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Sreesanth causes England collapse before India falter
LONDON, July 20: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth ripped through the tail with a hat-trick of lbws as England collapsed on the second day of the first Test at Lord’s here on Friday....
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Australia may not feature in Champions Trophy at Lahore
KARACHI, July 20: Hockey Australia on Thursday conveyed to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) their inability to take part in the Champions Trophy tournament scheduled to be held in Lahore in December....
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Malik, Salman and Farhat stand out: Twenty20 practice match
LAHORE, July 20: Captain Shoaib Malik and Imran Farhat’s productive knocks steered the ‘B’ team to a resounding eight-wicket win against Salman Butt’s ‘A’ side in the first Twenty20 practice match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday....
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Fernando’s best crushes Bangladesh in first ODI
COLOMBO, July 20: Dilhara Fernando grabbed a career-best haul of 4-24 to script Sri Lanka’s 70-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening One-day International here on Friday....
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Boonen captures Tour de France 12th stage
CASTRES (France), July 20: Belgian Tom Boonen, of Quick Step, won the Tour de France 12th stage to claim his second victory of this year''s race and his sixth stage overall here Friday....
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Rasmussen claims he did nothing wrong
MONTPELLIER (France), July 20: Tour de France overall leader Michael Rasmussen claimed on Friday he had done nothing wrong though he admitted he had made an administrative error regarding dope testing....
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MCC worried over Lord’s share of Test matches
LONDON, July 20: Lord’s officials are worried that the prestigious ground could lose one of the two Test matches it traditionally hosts each British summer. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which...
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3 Indians to participate in Karachi events
KARACHI, July 20: Five foreigners including three Indians have so far confirmed their participation in the two legs of ITF Pakistan international boys and girls U-18 tennis championships which takes place...
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Hamilton tops in practice for European Grand Prix
NURBURGRING (Germany), July 20: Lewis Hamilton topped the times in the first practice ahead of Sunday''s European Grand Prix. Hamilton''s performance hinted that Mclaren may have the speed to get back...
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Lee named in Twenty20 World Championship squad
SYDNEY, July 20: Australia kept faith with their World Cup winners when they named their squad on Friday for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September....
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Kirtley restricts Sri Lanka A
HOVE (England), July 20: James Kirtley’s four wickets and Ollie Rayner’s three helped Sussex dismiss Sri Lanka A for 225 on the opening day of the three-dayer....
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UEFA Cup match marred by violence
BELGRADE, July 20: Serious crowd trouble marred a UEFA Cup first qualifying round match between Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar and Serbian visitors Partizan Belgrade on Thursday....
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Local sailors to compete in Thailand
KARACHI, July 20: A six-member Pakistan sailing team will feature in the Hua Hin international regatta being held at Thailand from Aug 1 to 5, Pakistan Sailing Federation (PSAF) said on Friday....
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Serena withdraws from Stanford
STANFORD (California), July 20: Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s Stanford Classic due to a thumb injury, the organisers said on Thursday. Serena, the winner of eight grand slam titles,...
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Garcia holds on to lead on windy day: British Open Golf
CARNOUSTIE (Scotland), July 20: Sergio Garcia fought increasing winds and conjured some magic to maintain his two-stroke lead after nine holes in the British Open second round on Friday....
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Birthday boy Spadea upsets Tursunov
LOS ANGELES, July 20: American Vince Spadea celebrated his 33rd birthday with a dramatic fight-back to beat Russian fifth seed Dmitry Tursunov 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 in second round of the Los Angeles Classic on Thursday....
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Women’s national soccer from Aug 16
LAHORE, July 20: Sixteen teams will take part in the third national women’s football championship which starts at Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad from Aug 16. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) had invited...
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Asian Cup quarters promise more twists
HANOI, July 20: After negotiating a treacherous group phase, the Asian Cup''s eight surviving teams are set to do battle in the quarter-finals. A sequence of surprise results in the first...
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Italy’s Totti calls it quits
ROME, July 20: Italy''s Francesco Totti announced his retirement from international football on Friday. The 30-year-old Roma striker, who had not represented the Azzurri since they won the World Cup last...
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Zone-II Blues, VI Whites win
KARACHI, July 20: Spinners Ramiz Rafiq and Sajjad Rafiq shared nine wickets between them but failed to prevent Zone-V Blues from a 24-run defeat at the hands of Zone-II Blues in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 championship match on Thursday....
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Ranking badminton event from 30th
LAHORE, July 20: Ameer Abdullah Rokhri ranking badminton tournament, having a cash prize of Rs120,000, will be organized at New Khan hall from July 30 to Aug 5....
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French striker likely to coach China
BEIJING, July 20: Former French striker Jean-Pierre Papin has emerged as a top candidate to coach China''s national football side after the team''s disastrous first-round exit from the Asian Cup, press reports said on Friday....
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Aisam faces Bopanna
LAHORE, July 20: Pakistan’s Aisamul Haq will meet Indian top player Rohan Bopanna in the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger Hester Trophy in Manchester after beating Lars Ueble of Germany in the second round match....
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Man United beat Seoul 4-0 in Asian tour
SEOUL, July 20: Manchester United were convincing 4-0 winners against FC Seoul in a friendly on Friday on the second leg of their promotional tour of Asia....
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Committee abolished
LAHORE, July 20: The Punjab Olympic Association has abolished its three-member committee which had been constituted to hold elections of the Punjab Judo Association on June 27 but could not do so due to differences among the members....
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Pakistanis fly off to KL for Malaysian Open
KARACHI, July 20: Four Pakistan''s top squash players flew out of Karachi for Kuala Lumpur on Friday to feature in the Malaysian Open Squash Championship to be held next week....
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Sindh Governor golf tees off today
KARACHI, July 20: Mohammad Ali Hai leads the challenge in the main event of the inaugural Sindh Governor Cup which tees off at the Karachi Golf Club on Saturday....
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TT trials today
KARACHI, July 20: Three-day trials to select Sindh junior team to take part in the National Junior table tennis championship will commence at the Pakistan Sports Board Training and Coaching Centre from Saturday at 4pm....
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