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Impressive Innuendo fancied for day’s feature event
KARACHI, Oct 18: Gul Mohammad Dada Memorial Cup to be run over five furlongs will be the main attraction at the Karachi Winter races which will be held on Sunday. The... 
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Ponchi looks good proposition
LAHORE, Oct 18: Three-year-old bay colt Ponchi, with an impressive victory and a close second on the trot looks a good proposition in the Saif Group Cup to be run over 1400m when the 6th...
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Saleh smashes 109 break to register sixth victory
KARACHI, Oct 18: Pakistan number two Saleh Muhammad maintained his winning run in the World Snooker Championship with his sixth consecutive victory beating James Mifsud of Australia 4-2 at Chingmen City...
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Scrappy England survive
 PERTH, Oct 18: England survived an immense physical onslaught from South Africa to emerge 25-6 winners of a World Cup pool C match that lived up to its billing as a...
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British cyclist fails drug test
BERGAMO (Italy) Oct 18: British rider Charly Wegelius of the De Nardi Colpack cycling team failed a blood test carried out by the International Cycling Federation (UCI) on Saturday and was...
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Mummify wins Caulfield Cup
MELBOURNE, Oct 18: The 9-2 favourite Mummify led from barrier to post to win the 2.5 million dollar (1.7 million USD) Caulfield Cup over 2,400 metres (1-1/2 miles) on Saturday....
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Noshee shatters national triple jump record
RAWALPINDI, Oct 18: Army maintained their ascendancy in the 38th National Athletics Championship, increasing their points tally to 84 as they won the steeplechase and the 200m sprint on a day...
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Goalkeeper’s blunder sends Arsenal on top
 LONDON, Oct 18: Thierry Henry ended Chelsea’s unbeaten start to the season and fired Arsenal to the top of the Premiership on Saturday....
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Chaos at national football trials
KARACHI, Oct 18: The opening day of national football trials turned ugly on Saturday when the members of two Sindh Football Association (SFA) factions got involved in affray on selection affairs....
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Mariam annexes women’s crown
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Top seed Mariam Rahim annexed the women’s singles title on Saturday defeating Shiza Ihtisham in the final of the 20th Federal Cup Tennis Tournament at the Islamabad Club....
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Dokic dumps Clijsters
 ZURICH, Oct 18: Yugoslav Jelena Dokic dumped world number one Belgian Kim Clijsters out of the Swisscom Challenge on Saturday to secure her first final appearance of the year and a...
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Kiran bags five golds, breaks three records
KARACHI, Oct 18: Kiran Khan from Wapda with her outstanding performance took the honours on the first day of 6th National Women’s Junior Age Group Championship on Saturday at Karachi Gymkhana....
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Hondo and Ervine target Windies
SYDNEY, Oct 18: Injured Zimbabweans Douglas Hondo and Sean Ervine are working towards being fit to play in the first Test against the West Indies in Harare next month, a team...
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Els on course for fifth title
VIRGINIA WATER, England, Oct 18: Ernie Els had double cause for celebration on Saturday with victory in his World Match Play Championship semifinal coinciding with confirmation that he will finish as...
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Taufiq’s century gives Pakistan advantage
 LAHORE, Oct 18: A patient century by opener Taufiq Omar and his record opening stand with Imran Farhat has given Pakistan a great chance of gaining a sizeable first innings lead against South Africa...
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Ponting hammers Zimbabwe in rain-hit Test
SYDNEY, Oct 18: Ricky Ponting scored an unbeaten century as Australia began to eat away at Zimbabwe’s lead in the second Test on Saturday....
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Riaz captures eight wickets in drawn match
KARACHI, Oct 18: Veteran leg-spinner Riaz Shaikh produced the best bowling figures in the PCB Senior Inter-district Cricket Tournament on Saturday when he claimed eight for 118 as KCCA Zone-V drew...
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Khalid named U-19 captain
LAHORE, Oct 18: Khalid Lateef has been appointed Pakistan Under-19 captain for this month’s quadrangular Asian Under-19 tournament which will be held at Lahore and Karachi from Oct 31 to Nov 5....
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Shoaib Akhtar banned for one Test and two ODIs
LAHORE, Oct 18: ICC Match Referee, Clive Lloyd, has slapped a ban of one Test and two One-day Internationals on Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) favourite but controversial paceman Shoaib Akhar on Saturday after...
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Fine all-round display by Irfanullah
KARACHI, Oct 18: Irfanullah produced fine allround display and Muhammad Ghazan and Naeemuddin hit unbeaten half centuries in their teams victories in DHA Trophy KCCA Inter Firms Cricket Tournament Friday....
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Sehwag leads India’s spirited reply
 MOHALI (India), Oct 18: India opener Virender Sehwag hit back with a flashy century to present New Zealand with an uphill battle to win the second Test despite their record first...
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Ganguly may miss start of one-dayers
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Indian captain Saurav Ganguly may be forced to skip the start of the one-day tri-series against Australia and New Zealand next week due to an infection in...
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Rain hampers England
DHAKA, Oct 18: England’s preparations for their first-ever Test series against Bangladesh next week suffered a blow when bad weather ruined their three-day practice match here on Saturday....
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Aussie coach signs new deal
SYDNEY, Oct 18: John Buchanan has signed a new two-year contract as coach of the Australian team, Cricket Australia announced on Saturday....
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