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Super Singh helps India clinch ODI series
MULTAN, Feb 16: Left-arm seamer Rudra Pratap Singh snared four wickets on Thursday and helped India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the fourth One-day International to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series....
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Tickets become scarce commodity
KARACHI, Feb 16: Selling tickets for this season’s international cricket matches in the country has become burdensome for the private bank entrusted with the task....
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Umar ruled out of final ODI
MULTAN, Feb 16: Pakistan will be without fast bowler Umar Gul for the fifth and final One-day International against India. Umar, who missed the fourth match on Thursday due to a...
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Kiwis edge West Indies out after tie
AUCKLAND, Feb 16: New Zealand beat the West Indies in a “bowl-out” after their Twenty20 match ended in a tie on Thursday. The match was decided by a soccer-style shootout in...
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Jayawardene to lead Sri Lanka in BD
COLOMBO, Feb 16: Sri Lanka have named Mahela Jayawardene as captain for the tour of Bangladesh starting this week. Jayawardene takes over from Marvan Atapattu who has been rested after struggling with back problems during the recent tri-series in Australia....
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Arch rivals clash in hockey series from today
CHANDIGARH, Feb 16: After cricket, another epic rivalry between India and Pakistan will be witnessed when two South Asian hockey giants clash in first of six-match home-and-away series on Friday....
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Patron’s Cup semis tomorrow
LAHORE, Feb 16: Customs will meet Wapda while ZTBL play Habib Bank in the semifinals of the Patron’s Cup to be held simultaneously in Karachi on Saturday....
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Savchuk shocks Hantuchova to reach last eight
ANTWERP, Feb 16: Ukrainian Olga Savchuk upset ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-3 at the Proximus Diamond Games on Thursday to book a quarterfinal place against Russia’s Nadia Petrova....
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Leading contenders in fray for Derby Trial
LAHORE, Feb 16: The Derby Trial, Lahore’s most prestigious 2000m prize for four-year-old colts and fillies, which features majority of Pakistan Derby 2006 contenders will be run at the Racecourse on Sunday (Feb 19)....
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Aqeel whips Nomi to retain crown
KARACHI, Feb 16: Pakistan’s top tennis player, Aqeel Khan, on Thursday retained his men’s singles crown when he downed Nomi Qamar in straight sets in the Open tennis championship at Karachi Gymkhana....
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Pakistani sailors well placed
KARACHI, Feb 16: Two Pakistani pairs competing in the World Enterprise sailing championship at Colombo are placed among top five at the end of six races on Thursday....
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Thaworn steals thunder
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16: Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand took the clubhouse lead with a sizzling seven-under par 65 in a rain-disrupted first round of the Malaysian Open on Thursday....
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Umpires told to improve English
LAHORE, Feb 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has instructed its elite’s panel of umpires to improve their English language speaking skills as soon as possible....
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Aqeel, Jalil refused Indian visa
KARACHI, Feb 16: The Indian High Commission have refused to entertain visa applications of Davis Cuppers Aqeel Khan and Jalil Khan who were scheduled to fly to Delhi on Friday to compete in four-leg ITF Satellite spread over a month....
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