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Majestic Clarke puts Australia in command
 LONDON, July 22: Michael Clarke threw away the chance of a century on his first appearance at Lord’s but left Australia in total command of the first Ashes Test with a majestic batting display on Friday....
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Vaas strikes back for Sri Lanka against Windies
 KANDY (Sri Lanka), July 22: Chaminda Vaas hit back with 4-17 to leave West Indies on 92-5 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 150 all out at the close of the first day of the second test on Friday....
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ECB snubs PCB
KARACHI, July 22: England have rejected a proposal by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a second one-day international in Karachi on their tour this year in addition to the one already scheduled....
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Indian board rejects England’s request
NEW DELHI, July 22: Indian cricket board has turned down England’s request to play Twenty20 international matches on its extended tour of India early next year....
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Ijaz and Farzana storm into semifinals
LAHORE, July 22: Ijaz Ahmed and Farzana Saleem registered upsets in men’s and women’s singles events to move into the semifinals of the 8th Ameer Abdullah Khan Rokri badminton tournament on Friday....
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Local favourite does it again
 MONTREAL, July 22: Alexandre Despatie won the men’s 1m springboard title on Thursday, his second triumph of the 11th World Swimming Championships giving hosts Canada their third gold medal....
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Pakistani cueists leave for Bangkok today
KARACHI, July 22: A four-member Pakistan squad is due to leave for Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday to take part in the 21st Asian snooker championship which will commence from Sunday....
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NWFP’s participation doubtful
PESHAWAR, July 22: The participation of the NWFP swimming team in the National junior age group swimming championship has become doubtful as ten of its swimmers have fallen ill due to contaminated water at the pool....
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US edge past Honduras to set up Panama final EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey), July 22: The United States struck twice in the dying minutes to edge Honduras 2-1 in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal on Thursday, snatching an unlikely victory in a match that the visitors had dominated....
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Ahsan, Junaid steer Zone-II Whites into final
KARACHI, July 22: Ahsan Khan hammered an unbeaten 97 and spinner Junaid Ilyas bagged five wickets to steer Zone-II Whites into the final of KCCA Inter-zonal under-15 cricket championship beating Zone-III Whites by nine wickets at KCCA Stadium on Thursday....
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Zone-II concede lead despite Fahim’s century
KARACHI, July 22: Opener Muhammad Fahim hit a patient century but Zone-II still conceded slender two-run lead against Zone-V on day two of their three-day A.K....
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Lack of facilities handicap for female athletes
PESHAWAR, July 22: Women’s Sports Directorate, established last year to promote and facilitate sportswomen in NWFP is in dire need of a separate gymnasium for women athletes....
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Ex-Olympian blames players, team officials
LAHORE, July 22: Former Olympian Navid Alam has blamed both the players and the team management responsible for poor seventh position of the Pakistan team in the Junior World Cup held in Holland....
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ICA meeting
ISLAMABAD, July 22: A general body meeting of the Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA) has been convened on Sunday at the Diamond Cricket ground. The meeting, the first following last week’s elections...
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Aqib humbles seeded Hindle
KARACHI, July 22: Reigning world junior champion, Ramay Ashour of Egypt, conceded just three points in securing a straight win over Pakistan’s Ahmed Hameed to advance to the next stage of...
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Summer camp
KARACHI, July 22: The KASB Group of Companies in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi is organising a summer camp at for footballers between 7-15 years old....
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Usman, Ejaz in last four
QUETTA, July 22: Defending champion and top seed Mohammad Usman and Ahmed Ejaz reached the semifinal of the All-Balochistan Open tennis tournament on Friday. The pair easily beat Jehanzeb Afradi and...
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Army, KRL prevail
RAWALPINDI, July 22: Army overpowered PTCL 2-0 while KRL prevailed over KESC 1-0 goal in the two matches of the National Football Challenge Cup on Friday....
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Pakistani golfers for Hong Kong
KARACHI, July 22: A three-member Pakistan team would participate in the Aug 11-12 Hong Kong junior golf championship, said a spokesman for Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) on Friday....
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Thorpe retires from Test cricket
LONDON, July 22: England batsman Graham Thorpe announced his retirement from Test cricket on Friday. The left-hander, left out of the side to play Australia in the Ashes first Test and replaced by Kevin Pietersen, played 100 Tests, averaging 44.66....
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