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| October 29, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 16, 1428 |
SA determined to take series, Pakistan charged-up for decider : Shoaib Akhtar returns in today’s final ODI
LAHORE, Oct 28: The return of controversial speedster Shoaib Akhtar will be a huge attraction in the fifth and final One-day International on Monday as Shoaib Malik’s Pakistan take on South Africa in the series decider at the picturesque Gaddafi Stadium....
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Taufiq opts to join ICL
LAHORE, Oct 28: Test discard opener Taufiq Umar has opted to join the Indian Cricket League although other senior players who had earlier decided to join the league have reversed their decisions and returned back to Pakistan cricket....
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Pakistan hold Iraq to a draw
LAHORE, Oct 28: Pakistan showed some fighting spirit, managing to hold Asian champions Iraq to a goalless draw in the 19th World football Cup qualifiers in Damascus, Syria on Sunday....
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Pakistan players need to get fitter: Lawson
LAHORE, Oct 28: Pakistan’s cricketers need nine to 12 months of work to get to the fitness level expected of professional players, their Australian coach Geoff Lawson said on Sunday....
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Aslam bowls HBL to second win : Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
KARACHI, Oct 28: Habib Bank continued their winning spree in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after handing Hyderabad an innings defeat at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday....
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Sri Lankan bowlers struggle in tour game
ADELAIDE, Oct 28: Sri Lanka’s bowlers struggled on the second day of a three-day tour match against an inexperienced CA Chairman’s XI here on Sunday....
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Pakistan eye kabbadi gold at indoor Asian Games
MACAU, Oct 28: Pakistan’s hopes to win a gold at the Macau Indoor Asian Games have been raised with the fast approaching kabbadi event despite the challenging presence of Asian champions and arch-rivals, India in the arena....
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Sri Lanka topple All-Stars to clinch HK Sixes
HONG KONG, Oct 28: An All-Stars team containing some of the greatest names in world cricket was beaten in the final of the Hong Kong Sixes on Sunday by a team of little-known Sri Lankans....
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United go top as Chelsea hit City for six
LONDON, Oct 28: Manchester United stormed to the top of the Premier League on Saturday with a 4-1 thumping of Middlesbrough while Chelsea stole the limelight with a 6-0 hammering of third-placed Manchester City....
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Rachael downs Natalie in historic sisters’ final
MADRID, Oct 28: Rachael Grinham, the British Open champion, made sisterly history when she faced and then overcame the younger Natalie Grinham, the Commonwealth champion, by 9-4, 10-8, 9-2 to win the World Open title for the first time....
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Naveen reaches quarter-finals
MACAU, Oct 28: Pakistan’s Naveen Pervani showing sterling performance roared into the quarter-finals of the Asian Indoor Games with superb 4-0 win over Qatar’s Al Obaidli Ali at the Macau International Convention Centre on Sunday....
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Sweet revenge for triumphant Tharkyee at Karachi races
KARACHI, Oct 28: Favourite five-year-old bay Tharkyee avenged his last defeat when he prevailed over four-year-old colt Moon Raker in a close finish to win feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Janu Manu outclasses rivals to capture Wazirabad Cup
LAHORE, Oct 28: Long shot bay colt, Janu Manu, upset all calculations winning the Wazirabad Cup ran over 1400m featuring the 9th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Vejmelka wins ITF Futures tournament
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Top-seed Adam Vejmelka of Czech Republic defeated Romania’s Bogdan-Victor Leonte 6-4, 6-4 to capture the men’s singles title of the Pakistan Futures International Ranking tennis tournament at PTF Complex’s clay courts on Sunday....
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Federer reaches hometown final
BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 28: World No 1 Roger Federer brought down towering Croatian Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6 on Saturday to reach the final of his hometown tournament....
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Lahore capture badminton gold
LAHORE, Oct 28: Lahore district won the gold medal beating Rawalpindi 3-2 in the final of the 70th Punjab Games badminton on Sunday....
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Shabbir wins professionals’ top prize
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Shabbir Iqbal played an excellent last round of four-under 68 to capture professionals’ top prize in the President of Pakistan Gold Medal golf championship at the Islamabad Golf Club on Sunday....
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Nasir leaves for Riyadh
KARACHI, Oct 28: Junior international Nasir Mushtaq left the other day for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to feature in the eighth Saudi ITF juniors’ world ranking tennis championship which begins from Monday....
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