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Davenport sails past poor Dokic
NEW HAVEN (Connecticut), Aug 20: Top seed Lindsay Davenport sped into the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen event on Tuesday, needing just 43 minutes to overwhelm Jelena Dokic 6-2 6-1 in... 
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China claims fifth title in six years
 ANAHEIM (California) Aug 20: Reigning Olympic champion China captured their fifth World Championship title in the past six events on Tuesday, finishing 0.875 points ahead of runner-up United States....
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Waqar signs for North Sydney
SYDNEY, Aug 20: Waqar Younis, one of the world’s premier fast bowlers will play club cricket with North Sydney next summer with his Australian-raised wife Faryal due to give birth to...
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Pakistan to compete in Summer Universiade
KARACHI, Aug 20: More than 8500 amateur athletes and officials from 171 nations, including Pakistan will participate in 22nd Summer Universiade, a sports festival of university students from all around the...
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Minister nominated for PFF presidency
LAHORE, Aug 20: Federal interior minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat has been nominated as a candidate for the presidency of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)....
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Black player hits out over English ‘racism’
LONDON, Aug 20: Aston Villa forward Dion Dublin believes English football is institutionally racist....
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Three share lead after 2nd round
LAHORE, Aug 20: Zohaib Gillani (Lahore), Haji Afzal (Lahore) and Yasir Butt (Gujranwala) were in first position with five points each on the second day of the Punjab chess championship at a local hotel...
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Camp shifted to Lahore
LAHORE, Aug 20: The national hockey training camp for the Asia Cup preparations has been shifted to National Hockey Stadium Lahore, from Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi, a PHF spokesman announced on Wednesday....
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Indian women cricketers ‘vanish’
LONDON, Aug 20: Five Indian women cricketers have gone missing in London, in what appears to be an attempt at illegal immigration, newspapers here reported on Wednesday....
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Shahzad and Shahid shine: Basketball
KARACHI, Aug 20: Thirteen times champion Pakistan Army Reds outsgunned Pakistan Navy 92-45 on the second day of...
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Bangladesh defy odds to reach respectable total
 KARACHI, Aug 20: Contrary to general forecast, Bangladesh defied all odds to notch up their highest total against Pakistan on a fluctuating opening day of the first Test at the National...
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India beaten again as Australia go on top
AMSTERDAM, Aug 20: Two-times winners India suffered their third defeat of the men’s Champions Trophy tournament with a 4-2 loss to Argentina on Wednesday....
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Netherlands, Pakistan share spoils
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Aug 20: In a display of top quality hockey skills from both sides, Netherlands drew 2-2 with Pakistan in the men’s Champions Trophy field hockey tournament on Tuesday. (Partly...
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Rashid predicts hard series
 KARACHI, Aug 20: Pakistan captain Rashid Latif on Wednesday conceded that Bangladesh were beginning to offer the kind of resistance that the Test minnows had been lacking in the past....
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Ilyas criticizes Aamir and Ramiz
LAHORE, Aug 20: Former Test cricketer Mohammad Ilyas on Wednesday criticized chief selector Aamir Sohail and Pakistan Cricke Board (PCB) Chief Executive Ramiz Raja for working as commentators on TV in...
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England consider five-man seam attack for fourth Test
LEEDS, England, Aug 20: England could opt to select Martin Bicknell and Kabir Ali in a five-man pace attack against South Africa, captain Michael Vaughan said on Wednesday on the eve...
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‘Hopefully next time my luck will hold’
KARACHI, Aug 20: Bangladesh’s batting hero Habibul Bashar says he is as puzzled as his admirers after failing to make a century in the first Test against Pakistan....
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Faisalabad, Multan triumph
LAHORE, Aug 20: Multan and Faisalabad registered impressive wins in the Inter-region (Under-19) Cricket Tournament at different cities, according to a message received here on Wednesday....
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