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Inter-Provincial Games: Punjab athletes hog limelight on opening day
LAHORE, Sept 16: Punjab clinched three gold medals out of a total of five at stake to reign supreme on the first day of the 2nd Inter-Provincial Games athletics event at the Punjab Stadium on Saturday.... 
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Germany to face Australia in World Cup final
MONCHENGLADBACH (Germany), Sept 16: Germany booked a final clash against Australia in the men''s field hockey World Cup after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Spain on Friday....
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Talat wants players to respect umpires
KARACHI, Sept 16: Pakistan''s new manager Talat Ali hopes to instill a new sense of discipline within the team, and will urge players to respect umpires and avoid on-field dissent....
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De Nooijer wins award
MONCHENGLADBACH, Sept 16: IOC president Jacques Rogge presented Netherlands’ Teun de Nooijer with his third award of international hockey player of the year at the men''s World Cup Championship on Saturday....
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Imran’s twin strike help Punjab beat Sindh 5-2
LAHORE, Sept 16: Imran Abbas struck twice to give Punjab an overwhelming 5-2 win against Sindh while Balochistan registered 3-1 triumph over NWFP in the 2nd Inter-provincial Games (hockey) at the National Hockey Stadium on Saturday....
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Rain saves India from Australia mauling
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16: An on-fire Mitchell Johnson took four wickets in 12 balls before rain rescued India in their DLF Cup one-day match against Australia on Saturday, which was abandoned....
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Duminy, Dippenaar set up win for Proteas
BLOEMFONTEIN, Sept 16: Jean-Paul Duminy staked his claim for a future in international cricket with a classy half-century in South Africa''s five-wicket win over Zimbabwe at Springbok Park on Friday (partially reported in Saturday’s edition)....
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Rogge sees progress in battle with cheats
MONCHENGLADBACH, Sept 16: IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Saturday authorities were making progress in the fight against doping in sport but conceded it was impossible to catch all the cheats....
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Poor umpiring mars Aussie victory
MONCHENGLADBACH, Sept 16: Poor umpiring again took centre stage in the hockey World Cup on Friday as South Korea was robbed of a win against Australia due to sub-standard supervision by the referees....
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Warne shocked at Buchanan report
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16: Shane Warne has furiously backtracked from reported criticism of Australian coach John Buchanan, saying he was ‘shocked’ at the way he claimed his words had been taken out of context....
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Anderson to play for Glamorgan
LONDON, Sept 16: England and Lancashire fast bowler James Anderson is set to return to county action next week with a loan move to Glamorgan....
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ICC happy with progress
KINGSTON, Sept 16: The ICC has approved the renovation work at Kingston''s Sabina Park, and the local organisers had expressed confidence that it would be completed by the Nov 30 deadline....
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Muthiah elected ICC body chief
DUBAI, Sept 16: Former president of Indian cricket board, A.C. Muthiah was elected chairman of six-member committee, which will choose next president of ICC in 2007....
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Italian FA boss in conflict of interests row
ROME, Sept 16: The head of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Guido Rossi, has been drawn into a row about a conflict of interests after accepting a second job as president of the company that sponsors Serie A and Serie B....
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Pakistan, HK skippers remain optimistic
LAHORE, Sept 16: Captains of both Hong Kong and Pakistan women cricket teams are optimistic about winning the three-match series for the 2007 World Cup qualifiers, starting from the first at Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday....
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Tickets Scam: FIFA man faces probe
ZURICH, Sept 16: Jack Warner, a FIFA vice-president, will face the organization''s disciplinary committee over allegations he illegally sold thousands of tickets during the World Cup....
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Match ends in exciting draw
KARACHI, Sept 16: The three-day PCB Inter-region Under-19 Cricket Championship match between Karachi Urban and Multan ended in an exciting draw at PCB Regional Academy Ground on Saturday....
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Khurram, Yousuf, Asif share honours
KARACHI, Sept 16: Top seed Khurram Agha, third seed Mohammad Yousuf and seventh seed Mohammad Asif shared opening day honours in the 20th Latif Masters snooker tournament at Karachi Club on Saturday....
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The inconvenient truths of Pakistan''s tour of England
AL Gore – the man who could have been US president and perhaps presided over a very different world — is addressing an inconvenient truth about climate change and the dangers it poses to humanity....
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Sindh cricketers protest against PCB
HYDERABAD, Sept 16: The members of Sindh Cricketers ActionCommittee Friday staged a protest demonstration against what they called an indifferent attitude of PCB towards the cricketers of Hyderabad region, which is based in 22 districts of Sindh....
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Baghdatis, Ancic clash in final of China Open
BEIJING, Sept 16: Fourth seed Mario Ancic extended his remarkable comeback from injury on Saturday with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 semi-final victory over South Korea''s Lee Hyung-taik at the China Open....
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Portsmouth go top after Charlton victory
LONDON, Sept 16: Portsmouth went top of the English Premier League after winning 1-0 at Charlton Athletic on Saturday with substitute Lomana Lua Lua scoring the only goal after 74 minutes....
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U-19 Cricket Series: Riaz Kail to lead in first two matches
LAHORE, Sept 16: Riaz Kail will lead Pakistan Under-19 in the first two matches of the four-match one-day series against their Indian counterpart. Pakistan Under-19 were comprehensively beaten both ‘Tests’ under...
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Fantasia likely to clinch top honours
KARACHI, Sept 16: Four-year-old chestnut filly, Fantasia, is fancied to oblige punters by claiming Tesio Stakes at the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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‘Pakistan has bright chances against China’
LAHORE, Sept 16: Pakistan non-playing captain Rashid Malik said his team had equal chances of winning the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group-I play-off tennis tie against China....
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Henin pulls out of China Open
BEIJING, Sept 16: Belgium''s world No 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne has pulled out of next week''s WTA China Open because of her Fed Cup commitments, organisers said on Saturday....
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Tariq, Yousuf win in Seniors Tennis
KARACHI, Sept 16: Home player Tariq Aziz advanced into the next round of 45-plus singles of Pakistan International Seniors Tennis Championship by getting the better of Ayendra Jayasingha in straight sets at Karachi Club on Saturday....
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PCB coaching course
KARACHI, Sept 16 A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) level-I and elementary coaches’ course for men and women will be held from Sept 26 to February 2007 under PCB coaching programme, a spokesman said on Saturday....
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Beckham vows to regain England place
LONDON, Sept 16: Former England captain David Beckham has said he will fight to win back his international place after being dropped by new manager Steve McClaren following this year''s World Cup....
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In-form Quince tipped to win again today
LAHORE, Sept 16: Three-year-old bay colt Quince, who registered a facile victory last month, will be on the trot to repeat it when the third day/night Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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