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Federer tames Nadal to equal Borg record
LONDON, July 8: Roger Federer survived a ferocious onslaught from Rafael Nadal to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon singles title on Sunday, finally taming the inspired Spaniard 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2....
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Pakistan beat Scotland to win 4-nation hockey
MOSCOW, July 8: Pakistan beat lowly-rated Scotland 4-0 to win the four-nation hockey tournament at Elektrostal Hockey Stadium on Sunday....
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Powell inspires West Indies to ODI series win over England
NOTTINGHAM (England), July 8: Daren Powell sparked a top-order collapse as West Indies beat England by 93 runs to win the third one-day international at Trent Bridge here on Saturday and...
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Selectors to unveil 30 names for World Twenty20 today
KARACHI, July 8: No surprises are expected when Pakistan unveil their 30-man preliminary squad on Monday for September’s inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa....
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Australia to consider Stanford proposal
SYDNEY, July 8: Cricket Australia has confirmed that it would consider a proposal by Allen Stanford to participate in the $23 million Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies next year....
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Strauss to lead England Lions against India
NOTTINGHAM, July 8: Andrew Strauss will captain England Lions, as the country''s ''A'' team is now known, against India in a three-day tour match at Chelmsford starting on July 13, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Sunday....
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British Grand Prix: Raikkonen rains on Hamilton’s parade
SILVERSTONE (England), July 8: Ferrari''s Kimi Raikkonen won the British Grand Prix on Sunday to wreck championship leader Lewis Hamilton''s hopes of a home celebration....
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‘Future bidding cities could lose their heads’
GUATEMALA CITY, July 8: Future bidding cities for the Olympic Games could be told to not include their heads of state in the bidding or presentation, according to IOC president Jacques Rogge on Saturday....
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Indians hit form
HOVE (England), July 8: India batsmen Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik and skipper Rahul Dravid all made fifties against Sussex on the first day of the opening match of the England tour at Hove here on Saturday....
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Naseeb makes great return to run away with Summer Cup
KARACHI, July 8: Making his first appearance of the year after a long layoff, seven-year-old bay Naseeb powered his way to lift the Summer Cup 2007 when he edged past filly...
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Brazil, Uruguay storm into semis with crushing wins
BARQUISIMETO (Venezuela), July 8: Brazil and Uruguay confounded the critics who had labelled them dull and unimaginative by combining to fire 10 goals past their opponents in reaching the Copa America semi-finals on Saturday....
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Klitschko retains IBF title
COLOGNE (Germany), July 8: Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko retained his IBF world heavyweight title with a technical knockout after six rounds against challenger Lamon Brewster on Saturday....
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Awais wins table tennis event
LAHORE, July 8: Awais Hassan defeated Salman Virk in straight sets to win the under-18 event of the All Pakistan Junior table tennis championship at the Wapda Sports Complex on Sunday....
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Ansari, Masood win bridge contest
KARACHI, July 8: The duo of M.A. Ansari and Masood Mazher won the quarterly KC Open pairs’ bridge contest which concluded at the Karachi Club....
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Zone-V lift Karachi region U-19 crown
KARACHI, July 8: A splendid bowling performance by spinner Wajidullah Zone-V helped lift the Karachi region title in the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship after defeating Zone-IV by 95 runs at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday....
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Karachi players in lead
HYDERABAD, July 8: Karachi''s Imtiaz Ahmed consolidated his position by winning the eighth round, equalling his points with team-mates Asif Abbasi and Riyasat Ali in the 27th Sindh Chess Championship at the Sindh Sports Board hostel on Sunday....
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Age group swimming
LAHORE, July 8: Lahore District age group swimming championship will be held at Aitchison College pool on July 14....
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Epsom Derby winner beaten
LONDON, July 8: Epsom Derby winner Authorized, partnered by Frankie Dettori, was beaten into second place by 7-1 chance Notnowcato in the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday....
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