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Ex-treasurer rebuts PCB official's claims
KARACHI, Aug 23: Former treasurer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Muhammad Naeem, on Monday issued counter rebuttal as per the PCB official's allegations levelled against him. ... 
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Rain dampens India's hopes of making final
AMSTELVEEN, Aug 23: Rain had the last word in the triangular series match between Australia and India on Monday, the match abandoned as a no-result. ...
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Benaud names Imran in World XI
MELBOURNE, Aug 23: Former Australia captain Richie Benaud named his World XI of the 20th century on Monday, with England's Jack Hobbs and India's Sunil Gavaskar opening the batting ahead of Don Bradman at number three. ...
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Bleak future for Pakistan hockey: Ex-Olympians
LAHORE, Aug 23: Two former Olympians on Monday criticised poor performance by the Pakistan hockey team at Athens Olympics, especially against Spain. ...
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Germany survive Korean scare to make semifinals
ATHENS, Aug 23: World champions Germany fought back from the brink to enter the Olympic men's field hockey semifinals with a thrilling 2-2 draw against South Korea on Monday. ...
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Indians blame foreign coach for poor show
ATHENS, Aug 23: Key Indian forward Prabhjot Singh on Monday accused team's chief coach Gerhard Rach of deliberatly trying to put him under "pressure and forcing the team to play defensive hockey which was not its forte." ...
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Vijay and Aqeel grab doubles crown
LAHORE, Aug 23: Vijay Kannan of India in partnership with Pakistan's Aqeel Khan won the ITF Satellite Circuit (second leg) doubles' title defeating Sakai Toshiaki (Japan)-Mirko Pehar (USA) in a well-contested final at the Model Town Club court on Monday. ...
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Impressive start by Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Pakistan made a fine start to their bid to retain their World Junior Squash team title whitewashing Switzerland and Wales on Monday. ...
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Sumera third woman Olympian
ATHENS, Aug 23: Sumera Manzoor will become the third ever woman athlete to represent Pakistan in Olympics, by taking part in the 1500m in the Athens Olympics Athletics event on Tuesday. ...
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Tsoumeleka takes walk gold
ATHENS, Aug 23: Athanasia Tsoumeleka made up for some of Greece's doping shame by walking to gold - but the doping shadow was cast over Russia Monday as Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her shot put gold medal and kicked out of the Athens Olympics. ...
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Gatlin upstages Greene to snatch 100m gold
ATHENS, Aug 23: American Justin Gatlin shot to victory in the Olympic 100 metres final on Sunday in an atmosphere of fevered excitement. ...
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Cink notches up victory by four strokes
AKRON, Aug 23: Stewart Cink maintained his composure to register an even par final round score of 70 for a four-shot victory at the $7 million WGC-NEC Invitational on Sunday, his second win of the season. ...
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