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PCB to offer Wasim coaching job
LAHORE, May 20: Wasim Akram will be offered a coaching role in the national cricket academy and will also be honoured when he arrives home for the first time after announcing his retirement from international cricket.... 
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Aussies take unbeatable 2-0 lead over US
DUESSELDORF (Germany), May 20: World number one Lleyton Hewitt helped Australia into an unbeatable 2-0 lead over the United States at the World Team Cup on Tuesday, but then played down...
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New Astro Turf at HCP by July
KARACHI, May 20: A New Astro Turf will be laid at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium by end of July, this year, Director Administration, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Col Abdul Rauf...
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Top players for President Cup
KARACHI, May 20: All the top squash players of the country will participate in the PSF President National Squash Championship to be held in Abbottabad during June 5-10....
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SGOC spends Rs33.606m on teams, officials
ISLAMABAD, May 20: The SAF Games Organising Committee (SGOC) spent a whopping Rs 33.606 million on the training of teams and officials, according to figures released on Tuesday....
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PWF to implement sports policy
ISLAMABAD, May 20: Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) on Tuesday became the latest national sports body to bring itself in line with the national sports policy....
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China bans coach, fines 34 athletes
BEIJING, May 20: China has fined or banned 34 athletes who tested positive for drugs, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday....
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Alam hopes team to do well in Australia
KARACHI, May 20: Pakistan hockey captain Ahmed Alam said that his young team would be looking to win all its matches during the forthcoming tour of Australia....
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Sloppy Australians search for 20th win
CASTRIES (St Lucia), May 20: Australia may be leading the West Indies 2-0 and are zooming in on their 20th consecutive One-day International victory but the perfectionist World Cup champions are...
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Pakistan storm into final
 DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka), May 20: Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami shared six wickets on Tuesday as Pakistan clinched a 22-run win over New Zealand to qualify for the tri-series final....
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Swimmers banned
LONDON, May 20: Two international swimmers have been banned for four years after testing positive for drugs, while another was given a two-year ban for refusing a test, the sport’s governing...
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Flintoff misses first Test
LONDON, May 20: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of Thursday’s first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord’s after failing a fitness test on his injured shoulder....
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Windies recall Hinds
CASTRIES (St. Lucia), May 20: Opener Wavell Hinds has been recalled by West Indies for the third one-day international against Australia in St.Lucia on Wednesday....
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Yemeni, Saudi refuse to play Israeli
PARIS, May 20: A player from Yemen and another from Saudi Arabia are to be questioned by the table tennis world championship organisers after refusing to play against an Israeli competitor....
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Stress fracture sidelines Bond
WELLINGTON, May 20: Shane Bond has a probable stress fracture in his spine which will prevent the fast bowler taking up his contract with English county Warwickshire, New Zealand Cricket (NZC)...
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Shoaib faces ban for alleged ball tampering
 DAMBULLA, May 20: Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could face a four to eight match ban for alleged ball tampering during the last league tie in the tri-series against New Zealand...
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Ex-stars worried over declining standards
LAHORE, May 20: Pakistan’s former cricket Test stars Imtiaz Ahmad, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Waqar Hasan and Fazal Mahmood were disappointed with current standard of the game and suggested to the Pakistan Cricket...
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ICC fines BD skipper
DHAKA, May 20: Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud has been fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for criticising umpires during the second Test against South Africa earlier this month, the Bangladesh...
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KCCA launches website
KARACHI, May 20: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has become the first association in the country which launched its own website, KCCA announced on Tuesday....
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NBP in final
LAHORE, May 20: National Bank, Lahore entered the final of the fourth DSW Gold Cup Cricket Tournament defeating Sui Gas, Lahore by 55 runs in the semifinals at the Moghalpura Institute...
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