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| October 16, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 11, 1426 |
Warne, MacGill bamboozle world stars into a spin
 SYDNEY, Oct 15: Leg-spin wizards Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill bamboozled the world all-stars working in tandem to give Australia a vice-like grip on the Super Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday....
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McGrath top wicket-taking Test paceman
SYDNEY, Oct 15: Australia’s Glenn McGrath Saturday became the greatest wicket-taking paceman in Test cricket with two wickets to overtake West Indian Courtney Walsh....
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Dravid delighted to be named skipper
SYDNEY, Oct 15: Indian batsman Rahul Dravid on Saturday described his appointment as Indian one-day cricket captain as “an honour and a privilege”. Speaking in Sydney where he is a member...
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Taekwondo squad hopeful of getting visas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The six-member Pakistan squad is expected to be granted visas for the first-ever World Taekwondo Championship being held at Darjeeling (India) next week....
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Convincing wins for Karachi Harbour and Lahore Ravi
KARACHI, Oct 15: An unbeaten 50 by opener Shan Masood helped Karachi Urban to force a draw against Peshawar in the Inter-region under-19 cricket tournament at Gymkhana Ground in Peshawar on Saturday, according to reports reaching here....
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English Soccer: Unstoppable Chelsea blitz 10-man Bolton
 LONDON, Oct 15: Chelsea blitzed Bolton with five second-half goals on Saturday in a display that demonstrated exactly why bookmakers are already paying out on bets that Jose Mourinho’s side will retain the Premiership title....
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Winning start by Kiwis
BENONI, Oct 15: New Zealand bounced back from a poor start to defeat South Africa A by 19 runs under Duckworth/ Lewis method in opening game of their cricket tour....
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Baird maintains lead
NEW YORK, Oct 15: A hole-in-one helped Briny Baird to a second round five-under 66 and a two-stroke lead at the Las Vegas championships on Friday, while world number three Phil...
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Soccer: Wohaib and Navy share spoils
RAWALPINDI, Oct 15: Nomi Martin’s first half penalty conversion helped Pakistan Navy hold Wohaib Club 1-1 in the Premier League soccer at Army Stadium on Friday night....
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Kamran Shehzad emerges as fastest bowler
LAHORE, Oct 15: Kamran Shehzad of Lahore bowled the fastest ball (85.9 mph) of the PCB Pace Attack contest as the countrywide month-long regional round concluded at Qadhafi Stadium under lights on Friday night....
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Bremen on top
FRANKFURT, Oct 15: Werder Bremen took over at the top of the Bundesliga with a 6-2 win at home to Nuremberg on Saturday, after Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw in a dramatic finish away to Schalke 04....
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Newton tipped to make amends and win Islamabad Cup
LAHORE, Oct 15: A competitive card of six events consisting of a big field has been drawn for the 7th Lahore Winter Meeting to be held at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Four horses fancied to make it two in a row
KARACHI, Oct 15: Four horses are fancied to repeat their last winning performance when the Winter Gymkhana race meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Alonso grabs pole at Chinese Grand Prix
 SHANGHAI, Oct 15: World champion Fernando Alonso will start Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix from pole position, giving Renault a crucial advantage in their battle with McLaren for the constructors’ title....
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David Junior springs biggest surprise
LONDON, Oct 15: David Junior sprang a 25-1 surprise to win the Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. It was the second longest starting price in the history of the prestigious race and caught punters off-guard....
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Aggressive knock by Hasan
KARACHI, Oct 15: AOCC thrashed Defence Gymkhana (DG) by 92 runs in Aga Khan Gymkhana Twenty20 Cup Ramzan cricket tournament at AKG Ground on Saturday,...
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Match-winning effort by Asad
KARACHI, Oct 15: Asad Shafique blasted an unbeaten 60 to power Omer CC to an emphatic four wickets victory over Dewan Farooq Motors in the 20th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Festival tournament on Saturday at the Karachi Gymkhana Ground....
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Malaysian Ong crushes third-seed Palmer
MANCHESTER, Oct 15: Defending champion David Palmer of Australia crashed out of the British Open on Friday on a black day for some of the sport’s leading players....
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Schiavone to face Pierce in final
 MOSCOW, Oct 15: Unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone will meet third seed Mary Pierce in Sunday’s Kremlin Cup final after both players claimed straight-set semifinal victories over Russian opponents on Saturday....
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Hockey: British Club engages Nadeem
LONDON, Oct 15: Beeston, an English hockey league first division club in Nottingham, has recruited former Pakistan captain Mohammad Nadeem. Having won 204 caps and played in two Olympic Games and two World Cups, Nadeem is enjoying playing in England....
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Two Chinese coaches due next month
KARACHI, Oct 15: Two Chinese coaches would arrive here next month to train Pakistani shooters for the next year’s Commonwealth and SAF Games, said Khalid Javed, secretary general of National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP) on Saturday....
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Senegal’s bid
DAKAR, Oct 15: Senegal have announced their intention to bid for the 2010 African Nations Cup finals, the year the World Cup comes to Africa for the first time....
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