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| March 18, 2003 | Tuesday | Muharram 14, 1424 |
Russian smashes world record
 BIRMINGHAM (England), March 17: Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova set a world indoor pole vault record on the final day of the world championships on Sunday as Maria Mutola claimed her fifth 800...
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Hewitt and Clijsters capture titles
 INDIAN WELLS (California) March 17: Top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt destroyed Brazil’s Gustavo Kuerten 6-1 6-1 to retain his Indian Wells title in just an hour on Sunday....
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PFF ignores directives
KARACHI, March 17: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) continues to flout FIFA directives by spending grants from the international body on sending a large number of officials on foreign tours....
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India pulls out of Azlan Shah Cup
NEW DELHI, March 17: India has pulled out its field hockey team from the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament due to be held in Malaysia between March 22 to 30 in the...
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Zahid on target for Peshawar
LAHORE, March 17: Three goals by Zahid helped Peshawar University beat Gomal University 11-0 in the All-Pakistan Inter-varsity hockey championship Zone ‘A‘ on Monday....
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Faaiz on goal rampage
LAHORE, March 17: Five goals by Faaiz Rahim Khan enabled Security-2000 to beat Black Berets 8-7 in the Lahore Polo Club tournament on Monday....
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Kinnaird in semis
LAHORE, March 17: Kinnaird Black, Homics, Wapda and Sargodhians clubs entered the semifinals of the All-Pakistan women basketball tournament on Monday....
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Ponting named Waugh’s Test vice-captain: West Indies tour
MELBOURNE, March 17: Steve Waugh, who was last week considering retirement, will lead Australia on their four-Test tour of the West Indies starting later this month, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB)...
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Bhutanese to arrive on March 26
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The contingent from Bhutan will arrive on March 26 to compete in the 9th SAF Games....
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Olonga hopes to begin new career away from home
LONDON, March 17: Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga is hoping to begin a new career in music after retiring from international cricket at the weekend....
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Kenya’s run revives golden memories for Patil
DURBAN, March 17: Kenya’s unexpected success in reaching the World Cup semifinals has left coach Sandeep Patil feeling nostalgic....
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Betting mafia strike it rich
NEW DELHI, March 17: India’s vast but illegal betting industry, which has already made a killing on the World Cup despite stepped-up police crackdowns in the cricket-crazy country, expects to hit...
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Australia v Sri Lanka factbox
FORMWATCH: Australia are in Cup-winning form, with nine wins out of nine and a world record of 15 One-day International wins in a row. They have already beaten every side left...
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Flamboyant Sri Lankan skipper keeps things polite and quiet
JOHANNEBURG, March 17: Sanath Jayasuriya is a rarity. He may, indeed, be unique. How else to describe a man who manages to be modestly macho, while outrageously thrilling, all in a...
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Smith handed black mark
JOHANNESBURG, March 17: Graeme Smith’s elevation to the South African captaincy came under fire on Monday with claims that the country’s selectors had missed a golden opportunity to appoint a black...
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Farhan and Hafeez hit centuries
LAHORE, March 17: An unbeaten 119 by Farhan Adil helped Habib Bank beat Gujranwala by a big margin of 125 runs in the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ match at Jinnah Stadium in...
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Slow pitch could ruin Aussie party against Sri Lanka
 PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa), March 17: Coach Dav Whatmore believes Australia will be the team under most pressure when they meet his Sri Lanka side in Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal....
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History a hard act to follow...
JOHANNESBURG, March 17: If history is any guide, the semifinals of the World Cup this week will not be short of either controversy or excitement....
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Curators hit back at critics
PORT ELIZABETH, March 17: Groundsmen at St George’s Park hit back on Monday at growing criticism over their pitches ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal clash....
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Time for a new beginning in Pakistan cricket has come
 KARACHI, March 17: There is no doubt that Pakistan cricket is passing through a turbulent period after the nation’s expectations from its champion cricketers ended in a most humiliating ouster from...
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SL coach lauds de Silva
PORT ELIZABETH, March 17: Coach Dav Whatmore has hailed Aravinda de Silva’s contribution to Sri Lankan cricket on the eve of what may be the batsman’s last game for his country....
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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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What Lankans should do to win today
PORT ELIZABETH, March 17: Reigning champions Australia remains the team to beat in the World Cup, but Sri Lanka need not despair when they take the field in Tuesday’s semifinal....
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‘Kenya success no fairytale’
DURBAN, March 17: Kenya captain Steve Tikolo said here Monday that the unheralded Africans’ achievement in becoming the first non-Test nation to reach a World Cup semifinal was no fairytale in...
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