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Clear me or tour is over, warns Inzamam
LONDON, Aug 22: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq issued a stark warning to cricket chiefs on Tuesday: Clear me of ball tampering or the tour of England is finished.... 
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Pakistan’s fixture against Middlesex in doubt
LONDON, Aug 22: Pakistan''s one-day match against Middlesex on Thursday has been thrown into doubt following the fallout over the tourists’ fourth Test forfeiture against England....
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Hair stands by his decision
SYDNEY, Aug 22: Australian umpire Darrell Hair is standing by his decision to penalise Pakistan at the Oval on Sunday and said he would fight any move to oust him....
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Pakistani lifters excel again with two golds in Games
COLOMBO, Aug 22: Pakistani weightlifters continued with their impressive gold-spree in the 10th South Asia Games by winning two more medals to wrap up the event on a fine note on Tuesday....
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Jamali replaces Kirmani as PHF chief
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday appointed Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali as the new president of Pakistan Hockey Federation after Tariq Kirmani resigned the post....
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Richards blames ICC for row
LONDON, Aug 22: West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards believes cricket game''s rulers should take their share of blame over Pakistan ball-tampering fiasco. Though Richards admits he does not know full...
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Australians hail Hair as bravest man in cricket
SYDNEY, Aug 22: Reviled in Pakistan and ridiculed in England, umpire Darrell Hair has been lauded in Australia as the bravest man in cricket for abiding by what he considers to be of paramount importance: the rules....
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Eyebrows raised at Fletcher’s meeting with match referee
LONDON, Aug 22: The ball-tampering saga took an electrifying twist when it was revealed that Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, had visited the match referee on the morning of the controversy at The Oval....
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Ticket holders refunded
LONDON, Aug 22: Surrey refunded all cricket fans on Tuesday who had bought tickets for the cancelled fifth day of the England-Pakistan Test at The Oval which was sensationally forfeited on Sunday....
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McGrath returns but Gilchrist rested
SYDNEY, Aug 22: Australia recalled fast bowler Glenn McGrath and rested wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist for next month''s Tri-Nations tournament in Malaysia....
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Bangladesh back Pakistan stance
DHAKA, Aug 22: Bangladesh became the latest Asian nation on Tuesday to pledge their support to the Pakistan cricket team following a ball tampering row which led to the fourth Test against England to be forfeited....
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Sponsors left in lurch
LONDON, Aug 22: The controversially abandoned Test match between England and Pakistan has left sponsors of English cricket in the lurch. The match should have ended with England team being presented with npower trophy for winning the series....
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Saim, Naveen fail to reach quarter-finals: Snooker Cup
KARACHI, Aug 22: Two seeded players — defending champion Abu Saim and Naveen Perwani — met their waterloo on Tuesday as they failed to advance to the knock out quarter-finals of the 15th AKD Snooker Cup at the Karachi Club....
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Swimming squad named
LAHORE, Aug 22: A 26-member team will represent Lahore in the Punjab Inter-district Age Group swimming championship to be held from Aug 24 to 26....
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Ivanovic stuns Hingis in final
MONTREAL, Aug 22: Serbia''s Ana Ivanovic trounced former world number one Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 in the rain-delayed Montreal Cup final on Monday to capture her first Tier 1 title....
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Bangladesh to host next South Asian Games
COLOMBO, Aug 22: Bangladesh will host the 11th edition of the South Asian Games in 2008, it was learnt here on Tuesday. “Bangladesh has been awarded the next Games and they...
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Indians pull off upsets in Jr tennis
KARACHI, Aug 22: Indian’s Vishesh Deepak Bhatia and Ronak Mahesh Manuja pulled off major upsets when they sent second and third seeds packing in straight sets to cruise into the boys...
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East Zones Whites win
LAHORE, Aug 22: Seven wickets shared by medium-pacer Mohammad Saeed and Javed Butt steered East Zone Whites to a big 196-run triumph over North Zone Blues in the PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship at Railways Stadium on Tuesday....
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