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France to launch title defence without Zidane
 SEOUL, May 27: World champions France suffered a major setback on Monday when they learned that their star playmaker Zinedine Zidane was almost certain to miss their first two games through...
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El Guerrouj and Jones post year’s best times
EUGENE (Oregon), May 27: American Marion Jones ran the fastest women’s 100 metres of 2002 and Moroccan world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj posted the year’s best time in the men’s...
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Jockey Nasir steals show with brace of winners
KARACHI, May 27: Jockey M. Nasir stole the riding limelight with a brace of winners, at the Summer Gymkhana Meeting held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday afternoon. The young rider...
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McCarthy was right to sack me, says Keane
LONDON, May 27: Roy Keane has admitted Republic of Ireland coach Mick McCarthy was right to throw him out of the World Cup....
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Inspired Furyk ends win drought
DUBLIN (Ohio), May 27: Jim Furyk ended a 17-month win drought when he shot a final-round 65 to win the Memorial Tournament on Sunday....
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Shah The Great gallops to victory in feature event
LAHORE, May 27: Five-year-old bay Shah The Great proved his worth winning the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Sunday....
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Adam scores title winner
KARACHI, May 27: Askani Brothers annexed the All-Pakistan inter-club football championship defeating Young Tughlaq 1-0 in the final at Baloch Mujahid Stadium Sunday....
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Athletes named for C’wealth Games
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The Pakistan Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) Monday named its squad for the July 25-Aug 4 Commonwealth Games in Manchester....
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Cueists for Asiad
KARACHI, May 27: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) Monday named a nine-man squad for the forthcoming Asian Games scheduled at Busan (South Korea) between Sept 29 and Oct 14....
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Bridge squad
KARACHI, May 27: Giants will represent Pakistan in the Manchester Commonwealth Games after they won the Federation Cup at Aslam Memorial Hall Sunday evening....
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Hewitt, Venus lead seeds’ advance
 PARIS, May 27: Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams led a procession of seeds into the second round of the French Open on a rain-disrupted first day of action at Roland Garros...
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Rain ends play
PARIS, March 27: Rain has caused scheduled first round matches at the French Open to be called off after play was halted three times on Monday....
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ACC dismisses India boycott threat
KARACHI, May 27: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Sunday dismissed reports that India could opt out of major cricketing events like the World Cup to maintain its boycott of arch-rival Pakistan....
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Gilchrist warned over comments
MELBOURNE, May 27: Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was reprimanded by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) on Monday after suggesting Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s bowling action was suspect....
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Dawn Sports win
Karachi, May 27: Dawn Sports beat Al-Firdous Cricket Club by 36 runs to move ahead in the All-Karachi Syed Abid Husain Shah memorial cricket tournament at the F.C Area ground Sunday....
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Richards named chief selector
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 27: Former captain Viv Richards was appointed as the new chairman of the West Indies selection committee on Saturday....
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Second one-day also washed out
KINGSTON, May 27: The second one-day international between West Indies and India was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday....
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Coulthard puts McLaren back in business
 MONACO, May 27: David Coulthard halted Michael Schumacher’s winning streak and put McLaren back in business in Monaco on Sunday with the team’s first victory of the Formula One season....
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