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| June 17, 2007 | Sunday | Jumadi-us-Sani 01, 1428 |
Gallant Khurram goes out as Yasin, Saenia enter final
KARACHI, June 16: The final of the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship will be an India-Thailand affair after Yasin Merchant and Supoj Saenia recorded contrasting semi-final victories on the penultimate day on Saturday....
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Steel Mills set final date with Wapda
KARACHI, June 16: Steel Mills bounced back in the second half to score a come-from-behind 3-1 victory over Habib Bank (HBL) to reach the President’s Gold Cup hockey final at the Hockey Club of Pakistan on Saturday....
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Another protest mars Gold Cup hockey
KARACHI, June 16: Objections by team officials over violation of rules continued on Saturday at the President’s Gold Cup hockey as HBL lodged a strong protest against Steel Mills for fielding two KESC players and another from Police against them....
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West Indies struggle for survival in gloomy conditions
CHESTER-LE-STREET (England), June 16: Ryan Sidebottom took a wicket with the first ball of the match as West Indies struggled to 92 for four on the second day of the fourth Test at the Riverside here on Saturday....
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Shoaib Akhtar, Younis recalled; Hafeez axed
LAHORE, June 16: While Younis Khan and Shoaib Akhtar were recalled to the Pakistan squad, opener Mohammad Hafeez was axed from a 15-member team named on Saturday for a short tour of Scotland next month....
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Arif Abbasi defies PCB legal notice
KARACHI, June 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has served yet another legal notice, this time on a former PCB official – Arif Ali Khan Abbasi....
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Asian snooker champion to play against Europe
KARACHI, June 16: Winner of the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship will earn a ticket to Hong Kong where he represents a formidable four-member Asia against Europe in a snooker series planned in the middle of next month....
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Regional heads back PCB chief
LAHORE, June 16: While criticising the National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) role, heads of the regional cricket associations expressed their full confidence in the PCB Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf for his vision...
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Defar betters own world mark, Powell wins
OSLO, June 16: Ethiopia''s Meseret Defar smashed her own 5,000 metres world record by nearly eight seconds and Jamaica''s Asafa Powell cruised to a sub-10-second victory in the men''s 100 at a Golden League meeting on Friday....
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Nadal suffers shock defeat as seeds crash
LONDON, June 16: World No 2 Rafael Nadal led an exodus of seeds at Queen''s Club on Friday when swirling winds threw Wimbledon preparations off course for several players....
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US Open: Last-hole birdie gives Cabrera halfway lead
OAKMONT (Pennsylvania), June 16: Long-hitting Angel Cabrera of Argentina knocked in a short birdie putt on his last hole on Friday to claim a one-shot lead after the second round of the US Open on the fast-running Oakmont course....
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AIBA debars Chowdhry for life, may face legal action
LAUSANNE (Switzerland), June 16: The secretary-general of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) was expelled on Friday for alleged financial misconduct, and the discredited former president Anwar Chowdhry was barred for life from any involvement with the governing body....
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Tsonga handed Wimbledon wildcard
LONDON, June 16: France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was rewarded for his Queen’s Club win over former world number one Lleyton Hewitt by being handed a wildcard into Wimbledon on Friday....
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Roddick wants Wimbledon glory
LONDON, June 16: Andy Roddick admits he won’t be satisfied with his career until he has won Wimbledon....
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Sehwag downgraded
MUMBAI, June 16: Explosive batsman Virender Sehwag, discarded for the tours of Ireland and England starting later this month, has been downgraded to grade B of the Indian cricket board''s central contracts for this season....
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Botham knighted
LONDON, June 16: Ian Botham, one of the greatest cricketers of the modern era, has been knighted by the Queen in her Birthday Honours. As a player Botham was one of...
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It’s payback time for Cash Flow at KRC
KARACHI, June 16: Three-year-old bay colt Cash Flow is favoured to win the feature event of the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Zanjeer to prove strength by pulling off another victory
LAHORE, June 16: Four-year-old roan gelding Zanjeer who registered a facile win on his last outing will be on the trot to make it two in-a-row by landing the feature event...
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Zohaib, Moeed stand out in banks event
KARACHI, June 16: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Emirates Global Islamic Bank (EGIB), and Soneri Bank won their respective matches in the first Meezan Inter-bank cricket tournament played at the different grounds of the city the other day....
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Brothers Zuhair, Abbas reach next round
KARACHI, June 16: Brothers Zuhair Raza and Abbas Raza were through to the next round of men’s singles with convincing wins over their respective opponents on the opening day of the...
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