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Inzamam to skipper powerful Asia XI
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 1: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has been named to lead a powerful Asian squad that will play three One-day Internationals against an Africa XI in South Africa between Aug 17-21.... 
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PCB reserves right to raise objections to England cities: Shaharyar says
LAHORE, Aug 1: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Shaharyar M. Khan, remained optimistic on Monday that England’s decision to play a one-day match in Karachi later this year will pave...
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Pakistan slip in Test rankings
KARACHI, Aug 1: Pakistan lost ground in the ICC Test Championship while world champions Australia, England and India all improved their ratings as a result of the annual update that took place on Monday....
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Jayasuriya escapes major injury
DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka), Aug 1: Opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya has escaped major tendon damage after dislocating his shoulder during a one-day match against India on Saturday, Sri Lankan officials said on Monday....
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Australia opt for batting practice
WORCESTER, Aug 1: Australia warmed up for the second Test with England in impressive fashion despite declining the chance to force victory in their tour game with Worcestershire on Monday....
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Seven wickets haul for Ehtesham
KARACHI, Aug 1: Off-spinner Ehtesham Shami captured seven wickets to spin Zone-VI Whites to a massive 162-run win over Zone-IV Greens in the opening match of the KCCA Under-17 Inter-zonal cricket championship at TMC ground on Sunday....
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Nouman emerges top scorer of the day
LAHORE, Aug 1: Four matches were decided on the second day of the Lahore Division basketball championship at the Islamic College, Civil Lines courts on Monday....
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Wapda in final thanks to own-goal
RAWALPINDI, Aug 1: A 50th minute own-goal put Wapda into the final of tirst National football Challenge Cup on Monday at Army Sports Complex. The second semifinal will be played at...
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England take U-turn on Collingwood
LONDON, Aug 1: England cricket selectors performed a U-turn on Monday and called up in-form Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood into their squad for Thursday’s second Ashes Test....
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No problems playing as batsman: Ganguly
DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka), Aug 1: Saurav Ganguly said on Monday he had no problems playing as a batsman after leading India for more than five years in international cricket....
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Andre Agassi seals 60th career title
LOS ANGELES, Aug 1: Andre Agassi returned to match fitness in emphatic fashion on Sunday as the veteran stormed past Gilles Muller 6-4, 7-5 to register his 60th career title at the 380,000 ATP Mercedes-Benz Cup. The win in just under 90 minutes was a tonic for the 35-year-old who had battled through two months of inactivity as a nerve injury in his back caused by a bulging disc slowly stabilized with the help of a pain-killing injection....
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Hackett emerges as best long-distance swimmer
MONTREAL, Aug 1: Grant Hackett finished the 11th world championships as he started them by winning another gold medal to enhance his reputation as the greatest long-distance swimmer on the final night of competition on Sunday....
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Fourth PGA tour win for Singh
GRAND BLANC (Michigan), Aug 1: Vijay Singh held off a late charge by Tiger Woods to retain his Buick Open title by four shots on Sunday....
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Weightlifters training camp from Aug 15
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Secretary of the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) announced on Monday that the national training camp in preparation for next year’s Commonwealth and South Asian Games (SAG) will start from Aug 15 in Islamabad....
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Mehak too strong for Hira
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Mehak Khokhar moved into the second round of the Women’s National tennis ranking tournament at the PTF Complex with an easy victory on Monday....
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Boxing legends honoured
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Monday named its under-construction gymnasiums at five different centres after former boxers and a prominent boxing official....
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Narrow win for National Stars
PESHAWAR, Aug 1: National Stars, Swat Green, Swat Red, Swat XI Fatehpur, XI Stars, Shining Stars, Swat Club and Comber XI booked berths in the quarterfinals of the 14th District Swat Inter-club hockey championship at Swat Sports Complex on Monday....
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Ashfaq, Kashif sail into semis
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Ashfaq Mahmood and Kashif Majeed qualified for the men’s singles semifinals of the Staff Welfare running trophy badminton tournament at the CRA Community Centre here....
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Games rescheduled
LAHORE, Aug 1: The second India-Pakistan Punjab Games have been rescheduled from Dec 24 to 30 to Dec 18 to 25. The decision was taken in a high level meeting on Monday....
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Nehra censured for code breach
COLOMBO, Aug 1: Indian left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra has been severely reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for excessive appealing during the triangular series One-day International against Sri Lanka last week....
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Oman beaten
KARACHI, Aug 1: Beecham Hockey Club (BHC) defeated touring Oman National team 4-2 at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium Monday. The winners led 1-0 at breather....
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Inter-university championship from Friday
KARACHI, Aug 1: Twelve universities of the city will feature in the inaugural PCB Inter-university cricket championship which opens on Friday, organizers announced on Monday. Karachi University take on Hamdard University in the opening match....
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Soccer: Essa’s hat trick crushes Pak PWD
PESHAWAR, Aug 1: Mohammad Essa slammed a hat trick to help Afghan Club thrash PWD 3-0 in the Pakistan premier league which kicked off in Chaman on Monday....
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PGF names squad for Japan
LAHORE: The Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) on Monday announced a four-member team for the Nomura Cup and a two member team for Hong Kong Junior championship....
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