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Aussies claim gold in bruising final
MELBOURNE, March 26: Australia outplayed Pakistan 3-0 in a bruising, ill-tempered final on Sunday to claim their third successive Commonwealth Games hockey gold medal. Penalty corner goals in each half by...
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Red card to Tariq cost us: coach
MELBORUNE, March 26: Pakistan hockey coach Asif Bajwa said on Sunday red card to Tariq Aziz in the hockey final against Australia was the turning point which resulted in 3-0 defeat....
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Hosts fall short of all-time record as games conclude
MELBOURNE, March 26: Mighty Australia fell agonisingly short of the Commonwealth Games gold medal record on Sunday but the hosts reconfirmed their place as the event’s superpower with a huge 84 titles....
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17th spot for Pakistan
MELBOURNE, March 26: Pakistan with one gold, three silver and one bronze finished the 18th Commonwealth Games by taking overall 17th place in the competition of 71 countries....
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Horse-racing: Bang On Target grabs Pakistan Day Cup
KARACHI, March 26: Mare Bang On Target who was installed favourite at the last moment returned with flying colours to capture the prized Pakistan Day Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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First day washed out in Colombo
COLOMBO, March 26: The first day of opening Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was washed out on Sunday after heavy rains in the capital city....
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Lara regains form in rain-hit Test
NAPIER (New Zealand), March 26: A classy 83 from Brian Lara and an unbeaten 70 from Runako Morton carried the West Indies to 256 for four against New Zealand before further...
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Lee puts Australia on top as South Africa collapse
 DURBAN, March 26: Australia moved into a commanding position after South Africa collapsed against the second new ball on the third day of the second Test against Australia at Kingsmead on Sunday....
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Naseer excels in deaf series
MULTAN, March 26: All-rounder Naseer Butt hit a whirlwind fifty and took two wickets to lead Pakistan to a 101-run victory over India in the second one-dayer of the deaf cricket series at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday....
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Jaffar shines as KB lift title
LAHORE, March 26: A splendid all-round performance by Jaffar Qureshi helped Karachi Blues win the eighth Inter-city Seniors cricket cup with a five-wicket defeat of Lahore Whites in the 12-a-side rain-hit final at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday....
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More Sierra Leone athletes go missing
MELBOURNE, March 26: Three more Sierra Leone athletes have gone missing at the Commonwealth Games, bringing to 14 the number that have vanished, sparking a furious response from the government in Freetown....
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Delhi Blues to visit Lahore
LAHORE, March 26: The Delhi Blues, an Indian women cricket team, will tour Lahore from March 29 to April 7 to play five ODIs against Pakistan Greens....
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Galle may host SA Test
COLOMBO, March 26: Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities are hopeful that the tsunami-hit Galle International Stadium will be ready to host a Test match against South Africa in August....
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Zone-I trials today
KARACHI, March 26: Karachi City Cricket Association announced on Sunday that the one-day trials to select two KCCA Zone-I teams for the PCB Under-16 cricket tournament will be conducted on Monday at 2.00pm...
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Electrocutionist proves richest race live wire
DUBAI, March 26: Electrocutionist, ridden by Frankie Dettori, displayed all the characteristics of a street fighter to win the six million dollar Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba racecourse on Saturday....
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Ames surges into one-shot advantage
PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida), March 26: Canada’s Stephen Ames recovered from an early double-bogey to edge one shot clear in treacherous, gusting winds at the Players Championship on Saturday....
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United regain second spot
LONDON, March 26: Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney steered Manchester United back to second place in the Premier League after a 3-0 win over struggling Birmingham City on Sunday....
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Yousuf, Atiq stunned
KARACHI, March 26: Top seed Mohammad Yousuf and fifth seed Atiq Latif Bux tasted shocking defeats as four ranking players met their waterloo and failed to advance to the knock out stage in the 31st National snooker championship Sunday....
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PM Golf: Shabbir, Inayat share honours
RAWALPINDI, March 26: Shabbir Iqbal captured the top professionals’ prize with a comfortable four-stroke lead and Inayatullah Yousufzai grabbed the title trophy in the Prime Minister Gold Medal Open Golf Championship on Sunday....
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Shock exit for Clijsters as Henman ends jinx
MIAMI, March 26: Champion Kim Clijsters suffered a shock defeat at the ATP/WTA Open on Saturday when she was ambushed 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the second round by unseeded American Jill Craybas....
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Women squash to mark Pakistan Day
HYDERABAD, March 26: Hyderabad District Squash Association would organise First National Open Women Squash 2006 in collaboration with SSA at the Hyderabad Gymkhana to mark Pakistan Day’s celebrations....
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Fancied Royal Gambler captures Dream Cup
LAHORE, March 26: Fancied chestnut gelding, Royal Gambler, proved a good gamble for owner-trainer M. Hanif Shera winning the Nero’s Dream Cup run over 1200 metres during the 30th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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