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Trescothick named to lead England in first Test: Vaughan ruled out
MULTAN, Nov 10: England confirmed on Thursday that Marcus Trescothick will lead the tourists in the first Test against Pakistan after their injured skipper Michael Vaughan was officially ruled out.... 
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Pakistan think-tank yet to decide on final lineup
MULTAN, Nov 10: The make-up of Pakistan’s playing XI for this week’s first Test against England was still being contemplated on Thursday with coach Bob Woolmer refusing to speculate anything on the possible combination....
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Shahid Afridi keen to emulate Flintoff
MULTAN, Nov 10: Flamboyant all rounder Shahid Afridi is keen to emulate Andrew Flintoff and play a decisive role for Pakistan in the Test series against England....
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Quaid-i-Azam Trophy: Naved helps Rawalpindi gain useful 104-run lead
LAHORE, Nov 10: Solid knock by Naved Qureshi (93) helped Rawalpindi gain a useful 104-run lead on first innings against Lahore Shalimar in the Quaid-ie-Azam Gold League at the LCCA Ground on Thursday....
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Sniffer dogs, policemen to provide security
MULTAN, Nov 10: Pakistan will deploy 3,000 policemen and a team of sniffer dogs to ensure tight security for England’s cricketers during the first Test in Multan....
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Champions Trophy: Asif rates Australia and Spain as major threats
LAHORE, Nov 10: Pakistan hockey coach Asif Bajwa on Thursday said Australia, Spain and India were strong rivals in the forthcoming Champions Trophy to be hosted by India in Chennai from Dec 10....
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Tiger Woods finds going tough
SHANGHAI, Nov 10: Britons Nick Dougherty and Paul Lawrie fired eight-under-par 64s to lead Tiger Woods by a stroke after the first round of the Champions Tournament on Thursday....
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Clijsters beaten again
LOS ANGELES, Nov 10: Amelie Mauresmo delivered a crushing blow to Kim Clijsters’s bid for the number one ranking when she beat the Belgian 6-3 7-6 at the WTA Championships on Wednesday....
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Wang sets two world records
DOHA, Nov 10: China’s Mingjuan Wang set two world records in the women’s 48kg class on way to the gold medal at the Centennial Weightlifting World Championships on Wednesday....
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Waseem cracks double century
LAHORE, Nov 10: Unbeaten double-century by opener Waseem Baig enabled Islamabad pile up 344 for six against Lahore Ravi in the National Inter-region Under-19 cricket championship at Lahore Country Club, Muridke on Thursday....
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Aminur Rahman takes six catches
LAHORE, Nov 10: Karachi Urban after early setbacks fought back against Multan on the second day of their four-day Quaid-i-Azam Gold League cricket championship at National Stadium on Thursday with hosts wicketkeeper Aminur Rehman snapping victims behind the stumps....
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Asif spell pegs back Peshawar
LAHORE, Nov 10: Medium-pacer Muhammad Asif’s four wickets brightened Sialkot chances to gain first innings lead against defending champions Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Thursday....
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Pacer Kashif wrecks Abbottabad
LAHORE, Nov 10: Devastating bowling by Kashif Raza who took six wickets for 49 helped Hyderabad force Abbottabad to follow-on in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawer on Thursday....
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First innings lead for LR
LAHORE, Nov 10: Belligerent unbeaten half-centuries by openers Kashif Siddique and Rizwan Ahmed enabled Lahore Ravi to score 158 without loss against Islamabad’s first innings of 332 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League at the Mirpur Stadium, AJK on Thursday....
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Big incentive for England soccer players
MANCHESTER, Nov 10: England’s players will pocket a reported US$525,000 each if they win the World Cup in Germany next summer. The payments are outlined in a bonus package the England...
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Hockey tie for quake victims
LAHORE, Nov 10: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) with the help of International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Indian Hockey Confederation (IHC) will organise an international match to raise funds for the Oct 8 earthquake victims in Pakistan....
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Performer of the Year award for Riaz Afridi
KARACHI, Nov 10: Fast medium bowler Riaz Afridi was named as the Performer of the Year for Pakistan domestic cricket season 2004-2005. Riaz, who hails from Peshawar was declared the winner...
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Gymkhana Cup opening match on Sunday
LAHORE, Nov 10: The inaugural Lahore Gymkhana cricket cup-2005 begins with the opening match to be played between Universal Cricket Club and Lahore Gymkhana at the Bagh-i-Jinnah ground on Sunday....
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Tariq, Ameer triumph
KARACHI, Nov 10: Tariq Zafar and Syed Ameer Hasan clinched the Karachi Club Pairs bridge tournament, while Adventure won the Iqbal Day contest at KC Bridge Hall on Wednesday....
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Aslam, Wali save Quetta
KARACHI, Nov 10: Muhammad Aslam and Ahmed Wali hit half centuries as Quetta collected 248 in their first innings on the first day of their three-day Inter-region under-19 Cricket Championship match against Karachi Harbor (KH) at KCCA Stadium Thursday....
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Aussies recall Symonds
SYDNEY, Nov 10: Australia dropped struggling batsman Simon Katich and gave all-rounder Andrew Symonds another chance to revive his Test career on Thursday as selectors named a 12-man squad for the second Test against the West Indies....
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UAE rout Iran
KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Shehan Dharmasena smashed a masterly 109 while Rameez Shahzad weighed in with a solid half-century as UAE scored a massive 336-run victory over newcomers Iran in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-19 Cup....
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