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Setback for Pakistan as Shoaib misses entire series
LAHORE, Feb 12: Pakistan’s hopes for winning the one-day series against India received a huge setback on Sunday when it was confirmed that fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will miss the entire series because of his ankle injury....
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Kamran wants to improve further
LAHORE, Feb 12: Kamran Akmal says he has still to go a long way to become a world class wicket-keeper besides establishing himself as a reliable batsman....
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Inzamam to establish hospital
LAHORE, Feb 12: Emulating Imran Khan, Inzamamul Haq has also started the noble mission of establishing a general trust hospital in Multan. Inzamam made the announcement at a press conference on Sunday....
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Symonds, Ponting pulverise Sri Lanka in big victory
SYDNEY, Feb 12: Australia tore up the record books to thrash Sri Lanka by 167 runs in the second one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, forcing their best-of-three series into a deciding match....
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England reveal lack of spin resources
LONDON, Feb 12: Mirroring the poverty of England’s current spin resources, the national team fly to the spiritual home of slow bowling on Sunday with a trio of spinners boasting just three Test wickets between them....
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IOC will use all means to test drug cheats
TURIN/SESTRIERE (Italy), Feb 12: The International Olympic Committee said on Sunday it will use every means at its disposal to test athletes for drugs at the Winter Olympics....
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Davis Cup: Taiwan overcome Pakistan
TAIPEI, Feb 12: Pakistan went down 2-3 against Taiwan on Sunday in the Davis Cup Tennis Asia-Oceania Zone Group I first round at Taipei Tennis Club....
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Karachi Cup from next month
KARACHI, Feb 12: Karachi Cup football tournament would be held at People’s Stadium in third week of March, Sindh Sports Minister Qamar Mansoor told a meeting, according to an official hand out on Sunday....
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Ethiopian wins in Tokyo
TOKYO, Feb 12: Ethiopian Ambesse Tolossa produced a superb finish to win the Tokyo International Marathon on Sunday and deny Japan’s Toshinari Takaoka a second straight title....
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Final hole eagle gives Stadler biggest title
PERTH, Feb 12: American Kevin Stadler eagled the final hole to stave off a stern challenge from Australian Nick O’Hern to win the Classic event on Sunday....
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Horse-racing: Zoro outclasses rivals to grab feature event
LAHORE, Feb 12: Bay colt Zoro put up splendid show when he came in from behind to win the feature event run over 1200m during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Mauresmo wins French battle
PARIS, Feb 12: Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo continued her rich vein of form by beating Mary Pierce in the all-French final at the Paris Open here on Sunday....
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Tennis: Double success for Nasir
KARACHI, Feb 12: Living up to his billing, top seed Nasir Mushtaq advanced to the next round of juniors U-17 singles in the Open tennis championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday....
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Basketball: Samir helps Bounce Club triumph
KARACHI, Feb 12: Samir Elnour steered Bounce Club to a magnificent 73-39 points win over Neighbourhood Wolves in the final to win the inaugural AKU Inter-club basketball tournament at the Aga Khan University Sports and Recreation Centre on Saturday....
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Bridge: Two teams to represent Pakistan in Kolkata
KARACHI, Feb 12: National championship winners and runners-up Candyland and Data Steel would be representing Pakistan in the Saarc Bridge Championship schedule to be held at Kolkota (India) from Feb 24 to March 1, Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF) announced on Sunday....
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Hawks name 15-man squad
HYDERABAD, Feb 12: A 15- member squad of Hyderabad Hawks was announced on Sunday for participation in Twenty20 cricket tournament....
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Davis Cup
HOUSTON, Feb 12: Olympic gold medallist Jeremy Wariner anchored the US team to an indoor 4x400 metres relay world record of 3:01.96 in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday, USA Track & Field said on its website....
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Squad named for Tehran
LAHORE, Feb 12: Pakistan announced a seven-member wrestling team which would compete in the Takhti Cup to be held in Tehran from Feb 22 to 24....
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Khawar, Amin elected as PBA officials
LAHORE, Feb 12: Syed Khawer Shah and Chaudhry Amin were elected as president and secretary of the Punjab Baseball Association (PBA) for next four years....
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Vishal Singh shines
LAHORE, Feb 12: Four goals by Vishal Singh, supported by 1 1-2 goal handicap helped Candyland win the Nurpur High Goal Cup beating Guard Rice 8 1-2-8 in the final on Sunday....
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