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Frenchman top seeded for Pakistan Open
KARACHI, July 15: A quality field including world No. 1 Frenchman Thierry Lincou will feature in the US$85,000 Bank Alfalah Pakistan open squash championship which gets under way at the renovated Asif Nawaz squash complex from July 24.... 
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Vaas leaves West Indies struggling in first Test
 COLOMBO, July 15: Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas took four wickets for 12 runs to leave West Indies reeling on 59 for six at the close of a rain-affected third day of the first Test on Friday....
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Sri Lanka offers central contracts to 11 players
COLOMBO, July 15: Sri Lanka’s cricket board has awarded central contracts to 11 players, including fast bowler Lasith Malinga and spinner Rangana Herath for the first time....
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History favours Australia in Ashes battle
LONDON, July 15: History is on Australia’s side, whether Michael Vaughan looks back two decades or a single week. It is hard to argue with eight successive Ashes series wins and...
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New Zealand wants South Africa to isolate Zimbabwe
SYDNEY, July 15: New Zealand will not declare next month’s tour of Zimbabwe illegal over human rights abuses but will call on South Africa to help it isolate Zimbabwe....
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‘Real Madrid now richest club of the world’
MADRID, July 15: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the Spanish club has overtaken Manchester United as the biggest earner in world soccer. “We have now ensured that our income is...
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Hewitt and Coria in slanging match
PARIS, July 15: Lleyton Hewitt renewed his bitter rivalry with Argentina on Friday as the chase for Davis Cup semifinal spots was left teetering on a knife-edge....
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Tiger Woods bites back with another flawless round
 ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 15: Tiger Woods marched relentlessly towards his second Open title on Friday when he fired a flawless second round five-under 67. It took the world’s number one...
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PCB official briefs ICA clubs
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Javed Zaman, the head of Pakistan Cricket Board’s Election Commission on Friday briefed the presidents of clubs given right of vote for Saturday’s elections of Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA)....
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Amir fights to restore Muslim pride
BOLTON (England), July 15: Olympic Games silver medallist Amir Khan is determined to use his professional debut to highlight the positive side of British Muslims following the London bomb attacks....
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Gulnaz, Afzal picked for IAAF championship
ISLAMABAD, July 15: The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is to hold talks with Russian and Moroccan officials during next month’s IAAF World Congress in Helsinki to seek services of their coaches for national athletes....
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Tanveer named Wapda skipper
LAHORE, July 15: Former Pakistan skipper Tanveer Ahmed will lead Wapda in the first national football Challenge Cup (Stage-II), in which his team takes on Pakistan Police in the first match in Faisalabad on Saturday....
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Pakistan to compete in Sydney
LAHORE, July 15: Pakistan will represent the Asia and Middle East Zone in the 10th World Youth bridge championship to be held in Sydney, Australia from Aug 7 to 17....
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LRC to import oats
LAHORE, July 15: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) has decided to place orders for the import of oats fearing country wide shortage of the grain commodity in the coming days....
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Adil leads trials for Numera Cup
KARACHI, July 15: Lahore Gymkhana’s Adil Jahangir leads National golf trials at the midway stage of 72 holes at Arabian Sea Country Club on Friday. The trials, organised by Pakistan Golf...
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Zone-I (W) and Zone-IV (W) triumph
KARACHI, July 15: Zone-I Whites and Zone-IV Whites chalked out contrasting victories in the KCCA Inter-zonal under-15 cricket championship on Thursday. All rounder Danish Nawab took two wickets and cracked 33...
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Army, KRL grab full points
RAWALPINDI, July 15: Pakistan Army and Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) gained maximum points after scoring an identical 1-0 victory over Higher Education Commission and Pakistan Navy on the opening day of...
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Qayyum outlasts Umar Durrani
QUETTA, July 15: Five more matches were decided in the All-Balochistan tennis tournament on Friday. In an earlier match which was stopped on Thursday due to time factor, Abdul Qayyum defeated Umar Durrani 7-6, 3-6 and 6-3....
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PHF names 25 players
LAHORE, July 15: Twenty-five players will report at the second phase of the national hockey training camp scheduled to start at Naseer Bunda Stadium, Islamabad from July 20....
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KSBA selects 9-member team
KARACHI, July 15: Karachi South Boxing Association (KSBA) on Friday announced its nine-member Sindh team which will participates in the national cadet championship later this month....
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Swimming trials
ISLAMABAD, July 15: The trials to select Pakistan swimming squad for the forthcoming 4th Islamic Women’s Games began at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Friday....
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Hot weather golf from tomorrow
PESHAWAR, July 15: Hot weather golf tournament in which leading golfers from several clubs of the province will take part, commences here from Saturday at lush green 6666-yard PAF Golf Club....
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