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Pakistan name full-strength team for today's match
PERTH, Dec 8: Pakistan named a near full-strength team on Wednesday for its four-day warm-up match against Western Australia beginning on Thursday at the WACA ground, while Australian Test opener Justin Langer will lead the host team. ... 
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McGrath the danger man: Youhana
PERTH, Dec 8: Pakistan batsman Yousuf Youhana has pinpointed fast bowler Glen McGrath as Australia's danger man ahead of the upcoming Test series. ...
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Indian team arrives amid tight security: First Test postponed by a day
DHAKA, Dec 8: Dispelling doubt the Indian team's tour of Bangladesh, a 15-member team led by Saurav Ganguly, arrived on Wednesday amid tight security to play two Tests and three One-day Internationals against the latter. ...
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Australia survive late Kiwis flurry to square series
SYDNEY, Dec 8: Australia withstood a late flurry of exciting stroke play from pace bowler Kyle Mills to beat New Zealand by 17 runs in Wednesday's second limited-overs international to square their best-of-three series at 1-1. ...
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Late Sohail goal keeps Pakistan's hopes alive
LAHORE, Dec 8: A Sohail Abbas penalty stroke conversion kept Pakistan's hopes of reaching the final alive at Champions Trophy hockey after a nail-biting 2-1 victory over arch-rivals India at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. ...
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Waseem worried over poor finishing
LAHORE, Dec 8: As Spain hockey coach says match against Pakistan will be the toughest, home team captain Waseem Ahmad is worried over poor penalty corner conversion despite having the services of world's best Sohail Abbas. ...
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Litjens meets Sohail for first time
LAHORE, Dec 8: Legendary Dutch penalty corner striker Paul Litjens Wednesday met Sohail Abbas for the first time and congratulated him on conquering his 267 goals record on Oct 8 at Amritsar. ...
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Problems for media
LAHORE, Dec 8: Lack of security is creating chaos and causing trouble for the media covering the ongoing Champions Trophy hockey at National Hockey Stadium. ...
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Matthew ends Shahid's giant-killing run
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Thursday's semi-finals of the Pakistan Open will have no home representation after Shahid Zaman was knocked out by second seed Nick Matthew in an epic quarterfinal on a day that also saw the fall of two big guns ...
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Karimi named Asian player of the year
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8: Iran's Ali Karimi was named Asian player of the year on Wednesday, edging out Bahrain's A'ala Hubail and Shunsuke Nakamura of Japan. ...
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Devout Muslim Williams in pull-out threat over beard
LONDON, Dec 8: British heavyweight fighter Danny Williams has threatened to pull out of Saturday's World Boxing Council (WBC) title fight with champion Vitali Klitschko if he is forced to shave his beard, British media reported. ...
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Porto stay alive, Arsenal and Bremen progress
LONDON, Dec 8: Holders Porto produced a thrilling fight back to beat Chelsea 2-1 and grab a Champions League lifeline as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in the next round on Tuesday. ...
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