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Australia seek sweep to honour retiring duo: Fourth Test starts tomorrow
MELBOURNE, Dec 24: The emotion and hype surrounding Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath''s pending farewells is threatening to distract Australia in the build-up to the fourth Ashes Test against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground....
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Third Twenty20 Cup: Dolphins, Lions complete semi-final line-up
KARACHI, Dec 24: The Shahid Afridi-led Karachi Dolphins produced a stunning display as they thrashed Lahore Eagles by nine wickets to reach the semi-finals of the third ABN-AMRO Twenty20 Cup at the National Stadium here on Sunday night....
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English Premier League: Robben’s last gasp effort gives Chelsea victory
LONDON, Dec 24: Arjen Robben''s injury-time goal saw reigning champions Chelsea maintain the pressure on English Premiership leaders Manchester United with a dramatic 3-2 win away to Wigan on Saturday (partially reported in Sunday’s edition)....
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Patel set for Durban comeback from injury
DURBAN, Dec 24: Pace bowler Munaf Patel is set to win back his place in the India team for the second Test against South Africa in Durban on Tuesday after recovering from an ankle injury....
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Lara would not mind playing till 40
SYDNEY, Dec 24: Retirements might be in vogue but West Indies batting legend Brian Lara appears in no mood to hang his boots now, saying he wants to play Test cricket for as long as he can....
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Ashes agony will mentally scar England: Hoggard
MELBOURNE, Dec 24: England bowler Matthew Hoggard said Sunday his side had to recover from its Ashes drubbing in Australia or risk being mentally scarred going into the next series in 2009....
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Pollock keen to heal wounded pride
DURBAN, Dec 24: Their pride severely dented, veteran South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock on Sunday said he was determined to help his team put record straight in second Test against India starting on Tuesday....
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BD to tour Zimbabwe
DHAKA, Dec 24: Bangladesh will play four One-day Internationals on a tour of Zimbabwe in early February, a cricket official said on Sunday. “The itinerary will be announced later, but the...
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‘Retirements won’t hobble Aussie side’
PERTH, Dec 24: Two legendary cricketers announced their retirement from Australia''s national side this week, but former captain Kim Hughes believes it is now better able to handle the loss of superstars....
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‘Shoaib, Asif may still face ban’
LAHORE, Dec 24: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) may be able to reinforce the ban against doping-tainted Pakistani pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the country''s anti-doping tribunal chief said on Sunday....
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Richards to lead All Star XI
BRIDGETOWN, Dec 24: Cricket great Sir Viv Richards will head a West Indies All Star team against a World XI to mark the reopening of Kensington Oval on Feb 17....
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Al Faris set to land Quaid Gold Cup
KARACHI, Dec 24: Five-year-old bay horse Al Faris looks certain to land the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup when the Gymkhana race meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Monday....
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Lucifer records shock win in record time
LAHORE, Dec 24: Fancied chestnut colt Lucifer sprang a big surprise when winning the term race for two-year-old Pakistani colts and fillies run over 1100m in a record fastest timing of...
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Aqeel claims title
LAHORE, Dec 24: Top seed and national champion Aqeel Khan came from behind to annex the men’s singles title in the IC Open National Ranking tennis championship overcoming the challenge of...
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Wapda triumph
LAHORE, Dec 24: Wapda defeated Railways 78-77 points to win the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup floodlight basketball tournament at the host'' courts on Saturday. At half-time Railways were leading 46-36....
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Hasan slams hat-trick
LAHORE, Dec 24: Four-goal Hassan Ali Furrukh helped Cosa Nostra beat Remington 7- 5 1/2 to win the Low Goal Polo Cup final on Sunday. Hassan also scored a hat trick...
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Tariq wins fifth term
LAHORE, Dec 24: Tariq Aziz was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Lahore Race Club (LRC) at the Annual General Meeting of the members of the club for the fifth consecutive term since 2002....
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Sindh beat Punjab
LAHORE, Dec 24: Sindh defeated Punjab 15-8 in the last league round match of the 15th national baseball championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Sunday....
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