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‘Don’t get fooled by England’s poor form’
LAHORE, Nov 9: Former cricket great Wasim Akram warned Pakistan not to be lulled into a false sense of security by England’s poor form in the lead-up to the first Test at Multan starting from Saturday....
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Teenager Singh sets up Indian victory
RAJKOT (India), Nov 9: India’s teenaged paceman Rudra Pratap Singh grabbed four wickets to set up a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the sixth one-dayer on Wednesday....
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Pakistan enjoy edge: Woolmer, Inzamam
MULTAN, Nov 9: The Pakistani coach and captain say England’s defeat in a tour match on Tuesday and captain Michael Vaughan’s injury have given their team an edge before the first Test begins on Saturday....
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Cook called up as cover for skipper Vaughan
MULTAN, Nov 9: England captain Michael Vaughan looks almost certain to miss the first Test on their tour of Pakistan through a knee injury with uncapped opener Alastair Cook called up as cover....
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Quaid-i-Azam Trophy: Naseer saves Quetta
KARACHI, Nov 9: Quetta overcame a disastrous beginning to reach 226 in their first innings against Karachi Harbour in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League tie at the UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Shoaib blasts century
KARACHI, Nov 9: Shoaib Leghari, a 19-year-old all-rounder, scored a hurricane maiden century to help Hyderabad reach 362 against Abbottabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Wednesday....
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Pindi pacers destroy LS
LAHORE, Nov 9: The three-pronged pace attack of Rawalpindi demolished Lahore Shalimar for 138 in the first innings of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League encounter at the LCCA Ground on Wednesday....
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Slow progress by Multan
KARACHI, Nov 9: Multan made slow progress by reaching 203 for six in their first innings against Karachi Urban on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the National Stadium on Wednesday....
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Ashes defeat good for Australia, says Ponting
SYDNEY, Nov 9: The shock of losing the Ashes to England in September may have been good for Australian cricket, skipper Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday....
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Tennis: Pierce tames tired Clijsters
LOS ANGELES, Nov 9: Kim Clijsters’s bid to cap her stellar 2005 with the WTA Tour Championship crown - and perhaps a world No. 1 ranking - suffered a blow Tuesday with a three-set loss to France’s Mary Pierce....
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Makina clinches Eid Milan Cup
KARACHI, Nov 9: Three-year-old filly, Makina, lived up to her reputation by adding another feather to her cap when she lifted the Eid Milan Cup as riding boy A....
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Mom, dad crucial to my success: Tiger
SHANGHAI, Nov 9: World number one Tiger Woods says his mother’s Buddhist beliefs and his father’s combat experience with the Green Berets during the Vietnam War are fundamental to his success on the golf course....
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Boxing: Injury forces Klitschko to retire
HAMBURG, Nov 9: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has given up his fight against injury and will hang up his gloves. The 34-year-old Ukrainian had right knee surgery...
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Commonwealth Games: Saqlain hopes to win hockey gold medal
MELBOURNE, Nov 9: He’s the hit man of world hockey and, in four months, the man regarded as hardest player in the game will be in Melbourne for Commonwealth Games hoping to win Pakistan a gold medal....
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Beachill and Grinham lift US Open crowns
KARACHI, Nov 9: Lee Beachill and Natalie Grinham were each stretched for more than an hour in the finals of the US Open squash championships before ultimately lifting the trophies at Harvard University in Boston....
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Trio prop up Islamabad
KARACHI, Nov 9: Half-centuries by Afaq Rahim, Bilal Asad and Sufyan Munir guided Islamabad to 275 for eight in their first innings against Lahore Ravi on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture in Mirpur on Wednesday....
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Faisal rescues Sialkot
LAHORE, Nov 9: Opener Faisal Naved struck 76 to give Sialkot’s first innings total respectability against defending champions Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Wednesday....
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Pakistanis to get Indian visas
ISLAMABAD: The Indian High Commission on Wednesday agreed to stamp visas for the Pakistani football team scheduled to take part in the Under-17 Asia Cup qualifying round to be played in New Delhi from Nov 11 to 13....
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