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Capriati regains spark in Dubai
 DUBAI, Feb 19: A rejuvenated Jennifer Capriati brushed aside Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to win her first match of the year and reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Open on Wednesday....
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Pakistan slams India’s pullout
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Pakistan on Wednesday slammed an Indian decision to boycott next month’s South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Islamabad as an attempt to curtail people-to-people contacts between the two...
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Yasir Hameed hits career-best 207
KARACHI, Feb 19: Yasir Hameed struck a career-best 207 to put PIA in driving seat on the third-day of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship final against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at...
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AFC changes qualifiers dates
LAHORE, Feb 19: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has changed the dates of the Olympic pre-qualifying round matches on Pakistan’s request....
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Al Jarrar tipped to win feature event
LAHORE, Feb 19: A competitive card of five events has been charted out for the Lahore Gymkhana races to be held on Thursday....
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Trials on 24th, team officials unaware
KARACHI, Feb 19: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Wednesday showed a lack of professionalism, announcing the date for national trials but did not feel necessary to intimate the team management about...
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Barca down Inter, Ajax hold Arsenal
 PARIS, Feb 19: Barcelona’s contrasting fortunes this season continued Tuesday as they beat the previous Champions League record for successive victories downing Inter Milan 3-0 in their Group A match for...
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Pakistan to meet Japan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: After being blanked 5-0 by New Zealand this month, Pakistan are now due to play Japan this April in their Asia Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie....
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Are minnows good enough to play in World Cup?
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: As the first stage of the World Cup reaches the halfway point, it is already becoming apparent there are no cricketing equivalents of football team Senegal lurking among...
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ICC to discuss NZ’s Kenya match switch: Friday’s match definitely off
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: New Zealand’s request to have their World Cup match against Kenya switched from Nairobi to South Africa will be heard by the sports’ governing body on Thursday....
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Cup fate back in our hands, says South African skipper
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18: Delighted South Africa captain Shaun Pollock said the team’s World Cup fate was back in their own hands on Tuesday after Group ‘B’ rivals West Indies suffered a...
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Aussies on course to match 1975 West Indians
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: Defending champions Australia could not have begun the 2003 World Cup in more impressive fashion....
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‘Stop talking about Cronje’
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: South Africa cricket chiefs have warned Shaun Pollock’s team to stop talking about disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje during their World Cup campaign....
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Don’t take spinners lightly: Saqlain
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: Pakistan’s wily off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq on Wednesday warned World Cup rivals that slow bowlers should not be taken lightly since they turn around games with their bag of...
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Warne’s drug hearing set for tomorrow
MELBOURNE, Feb 19: Shane Warne is to appear before an Australian Cricket Board (ACB) anti-doping committee on Friday, the ACB said on Wednesday....
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Tendulkar stands tall as India triumph
 HARARE, Feb 19: Sachin Tendulkar missed out on another one-day century but still produced a master-class as India put Zimbabwe firmly in their place with an 83-run World Cup win on...
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Andy Flower opts for black armband
HARARE, Feb 19: Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower swapped his black armband for a black wristband in the World Cup match against India on Wednesday, continuing a protest against President Robert Mugabe’s government...
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Canada bowled out for lowest ever total
PAARL (South Africa), Feb 19: Canada were routed for the lowest total in one-day international history as Sri Lanka coasted to a crushing nine-wicket victory in World Cup Group ‘B’ on...
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Target for Pakistan becomes more tricky
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: Pakistan’s first target to reach Super Six stage appears more difficult following comprehensive victories by their next opponents England and arch-rivals India over Namibia and Zimbabwe respectively on...
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Plucky Namibians give England real fright
PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa), Feb 19: An inspired innings of 85 by Jan-Berry Burger gave Namibia hope of causing the biggest shock of the World Cup before England held on to...
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Rain may change Aussie strategy today
POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa), Feb 19: Australia coach John Buchanan says rain could force his side to change their plans for the World Cup Group ‘A’ match against Holland on Thursday....
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Results and fixtures
Feb 9: West Indies beat South Africa by three runs (Cape Town, D/N)....
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