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‘Players joining ICL to risk future with Pakistan cricket’: SA tour on schedule, says PCB chairman
KARACHI, Aug 2: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday warned country’s leading players of risking their future if they join the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL)....
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Spain still undecided, await FIH decision: Lahore Champions Trophy
MADRID, Aug 2: Spanish hockey team is keeping its fingers crossed on its participation in the Champions Trophy in Lahore after its government issued an advisory not to travel to Pakistan....
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Germany confirm participation
BERLIN, Aug 2: World Cup winners Germany will participate in the Champions Trophy at Lahore in December, it was confirmed here on Thursday. The Germany Hockey Association general secretary Uschi Schmitz...
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Aisam-Bopanna duo enter semis
LAHORE, Aug 2: Aisam and partner Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-final of the Castillay Leon ATP Super Challenger in Segovia, Spain winning the quarter-final in straight sets....
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Sami shines as Tigers win Twenty20 tie again
KARACHI, Aug 2: Mohammad Sami couldn’t have picked a more appropriate moment to merit inclusion in the Pakistan squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa with a lively...
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Pakistan sixth, India fifth in ODI rankings
DUBAI, Aug 2: Pakistan have dropped to sixth while India have moved up a spot to rank fifth in the International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day rankings, the ICC said....
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Hoggard likely to miss The Oval Test
LONDON, Aug 2: Matthew Hoggard is likely to miss the third Test against India as he is aiming to play in Yorkshire’s County Championship match against Lancashire, starting on Aug 9, the day the third Test commences at The Oval....
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Sharapova, Venus stroll into third round
SAN DIEGO, Aug 2: Defending champion Maria Sharapova made an impressive return to the San Diego Classic by overpowering Thailand''s Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-3 in the second round on Wednesday....
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Beijing says “we’re ready”
BEIJING, Aug 2: Releasing a pop song entitled “We’re ready” with a year still to go until the world’s biggest sporting event may appear premature, but the organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics have good reason to be confident....
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Henin, Jankovic qualify for Madrid event
BRUSSELS, Aug 2: Belgian world No 1 Justine Henin and Serbia''s Jelena Jankovic are the first players to qualify for the season-ending WTA Tour championship in Madrid, organisers said on Thursday....
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Scotland Twenty20 squad named
EDINBURGH, Aug 2: Cricket Scotland has announced the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa where they kick off their campaign against Pakistan on Sept 12 followed by squaring up against India next day....
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Malinga signs up with Kent
LONDON, Aug 2: English cricket county Kent bolstered their ranks by signing Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga on a short-term contract. Famed for his distinctive action, the 23-year-old will play in...
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Man United suffer pre-season defeat against Inter Milan
MANCHESTER, Aug 2: Newly acquired Honduran David Suazo scored twice in the first half and rallied Inter Milan to a 3-2 victory over Manchester United on Wednesday, handing the English champion their first loss of the preseason....
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PFF’s ‘better late than never’ policy irks media KARACHI, Aug 2: The Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) lethargic approach in providing the results of its various tournaments continued to irk the media after the five-day old results of the...
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Top seeds enter quarter-finals
LAHORE, Aug 2: The men and women''s singles event of the 10th Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri entered the quarter-finals with almost all seeded players making it to the last eight on Thursday....
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Sapna outclasses rivals to win feature event
LAHORE, Aug 2: Fancied bay filly, Sapna, lived up to the confidence reposed in her, winning the feature event over the sprinting distance of 900m during the day/night Lahore Gymkhana races on Wednesday evening....
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LRC elections in October
LAHORE: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) has decided to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Oct 28 to elect a panel of 10-stewards for the year 2007-08....
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US eyes China, Russia as big rivals at Olympics
BEIJING, Aug 2: China and Russia will be challenging the United States for top spot at next year’s Beijing Olympics, a senior US Olympic Committee official said here on Thursday....
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Pakistan to face China in opener
LAHORE, Aug 2: Pakistan play hosts China on the opening day of the four-nation Good Luck hockey tournament to be held in Beijing from Aug 8 to 13....
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KCCA U-15 tourney from Sunday
KARACHI, Aug 2: The KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Championship will begin here from Sunday with 16 teams in the fray....
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Phelps takes run at world record
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 2: Just for kicks, Michael Phelps nearly set a world record in an event he won’t be swimming at the Olympics. Phelps won the 200-metre backstroke with a scintillating...
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Egyptians dominate rankings
LONDON, Aug 2: In a relatively unchanged list, Egypt’s Amr Shabana holds onto his number one position in the new August Dunlop PSA Men’s World Squash Rankings, announced by the Professional Squash Association....
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