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Mansoor and Aamir guide Pakistan Seniors to victory
KARACHI, April 25: Former Test stars Mansoor Akhtar and Aamir Sohail hit scintillating half centuries as Pakistan Seniors defeated India Seniors by seven wickets to level the four-match one-day series at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Tuesday.... 
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Amir Hamza propels Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan defeated Pakistan ‘A’ 3-0 on Tuesday in the AFC Under-14 Festival of Football, thanks to a brace of goals by Amir Hamza....
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Pentangular Cup: Sami and Wasim help Bankers lift title
LAHORE, April 25: Test fast bowler Mohammad Sami produced an inspired burst to help National Bank claim the Pentangular Cup with a crushing innings and 181-run defeat of Karachi Harbour in...
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Ashes series casts shadow over ICC’s Champions Trophy
NEW DELHI, April 25: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy in India later this year could be without top stars from Australia and England due to the Ashes series....
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Pakistani nominees snubbed by ICC
DUBAI, April 25: Pakistan’s four nominees Talat Ali, Naushad Ali, Hasan Jamil and Pervez Sajjad were rejected as match referee by the International Cricket Council (ICC)....
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Ashraful dropped for second one-dayer
FATULLAH (Bangladesh), April 25: Bangladesh''s cricket selectors on Tuesday dropped the country''s best-known batsman Mohammad Ashraful for the second One-day International against Australia....
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Yuvraj prospers after Ganguly exit
MUMBAI, April 25: Batsman Yuvraj Singh has capitalised on the exit of former captain Saurav Ganguly from the Indian team and is now looking to carry that form into next month''s tour of West Indies....
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Tharanga starts tour with century
LONDON, April 25: Upul Tharanga moved closer to a place at the top of the Sri Lanka batting order in the forthcoming Test against England at Lord''s after his hundred against the British Universities....
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Pakistan beaten twice
KARACHI, April 25: Scotland whitewashed Pakistan straight 3-0 in the second round of Div 3 group J World Team Table Tennis Championship at Bremen, Germany, on Tuesday, according to information made available here....
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Welcome boost for Zimbabwe
ST JOHN''S, April 25: Zimbabwe gained a welcome boost of confidence ahead of their seven-match One-day International series with West Indies, when they prevailed over Antigua and Barbuda by four wickets in a limited-overs practice match on Monday....
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Bond out of South Africa tour
CAPE TOWN, April 25: Shane Bond''s knee injury has ruled him out of the rest of New Zealand''s tour of South Africa. The injury also kept express bowler Bond out of...
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Abbottabad likely venue for training camp
ABBOTTABAD, April 25: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to organise a training camp for national team’s prepration for the forthcoming series against England at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in June....
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Nazir retires as Test umpire
LAHORE, April 25: Former Test spinner Mohammad Nazir retired as Test umpire after supervising last round match of the Pentangular Cup between National Bank and Karachi Harbour at the Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday....
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Asim’s heroics go in vain
LAHORE, April 25: Despite a lion-hearted spell of bowling from paceman Asim Butt, PIA pulled of a narrow three-wicket victory overt Sialkot in the Pentangular Cup fixture at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday....
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Key to captain England ‘A’
LONDON, April 25: Kent captain Robert Key will lead England ‘A’ against Sri Lanka in a four-day tour match at Worcester starting on May 4, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday....
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Wajih steers NG into semis
KARACHI, April 25: Wajihuddin cracked a sparkling half century to steer Nazimabad Gymkhana into the semifinals of the KCCA inter-club cricket championship with an eight-wicket win over Cantt Sports at the TMC ground on Monday....
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O’Sullivan rallies to complete quarterfinal lineup
SHEFFIELD (England), April 25: World number one Ronnie O''Sullivan came from behind to beat qualifier Ryan Day on Monday and complete the world championship quarterfinal lineup....
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Ferrero launches title bid in style
BARCELONA, April 25: Former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero made a confident start to his title bid at the Barcelona Open on Monday when he thrashed Belgium''s Kristof Vliegen 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round....
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PTF’s strange decision to train on clay
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The Pakistan Tennis Federation''s (PTF) has decided on Tuesday to hold the junior Fed Cup camp on clay for a tournament which is to be contested on hard courts....
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Barca needs draw to reach final
BARCELONA (Spain), April 25: FC Barcelona needs only a draw with six-time winner AC Milan on Wednesday to reach its fifth Champions League final. And that would leave Frank Rijkaard''s side...
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Soccer: Ronaldinho world’s highest paid footballer
PARIS, April 25: Brazilian Ronaldinho has overtaken David Beckham as the world''s highest-paid player, according to France Football magazine....
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Malbranque strikes for Fulham
LONDON, April 25: French midfielder Steed Malbranque scored just before the break on Monday to give Fulham a 1-0 win over Wigan in their Premier League clash....
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Basketball probables
KARACHI, April 25: The Sindh Women Basketball Association on Tuesday named 22 probables for short camp at the end of trials for the coming National women basketball championship being held at the city’s women sports complex from May 2....
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Ramzan takes two-shot lead
LAHORE, April 25: Mohammad Ramzan led the Under-21 event of the first Punjab junior golf championship with a score of 75 at the Lahore Gymkhana course on Tuesday....
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