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Cronje’s body removed from crash site
 JOHANNESBURG, June 2: Rescue workers on Sunday removed the bodies of former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, a pilot and co-pilot from a remote mountain after a fatal plane crash,...
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Haas sent crashing, Williams sisters shine
PARIS, June 2: Germany’s Tommy Haas became the highest-seeded casualty of this year’s French Open on Sunday when the third seed fell 6-1 7-6 6-4 to Romania’s Andrei Pavel in the...
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England sweep Sri Lanka by innings
BIRMINGHAM (England), June 2: Matthew Hoggard and Andy Caddick swept England to victory over Sri Lanka by an innings and 111 runs in the second Test Sunday with more than a...
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Gayle punishes India
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), June 2: Left-hander Chris Gayle hammered a quickfire 84 as West Indies thrashed India by seven wickets in the rain-hit fourth One-day International to level the series 1-1 Saturday....
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Tourists make 260 in last tie
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), June 2: India, after winning the toss and electing to bat, were 260 all out in their 50 overs against the West Indies in the fifth and final One-day...
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One Touch sprints to victory
KARACHI, June 2: One Touch having the services of riding boy Afzal Shahwani in the saddle, sprinted to victory at the Summer Gymkhana Meeting held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Better Case triumphs
LAHORE, June 2: Fancied chestnut horse Better Case lived upto his status of favouritism when he won the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Sunday....
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Accidental head butt gives Holyfield win
 ATLANTIC CITY (New Jersey), June 2: Four-time world champion Evander Holyfield claimed a technical split decision over Hasim Rahman in a heavyweight non-title bout Saturday after the fight was stopped in...
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Emerson injury leaves Brazil in disarray
ULSAN (South Korea), June 2: Brazil’s World Cup hopes suffered a significant blow Sunday when captain Emerson was ruled out of the competition with a dislocated shouulder in a bizarre training...
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AFC embarrassed by Saudi routing
SEOUL, June 2: Saudi Arabia’s 8-0 World Cup walloping at the hands of Germany was a minor ‘disaster’ for Asian football, top official Peter Velappan said Sunday....
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TV ordered to show matches
HAMILTON (Bermuda), June 2: Bermuda’s telecommunications minister Saturday ordered the island’s cable television provider to show World Cup soccer games after it pulled the plug on coverage following a judge’s ruling...
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Group tables
SEOUL, June 2: World Cup tables after Sunday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, lost, drawn, goals for, goals against and point):...
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Ticketless baby refused entry
SAPPORO (Japan), June 2: An eight-month-old Canadian baby was denied access to the Sapporo World Cup stadium for Germany’s 8-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia because he did not have a ticket,...
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FIFA kicks criticism of ball
SEOUL, June 2: FIFA dismissed complaints about the new, high-tech ball being used at the World Cup finals and suggested on Sunday that the players had simply imagined the problems....
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England and Sweden play in hands of Argentina
 YOKOHAMA (Japan), June 2: Favourites Argentina and under-achievers Spain got their World Cup campaigns off to bright starts Sunday but England faltered to a 1-1 draw with Sweden ...
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Commentator branded ‘racist’
PARIS, June 2: Outspoken French television commentator Thierry Roland was branded a “racist” on Sunday by a French newspaper over remarks he had made about Koreans....
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