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Inzamam’s return bolsters Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has recovered from a nagging back injury and will take his place in the opening One-day International of the five-match series against India on Monday....
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Afridi, Dhoni gear up for great contest
PESHAWAR, Feb 5: The five-match ODI series, which explodes into action from Monday, will provide a great contest between big-hitters Shahid Afridi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni....
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Australia trounce Proteas
SYDNEY, Feb 5: Australia crushed South Africa by 57 runs on Sunday in another lop-sided triangular series one-day match at the Sydney Cricket Ground....
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McGrath misses finals
SYDNEY, Feb 5: Glenn McGrath has ruled himself out of Australia’s remaining international matches this summer after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, Cricket Australia announced on Sunday....
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Horse-racing: Victory Road justifies favouritism LAHORE, Feb 5: Victory Road justified favouritism when she landed the 1000 Guineas Of Pakistan Classic outclassing the field at the flood-lit Racecourse before a large crowd on Sunday....
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English Soccer: Chelsea down Liverpool
LONDON, Feb 5: Chelsea emerged from a spate of draws to grind out a 2-0 victory over Liverpool and re-open their 15-point lead in the Premier League on Sunday....
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Woods stuns Els in sudden death play-off
DUBAI, Feb 5: Tiger Woods finally drew his line in the sand when he won the Dubai Desert Classic for the first time on Sunday defeating great rival Ernie Els in a sudden death play-off....
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U-19 World Cup: Cooper guides Aussies to easy win
COLOMBO, Feb 5: Australia’s new generation launched the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on Sunday with a crushing 175-run victory over in Group ‘B’ with opener Tom Cooper hitting the tournament’s first century....
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Dementieva dashes Hingis’ hopes
TOKYO, Feb 5: Elena Dementieva dashed any hopes of a comeback victory for Martina Hingis by beating the four-times champion to win the singles title at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Sunday....
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Temporary relief for Baghdatis
NICOSIA, Feb 5: Marcos Baghdatis was granted a temporary exemption from military service with the Cypriot army, allowing him to concentrate on his career....
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Pakistani shooters need specialised training
KARACHI, Feb 5: Pakistani marksmen have enormous potential but their skills need to be further polished under consistent specialised training. “The marksmen, particularly the young shooters, were going through hard...
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Ex-Davis Cupper critical of training in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: As the Pakistan tennis team was getting ready to leave for Taiwan, a question mark hung over their preparations for the Asia Oceania Davis Cup Group I tie starting Friday....
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Hockey: Training camp in full swing
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Players attending the national hockey camp have begun their training in earnest for this month’s Test series with India....
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Polo: Bankers annex trophy
LAHORE, Feb 5: Four-goal Hissam Ali Hyder guided Bank Alfalah to capture the Sahar Polo Cup, defeating Guard Filters 6-4 in the final on Sunday. Hissam fired back-to-back field goals as the bankers led the first chukker 2-0....
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First major success for Zahid
LAHORE, Feb 5: Zahid Khan won the 22nd Governor’s Cup golf trophy title after being locked with second day leader Tashfeen Ashraf at 205, each at Lahore Gymkhana course on Sunday....
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Extra time goals put Punjab in final
LAHORE, Feb 5: Asif and Luqman’s extra time goals helped Punjab reach National under-14 soccer championship final after a 3-1 victory over Islamabad at Punjab Stadium on Sunday....
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Ivory Coast in semifinal
CAIRO, Feb 5: Ivory Coast beat Cameroon 12-11 on penalties after extra time finished 1-1 on Saturday to line up an African Nations Cup semi-final against Nigeria....
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Shaheed-i-Millat soccer
KARACHI, Feb 5: All-Pakistan Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan football tournament will be played from Feb 17 to March 12 at Colony Sports Football Stadium, Malir, says a press release on Sunday....
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Shooting course
KARACHI, Feb 5: The National Rifle Association of Pakistan would organise a coaching course for coaches at the Naval Shooting Range in May....
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Amir picks up top Asian sports award
LONDON, Feb 5: Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan been named sports personality of the year at a ceremony to honour British Asians....
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