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Klitschko, Mayweather Jr score impressive victories
 LAS VEGAS, Dec 8: Wladimir Klitschko again showed he is a major force in the heavyweight division, recording a 10th-round technical knockout of American Jameel McCline to retain his World Boxing...
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Second title for Lonard after dramatic finish
MELBOURNE, Dec 8: Peter Lonard won his second Australian Masters title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he beat Gavin Coles on the third playoff hole at Melbourne’s Huntingdale course....
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Another defeat for hapless England
SYDNEY, Dec 8: England threw away a great chance to win their first game on their troubled Ashes tour when they were beaten by Australia’s second-string team in a limited-overs match...
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South Africa clinch series
BLOEMFONTEIN, Dec 8: South Africa overwhelmed a disappointed Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fifth and final one-dayer Friday to clinch the five-match one-day series 4-1....
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German sets record but beaten in final
MELBOURNE, Dec 8: German Thomas Rupprath set a world short-course 100 metres backstroke record at the World Cup on Sunday after an initial disqualification was over-turned....
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Pakistan team for Bangkok
LAHORE, Dec, 8: A 17-member Pakistan team left for Thailand to take part in the fifth Asia Cup baseball tournament to be held in Bangkok from Dec 9 to 14....
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Cairns ruled out
NAPIER, New Zealand, Dec 8: New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is to undergo keyhole surgery on his right knee and will miss the forthcoming home Test series against India....
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India bat out for tame draw
NAPIER, New Zealand, Dec 8: India batted out a rain-interrupted final day to ensure the three-day tour match against Central Districts ended in a tame draw in Napier on Sunday....
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England call unknown Batty
SYDNEY, Dec 8: England have called uncapped Gareth Batty into their one-day squad ahead of test spinner Richard Dawson after all-rounder Jeremy Snape was ruled out for three weeks with a...
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Power crushes Farrukh
ANTWERP (Belgium), Dec 8: Australian David Palmer shrugged aside off-court politics to win his first-round match at the World Open squash tournament on Saturday....
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First World Cup triumph for gutsy Argentina
 PERTH,(Australia), Dec 8: Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties on Sunday to win the women’s hockey World Cup for the first time....
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Hoor-e-Mehran runs away with Eid Milan Cup
KARACHI, Dec 8: Syed Sadruddin Shah’s three-year- old dark bay filly Hoor-e-Mehran ran away with the Eid Milan Cup at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting held on Sunday at the Karachi Race...
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Spurs class too much for battling West Brom
LONDON, Dec 8: Two moments of class and a late scrambled effort gave Tottenham Hotspur a 3-1 home win over West Bromwich Albion on Sunday in a Premier League match where...
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Great Grandy springs surprise victory
LAHORE, Dec 8: Bay horse Great Grandy sprang a surprise victory in the feature event of the 10th Lahore Winter Meeting run over a mile at the Racecourse Sunday....
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Brescia topple champions Juventus
 ROME, Dec 8: Reigning champions Juventus blew the chance to go level on points with leaders AC Milan when their unbeaten league run was ended by a shock 2-0 defeat at...
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Arsenal favourites to retain FA Cup
LONDON, Dec 8: Arsenal were made 4/1 favourites to retain the English FA Cup on Sunday after being drawn at home to Oxford United of the third division in the third...
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Ralf loses driver’s license for third time
HAMBURG, Dec 8: A star on the Formula 1 circuit, racing driver Ralf Schumacher is anything but popular with the police in Austria after he was caught speeding and has lost...
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FIH Executive Board member
KARACHI, Dec 8: Secretary, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Brig. Musaratullah Khan, has been elected as a member Executive Board of International Hockey Federation (FIH)....
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Zimbabwe, Kenya first one-dayer abandoned
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Dec 8: Thundershowers and bad light caused the first of three one-day cricket internationals between Zimbabwe and Kenya to be abandoned on Sunday....
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Pakistan struggle past S. Africa ‘A’
BENONI, Dec 8: Pakistan scraped past South Africa ‘A’ by three with wickets with two balls to space in a match reduced to 29 overs (partly reported on Friday edition)....
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Paris likely to bid for 2012 Olympics
PARIS, Dec 8: French President Jacques Chirac on Sunday threw his weight behind a bid by Paris to host the 2012 Olympic Games and said it could have positive spin-offs for...
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ICC chief lauds PCB, Tauqir
 LAHORE, Dec 8: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman Lieutenant General Tauqir Zia Sunday received praise from game’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its President Malcolm Gray....
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South Africa simply too powerful for pathetic Waqar’s boys
 DURBAN (South Africa), Dec 8: Jonty Rhodes hit 98 as South Africa recovered from a poor start to clinch a comfortable 132-run win over Pakistan in the first one-day international at...
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Aravinda to miss first leg of tri-series
COLOMBO, Dec 8: Veteran Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda De Silva will not play in the first leg of an upcoming triangular one-day series in Australia, also featuring England....
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Flamboyant Korda claims seniors’ title
LONDON, Dec 8: Flamboyant Czech Petr Korda beat former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich 6-1 6-4 in the final of the Honda Challenge seniors’ tour event at the Royal Albert Hall on...
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Windies in control as Bangladesh collapse: First Test
DHAKA, Dec 8: Wavell Hinds and Chris Gayle laid a solid foundation for West Indies on Sunday after Bangladesh succumbed for only 139 on the first day of the first Test....
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