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Sajid Mahmood picked in reshaped Test attack LONDON, May 7: Pace bowler Sajid Mahmood, a cousin of Britain''s most exciting young professional boxer Amir Khan, has been selected in a reshaped England squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka starting at Lord''s on Thursday.... 
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Bookmakers reign supreme on day of upset
KARACHI, May 7: The bookmakers reigned supreme in what turned out to be a day of upsets in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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South Africa seal series victory over Kiwis
JOHANNESBURG, May 7: Captain Graeme Smith scored his second half-century of the match to guide South Africa to victory in the third and final Test against New Zealand on Sunday....
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Soccer: Henry’s hat trick earns Arsenal spot in Champions League
LONDON, May 7: Thierry Henry scored an emotional hat trick as Arsenal said farewell to Highbury with a 4-2 win over Wigan Athletic to earn a place in the Champions League...
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Zimbabwe face stiff task
GEORGETOWN, May 7: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Runako Morton and Brian Lara smashed half-centuries to propel the West Indies to a mammoth total in the fourth One-day International against Zimbabwe on Sunday....
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PHF names jr squad for Poland
PESHAWAR, May 7: Pakistan Hockey Federation on Sunday announced an 18-member national junior hockey team for the eight-nation tournament from May 29 in Poland....
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Trio held in custody
LAHORE, May 7: Three players of the Pakistan ‘A’ squad were kept in custody by Abu Dhabi police before the EurAsia Cricket Series final on Friday for over speeding, said team manager Shafiq Ahmed....
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Champions outclass Yorkshire
LONDON, May 7: Jason Gillespie turned in a miserly spell for Yorkshire but it was not enough to prevent defending champions Sussex winning by five wickets on the final day of their County Championship match at Headingley on Saturday....
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Golf: Immelman and Goosen stay in contention CHARLOTTE (North Carolina), May 7: Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman kept the South African flag flying high with strong finishes in the Wachovia Championship third round on Saturday....
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Al-Muslim CC triumph
ISLAMABAD, May 7: An unbeaten half century by Danish Hanif helped XI Star score a six-wicket victory over Al-Muslim Club in the ICA Margalla Festival Cricket Tournament on Sunday....
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Imran, Farhan shine
LAHORE, May 7: Fine batting by Test opener Imran Farhat and Farhan Ashraf helped Prince Club beat Lahore Gymkhana by 66 runs in the first match of the 9th Servis Cup cricket tournament on Sunday....
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Salman sparkles
LAHORE, May 7: A century by Test opener Salman Butt helped Anwar Sports made the quarterfinals of the M. Siddiq memorial cricket tournament with a 126-run win over Free Batters on Sunday....
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Nalbandian overpowers Davydenko
LISBON, May 7: Top seed David Nalbandian of Argentina beat Russia''s Nikolay Davydenko to take the men''s singles title at the Estoril Open on Sunday....
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Schumacher back on trail
NUERBURGRING, May 7: Ferrari''s Michael Schumacher won his home European Grand Prix on Sunday to prove the doubters wrong and put himself firmly back on the title trail....
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China retain Thomas Cup
TOKYO, May 7: World number one Lin Dan battled past Peter Gade as China whitewashed Denmark 3-0 to retain the Thomas Cup on Sunday....
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Hameed to set up academy
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan''s former Davis Cup captain Hameedul Haq on Sunday announced plans of setting up a tennis academy in Islamabad....
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Hyderabad qualify for Sindh Games
HYDERABAD, May 7: Hyderabad district qualified to participate in 10th Sindh Games by winning cycle race, hockey final and swimming competition in Sindh Sports Board Inter-district Regional Games 2006 on Sunday....
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Alam topples Iltifat
KARACHI, May 7: Rizwan Shamsi downed Eijaz Sarhadi in straight sets to cruise into last four of 35 plus singles in the National Seniors tennis championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday....
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Wapda triumph
LAHORE, May 7: Wapda with 30 points won the first Inter-departmental women judo championship on Sunday. Army fought well as they earned the second spot with a difference of only two points to the leaders....
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Futsal squad for Jordan
LAHORE, May 7: Pakistan women squad will leave for Jordan on Tuesday to make international debut in futsal when Jordan Football Association will host women futsal championship at Amman from May 11....
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MTG move ahead
LAHORE, May 7: A knock of 63 by Khurram Younis enabled Model Town Greens qualify for the league stage of the 10th Tauseef Trophy cricket championship beating Muslim Gymkhana by 22 runs at the Model Town ground on Sunday....
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Owais guides AKU
KARACHI, May 7: Hosts Aga Khan University got the better of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) 72-62 points in the final to win the fifth AKU Inter University basketball trophy at the formers court the other day....
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