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We want Pakistan tour to go ahead: BCCI official
KARACHI, Feb 12: A senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday that the three-member delegation wanted the much-awaited Indian tour of Pakistan take place in earnest. ... 
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PCB awards three more contracts
LAHORE, Feb 12: Three more business categories have been sold out for the India-Pakistan series out of the total of eight, a PCB press release said on Thursday. The PCB has so far fetched a record $7.311 million from the sale of five categories. ...
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Ramiz trying to sabotage tour: PWCCA
LAHORE, Feb 12: Pakistan Women Cricket Control Association (Shaiza Khan Group) on Thursday alleged that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Ramiz Raja was trying to sabotage the proposed tour of the West Indies women cricket team to Pakistan. ...
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Razzaq bowls Lahore to easy victory
LAHORE, Feb 12: Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq captured five for 27 as Lahore scored an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Multan in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday. ...
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Faisalabad tie drawn
LAHORE, Feb 12: As expected, the rain-hit Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie between Faisalabad and Sialkot ended in a tame draw at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday. ...
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Naveed slams century
KARACHI, Feb 12: Acting Rawalpindi skipper Naveed Qureshi stroked an unbeaten century as the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Peshawar finished in a predictable draw at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Thursday. ...
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Ponting wins Border Medal
MELBOURNE, Feb 12: Captain Ricky Ponting won the Allan Border Medal on Thursday for Australia's player of the year after scoring three Test double centuries and leading his side to one-day World Cup victory in 2003. ...
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Warne's comeback ends on losing note
MELBOURNE, Feb 12: Shane Warne completed his comeback from a 12-month drugs ban as a loser on Thursday, taking match figures of five for 152 for Victoria against Queensland in a second XI match. ...
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Dismal record will spur on NZ: Fleming
AUCKLAND, Feb 12: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming says his team's poor record against South Africa will act as extra motivation in the six-match series of One-day Internationals which begins here on Friday. ...
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Streak promises success against Bangladesh
HARARE, Feb 12: Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has licked his wounds and is already thinking of victory after seven defeats and a 'no result' from a triangular series against Australia and India. ...
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Gold medalists to undergo dope test
LAHORE, Feb 12: All gold medalists of the ninth SAF Games in individual sports will be dope tested, a Pakistan Olympic Association press release said on Thursday. ...
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Indian Kabaddi team due today
LAHORE, Feb 12: A 25-member Indian Punjab kabaddi squad is scheduled to arrive in Lahore via Wagah Border on Friday to play a 10-match series against the Pakistani Punjab from Feb 14 to 28. ...
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Saqib upsets Atiq in thriller
KARACHI, Feb 12: Punjab's Saqib Butt, kept his chances very much alive of reaching the last 16 in the 29th National Snooker Championship, when he toppled sixth seed Atiq Latif Bux 4-3, on Thursday at the Karachi Club. ...
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Laura Davies opens with 75 against men
SYDNEY, Feb 12: Britain's Laura Davies, the first woman to compete in an Australasian or European men's tour event, said she was tired and nervous after a three-over-par 75 in the opening round of the co-sanctioned ANZ Championship. ...
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Job's goal dents United's title hopes
LONDON, Feb 12: Manchester United's title hopes took a severe dent on Wednesday when the Premier League champions lost 3-2 at home to Middles brough. ...
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Roddick powers past Rochus
SAN JOSE, Feb 12: Top seed Andy Roddick began his North American campaign by crushing Belgium's Christophe Rochus 6-4 6-2 in the first round of the San Jose Open on Wednesday. ...
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