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Champion confirms status in style
 LOS ANGELES, June 22: Britain’s Lennox Lewis scored a bloody sixth-round technical knockout win over Vitali Klitschko on Saturday, successfully defending his WBC and IBO titles and confirming his status as...
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Greene cruises in 200m trials
PALO ALTO (California), June 22: Maurice Greene eased through his 200 metres preliminary and world indoor champion Tyree Washington ran the fastest 400 in two years, at a windswept US championships...
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Waqas and Ayesha new champions
LAHORE, June 22: Waqas Ahmad of Wapda and Ayesha Akram of National Bank emerged as new champions of the sixth All-Pakistan Ameer Abdullah Khan Rokri ranking badminton cup tournament in the men’s and women’s singles events,...
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Honest Bird sweeps to 4th straight victory
LAHORE, June 22: Odds-on favourite, Honest Bird made a sweeping powerful move in the last 200 metres to win the fifth race run over 1000m to make it four in-a-row during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Special Olympics open in Dublin
DUBLIN, June 22: The 2003 Special Olympics was officially opened on Saturday night at glittering ceremony in Dublin’s Croke Park sports stadium....
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Sindh Open tennis begins
KARACHI, June 22: The Caltex Open Sindh Tennis Championship began on Sunday at the Modern Club....
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Two more ties decided
LAHORE, June 22: Two more matches were decided in the Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament at different grounds the other day....
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Your Pleasure obliges racing fans with second win
KARACHI, June 22: The four-year-old bay colt Your Pleasure, obliged the racing fans by registering his second straight victory at the Summer Gymkhana Race Meeting held on Sunday at the Karachi...
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‘Dangal’
LAHORE, June 22: Rustam-i-Punjab ‘Dangal’ will be held at the Atiq Stadium on Friday. The main bout will be held between Shahid and Sultan. Besides it...
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Trescothick century seals series for England
 LONDON, June 22: Marcus Trescothick’s unbeaten hundred guided England to a four-wicket win over Pakistan in the third and final One-day International at Lord’s here on Sunday....
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Shoaib Akhtar joins Durham
LONDON, June 22: England county side Durham have pulled off a coup by signing Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar until the end of the season, it was reported on Sunday....
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First Test Hinds, Lara put Windies on top
 GROS ISLET (St Lucia), June 22: Wavell Hinds struck 113 and captain Brian Lara an unbeaten 93 put West Indies in command before the rain arrived to halt the match in...
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Mayhem overshadows AKG’s victory
KARACHI, June 22: Aga Khan Gymkhana scored a 3-1 victory in a match marred by blatant violation of rules and misconduct by Bhutta Mohammadan in the KASB Premier League on Sunday....
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Wimbledon 2003 shapes up as battle of the ages
LONDON, June 22: The men’s singles at Wimbledon is shaping up as a battle of the ages with young guns Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick bidding to block Andre Agassi’s drive...
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Khokhar named on PTF selection panel
ISLAMABAD, June 22: President of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), Syed Dilawar Abbas has appointed Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar as a member of the national selection committee....
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Maiden tour success for Kjeldsen
GLENEAGLES (Scotland), June 22: Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen clinched his maiden European Tour victory at the Diageo Championship on Sunday with a closing round of even-par 72....
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Match hit by rain
NORTHAMPTON (England), June 22: The one-day tour match between Northamptonshire and South Africa was abandoned on Sunday due to rain after the county had reached 45 for one in reply to...
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BD leave for Australia
DHAKA, June 22: Bangladesh on Sunday left on a tough tour of Australia, hoping some individual efforts would help redeem prestige after their pathetic display in the international arena....
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