| 05 May 2004 | Wednesday | 14 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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PBF urges more govt patronage
LAHORE, May 4: The Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) has claimed that the game could be promoted considerably with full support of the government, specially in view of the encouraging results in the ninth SAF Games. ... 
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Saeed, Aaqib appointed PCB coaches
LAHORE, May 4: Saeed Anwar, Aaqib Javed and Ali Zia have been appointed as batting, bowling and fielding coaches to conduct two courses of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). ...
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Wasim Akram to be honoured
KARACHI, May 4: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is being honoured here on Saturday, May 8. Wasim, arguably the greatest left-arm fast bowler in the game's history ...
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Resurgent West Indies take lead in ODIs
CASTRIES), May 4: West Indies captain Brian Lara celebrated his 35th birthday with a superb fifty to lead his side to a four-wicket win over England in the sixth One-day International on Sunday. ...
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Zimbabwe 'A' force draw
HARARE, May 4: Zimbabwe 'A' forced a draw in their three-day tour match against Sri Lanka on Monday, bolstered by dogged innings from Trevor Gripper and Prosper Utseya. ...
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When team loses everyone must share the blame
IT seems like a long time ago when in a single year, Pakistan was the world's champion in cricket, hockey and squash. One by one the titles were lost and we now figure among the also-rans. ...
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3 Pakistanis, one Chinese qualify for main round
LAHORE, May 4: Three Pakistanis and a Chinese from Hong Kong entered the main round of the International squash tournament at the conclusion of two-day qualifying round at the Punjab Squash Complex on Tuesday. ...
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Top seed Aisam annexes National Open tennis title
LAHORE, May 4: Top seed Aisamul Haq Qureshi annexed the National Open tennis title despite facing a resolute fight from No.2 seed Aqeel Khan in the four-set final at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts on Monday. ...
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Iraqi boxers aim for two Olympic places
KARACHI, May 4: Iraqi boxers are aiming for two places at the Athens Olympics and hoping to win their war-ravaged country's first medal in 44 years, their American coach said on Tuesday. ...
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O'Sullivan pockets 2nd world title
SHEFFIELD, May 4: Ronnie O'Sullivan clinched his second world title on Monday after thrashing Graeme Dott 18-8 in the World Snooker Championship final. The 28-year-old O'Sullivan, who crushed seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 17-4 in the semifinal ...
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First round exit for Roddick in Rome
ROME, May 4: Number two seed Andy Roddick, lucky to escape with his life at the weekend after his hotel was swept by a fire that killed three people, bit the dust in the first round of the Rome Masters here on Tuesday. ...
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Singh pulls off dramatic win
NEW ORLEANS, May 4: World number two Vijay Singh capped a dramatic comeback with a birdie on the 18th hole to win the New Orleans Classic by one shot on Monday. ...
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