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Australian A tour was in doubt after Lahore blasts: PCB chief admits
LAHORE, Sept 30: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has admitted that the Australian ‘A’ team’s tour to Pakistan, which ended last week, was uncertain to continue in the wake of two bomb blasts in Lahore.... 
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PCB hopes Shabbir will be cleared
LAHORE, Sept 30: Lanky medium-pacer Shabbir Ahmed stands a good chance of playing in the forthcoming home series against England, according to preliminary report of the biomechanics experts received from Western University of Australia....
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Pakistan slip to fifth place in world hockey ranking
KARACHI, Sept 30: Pakistan has dropped to fifth position in the World Hockey Team Rankings after the latest list issued by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday....
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Women’s hockey final today
KARACHI, Sept 30: Defending champions Railways will clash Wapda in the final of 21st national hockey championship at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Saturday at 2.30pm....
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Wapda to play in India
KARACHI, Sept 30: Wapda will participate in the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament to be held at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi from Oct 1 to 8....
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Aussies undone by lack of Ashes plan, says Lara
MELBOURNE (Australia), Sept 30: Australia slumped to their surprise Ashes cricket defeat against England because they didn’t plan well enough, star West Indian batsman Brian Lara said Friday....
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Fit-again Tendulkar keen for comeback
NEW DELHI, Sept 30: India batsman Sachin Tendulkar will make his comeback after elbow surgery in a domestic one-day tournament next month, chief selector Kiran More said on Friday....
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Murray, Federer march into semis
 BANGKOK, Sept 30: Briton Andy Murray celebrated his entry into the world’s top 100 by beating U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri 4-6 6-4 6-3 to reach the last four of the Thailand Open on Friday....
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Karachi to host SAFF championship in December
LAHORE, Sept 30: Peoples Sports Complex , Karachi will host the sixth South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship and hosts Pakistan meet Sri Lanka in the opening match on Dec 7....
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First round defeats for Shahid, Mansoor
KARACHI, Sept 30: Eighth seed Shahid Zaman of Pakistan was sent off packing in the first round of Dunlop Hungarian Open squash championship when he was stunned by English qualifier Daryl Selby on Friday in Budapest....
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GOLF: Munir, Labah share first day honours
LAHORE, Sept 30: Muhammad Munir of PTCL and Labah Masih, an upcoming golfer from Lahore Gymkhana fired a three-under-69 card each to share the first slot on the opening day of...
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18 disciplines in Punjab Games
LAHORE, Sept 30: Eighteen disciplines will be contested in the second India-Pakistan Punjab Games being held in four cities from Dec 21 to 27....
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Balochistan to defend softball title
LAHORE, Sept 30: Balochistan would defend title in the 4th National women’s softball championship to be held at Lahore College University for Women from Sunday to Tuesday, said the president of Pakistan Baseball and Softball Federation (PBSF) Shaukat Javed....
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Nowshera Youth in last four
PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Nowshera Youth defeated Malakand 5-4 after penalty shootouts to enter the semifinals of the Nowshera Cup football at Farooq A Shiekh Stadium on Friday....
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China bans three female athletes
BEIJING, Sept 30: Three Chinese women’s track and field athletes have tested positive for the banned substance 19-norandrosterone and will be disqualified from China’s national games, state press said on Friday....
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I’m not under any extra pressure: Flintoff
SYDNEY, Sept 30: All rounder Andrew Flintoff, man of the series in England’s Ashes victory over Australia, says he is not under any extra pressure to reproduce that form in the World XI’s matches against the same opposition next month....
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Warne better than ever: Ponting
SYDNEY, Sept 30: Shane Warne had plenty of cricket left and would command a place in the Australian cricket team as long as he was physically capable, captain Ricky Ponting said Friday....
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Warren snatches first-round lead
GREENSBORO (North Carolina), Sept 30: Unheralded Charles Warren rode a red-hot putter to a two-stroke lead after the first round of Greensboro Classic on Thursday....
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U-14 soccer championship
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The under-14 national football championship will be played in Lahore from Dec 25 to Jan 5. All the affiliated units of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will field their teams in the event, it was officially learnt on Friday....
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Moin to lead sixes team
LAHORE, Sept 30: Former skipper Moin Khan will lead Pakistan team in the Hong Kong Sixes tournament to be played at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong on Oct 22 and 23....
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PSB chief uncertain about his future
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Brig. Arif Mahmud Siddiqui whose tenure as the director general of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) was to expire on Friday, has been told “verbally” to continue working till further orders....
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Syed Ali dies
KARACHI, Sept 30: Former Pakistan international hockey player, Syed Ali Siddiqui, died here on Friday and was laid to rest at Sakhi Hasan Graveyard....
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U-17 hockey clinic
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: An under-17 coaching clinic organised by National Bank began at the Army Stadium in Rawalpindi where former Olympian Rana Mujahid will be giving useful tips to the boys....
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Cycle race on Sunday
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: The Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF) is organising a road race from Peshawar to Rawalpindi on Sunday. Cyclists drawn from all the provinces including those from Army, Railways, Sui Northern Gas and Wapda will take part in the competition....
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