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| March 23, 2006 | Thursday | Safar 22, 1427 |
Pakistan make sure of trophy berth with series win
COLOMBO, March 22: Pakistan secured a place in the ICC Champions Trophy after defeating Sri Lanka by four wickets in their third and final One-day International on Wednesday to seal a 2-0 series victory....
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Flintoff-inspired England square Test series
MUMBAI, March 22: England ended a 21-year victory drought in India on Wednesday when Andrew Flintoff’s men thrashed the hosts by 212 runs in the third and final Test to enable the tourists to draw the series 1-1....
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Pakistan squeeze past Malaysia to face England in semifinal
MELBOURNE, March 22: Pakistan defeated Malaysia 6-5 in a brilliant field hockey match on Wednesday that lifted both teams into the Commonwealth Games semifinals at India’s expense....
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Boxing: Meher storms into last four; Asghar beaten
MELBOURNE, March 22: Meherullah Lassi assured of a bronze when he advanced to the semfinals of the Commonwealth Games featherweight category with an impressive 25-11 points victory over Scotland’s Jason Hastie on Wednesday....
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Indian shooter closer to record haul
MELBOURNE, March 22: India’s top marksman Samaresh Jung stole the limelight on Wednesday but Asian hockey players, weightlifters and boxers all stepped up to the mark, and there was rare success in the swimming pool....
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Saleh, Yousuf maintain winning run
KARACHI, March 22: Top seeds continued their winning run by brushing aside their opponent’s to conjure up second successive win in the 31st National snooker championship at Snooker Zone on Wednesday....
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Wolves face Eagles in Gold League final today KARACHI, March 22: Faisalabad Wolves will be eager to maintain their unblemished record in the National One-day Regional Gold Cricket Championship when they face Lahore Eagles in the final at the National Stadium on Thursday....
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Tennis gets ‘Hawkeye’ technology
MIAMI, (Florida), March 22: American Jamea Jackson created a little slice of tennis history on Wednesday after becoming the first player ever to use the ‘Hawkeye’ technology to challenge a line-call....
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South Africans are mentally frail: Warne
DURBAN, March 22: Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne described South Africa’s cricketers on Wednesday as mentally frail with suspect technique. Leg-spinner Warne said South Africa’s performance in the first test in Cape...
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Double joy for England
LONDON, March 22: England were given an extra reason to celebrate on Wednesday when the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that they had qualified for the second stage of October’s Champions Trophy one-day tournament in India....
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Easy times for favourites
LAHORE, March 22: All seeded players moved into the quarterfinals of the men’s singles of the All Pakistan tennis championship at the Bagh-i-Jinnah grass courts on Wednesday....
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Bookies cut English Ashes odds
LONDON, March 22: British bookmakers have slashed the odds on England retaining the Ashes in Australia after Andrew Flintoff skippered the side to their first Test win in India since 1985....
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Six-wkt haul by Sajid
KARACHI, March 22: Off-spinner Sajid Ali captured six wickets for mere 12 runs to help Hamdam CC beat Asifabad Sports by 41 runs in the KCCA Inter-club cricket championship at the Asifabad Ground on Tuesday....
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Former BCCP official passes away
LAHORE, March 22: Masood Salahuddin (91), who played unofficial Test cricket for All India team, died here on Tuesday night after protracted illness. He was 91....
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Islamabad and Lahore in final
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Islamabad and Lahore convincingly won their semifinals at F-9 Park on Wednesday to march into the final of the national cricket tournament for the blind....
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Rameez hits century
KARACHI, March 22: Rameez Raja struck a superb hundred in KESC’s massive 178-run victory over Investigation Police in the in DHA Inter-departmental cricket championship at the KCCA Stadium on Tuesday....
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Flintoff for home to see son
MUMBAI, March 22: England captain Andrew Flintoff will fly home early on Thursday to see his new-born son, a day after leading his injury-hit side to victory in the final Test....
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St Pat’s claim U-14 title
KARACHI, March 22: St Patrick’s School clinched the inaugural Inter-school Under-14 football championship with a solitary goal victory over Foundation Public School in the final at CDGK Stadium on Wednesday....
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Punjab and AJK in final
LAHORE, March 22: Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) marched into final of the Inter-provincial Under-17 hockey championship at the National Hockey Stadium (NHS) on Wednesday....
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Aamir and Khayal lose in doubles
KARACHI, March 22: Decline of Pakistan’s squash continued in the Commonwealth Games when last hopes for a medal in the game — Aamir Atlas Khan and Khayal Mohammad Khan — fell in their first match of doubles event....
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Islamabad and LW advance
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Lahore Whites and Islamabad scored victories on Wednesday in the National Hockey Championship preliminaries to qualify for the main round. Whites thumped Kohat 8-0 and Islamabad defeated Rawalpindi...
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Moin snatches match-winner
LAHORE, March 22: Moin Yaqub’s goal helped Punjab Police carve out 6-5 win against Garden Gas in the Punjab Police polo cup on Wednesday. Two goal handicap helped Garden Gas led the first chukker 3-2....
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56 players attend trials
KARACHI, March 22: Two-day trials to select two Karachi regional teams commenced on Wednesday with 56 players appeared at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium....
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PTF retains squad
KARACHI, March 22: Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Wednesday named four-member team for the Asia Oceania zone Davis Cup tie against India being held at Mumbai from April 7 to 9....
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Sir Syed, Abdullah in final
KARACHI, March 22: Defending champion Sir Syed College and Abdullah College cruised into the final of the Karachi Board Inter-collegiate girls’ throwball tournament after winning their pre-finals on Wednesday....
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Gold Medal golf
RAWALPINDI, March 22: The Prime Minister Gold Medal Open Championship starts off Thursday at the Rawalpindi Golf Club with the senior professionals and subsidiary events. Organisers said that the event for professionals and amateurs will begin on Friday....
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