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Nomi shocks Asim, sets final date against Aqeel
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Nomi Qamar sent second seed Asim Shafik crashing out of the 20th Federal Cup Tennis Championship on Friday to set up a meeting in the final with top... 
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Army grab first day’s honours: Bashiran equals own record
RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: Army raced into the lead on the first day of the 38th National Athletics Championship with a haul of four gold medals while Railways’ Bashiran Bibi equalled her...
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El Aynaoui outlasts Grosjean
 MADRID, Oct 17: Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco recovered from a nervous start to beat French sixth seed Sebastien Grosjean 3-6 7-6 6-2 and reach the semifinals of the Madrid Masters...
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Bjorn faces reminder of Open disaster
WENTWORTH (England), Oct 17: Thomas Bjorn will get a bitter reminder of how he threw away the British Open last July when he faces Open champion Ben Curtis in the semifinal...
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Imdad, Matloob share first round lead
LAHORE, Oct 17: Ten players returned under-par score on the first day of Bank Alfalah All Pakistan Garrison Open Golf Championship professional event at the Lahore Garrison Course on Friday....
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Saleh on course for a place in last 32
KARACHI, Oct 17: Pakistan’s Saleh Muhammad enhanced his chances of a place in the last 32 stage of world snooker championship by notching-up his fifth win in a row in Jiang...
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Bank amateur golf
KARACHI, Oct 17: More than 200 participants have entered in the highly competitive two-day Faysal Bank Amateur golf tournament scheduled to tee-off on Saturday at 8 a.m. at the D.H.A Country...
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All Blacks rout Canada
 MELBOURNE, Oct 17: All Blacks coach John Mitchell said pre-match talk that his side’s World Cup pool D game against Canada would be a walkover had been proved wrong despite a...
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Career-best figures by Malik keep S. Africa in check
 LAHORE, Oct 17: Shoaib Malik was Pakistan’s unlikely star when he returned his best Test figures to help Pakistan restrict South Africa to 320 all out on an eventful opening day...
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Kiwis pile up huge total as records tumble
MOHALI (India), Oct 17: Mark Richardson and Scott Styris slammed career-best centuries as New Zealand amassed a record-breaking 536 for five against India on day two of the second and final...
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Fine performances by Rashid and Adnan
KARACHI, Oct 17: Rashid and Adnan Baig starred in their teams triumph in DHA Trophy KCCA Inter-firms cricket tournament on Thursday....
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Carlisle century frustrates Australia
SYDNEY, Oct 17: Stuart Carlisle scored his maiden Test hundred to help Zimbabwe post a respectable total of 256 for eight on the opening day of the second Test with Australia...
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Sindh factions name committees
KARACHI, Oct 17: Pakistan soccer once again heads for trouble as the rival faction of the Sindh Football Association (SFA) named on Friday its committee to assist national selectors....
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Proteas complain against Shoaib
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 17: The South African cricket team lodged a complaint against Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar for using abusive language during the first day’s play in the first Test on...
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‘Appoint right man as manager’
KARACHI, Oct 17: Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has been urged to appoint a boxing personality as the manager of the Hyderabad-bound squad for forthcoming Afro-Asian Games....
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Trescothick misses century
SAVAR (Bangladesh), Oct 17: Marcus Trescothick hit 96 to help steer England to 333 all out in their first innings and a position of strength on the second day of their...
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Low turnout on first day
LAHORE, Oct 17: A low turnout of only 100 spectators on the first day of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium Friday has forced PCB to...
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Fighting knock by Masroor
KARACHI, Oct 17: Former Pakistan under-19 allrounder Muhammad Masroor hammered a fighting hundred as Zone-V recovered to reach a respectable total against Zone-IV on the first day of their two-day PCB...
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