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Inter Milan close gap as Real Sociedad pull away
LONDON, Dec 23: Inter Milan caught up with city rivals AC Milan at the top of Serie A but the gap widened in Spain with Valencia’s home defeat by Deportivo Coruna... 
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Battered India hope for batting pitches in one-day matches
HAMILTON (New Zealand), Dec 23: India, with their batting pride badly battered and bruised in a recent Test series against New Zealand, hope the pitches do not dictate terms in the...
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Boycott given good odds to defeat cancer
LONDON, Dec 23: Former England cricketer Geoff Boycott has been told by doctors that he has a good chance of beating cancer following three months of treatment....
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Armstrong receives Spanish accolade
MADRID, Dec 23: American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won his fourth consecutive Tour de France this year, was voted foreign sportsperson of the year by the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais...
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Grant and Atkinson lift titles
MAASTRICHT, (The Netherlands) Dec 23: England and the host nation shared the honours Monday at the Valid Dutch Open squash championships as top seed Dutch Vanessa Atkinson claimed the women’s title...
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Ahmad scores twice
KARACHI, Dec 23: Ahmad Sultan scored twice in Natha Khan Union’s 6-0 victory over Bacha Khan in the qualifying round of All-Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto football tournament on Monday....
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Misconduct charge
LONDON, Dec 23: Arsenal defender Martin Keown has been charged with misconduct by the English Football Association (FA) for an off-the-ball clash with Manchester United’s Ruud van Nistelrooy earlier this month....
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Tiger Cup Group ‘A’ results
 JAKARTA, Dec 23: Results of Group A matches in the Tiger Cup soccer tournament on Monday:...
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Bangladesh and South Africa give green signal: Pakistan tour
KARACHI, Dec 23: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday it had received written confirmation from both South Africa and Bangladesh that they would tour the country next year....
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Mates rally behind battling Waugh
MELBOURNE, Dec 23: Australia paceman Glenn McGrath says Steve Waugh will rise to the biggest challenge of his career after the selectors told the skipper his place in the side was...
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Fiery Umar fails to stop KRL take lead
RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: KRL gained a 42-run first innings lead despite a fiery pace bowling by PIA’s Umar Gul here on Monday, the third day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-IV match....
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Pakistan down Sri Lanka to clinch U-15 Asia Cup
 ABU DHABI, Dec 23: Raza Ali Dar and Salman Akbar set the platform for Pakistan’s facile 46-run triumph over Sri Lanka to claim the Khaleej Times Under-15 Asia Cup cricket final...
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Rains disrupt Karachi matches
KARACHI, Dec 23: Heavy rains in the metropolis on Monday played havoc with the two Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship Group-II matches....
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Waqar honoured to lead Pakistan
PIETERMARITZBURG, Dec 23: Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis looked happier in the knowledge that he has been asked by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to continue his reign as the leader of...
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Sheikhupura ahead after defiant stand
LAHORE, Dec 23: A defiant unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 183 between Saleem Mughal (137) and Mohammad Islam (69) helped Sheikhupura take an unexpected 44-run lead on first innings against Lahore Whites in the...
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Asif hits century
LAHORE, Dec 23: A polished knock of 121 by Asif Hussain enabled Faisalabad take an impregnable 157-run lead on first innings over Lahore Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-I match at LCCA Ground here...
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‘Team needs strong management’
LAHORE, Dec 23: Chairman of national cricket selection committee Wasim Bari stressed the need for a strong team management if the Pakistan are to do well in the World Cup in...
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Victorious team returns
LAHORE, Dec 23: Pakistan under-15 cricket team returned on Monday after winning the Asia Cup in UAE beating Sri Lanka in the final by 46 runs....
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