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Cricket’s ‘bad boy’ banned indefinitely
LAHORE, Sept 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), while overruling the team manager’s recommendation of banning the controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for five One-day International matches, has instead decided to impose a ban on him for an indefinite period.... 
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Sohail Tanvir named as replacement
LAHORE, Sept 7: Left-arm medium-pacer Sohail Tanvir will make his international debut in the first Twenty20 World Cup Championship tournament being played in South Africa from Sept 11 to 25....
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‘I am sorry for my temper loss’
KARACHI, Sept 7: Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar apologised on Friday for hitting team-mate Mohammad Asif, but said he was provoked into the act which saw him sent home from the Twenty20 World Championship....
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Weak management responsible: Miandad
LAHORE, Sept 7: While the legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for a several indisciplinary incidents in the Pakistan team, the former Pakistan captain Intikhab...
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Taufiq’s century guides Pakistan ‘A’ to series win
LAHORE, Sept 7: A hurricane century by Test-discard Taufiq Umar and half-centuries by Khalid Latif and Skipper Faisal Iqbal helped Pakistan ‘A’ register another convincing seven-wicket victory over Australia ‘A’ in the second one-day match at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Friday....
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Farhan outplays Mansoor to reach final
KARACHI, Sept 7: Seventh seed Farhan Mehboob stamped his authority when he toppled second seed and compatriot Mansoor Zaman for the third time in a month to breeze into the Chief of the Naval Staff International squash championship final on Friday....
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Djokovic, Ferrer in uncharted territory at US Open
NEW YORK, Sept 7: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spaniard David Ferrer rolled into the US Open semi-finals for the first time in their careers with dominating last-eight victories on Thursday....
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PCB furious over Shoaib outburst
LAHORE, Sept 7: Maverick pacer Shoaib Akhtar, already in a soup for attacking fellow pacer Mohammad Asif in a nets session in Johannesburg, is set to face more music for his outburst against a PCB doping panel....
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Ponting set to join squad
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7: Australia captain Ricky Ponting is to join his team-mates in South Africa for the Twenty20 World Championship next week after his wife recovered from a health scare....
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Karachi, Mumbai clash today
KARACHI, Sept 7: The Mohammad Nissar Trophy match, a four-day first-class contest between the domestic champions of Pakistan and India, will be played at the National Stadium, Karachi, from Saturday....
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Imran Farhat responds to PCB’s legal notice
LAHORE, Sept 7: Pakistan opener Imran Farhat has responded to the legal notice, issued to him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for criticising its officials and national selection committee....
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Pakistan send Shoaib home after assault on Asif
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7: Pakistan cricket experienced yet another blow, this time on eve of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, when their team management sent Shoaib Akhtar home on...
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India remain on top with 19 gold medals
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Indians continued to show their best against their opponents, winning 19 gold medals to remain on top at the inaugural South Asian swimming and water polo championship on Friday....
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Banned Arshad willing to ‘compromise’ with PFF chief
LAHORE, Sept 7: A petition filed against the Punjab Football Association (PFA) has been withdrawn after an underhand deal between the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat and banned former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Arshad Lodhi....
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Ticket prices soar on black market: Beijing Olympics
BEIJING, Sept 7: Chinese fans are paying 25 times the official rate for tickets to see Liu Xiang, China’s 110m hurdles world champion, defend his Olympic title next year, state media reported on Friday....
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Beckenbauer backs S. Africa’s 2010 World Cup CAPE TOWN, Sept 7: FIFA member Franz Beckenbauer is confident South Africa will host a successful World Cup in 2010 despite the country’s crime problem and other challenges clouding its preparations....
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Inter-school basketball
KARACHI, Sept 7: Froebel Education Centre (girls) registered its third successive win in the Karachi Inter-school Sports Week basketball tournament when they beat Defence-American School 31-3 in a one-sided match....
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Maradona to play against England
LONDON, Sept 7: Diego Maradona and his 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina team mates have agreed to an unofficial rematch with their England counterparts....
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Rana sizzles as Wapda thrash KESC
KARACHI, Sept 7: Three-goal Rana Jawaid guided Wapda to a pulverising 10-1 victory over the hapless KESC in the All-Pakistan Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan hockey tournament at Hockey Club of Pakistan on Friday....
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Chinese gymnasts retain men’s gold
STUTTGART (Germany), Sept 7: China outclassed their rivals easily to retain their men’s team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.....
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