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| February 01, 2008 | Friday | Muharram 22, 1429 |
Rauf, Naumanullah among five changes for Sheikhupura tie: Final ODI against Zimbabwe
LAHORE, Jan 31: Pakistan, eyeing a clean sweep of the five-match One-day International series against Zimbabwe in the final match at Sheikhupura on Saturday, has named five upcoming players in the line-up....
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Ponting, CA chief defend Symonds attitude: Speed admits ICC blunder in Harbhajan case
MELBOURNE, Jan 31: Australian captain Ricky Ponting leapt to the defence of Andrew Symonds here on Thursday after the appeals commissioner was critical of the Australian all-rounder in the Harbhajan Singh appeal hearing....
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BCCI asks players to behave: Sydney row
NEW DELHI, Jan 31: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has told its players in Australia to behave themselves after the row involving off-spinner Harbhajan Singh overshadowed an exciting Test series, its secretary Niranjan Shah said on Thursday....
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Rana Naved fit to play for Yorkshire
LEEDS (England), Jan 31: Yorkshire have confirmed Rana Naved-ul-Hasan as their man overseas player for the 2008 English county season after the Pakistan pace bowler passed a fitness test on a shoulder injury....
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Zameer to officiate in U-19 World Cup
KARACHI, Jan 31: Zameer Haider, who is on the ICC panel of international umpires, is the only Pakistani official named for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which is being played in Malaysia from Feb 17 to March 2....
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Vermeulen cleared of arson
HARARE, Jan 31: Former Test player Mark Vermeulen has been cleared of arson attacks on the Zimbabwe cricket board’s headquarters after a court found he was suffering psychiatric problems, his lawyer said on Thursday....
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Haddin named in Aussie ODI squad
SYDNEY, Jan 31: New South Wales wicket-keeper Brad Haddin was all but anointed as Adam Gilchrist’s successor on Thursday when he was named in Australia’s 13-man squad for the upcoming one-day series against India and Sri Lanka....
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Moores seeks to continue momentum
WELLINGTON, Jan 31: England will try to sustain the momentum of back-to-back one-day series wins when they take on New Zealand next month, coach Peter Moores said on Thursday....
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Ponting doubtful, Tendulkar set for debut in T20 clash
MELBOURNE, January 31: Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday said that he is a doubtful starter for the one-off Twenty20 game against India to be played here on Friday as he still recuperating from a back injury....
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Sindh Games from Feb 12 in Sukkur
KARACHI, Jan 31: With country’s general elections round the corner, the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) has decided to go ahead with the hosting of the 12th Sindh Games at Sukkur from Feb 12 to 15....
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IOC praises Olympics aquatics centre
BEIJING, Jan 31: The debut of China’s National Aquatics Cen-ter, nicknamed by the Chinese as “water cube”, has drawn accolades from International Olympic Committee (IOC) official....
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Flintoff still unfit
LONDON, Jan 31: Andrew Flintoff will continue his bid to regain full fitness by joining the England Lions, the national ‘A’ side, during their tour of India next month just weeks after being left out of the squad....
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Hyderabad player scores 326
HYDERABAD, Jan 31: Hyderabad skipper Azeem Ghumman broke a 10-year-old national record in under-19 cricket when he smashed an unbeaten 326 against Badin in a Hyderabad region game at the Niaz Stadium on Thursday....
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Ronaldo’s double puts United back on top: Premier League
LONDON, Jan 31: Cristiano Ronaldo struck both goals including a superb free kick as Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 on Tuesday to cruise back to the top of the Premier League....
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Punjab Olympic Association polls held
LAHORE, Jan 31: Syed Shahid Ali Shah and Idris Haider Khawaja were re-elected as the president and secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association (POA) here on Thursday at the General Council meeting of the body....
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Pakistan CC clinch KCCA league title
KARACHI, Jan 31: Daniyal Ahsan and Anwar Ali excelled as Pakistan Cricket Club won the KCCA Inter-Club Senior League Cricket Championship overwhelming Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club by 48 runs in the final at the NBP Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Uzair’s hat trick sinks Larkana in ill-tempered clash
KARACHI, Jan 31: Uzair Ahmad’s hat trick propelled Karachi Whites to a 4-0 victory against Larkana in the National Hockey Championship regional qualifying round on a day that was marred by violent protests and misconduct by the losing side on Thursday....
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Karachi races set for Feb 10
KARACHI, Jan 31: The management of Karachi Race Club (KRC) has once again deferred the Gymkhana race meeting for a week in view of prevailing equine influenza....
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Eto’o puts Cameroon in last eight
ACCRA, Jan 31: Samuel Eto’o became the all-time record goalscorer at the African Nations Cup on Wednesday when he fired Cameroon into the quarter-finals, where Egypt will also feature despite Zambia holding the defending champions to a 1-1 draw....
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Country and Golf Club inaugurated in Defence
KARACHI, Jan 31: Built at an enormous cost of Rs 2 billion by a Malaysian firm, the day/night 18-hole Defence Authority Country and Golf Club was formally inaugurated on Thursday....
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Organisers err by posting local umpires in Karachi game
KARACHI, Jan 31: The National Hockey Championship regional qualifying round technical officials openly flouted rules on Thursday when they posted two Karachi umpires in the final between Karachi Whites and Larkana....
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Junaid excels in PCB event
KARACHI, Jan 31: Off-spinner Junaid Ilyas returned remarkable figures of nine for 44 as Zone-VI defeated Zone-IV by six wickets in the PCB Karachi region Under-19 Cricket Championship fixture at the KCCA Stadium on Thursday....
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Olympian dies
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Jan 31: Frantisek Capek, who won a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in flatwater canoeing, died Thursday of an unspecified heart problem. He was 93.—AP...
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