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Twenty20 Cup: Fiery Asif sends Wolves reeling to defeat
KARACHI, March 1: Test paceman Mohammad Asif stole thunder with a five-wicket haul as Sialkot Stallions continued their relentless march towards winning their first Twenty20 Cup cricket championship on Wednesday.... 
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Depleted England wobble as Irfan strikes thrice
NAGPUR (India), March 1: India paceman Irfan Pathan grabbed three wickets to leave injury-depleted England struggling at 246-7 at the end of day one of the first Test on Wednesday....
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Asian World Cup bid yet to be submitted: ICC
LONDON, March 1: Australia and New Zealand have submitted a bid covering both the 2011 and 2015 World Cups and England want to host the 2015 event, the ICC said on Wednesday....
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Vincent century spearheads New Zealand’s victory
NAPIER (New Zealand), March 1: An uncharacteristically restrained century from opener Lou Vincent guided New Zealand to a comfortable 91-run victory over the West Indies in their One-day International on Wednesday....
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Rubab, Kiran expect valuable experience
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Rubab Raza who was Pakistan’s first female Olympic swimmer at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens is now set for a maiden appearance at this month’s Commonwealth Games....
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Shahbaz, Nasim emerge Pakistan’s fastest man, woman: Army, Wapda retain trophies
KARACHI, March 1: Fancied Army and Wapda lived up to their top billing to retain the men and women trophies in the 40th National Athletic Championship which concluded at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre on Tuesday....
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Tennis: Yasir extended by Nasir
KARACHI, March 1: Talented Yasir Khan was stretched to limits by fighting Nasir Mushtaq on his way to enter men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the Greener Pakistan National Hard Court tennis at the Karachi Gymkhana on Wednesday....
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Sonia obliges punters
KARACHI, March 1: Sonia, 11-year-old bay mare, delighted the racing fraternity by repeating her winning feat in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Wednesday....
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Maharoof, Samaraweera rescue Sri Lanka
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), March 1: Farveez Maharoof and Thilan Samaraweera rescued Sri Lanka with gritty half-centuries on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Wednesday....
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Tennis: Unknown Kuwaiti extends Federer
DUBAI, March 1 A passive Roger Federer struggled to defeat Kuwait’s Mohammed Al Ghareeb 7-6 6-4 at the Dubai Open on Wednesday....
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Triple hat trick by rampaging Cuitino
LAHORE, March 1: Eleven-goal Guillermo Cuitino including three hat tricks stole the show in Diamond Paints 13-8 win over Union Bank in the national Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup polo at the LPC ground on Wednesday....
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5 foreigners for COAS squash
ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) International Squash Championship which opened on Saturday has attracted five foreign players....
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KU wins girls’ badminton title
HYDERABAD, March 1: Karachi University won girls badminton crown defeating Sindh University 2-0 in the sports gala on Wednesday. KU’s Maria beat Sumera Shaikh 13-10, 13-10, 11-17 while Maria and Banish defeated Sumera and Paras Bhatti 15-04, 15-0....
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24 invited for camp
LAHORE, March 1: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday invited 24 probables to assemble at the Qadhafi Stadium next week for a conditioning camp before a 16-member squad is picked for this month’s tour of Sri Lanka....
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Smith could be key to series: Buchanan
CAPE TOWN, March 1: Australian coach John Buchanan says that his side’s ability to dismiss South African captain and opener Graeme Smith could be the key in deciding the current One-day International series....
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Cook elated after ‘weird’ debut
NAGPUR, March 1: England opening batsman Alastair Cook was elated and feeling “weird” after scoring a fluent 60 on his Test debut against India on Wednesday....
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DHA outclass Soldiers
LAHORE, March 1: DHA Club retained the national rugby title, thrashing Army 12-0 in the final at the DHA Stadium on Wednesday. Unlike their pool match against each other which...
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UAE rout Pakistan
KARACHI, March 1: A late four-goal burst and a weak Pakistani defence propelled UAE to a 4-1 victory over hosts in the Asian Cup soccer qualifiers at People’s Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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New chef de mission
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Kamran Lashari has been elevated as the chef de mission of the Pakistan contingent for this month’s Commonwealth Games. Lt. Gen Safdar Hussain, the original head of the...
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Tahira, Tania declared best athletes
PESHAWAR, March 1: Tahira Naz of the Government Higher Secondary School, Chamkani, and Tania Khan of the Peshawar Model Degree College were declared best athletes of 2005-6 of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education games held on Wednesday....
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Snooker: Top seed Irfan struggles
KARACHI, March 1: Top seed Irfan Rasheed Khan was given testing time on Wednesday by Asif Motiwala before carving his third win in the 14th Sindh Cup snooker at the Snooker Zone Club....
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Setback for India
NEW DELHI, March 1: Indian hockey campaign for forthcoming Melbourne Commonwealth Games suffered a huge setback with skipper Dilip Tirkey and goalkeeper Adrian D’Souza opting out of the squad....
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Aftab shines for CAS
KARACHI, March 1: Hammad Aftab steered CAS School to victory over City School Gulshan Iqbal campus in the Inter-school basketball tournament which got underway at the Jinnah University court, Korangi the other day....
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Iftikhar strikes twice
KARACHI, March 1: Iftikhar Ahmed scored twice including the decider as Pak PWD edged out United Hockey Club of Mirpurkhas 4-3 in Sindh Inter-clubs regional hockey championship on Wednesday....
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