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Pakistan may miss out after change of venue: Champions Trophy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Pakistan may miss out on December’s Champions Trophy hockey tournament in case the event is staged in India or Malaysia, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary, Khalid Mahmood said on Thursday.... 
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BCCI launches leagues to rival ICL
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Indian cricket authorities on Thursday paraded superstars Glenn McGrath and Stephen Fleming at the launch of international and domestic Twenty20 leagues to counter a rival group.The...
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Bangladesh knock West Indies out of World Twenty20
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 13: Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful smashed the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket Wednesday to throw the West Indies out of the inaugural World Championship....
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Pietersen sets up easy England victory
CAPE TOWN, Sept 13: Kevin Pietersen played a match-winning innings against Zimbabwe at Newlands on Thursday which he said gave England a chance to ‘humiliate’ Australia in the World Twenty20 Championship....
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Aussies lick wounds as Zimbabwe pull off greatest upset
CAPE TOWN, Sept 13: Minnows Zimbabwe upset tournament favourites Australia in the first shock of the Twenty20 World Championship at Newlands on Wednesday (also partly reported in Thursday’s edition)....
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Rehan, Islah blame poor umpiring: Asia Cup debacle
KARACHI, Sept 13: Pakistan hockey captain Rehan Butt and coach Islahuddin on Thursday blamed poor umpiring for team’s ordinary faring at the Asia Cup in Chennai last week....
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Aussies were complacent, says Ian Chappell
SYDNEY, Sept 13: Former Australian captain Ian Chappell said Ricky Ponting’s side were complacent and lacked respect for their opposition on Thursday after a shock loss to minnows Zimbabwe....
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‘When you don’t respect the game it bites you’ CAPE TOWN, Sept 13: Australian captain Ricky Ponting said his team’s top batsmen had not shown enough respect for cricket when they crashed to a shock five-wicket defeat against minnows Zimbabwe in a World Twenty20 match on Wednesday....
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Scotland dent French Euro 2008 qualifying hopes
LONDON, Sept 13: French sporting pride took another hammering when Scotland won 1-0 in Paris on Wednesday to leave France’s Euro 2008 qualifying hopes in the balance....
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Game against India biggest, says Salman
DURBAN, Sept 13: Pakistan vice-captain Salman Butt was in no doubt about the enormity of the occasion awaiting his team when they clash with India in the Twenty20 World Championship in Durban on Friday....
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Kapil Dev hails move
CHENNAI, Sept 13: Kapil Dev, the chairman of the ICL executive board, has welcomed the Indian board’s plans of launching an international Twenty20 league. “If the board has decided that, I’m...
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Injured Sania could miss home event
MUMBAI, Sept 13: India’s Sania Mirza could miss next week’s home WTA event in Kolkata due to a wrist injury, she said on Wednesday.Sania, 20, has not played since the US...
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No FIFA action over ‘spying’ case
BEIJING, Sept 13: FIFA has opted against taking any action after Denmark officials asked football’s governing body to probe security at the Women’s World Cup after men were found covertly filming a ‘tactical session’ at their Wuhan hotel....
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Gonzalez storms into China Open quarters
BEIJING, Sept 13: Fernando Gonzalez continued to revive his game after a disastrous hardcourt summer, crushing fellow Chilean Paul Capdeville 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open on Wednesday....
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Madrid bids for 2016 Olympics
MADRID, Sept 13: Madrid formally submitted its bid on Thursday to host the 2016 Olympics. Madrid Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon informed the Spanish government that the candidacy had been lodged with the International Olympic Committee....
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Jaques, Hussey put Australia ‘A’ in command: Four-day match at Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, Sept 13: Fine centuries by Phil Jaques (152) and David Hussey (143 not out) put Australia ‘A’ in a commanding position against Pakistan ‘A’ with a first innings lead of...
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Army squad for AFC President’s Cup
LAHORE, Sept 13: Three-time national champions Army announced a 24-member squad for the third AFC President’s Cup. The event to be held at the Punjab Stadium here from Sept 20 to...
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Shahbaz steals show in Punjab inter-school swimming
LAHORE, Sept 13: Shahbaz Khan of Punjab School, Lahore, (PSL) won all four events of the Under-16 Super competition in the 2nd Punjab inter-school swimming championship for boys at the Model Town Club pool on Thursday....
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Brazil down Mexico
BOSTON, Sept 13: Brazil struck twice inside the last 10 minutes to record a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Mexico in a friendly on Wednesday.Mexico went ahead in the 43rd minute through Juan Carlos Cacho....
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Zimbabwe media hails Twenty20 win
HARARE, Sept 13: Zimbabwe’s media on Thursday celebrated the country’s shock victory against Australia in the Twenty20 world championships, hailing it as the “biggest upset in cricket history”....
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