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Action against Shoaib, Asif after tribunal report, says Nasim
KARACHI, Oct 18: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named a three-man tribunal on Wednesday for conducting probe into the recent doping charges against fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.... 
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Inzamam backs Shoaib, Asif to come clean
KARACHI, Oct 18: Banned Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq on Wednesday backed team-mates Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif to be cleared of doping charges, saying they must have taken banned drugs accidentally....
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Taylor’s hat-trick sinks Australia
MUMBAI, Oct 18: Paceman Jerome Taylor snatched a hat-trick as the West Indies upset favourites Australia by 10 runs in a dramatic Champions Trophy match here on Wednesday....
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PCB fails to implement anti-doping policy
LAHORE, Oct 18: Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) anti-doping policy, which has been lying in cold storage since 2002, has neither been properly implemented nor used for creating awareness among players, information gathered by Dawn revealed....
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Fine spells from Razzaq, Hafeez turned the game for us: Younis
Jaipur, Oct 18: A beaming Younis Khan attributed Pakistan victory over Sri Lanka here on Tuesday to team effort and positive cricket from his side....
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‘My services can be utilised better’
JAIPUR, Oct 18: Pakistan star all-rounder Abdur Razzaq, who played a stellar role in his team''s four-wicket victory Sri Lanka in their opening Champions Trophy encounter here on Tuesday, feels he is not properly utilised in Tests or the One-day Internationals....
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Yasir, Rehman leave for India today
LAHORE, Oct 18: All-rounder Yasir Arafat and leg-spinner Abdul Rehman depart for India on Thursday to join the Pakistan cricket team participating in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy....
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Khalid pilots PWD into last four
KARACHI, Oct 18: Former national under-19 skipper Khalid Latif smashed an unbeaten 81 to propel Pak PWD into the semi-finals of the 21st Karachi Gymkhana-AKD Ramazan cricket tournament at the KG Ground on Wednesday....
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Unknown Vliegen upsets Blake
MADRID, Oct 18: Belgian Kristof Vliegen won a third-set tie break to upset eighth-seeded American James Blake 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday....
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Bumper prizemoney at stake in Pakistan Open Golf
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) has made Pakistan Open — an Asian Tour event — more lucrative as US$250,000 will be at stake next year showing an increase of $50,000....
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Duo axed on disciplinary ground
LAHORE, Oct 18: Two wrestlers, Usman Ali Butt and Umar Butt, were axed for the forthcoming Asian Games, by Iranian coach Agha Ghulam Reza on disciplinary ground....
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BCCI favours lifting Azhar life ban
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: The Indian cricket board said on Wednesday it favoured lifting the life ban for match-fixing imposed on former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin in 2000....
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Shan, Zaheer shine
LAHORE, Oct 18: Good batting display by Shan Masood and Zaheer Abbas enabled Karachi Urban reach a respectable total against Faisalabad in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 three-day cricket tournament at Chenab College, Jhang on Wednesday....
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Officials named for Test series
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has nominated three officials for supervising Pakistan-India Test series at home starting in the first week of next month....
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