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Weather has the last laugh in Lahore Test: Sehwag, Dravid fail to set world record
LAHORE, Jan 17: Predictably, the first Test between Pakistan and India ended on Tuesday in an aimless draw at the wet and murky Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday....
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Skippers pray for sporting tracks
LAHORE, Jan 17: Rival skippers Inzamamul Haq and Rahul Dravid are hopeful of sporting pitches in the remaining two Tests in the ongoing series between Pakistan and India....
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Pakistan lost advantage: Imran
LAHORE, Jan 17: Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan thinks that Pakistan has lost initial psychological advantage over India in the current series following a ruthless batting display by Virender Sehwag in company of Rahul Dravid in first Test....
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Inzamam fears fans will stay away
LAHORE, Jan 17: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has expressed fears that flat pitches which do not encourage results will eventually keep people away from Test matches in the country....
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Sri Lanka shrug off poor form to humble Proteas
BRISBANE, Jan 17: A determined Sri Lanka shrugged off a recent run of poor one-day form and humbled South Africa in the tri-series limited overs competition at the Gabba on Tuesday....
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West Indies U-19 team leaves for Pakistan
BRIDGETOWN, Jan 17: Representing West Indies means a lot to 14 players who have been selected for ICC Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka and they promised to do all to win the tournament next month. ...
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Time for Aussies to behave properly: McGrath
SYDNEY, Jan 17: Feisty Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath believes the time has come for his colleagues to start behaving themselves following a spate of citings for bad behaviour on-field....
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Hingis marks return with impressive win
MELBOURNE, Jan 17: Martina Hingis marked her return to Grand Slam action with a thumping victory and Swiss compatriot Roger Federer was almost as impressive at the Australian Open on Tuesday....
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Badminton: Gade blasts new scoring system
BIRMINGHAM,(England), Jan 17: Former world number one Peter Gade has launched a scathing attack on the new scoring system which is about to start on the world circuit....
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Pakistan proposes Enterprise inclusion: Qatar Asian Games
KARACHI, Jan 17: In a last ditch effort, Pakistan, once a powerhouse in Enterprise Class sailing boat, has proposed the regional body to include the boat in the Qatar Asian Games regatta being held at the fag end of the year....
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Commonwealth Games: World’s fastest man may contest
MELBOURNE,(Australia), Jan 17: The world’s fastest man Asafa Powell is expected to compete at the Commonwealth Games after recovering from injury problems that kept him out of the world championships, a report said on Tuesday....
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New scoring system for C’wealth Games
LONDON, Jan 17: The Commonwealth Games badminton events in Melbourne will use a new best-of-three, first to 21-points scoring system (3x21), the International Badminton Federation (IBF) said on Tuesday....
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BHA office-bearers
LAHORE, Jan 17: Lt. Gen (retd) Qadir Baloch and Qaiser Khan Luni have been unanimously elected as president and secretary of Balochistan Hockey Association (BHA) for a term of four years....
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Injured Kallis may head home
BRISBANE, Jan 17: South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis is expected to be rushed home and may be in doubt for the start of the return one-day series against Australia there in February and March, skipper Graeme Smith confirmed on Tuesday....
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Sajjad named KIB skipper
KARACHI, Jan 17: Sajjad Mirza was named on Tuesday to lead the Karachi Intermediate Board (KIB) team in the Inter-board cricket championship starting from Jan 25....
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Bankers struggle
LAHORE, Jan 17: Habib Bank were in danger of conceding first innings after stumbling to 138 for six lead against PTCL on the third day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I quadrangular round match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday....
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Training camps resume
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The national training camps for the March 15-26 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne (Australia), and Aug 17-27 South Asian Games in Colombo, Sri Lanka resumed in different cities simultaneously on Tuesday after 10-day Eid holidays....
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No compromise on age-limit
QUETTA Jan 17: President of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, has said that PFF would not compromise on the practice of fielding overage players in the coming National U-14 football championship....
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Sohail Abbas to lead SSGC
KARACHI, Jan 17: Former Olympian Sohail Abbas has been named to lead an 18-member Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) squad in the departmental round of the 53rd National hockey championship starting from Jan 20....
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KESC thrash Baloch Club
LAHORE Jan 17: Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) opened their campaign in the final phase of the second PFF Football League Cup with a 3-0 win over Baloch Club, Quetta, in Group-I at Karachi’s CDGK Stadium on Tuesday....
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