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Hectic international schedule awaits Pakistan cricketers
LAHORE, June 19: Except a major part of February 2007, Pakistan’s seniors will be playing non-stop international cricket during the next twelve months, according to the schedule announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday.... 
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Miandad slams PCB approach for selection of coach
LAHORE, June 19: While challenging the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) wisdom to interview those who did not apply for the post of Pakistan coach in response to the board’s advertisement, Javed...
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PCB chief to be summoned before June 24
LAHORE, June 19: The Senate’s privilege committee will now summon the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf any day before June 24, instead of June 28....
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Panesar bowls England to another victory
CHESTER-LE-STREET (England), June 19: Monty Panesar took five wickets, including marathon man Shivnarine Chanderpaul, as England completed a 3-0 series victory against the West Indies with a seven-wicket win in the fourth and final Test at Riverside here on Tuesday....
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Pakistan outplay Sri Lanka in volleyball opener
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Hosts Pakistan got off to an excellent start in the second Asian Central Zone Men’s Volleyball Championship as they blanked Sri Lanka 3-0 on the first day of...
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PCB’s dual stance irks media
ABBOTTABAD, June 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a ban on interviews of the Pakistan cricketers, says manager Talat Ali as some local journalists approached the team’s captain and vice-captain....
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Dravid relying on Zaheer for England tour
MUMBAI, June 19: India captain Rahul Dravid is counting on left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan to mentor a young pace attack during next month''s tour of England and the preceding one-dayers in Ireland and Scotland....
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Warne, Murali put rivals in a spin
LONDON, June 19: Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, Test cricket''s top two leading wicket-takers of all time, bowled their respective sides to victory in the English County Championship on Monday....
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Trio line up to replace Atapattu: Bangladesh series
COLOMBO, June 19: Three Sri Lankan batsmen are competing for the void created by the self-imposed absence of former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu for the series against Bangladesh....
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Nepal awarded full member status
LAHORE, June 19: The World Blind Cricket Council has awarded full member status to Nepal on Tuesday, the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council announced....
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Sluggish Ljubicic moves into second round
AMSTERDAM, June 19: Second seed Ivan Ljubicic overcame a slow start to defeat Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Den Bosch Open on Monday....
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Sailors leave for Bahrain
KARACHI, June 19: A three-member Pakistan sailing team left on Tuesday for Bahrain to compete in the Al-Bareh international regatta from June 19 to 23....
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Shoaib stars as Zone-IV pull off narrow win
KARACHI, June 19: A brilliant century by opener Mohammad Shoaib Shakeel inspired Zone-IV to a remarkable one-wicket win over Zone-II in the Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship on Tuesday....
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PBSA plans event in Islamabad
KARACHI, June 19: Top 16 cueists of the country will be up against each other in a tournament which the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) plans to conduct at Islamabad next month....
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SHA names 51 players to select two teams from
KARACHI, June 19: The Sindh Hockey Association (SHA) on Tuesday named 51 players for selection of two Sindh outfits to take part in the National Junior Under-19 hockey championship, starting in Quetta from Sunday....
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Vinod enters semi-finals
KARACHI, June 19: Top seed Vinod Das on Tuesday became the first player to move into the last four of the men’s singles event in the second STA development series tennis tournament by winning his quarter-final....
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Punjab Inter-school Games from tomorrow
LAHORE, June 19: Rs4.6 million will be spent on the second Punjab Chief Minister Inter-school Games, starting here from Thursday, Punjab Sports Department secretary Naveed Akram Cheema said on Tuesday....
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Zvonareva pulls out of Wimbledon
EASTBOURNE, June 19: World No 19 Vera Zvonareva has pulled out of next week''s Wimbledon championships after failing to recover from a wrist injury, organisers said on Monday....
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Athletics coach pays up in fraud case
BEIJING, June 19: Chinese athletics coach Wang Dexian has paid an undisclosed sum in compensation to three distance runners who sued him for withholding winnings and grants over an eight-year period, local media reported on Tuesday....
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MZKM, Federal Sports record wins
KARACHI, June 19: Mohammad Zamir Khan Memorial (MZKM) Cricket Club and Federal Sports won their respective matches in the fifth Pak-China Gold Cup cricket tournament on Monday....
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Moroccan tests positive
PARIS, June 19: A Moroccan using his French Foreign Legion identity tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) following the Paris marathon, according to sources here on Monday....
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Aamir to face Yasir in final
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Yasir Butt defeated Aamir Atlas 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8 in just 32 minutes on the fifth day of the PSF Squash League played at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Tuesday....
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