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Give us more time to investigate Woolmer case: Mark Shields: Inquiry a global embarrassment for the Caribbean nation, says lawmaker
KINGSTON, May 15: Jamaican deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said the Bob Woolmer case is being investigated as a murder despite reports the Pakistan cricket coach died of a heart attack.... 
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Officials named for Abu Dhabi series, Afro-Asia Cup
DUBAI, May 15: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the officials for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka ODI series in Abu Dhabi and Afro-Asia Cup, to be held in India....
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Talat hopes Pakistan will be back on winning track
LAHORE, May 15: Pakistan cricket team’s manager Talat Ali Malik is hoping the team will be able to end a winning drought in the one-day series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi....
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3rd BD-India ODI washed out
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), May 15: India won the one-day series against Bangladesh 2-0 after the third and final match was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday....
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Players not satisfied with ICC governance
LONDON, May 15: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has lost the confidence of the majority of international players and is under pressure to review its ‘outdated’ structure....
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Gayle regrets Windies curfew
LONDON, May 15: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle believes the curfew imposed on the team during their tour of England is an unnecessary restriction - but he has said he will obey it all the same....
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Debutant Prior aims to impress at Lord’s
LONDON, May 15: Matthew Prior hopes his Test debut against the West Indies later this week will see him start to make the vexed position of England wicket-keeper his own....
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Injured Sreesanth out of BD Tests
MUMBAI, May 15: India paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth will miss the two-test series in Bangladesh due to injury, the Indian cricket board said on Tuesday....
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Upbeat Vaughan eyes comeback in second Test
LONDON, May 15: Michael Vaughan is confident he will be back to lead England in the second Test against the West Indies next week after opting to miss the series opener to ensure he recovers fully from a broken finger....
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Jayawardene, Holding included in ICC body
DUBAI, May 15: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Michael Holding, the ex-West Indies fast bowler, are among the people who will form part of the ICC''s newly-constituted Cricket Committee....
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Don’t take WI lightly, warns Collingwood
LONDON, May 15: England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has urged his team-mates not to take West Indies lightly in the Test series which starts at Lord''s on Thursday....
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Bahrain recalls three players for Pakistan tie
LAHORE, May 15: Bahrian''s national Olympic soccer team coach Kreso Senad included three new players ahead of their match against hosts Pakistan on Wednesday in the second leg of Group-A in the 29th Olympic Games qualifier (second round) at Punjab Stadium....
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Stormy Kiss set to make amends today
KARACHI, May 15: Four-year-old dark bay filly Stormy Kiss who has failed to appear on the board in the last five runs has bright chances to land the feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Wednesday....
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‘We have a fair chance of beating Bahrain’
LAHORE, May 15: Pakistan football captain Zahid Hameed on Tuesday said his team was not threatened by the superior ranking of Bahrain in international soccer and will try their best to...
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Good old days beckon for United in FA Cup final
LONDON, May 15: Manchester United can turn the clock back to the halcyon days of Eric Cantona on Saturday, when the champions bid to complete a Premier League and FA Cup double at the expense of Chelsea....
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Royal Luck looks to repeat winning performance
LAHORE, May 15: Three-year-old colt Royal Luck who registered a win last Sunday looks favourite to repeat his performance when Lahore Gymkhana Midweek Day/Night races take place on Wednesday....
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Doping ban for marathon runner
MONTE CARLO (Monaco), May 15: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has banned Russian runner Lyubov Denisova from competition for two years after she failed a doping test....
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India maintain top position in bridge team events
KARACHI, May 15: Pakistan jumped on to the second spot by defeating Bangladesh 23-7 in the men’s team event of the 14th Asia & Middle East bridge championship at a local hotel on Tuesday....
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Safin, Gasquet and Hewitt advance at Hamburg Masters
HAMBURG, May 15: Marat Safin earned a torturous 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Nicolas Massu while Marcos Baghdatis slumped to his fourth opening-round defeat in five Masters events this year at the Hamburg Masters on Monday....
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Early plunge for Chinese swimmers
BEIJING, May 15: Chinese swimmers will compete in morning finals at a major meet this week to get used to early rises at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, local media reported on Tuesday....
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Singapore F1 race to be a boost for Asia
SINGAPORE, May 15: From three Grand Prix four years ago to six today, Asia has become the new focus for the movers and shakers who drive Formula One....
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FIFA to investigate Tevez affair: Blatter
LONDON, May 15: World football governing body FIFA confirmed Tuesday they will investigate whether West Ham should have been docked points for breaching Premiership rules over the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano last year....
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