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Ronaldo’s rare headed goal puts Real Madrid into quarterfinal
 PARIS, March 19: A rare header by Brazilian superstar Ronaldo sneaked holders Real Madrid into the Champions League quarterfinals as they beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 in their Group C clash and...
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Captain Crash obliges punters with fine run
KARACHI, March 19: Faisal Farooq’s chestnut colt Captain Crash, made it two winners in a row winning the main event at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting held on Wednesday at the Karachi...
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World’s richest race to go ahead as scheduled
DUBAI, March 19: The US$15.25 million Dubai World Cup horse races will go ahead as scheduled on March 29 despite the prospect of a US-led invasion of Iraq, the chairman of...
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IUB overwhelm NED
LAHORE, March 19: Five more matches were decided in the Inter-varsity boys hockey championship at two different centres on Wednesday....
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Heavy losses for backers of favourites
LAHORE, March 19: Favourite backers suffered heavy losses when only one firm favourite obliged in a card of six events in the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races on Wednesday....
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Late rally fails to save Sherwood
LAHORE, March 19: A three-goal rally failed to help Sherwood to avert defeat at the hands of Master Paints (6-5 1/2) in the G, Mueen-ud-Din memorial polo on Wednesday....
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Malaysia unhappy over Indian decision
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19: Malaysian field hockey officials expressed disappointment Wednesday with India’s last-minute decision to pull out of the Azlan Shah Cup tournament....
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Double success for Xerxes and Kamil
KARACHI, March 19: Talented Xerxes Avari with his crew Kamil Khan won both opening races in 470 class in the Asian Sailing Championship trials at Pakistan Navy Aquatics Club Wednesday....
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Women commandos for SAF Games
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Six women commandos of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police to compete in the martial art competition in SAF games....
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Gilchrist joins league of gentlemen walking tall
 JOHANNESBURG, March 19: It could have been the moment that lost Australia the World Cup....
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Fiery Lee fails to impress Cup judges
 JOHANNESBURG, March 19: According to the men who matter at the World Cup, Australia’s strike bowler Brett Lee is over-rated....
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No middle road for hot and cold Sri Lankans
JOHANNESBURG, March 19: Sri Lanka flew home from the World Cup on Wednesday knowing they did only half the job right....
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Razzaq shines as ZTBL surprise HBL
LAHORE, March 19: An unbeaten knock of 52 by Test all-rounder Abdul Razzaq steered Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to a four-wicket win against the star-studded Habib Bank side in the NBP One-day...
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SA official critical of Pollock’s sacking
JOHANNESBURG, March 19: Shaun Pollock’s sacking as South Africa captain after the team’s failed World Cup campaign was attacked by a United Cricket Board (UCB) official in a newspaper interview on...
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Bollywood stars in Durban
DURBAN, March 19: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai were among thousands of fans flying in to reinforce the ‘Bharat Army’ before India’s World Cup semifinal against...
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Bacher puts brakes on Kenya’s dream
JOHANNESBURG, March 19: World Cup supremo Dr Ali Bacher admitted on Wednesday he was a convert to the Kenyan fan club but warned against the minnows getting too carried away with...
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Champions praying for a Kenyan victory
JOHANNESBURG, March 19: Having ensconsed themselves in the World Cup final, to be played on a wicket that suits them, favourites Australia want minnows Kenya to join them there instead of...
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India look beyond Kenya as they meet in semifinal
 DURBAN (South Africa), March 19: Try as they might to avoid it, India can’t help having one eye on the World Cup final....
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Aamir takes over as chief selector
LAHORE, March 19: In a surprise move, former Test captain Aamir Sohail, has been appointed as chairman of the national selection committee....
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Obuya at home with tomatoes and leg-breaks
DURBAN, March 19: The most successful leg-spinner at the 2003 World Cup is neither an Australian nor an Indian....
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Kenyan heroes battling injuries
DURBAN, March 19: Kenya are sweating on the fitness of their hobbling heroes ahead of Thursday’s semifinal against India here at Kingsmead....
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Sarfraz’s suggestions to improve cricket
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Former Test cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz says he has some suggestions to submit to Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, for the betterment of Pakistan cricket....
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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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PCB plays musical chairs to revive cricket fortunes
 LAHORE, March 19: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s favourite pasttime — playing musical chairs with the team officials — came into play once again when it announced on Wednesday more or less...
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