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Five-star Steyn seals Pakistan’s fate as SA celebrate historic win
KARACHI, Oct 5: Dale Steyn’s inspired pace bowling led South Africa to a first historic 160-run win over Pakistan in the first Test at the National Stadium on Friday to go up 1-0 in the two-match series....
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Primary charge against Shoaib Akhtar withdrawn
LAHORE, Oct 5: In a surprising move the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary committee, which started its proceedings on Friday, has omitted from its charge sheet the principal allegation against Shoaib...
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Gentle giant finally calls it a day
KARACHI, Oct 5: Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, ended days of speculation on Friday, by officially announcing that he would be calling it a day after making a farewell appearance in...
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Rampaging Aussies overcome India again
HYDERABAD (India), Oct 5: Yuvraj Singh hammered a superb century but failed to stop Australia from posting a 47-run win over India in the third One-day International here on Friday....
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Lawson demands respect for Pakistan skipper
KARACHI, Oct 5: Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson demanded more respect for captain Shoaib Malik after his team lost the first Test against South Africa by 160 runs on Friday....
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Inzamam named in expanded squad
KARACHI, Oct 5: Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was on Friday named in an expanded 16-man Pakistan squad for next week’s second Test against South Africa....
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Inzamam not to appear at Hair hearing
KARACHI, Oct 5: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has ruled out appearing in an employment tribunal hearing the racial discrimination suit by Australian umpire Darrell Hair against the International Cricket Council (ICC)....
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Dilshan axed for Australia Tests
COLOMBO, Oct 5: Sri Lankan selectors on Friday dropped seasoned middle-order batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan from their 16-man squad for the two-Test tour of Australia starting later this month....
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Surrey eager to recruit Asif
LONDON, Oct 5: Surrey are eager to confirm the signing of the Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif as their overseas player for the year 2008....
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Kartik back in favour
HYDERABAD, Oct 5: India’s cricket selectors on Friday recalled left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for the fourth and fifth One-day Internationals against world champions Australia....
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PHF recalls banned quartet for Champions Trophy camp
KARACHI, Oct 5: The Pakistan hockey administrators took a U-turn on Friday when they called up four banned, undisciplined and ageing players for the forthcoming Champions Trophy while ignoring promising youngsters....
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Blatter backs foreign club owners
BRUSSELS, Oct 5: FIFA President Sepp Blatter backed foreign owners such as those at Manchester United and Liverpool, describing them on Friday as “good for the game” and ruled out any interference by football’s world governing body....
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UEFA Cup Ajax crash out; Bayern through
LONDON, Oct 4: Former European champions Ajax Amsterdam made a shock exit from the UEFA Cup on Thursday after a 3-2 home defeat by Dinamo Zagreb gave the Croatians a 3-3 draw on aggregate and victory on the away goals rule....
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Jasmin wins gold
KARACHI, Oct 5: Pakistan added one more gold medal to their tally when Jasmin Mehmood Sharif swam to victory in the girls’ 50 metres free style at the 12th Special Olympics...
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Venus advances to last four, Sania out
TOKYO, Oct 5: Top seed Venus Williams moved into the semi-finals at the Japan Open on Thursday after struggling through the first set, but second seed Sania Mirza’s run in Tokyo came to an unexpected end....
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PU to compete in 22 disciplines
LAHORE, Oct 5: The University of Punjab will take part in 22 disciplines of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in 2007-08 sports season....
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Golovin to lead France at Hopman Cup
PERTH (Australia), Oct 5: Tatiana Golovin will spearhead the French challenge for a breakthrough victory at the Hopman Cup mixed-team in December, the organisers said....
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KESC in semis
KARACHI, Oct 5: Opener Asad Shafiq hit an unbeaten 68 to power the KESC into the semi-finals of the 22nd Karachi Gymkhana Tapal Trophy Ramazan Cricket Festival with an eight-wicket win over Qasmi CC at the KG Ground on Friday....
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Bishop’s Club win
LAHORE, Oct 5: Two matches were decided in the Ramzan-ul-Mubarak floodlit basketball tournament at Cathedral High School on Thursday evening....
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