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Clijsters sails into last four
 LOS ANGELES, Nov 7: Defending champion Kim Clijsters earned a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Championships while Justine Henin-Hardenne overcame illness to win her opening match on Thursday....
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Pakistan’s dismal run continues
KARACHI, Nov 7: Pakistan’s Allana team continued their disappointing run in the Bermuda Bowl-World Bridge Championship, losing all their three matches on Thursday, according to information received on Friday from Monte...
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PVF chairman urges sponsors to support other sports also
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Ch. Muhammad Yaqub, chairman of the Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF), called on the prospective sponsors to turn their attention away from cricket for a change and start supporting...
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Howell III, Perry share lead
 HOUSTON (Texas), Nov 7: Tiger Woods, despite three-putting at the last, narrowly outperformed his rivals for 2003 PGA Tour player of the year honours in the season-ending Tour Championship’s first round...
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Khurram, Yousuf to compete in India
KARACHI, Nov 7: A two-member Pakistan squad is due to leave for Hyderabad (India) to figure in International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Billiards Championship to be played there during...
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Afghanistan to play matches in Pakistan
LAHORE, Nov 7: Afghanistan national hockey team would make its first-ever visit to Pakistan in January next year to play a six match series....
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European champion suspended
LONDON, Nov 7: European champion sprinter Dwain Chambers was suspended with immediate effect on Friday after UK Athletics confirmed that a positive test for the designer steroid THG was supported by...
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Correction
In our Friday’s sports Page 24 dated Nov 7, a story from Lahore under headline “Emphatic triumph for KPT thanks to Farid, Adeel” the name Farid was wrongly printed. The correct...
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Flintoff stars in England’s easy victory over BD
CHITTAGONG, Nov 7: Andrew Flintoff took four for 14 and then hammered a quickfire half-century as England crushed Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first one-day international on Friday....
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Zimbabwe fail to take advantage despite Price’s best Test figures
 HARARE, Nov 7: Spinner Ray Price claimed Test-best figures of six for 73 but Zimbabwe were unable to ram home their advantage on the fourth day of the first test against...
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West Indies earned the right to run the event: ICC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Chief Executive of International Cricket Council, Malcolm Speed, says the West Indies were chosen as the hosts of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 because they had...
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Waugh leads NSW to thrilling win
SYDNEY, Nov 7: Australian Test captain Steve Waugh bludgeoned 117 not out to lead New South Wales to a thrilling five-wicket win over Western Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground here on...
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Maximum security for England cricketers in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Nov 7: England cricket team will be protected by an elite police unit normally used to guard visiting heads of states, cricket officials said on Friday, as prospects brightened for...
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Styris fined for dissent
GAUHATI (India), Nov 7: New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has been fined his entire match fee for dissent during Thursday’s one-day game against India after questioning an umpiring decision, team officials...
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Kasparov faces NY virtual reality test
NEW YORK, Nov 7: There will be no chess board and no pieces when world No. 1 Garry Kasparov plays the latest so-called man vs machine contest next week, just a...
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Uphill task for former UEFA Cup holders Feyenoord
LONDON, Nov 7: Former UEFA Cup holders Feyenoord face an uphill task to stay in this season’s competition after the 2002 winners suffered a 2-0 home defeat by Czech side Teplice...
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Ganguly not worried by pressure situation
KOLKATA, Nov 7: Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, who will find himself in a do-or-die situation when he joins rest of the team for tri-series match against Australia, said he would...
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Warwickshire sign Hogg
LONDON, Nov 7: English cricket county Warwickshire have signed Australian spinner Brad Hogg for 2004 season....
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Eight-match ban for spitting
NYON (Switzerland), Nov 7: Sinisa Mihajlovic of Lazio was suspended for eight matches by UEFA’s Disciplinary Committee on Friday after being sent off against Chelsea in Tuesday’s Champions League match in...
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Selectors snub Miandad
LAHORE, Nov 7: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has said that he was not consulted by the selectors about the 22 probables from which the Pakistan team will be finalised for the five ODIs home...
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