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| December 14, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 3, 1428 |
Battling England draw second Test with Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Dec 13: England’s batsmen shone under pressure to draw the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Thursday and keep their hopes alive in the three-match series....
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‘We played competitive cricket in last two Tests’
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik on Thursday said he is not bothered by the criticism over his captaincy and it was Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) job to decide whether they wanted to retain him or not....
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Shoaib rejects Imran’s criticism over lack of effort
NEW DELHI, Dec 13: Pakistan strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar blamed a lack of pace support for him in the 1-0 Test series defeat in India and rejected former captain Imran Khan’s criticism that he did not try hard enough....
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PCB upset over poor under-19 show against BD
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf has demanded an explanation from the concerned officials for the national under-19 team’s poor performance against the lowly-rated Bangladesh in the recent home series....
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Misbah asks critics to keep faith in Malik’s captaincy
KARACHI, Dec 13: Pakistan’s new batting hero Misbah-ul-Haq has backed his embattled captain Shoaib Malik and called on the cricket authorities and players to be patient with the 25-year-old successor to Inzamam-ul-Haq....
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Warne backs Clarke as Ponting’s successor
SYDNEY, Dec 13: Michael Clarke should be groomed to take over from Ricky Ponting as Australia’s next cricket captain, according to retired spinner Shane Warne....
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Cricket Australia wants day-night Test matches SYDNEY, Dec 13: Cricket Australia says the sport could attract a four-fold increase in television ratings by introducing day-night Test matches within the next decade. CA chief executive James Sutherland confirmed...
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Indonesia barred from AFC event
JAKARTA, Dec 13: Indonesian teams have been barred from the 2008 AFC Champions League, dealing another blow to a sport in crisis in the world’s fourth most populous country....
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Cricket contest boost tourism in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Dec 13: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka jumped by a fifth in November from a year ago with the help of a cricket tournament and a large conference, but renewed...
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Ntini wants more black players in SA team
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 13: Makhaya Ntini, the cattle herder who became the first black cricketer to be picked for South Africa a decade ago, says his former charges can claim credit for his accuracy between the wickets....
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Warwickshire ponder Woolmer stand at Edgbaston
EDGBASTON, Dec 13: English county Warwickshire is keen to have a stand named after their late coach Bob Woolmer at Edgbaston, it was revealed on Thursday....
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Wariner aims for Golden League jackpot
PARIS, Dec 13: American one-lap wonder Jeremy Wariner will be in with a real shot at the one-million-dollar Golden League jackpot next season after organisers brought in the 400m as one of the 10 headlining events....
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Ranatunga set to head Sri Lanka Cricket
COLOMBO, Dec 13: Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is tipped to head the country’s cricket administration, government sources told AFP on Thursday....
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Pakistan climb in badminton rankings
LAHORE, Dec 13: According to the new ranking issued by the World Badminton Federation, the Pakistani pair of Rizwan Azam and Mohammad Attique has earned the best-ever doubles ranking (88) for Pakistan....
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TT trials begin
KARACHI, Dec 13: The three-day trials for the selection of a six-member Pakistan team including three women’s for the coming World Table Tennis championships, commenced at the PSB Coaching Centre on Thursday....
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Protest by Filipino boxers mars SEA Games
KORAT (Thailand), Dec 13: The boxing tournament at the SEA Games was thrown into chaos on Thursday after six Philippine fighters retired in a protest over the judging as Thailand passed 150 gold medals.Philippine...
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HBL, NBP share day’s honours: Quaid Trophy
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pool ‘A’ leaders Habib Bank Limited (HBL) equally shared the honours with runners-up National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) while a seven-wicket burst by paceman Samiullah Niazi gave pool...
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Lyon, Fenerbahce advance to 2nd round
LONDON, Dec 13: Lyon and Fenerbahce won their final group games on Wednesday to capture the last two spots in the knockout round of the Champions League....
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Table tennis course delayed
KARACHI, Dec 13: A five-day basic table tennis umpires course which was due to commence at a local hotel on Friday has been deferred for a day due to delay in arrival of ITTF course conductor from India....
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Race horse owners want stake-money amount revised
LAHORE, Dec 13: Hit by the recent outbreak of equine influenza, race horse owners at the Lahore Race Club (LRC) have appealed to LRC authorities to revise the slab of stake-money amount being offered to the winners of different classes....
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English giants gear up for showdowns
LONDON, Dec 13: Now that they have all qualified for the knockout round of the Champions League, English soccer’s big four can concentrate on beating each other for the domestic title....
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Lahore dominate girls athletics
LAHORE, Dec 13: Lahore dominated the second day of the Punjab Under-17 girls athletics championship, clinching three gold medals out of the total four at stake on Thursday....
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