORTH (England), May 25: Denmark’s Anders Hansen fired a seven-under-par 65 for a two-shot lead in the Volvo PGA Championship’s second round on Friday as overnight leader Colin Montgomerie slipped back...
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Shehryar and Riaz retain titles
KARACHI, May 25: Winning five of the six races sailed, Shehryar Arshad and Mohammad Riaz won the National Enterprise Sailing Championship for the third successive year at the Pakistan Navy Aquatic...
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US women hockey team abort India tour
NEW DELHI, May 25: The US women’s field hockey squad pulled out of their World Cup play-off series against India on Saturday, citing security concerns amid heightened tensions and fears of...
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Olympic head resigns over lie
DENVER, May 25: Sandra Baldwin, the first woman to head the U.S. Olympic Committee, resigned on Friday after it was reported that she lied in a biographical sketch about having a...
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Tennis trials from June 8
HYDERABAD, May 25 The Adhoc/Election Committee of Hyderabad District Tennis announced that open trials for selection, organised by the Sindh Tennis Association at Hyderabad Gymkhana from June 8, 2002....
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Army hockey
QUETTA, May 25: EME overcame a spirited Lahore to score a 3-2 victory in the Army hockey championship here Friday....
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Half Love is on song to succeed today
LAHORE, May 25: The eight-year-old bay Half Love, beaten in his previous outing, should make amends this time when he contests in the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at...
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LRC suffers fall in Tote betting
LAHORE, May 25: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) has been suffering a decrease in its computerised Tote totalisator betting which is losing its attractiveness....
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Kings cruise past Lakers to lead 2-1
 LOS ANGELES, May 25: Chris Webber scored 26 points and Mike Bibby added 24 to lead the Sacramento Kings to a convincing 103-90 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game...
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Ronaldo scores first goal in three years as Brazil win
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25: Ronaldo scored his first international goal for three years on Saturday as Brazil beat Malaysia 4-0 in their final match before the World Cup....
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FIFA fight not damaging World Cup
SEOUL, May 25: FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen said on Saturday that the World Cup finals were not being affected by the acrimonious FIFA presidential election campaign....
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Striker Owen should be left out
LONDON, May 25: Former England captain Alan Shearer says it may be a good idea for coach Sven-Goran Eriksson to leave striker Michael Owen out of his team’s final World Cup...
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Malaysia launch sweep on bookies
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25: A week before the World Cup football finals begin, Kuala Lumpur police have launched an operation to nab bookies believed to be handling millions of dollars in...
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TV crew attacked by hooligans
TOKYO, May 25: A four-men television crew has become the first known Japanese victims of hooliganism ahead of the World Cup finals as they were attacked outside a British-owned pub in...
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France aim for immortality
IBUSUKI, May 25: France march into the World Cup on the brink of achieving more than any international team in history....
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Missing tickets arrive in Japan
TOKYO, May 25: The last batch of 100,000 delayed World Cup tickets arrived in Japan on Saturday, less than a week before the tournament kicks off, after a last-minute panic over...
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Maradona denied entry
SANTIAGO (Chile), May 25: Diego Maradona has scrapped plans to go to the World Cup in Japan because a previous drug offence bars his entry into the country....
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Caniggia suffers twinge
NARAHA (Japan), May 25: Claudio Caniggia pulled up with a twinge in his knee during the Rangers winger’s first full practice with Argentina’s World Cup squad in Japan on Saturday....
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Emirati to supervise opener
 SEOUL, May 25: Referee Ali Bujsaim has been named to take charge of the opening World Cup match between defending champions France and Senegal on May 31....
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Disgraced Keane arrives in Britain to media assault
 LONDON, May 25: Disgraced Ireland captain Roy Keane arrived back in Britain Saturday to a media assault after being kicked out of the national squad for criticising their World Cup preparations....
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Montoya elbows Schumacher to take pole for Monaco GP
 MONACO, May 25: Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya elbowed world champion Michael Schumacher off the front row and seized pole position for Williams in Sunday’s Monaco Formula One Grand Prix....
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Askni, Tuglak in final
KARACHI, May 25: Askani Brothers Club (ABC) and Young Tuglak set up a title clash in the All-Pakistan inter-club football championship final after winning their semifinals at Baloch Mujahid stadium at...
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Argentina clinch World Team Cup
 DUESSELDORF (Germany), May 25: Wildcard entrants Argentina beat Russia to win the World Team Cup for the first time in 22 years on Saturday....
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England name uncapped paceman for second Test
LONDON, May 25: England called up uncapped Glamorgan quick bowler Simon Jones on Saturday to add the option of raw pace to their attack for the second Test against Sri Lanka...
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Five officials for Australia announced
KARACHI, May 25: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saturday put an unnecessary controversy to rest by saying Dr Aamir Siddique will go to Australia as “Thought Leader”....
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One-dayer at Kingston washed out
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 25: West Indies’ first one-day international against India was called off without a ball being bowled following two days of heavy rain....
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Caddick takes five as visitors take charge
LONDON, May 25: Andy Caddick brushed off an unimpressive performance in England’s first Test draw with Sri Lanka and claimed five wickets on his return to County Championship cricket as Somerset...
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Coaching clinic from June 1
KARACHI, May 25: The annual A.O. cricket coaching clinic will commence at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium from June 1, organizers said Saturday....
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Pakistan not to host Australia if tension escalates
KARACHI, May 25: Pakistan Saturday said it would not play host to Australia for a one-day and Test series if situation remained tense at the India-Pakistan borders....
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