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PCB warns players of stiff penalties
KARACHI, May 25: Pakistan have warned players to behave or face stiff penalties after an incident involving vice-captain Mohammad Asif in their one-day series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.... 
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Vaughan marks Test return in great style
LEEDS (England), May 25: England captain Michael Vaughan marked his comeback to Test cricket with a century as the hosts built a sizeable total against West Indies at Headingley here on Friday....
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Indian batsmen make Bangladesh rue toss decision
DHAKA, May 25: Wasim Jaffer roared back to form with an unbeaten 138 as India made Bangladesh pay for their inexplicable decision to field in the second and final cricket Test here on Friday....
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Hectic schedules worry ICC chief
DUBAI, May 25: Malcolm Speed, the International Cricket Council''s chief executive warned that “some of our members need to be very careful with amount of additional international cricket they schedule”....
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Aussie great Johnston passes away
SYDNEY, May 25: Bill Johnston, a member of Don Bradman''s 1948 ‘Invincibles’ cricket team, has died at the age of 85, Cricket Australia said on Friday....
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Vaas pulls out of Afro-Asia Cup
COLOMBO, May 25: Sri Lankan pace spearhead Chaminda Vaas has opted out of next month''s Afro-Asia One-day International cricket series. Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Kangadaran Mathivanan said on Friday that Vaas,...
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BBC series on cricket history
LONDON, May 25: The BBC has announced that it has commissioned a four-part series called The History of Cricket. The hour-long shows will tell the story of how cricket grew into a global game....
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Donald to help England pacemen
LEEDS, May 25: Allan Donald, the South Africa pace bowling great, has been given a role with England''s coaching staff, it was announced on Friday....
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Scotland get fourth ODI venue
GLASGOW, May 25: Scotland have been granted their fourth official ODI venue at Citylets Titwood, in Glasgow, after receiving approval from the ICC. Following extensive work to the ground, and...
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SLC officials at odds over Abu Dhabi series
COLOMBO, May 25: Sri Lanka''s senior cricket officials on Friday clashed over this week''s one-day series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, with the chief selector dismissing it as “absolutely ridiculous.”...
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Poor planning mars coaching camp
LAHORE, May 25: A major part of the ongoing specialisation coaching camp has been wasted due to ill-planning made by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) as the players could not get proper training from Wasim Akram....
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Officials for Pakistan-Qatar football tie
LAHORE, May 25: The International Football Federation (FIFA) has appointed Nyim Keong Yap of Malaysia as the Match Commissioner of the Pakistan-Qatar Group A Olympic qualifier which is scheduled to be played on June 6 at Doha''s Al-Gharrafa''s Stadium....
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Glamorgan docked points for inferior pitch
SWANSEA (Wales), May 25: Glamorgan have been docked eight Championship points after ECB inspectors found them guilty of failing to prepare the pitch at Swansea properly for the match against Middlesex....
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Doubles silver medallists bundled out of World TT
ZAGREB, May 25: The fourth day of the 49th World Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday saw previous silver medallists Timo Boll and Christian Suss of Germany being knocked out in the quarter-finals....
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Triathlon champion cleared for Beijing Games
LONDON, May 25: World triathlon champion Tim Don was on Friday cleared to compete at next year''s Beijing Olympics after overturning his lifetime Olympic ban. The 29-year-old was suspended for three...
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Season-ending marathon under consideration
NEW YORK, May 25: Organisers of the world marathon majors are considering launching a season-ending race that would bring together all the top marathoners for an annual big-money showdown....
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Karachi ignored as venue for volleyball series
KARACHI, May 25: The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has ignored Karachi while finalising venues for the first leg of eight-test home and away series against traditional rivals India starting from June 26....
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Roddick, Davydenko suffer shocking exits
POERTSCHACH (Austria), May 25: Top seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Andy Roddick fell by the wayside in the quarter-finals of the Poertschach International on Thursday. Defending champion Davydenko, the top seed, struggled...
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Zone-VI Whites reach last-eight round
KARACHI, May 25: Off-spinner Junaid Ilyas captured six wickets to spin Zone-VI Whites to a comfortable five-wicket win over Zone-V Whites in a KCCA Inter Zonal Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Thursday....
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Top Kenyan stars overlooked for world events
NAIROBI, May 25: Kenya''s leading marathon runners were left out of the provisional squad for this summer''s IAAF world championships in Osaka after opting not be selected, officials said on Thursday....
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Badminton camp from Monday
LAHORE, May 25: A badminton training camp to prepare a strong team to take part in the SAF Games-2009, to be held in Bangladesh, will start at the Islamabad Sports Complex from Monday....
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Czechs to meet Argentina in final
DUSSELDORF (Germany), May 25: The Czech Republic will face Argentina in the final of the World Team Cup in Dusseldorf on Saturday after their comprehensive win over Germany on Friday....
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NHS to get floodlights
LAHORE, May 25: The project to install the floodlights at the National Hockey Stadium (NHS) will be completed before the start of the Dec 1 to 9 Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be held at the same venue....
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Talha extended by Ahad in U-18 tie
KARACHI, May 25: Talha Saeed struggled to beat Ahad Hasan Khan in three sets which placed him in next round of juniors U-18 singles in the 11th Anti Tobacco Day tennis tournament which commenced at Karachi Club on Friday....
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