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Pakistan thrash Egypt as Sohail slams hat trick
ATHENS, Aug 17: Pakistan, powered by a Sohail Abbas hat trick, routed Egypt 7-0 to get their first win in the Olympic hockey competition on Tuesday. Sohail returned to form by hammering four goals in a row as Pakistan took a firm 5-0 lead at half time. ... 
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Meherullah and Asghar ease into second round
ATHENS, Aug 17: World flyweight champion Somjit Jongjohor restored Thailand's pride with a relatively comfortable start to his Olympic boxing campaign on Tuesday. ...
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Amir shows potential in upsetting fancied Egyptian Omar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Fifteen-year-old Amir Atlas, the boy tipped by experts to become a champion one day, underlined his potential on Tuesday with an opening day knockout of Egyptian Omar Abu Zid in the World Junior Squash Championship. ...
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Oval Test heroes honoured
LAHORE, Aug 17: The Pakistan team which won the Oval Test against England in 1954 was awarded medals and cash prizes by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a special ceremony at National Cricket Academy on Monday night. ...
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Odumbe banned for five years
NAIROBI, Aug 17: Former Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe was banned from the game for five years on Tuesday after being found to have had inappropriate contact with a bookmaker. ...
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Top-seed Federer crashes out
THENS, Aug 17: World Number One Roger Federer crashed out of the Olympics tennis event on Tuesday, losing to unheralded Czech player Tomas Berdych, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7. ...
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Beachill retains national crown
LONDON, Aug 17: Lee Beachill, World No2 who is only man to have successfully defended British national title, added another historic footnote to his record by winning English Open squash championship ...
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Phelps claims second gold for USA: China lead in gold chase
ATHENS, Aug 17: Michael Phelps won his second Olympic gold for the United States on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200-metres butterfly. ...
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US sprinter Edwards out of Olympics
ATHENS, Aug 17: World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards lost her appeal to be reinstated to the US Olympic team after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected her appeal against a two-year drugs ban here on Tuesday. ...
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I'm not a drugs cheat, says Greek hero Kenteris
ATHENS, Aug 17: Greece's Olympic 200metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces exclusion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat. ...
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