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Shoaib signs central contract
KARACHI, Jan 10: Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is due to join the Pakistan team in South Africa this week, finally signed the central contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board at its headquarters in Lahore on Wednesday.... 
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PCB names 30 players: World Cup preparation
LAHORE, Jan 10: The national cricket selection committee has announced names of 30 players to prepare them for the upcoming World Cup in the West Indies....
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Depleted Pakistan ready for battle against buoyant South Africa: First Test begins from today
CENTURION (South Africa), Jan 10: South Africa coach Mickey Arthur believes Pakistan will feel the absence of leading batsman Mohammad Yousuf in the first Test starting on Thursday....
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Doctrove returns to haunt Pakistan again
KARACHI, Jan 10: Billy Doctrove, the West Indies umpire who officiated in the infamous Oval Test alongside Darrell Hair last August, has been appointed by the International Cricket Council to stand in the first two Tests of the South Africa-Pakistan series....
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Razzaq to resume bowling from next week
LAHORE, Jan 10: All-rounder Abdul Razzaq, who was forced to miss the current Pakistan tour to South Africa due to a nagging calf-injury, will resume light running and execise from Friday....
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Pakistan will fare better than India, hopes Younis
CENTURION, Jan 10: Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan is confident his team will fare better on their South African tour than India, who lost Test series 2-1....
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Ex-England captain Cranston dies
MANCHESTER, Jan 10: Ken Cranston, the Lancashire all-rounder who captained England once, has died at the age of 89, his former county announced on Tuesday. Cranston had become England''s oldest living Test cricketer following the death last month of Norman Mitchell-Innes....
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Pakistan may leap-frog to second spot
MUMBAI, Jan 10: Pakistan can move into second place in the ICC Test Championship for the first time ever if it beats South Africa by two clear matches in the upcoming series that gets underway at Centurion on Thursday....
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Australians keen to win Twenty20 World Cup
SYDNEY, Jan 10: The lure of winning another World Cup has convinced Australia captain Ricky Ponting to start taking Twenty20 a bit more serious. Ponting has always regarded the abbreviated form...
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England must not panic after Ashes loss: Woolmer
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 10: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has urged England not to panic following their Ashes whitewash by Australia. English cricket chiefs have already launched a major review of performances in Australia following the team''s 5-0 series defeat this winter....
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‘England need change of momentum’
MELBOURNE, Jan 10: England need a change of momentum in Australia if they are to challenge in the triangular one-day series, batsman Paul Collingwood said on Wednesday....
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Bowden reaches century landmark
LONDON, Jan 10: Billy Bowden became the eighth umpire to chalk up 100 One-day International appearances even though Tuesday''s match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was washed out in Hamilton....
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Baptista hits four as Arsenal thrash Liverpool 6-3
LONDON, Jan 10: Brazilian forward Julio Baptista scored four goals as Arsenal thumped Liverpool 6-3 in their League Cup quarter-final at Anfield on Tuesday, three days after knocking them out of the FA Cup on the same ground....
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Jankovic shocks Mauresmo, Clijsters wins
SYDNEY, Jan 10: World number three Amelie Mauresmo''s Australian Open title defence took a hit when she was knocked out of the Sydney International warm-up tournament here on Wednesday....
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Neglected Babbu The Great wins feature event LAHORE, Jan 10: Punters suffered heavy losses as only two favourite horses came up to expectations in a card of six events during midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
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KGS win, Beaconhouse lose on opening day: Inter-school Basketball
KARACHI, Jan 10: Shahzeb Anwar’s brilliance could not save Beaconhouse Jubilee Campus from tasting 31-38 defeat at the hands of GBHS Mirpurkhas on the opening day of Inter-school Basketball championship which commenced at KPT Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Former Olympian suspended
LAHORE, Jan 10: Punjab Hockey Association (PHA) secretary and former Olympian Naveed Alam has been suspended for six months for his alleged unconstitutional acts and lack of efforts for development of the game....
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Khurshid helps Army triumph
LAHORE, Jan 10: Khurshid Ahmed helped Army stage a comeback to defeat Data Hybrid Corn in the Warid Polo Cup here on Wednesday. Data Hybrid Corn having two-goal handicap led the first chukker 4 - 2....
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Venus out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 10: Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, joining top-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne as absentees from the first tennis major of the season. Williams told organizers on Wednesday she...
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Bowlers cleared after remedial workout
LAHORE, Jan 10: The PCB bowling action committee on Wednesday cleared 10 bowlers who had suspected bowling actions....
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District cricket elections
LAHORE, Jan 10: The PCB election committee headed by Javed Zaman Khan with Brig Salahuddin and Kashif Zahid as members will conduct elections of district cricket associations of Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Dadu on the following dates....
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Inter-school cricket
KARACHI, Jan 10: Seven teams will lock horns in second edition of Inter-school cricket tournament getting under way here from Thursday at the NBP Sports Complex....
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