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Hair rejects ECB offer to officiate matches
LONDON, Feb 19: Darrell Hair, who was banned from officiating at Test matches in November, said he will not take up an offer from the English cricket authorities... 
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‘Windies be first home team to win World Cup’
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Feb 19: Cricket greats Sir Vivian Richards and Courtney Walsh back West Indies to become the first home team to win the World Cup starting in three weeks....
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Australian media slam team’s performance
SYDNEY, Feb 19: Australia''s bowlers have been savaged as ‘toothless and directionless’ by their media after another humiliating one-day cricket defeat in the lead-up to next month''s World Cup....
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World Cup wide open after Aussies slump: Fleming
AUCKLAND, Feb 19: New Zealand''s stunning back-to-back victories over Australia have upset the cricket world''s rankings and captain Stephen Fleming believes it has thrown open next month''s World Cup in the Caribbean....
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Rhodes could be Proteas’ secret weapon
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19: Jonty Rhodes, once hailed as the world''s best fielder, could be South Africa''s secret weapon at the 2007 World Cup....
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Gold League one-dayers from 26th
KARACHI, Feb 19: ABN AMRO One-Day Gold League Cricket Championship will be held at three grounds of the city from Feb 26 to March 12, according to the draws released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday....
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Salman helps Lions down Multan Tigers
LAHORE, Feb 19: Another fine knock from Test opener Salman Butt helped Lahore Lions register a 18-run win against Multan Tigers in a National One-day Cup Silver League fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday....
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Karachi Urban reach 249-6 on day one
LAHORE, Feb 19: Half-centuries from Agha Sabir, Mohtashim Ali and Hasan Raza enabled Karachi Urban to reach 249-6 in their first innings against defending champions Sialkot despite fine bowling from Sarfraz...
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Security tightened for Pakistan hockey stars
CHANDIGARH, Feb 19: Police on Monday tightened security around visiting Pakistani hockey players following a deadly train blast overnight that left 66 people dead....
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Chelsea cut losses and increase turnover
LONDON, Feb 19: English Premiership champions lost 60million pounds (89million euros) pounds in the year ending June 30, 2006, but this figure was much improved from the previous year....
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Dutch, Scots to face tough challenge
THE HAGUE, Feb 19: The Netherlands and Scotland head to the World Cup as rank outsiders and will have to dig deep to avoid utter humiliation after being drawn with the top seeds, Australia and South Africa, in the group stages....
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Mansoor grabs five wickets
KARACHI, Feb 19: Leg-spinner Mansoor Ahmed took five wickets and Wajihuddin hit a century as Nazimabad Gymkhana crushed Young Cooperators Cricket Club by 297 runs in a NBP-KCCA Inter Club Championship match at Jinnah College Ground here on Sunday....
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Plunkett banned from driving
MIDDLESBROUGH (England), Feb 19: England fast bowler Liam Plunkett was banned from driving for 20 months on Monday after pleading guilty to drunk driving....
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Mauresmo downs Clijsters to win Antwerp title
ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 19: Amelie Mauresmo won enough diamonds to last a lifetime. Kim Clijsters will have to do with golden memories....
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Two-goal Keane guides Spurs into last 16
LONDON, Feb 19: Robbie Keane hit a stunning brace as Tottenham marched into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 4-0 win at Fulham on Sunday....
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Bayern can bounce back, says Makaay: Champions League
MADRID, Feb 19: Bayern Munich striker Roy Makaay believes that the four-time European champions can put the bad times behind them in their Champions League last 16 match against Real Madrid on Tuesday....
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PHF announces junior probables for Kenya, Egypt tours
LAHORE, Feb 19: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday announced the names of 41 junior probables for a training camp from Feb 21 in Faisalabad for the series against Kenya and Egypt....
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Liverpool striker attacks team-mate
LONDON, Feb 19: Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy added a new twist to the problem of soccer violence last week when he attacked a teammate. Yes, a teammate....
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Umpires told to remain vigilant
LAHORE, Feb 19: Issues of ball-tampering, substitute fielders, obstructing the field and implementation of the Duckworth/Lewis method were given special attention at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) umpires’ refresher course that ended here on Monday....
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Zidane to play charity match in Thailand
BANGKOK, Feb 19: French football legend Zinedine Zidane, whose career ended with an infamous head-butt in last year''s World Cup final, will play a charity match this weekend in Thailand, organisers said Monday....
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Clijsters to skip French Open
ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 19: Kim Clijsters confirmed on Sunday that she will skip the French Open and concentrate her efforts on Wimbledon as the Belgian counts down to the end of her career....
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Azeem shines with fine double
KARACHI, Feb 19: Two strikes by Mohammad Azeem gave Aga Khan Higher Secondary School a 2-0 victory over South Shore School on the opening day of Inter-school football tournament at Aga Khan University Ground on Sunday....
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Inter-school table tennis
LAHORE, Feb 19: Seventeen matches were decided on the opening day of the Lahore Inter-school Table Tennis tournament at the Chroma Table Tennis Complex on Monday....
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Karachi Grammar retain soccer title
KARACHI, Feb 19: Karachi Grammar School retained Karachi United school soccer championship title with a 4-0 victory over St. Patrick’s High School at DHA Stadium on Sunday....
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