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Pakistan edge out Malaysia, India lose: Azlan Shah Cup hockey
IPOH, (Malaysia), May 8: Mohammad Saqlain’s late penalty corner strike carved a narrow 3-2 win for Pakistan who came from behind to beat Malaysia in their opening match of the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Thursday.... 
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Khurram, Sajjad enter quarter-finals, Saleh falls: Asian Snooker Championship
DUBAI, May 8: Pakistan’s rising star Mohammad Sajjad Rana and his experienced compatriot Khurram Hussain Agha entered the 24th Asian Snooker Championship quarter-finals after recording thrilling victories over their respective rivals here on Wednesday....
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Gavaskar quits as ICC panel chief
NEW DELHI, May 8: India’s Sunil Gavaskar has resigned as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee chairman, the governing body said on Thursday....
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Javeria spins Pakistan to first victory
DAMBULLA, May 8: Off-spinner Javeria Khan returned remarkable figures of six for eight as Pakistan won their first match of the Women’s Asia Cup here on Thursday....
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Ferrero stops Nadal’s bid to win fourth title in Rome
ROME, May 8: World No 2 Rafael Nadal’s bid to win the Rome Masters for the fourth successive year was buried on Wednesday when he lost 7-5, 6-1 to Juan Carlos Ferrero....
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Gaultier sends Mansoor crashing out in first round: British Open squash
LIVERPOOL (England), May 8: Gregory Gaultier, the first Frenchman ever to win the British Open, overcame a sequence of injuries and a famous name to defeat Pakistan’s Mansoor Zaman on Thursday....
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Saleh invited to play in professional ranking event
DUBAI, May 8: Pakistan’s former world No 2 Saleh Mohammad has been invited to participate in the professional ranking snooker tournament in Thailand later this month, President of the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) Sindhu Pulsirivong said on Thursday....
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CSK defeat Daredevils in last-ball thriller
NEW DELHI, May 8: Chennai Super Kings kept their nerves as Subramaniam Badrinath and Manpreet Gony emerged unlikely heroes to edge out Delhi Daredevils in a last-ball finish in the Indian Premier League clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday....
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Hi-tech cricket bats outlawed
LONDON, May 8: International cricket chiefs have banned hi-tech cricket bats that give an unfair advantage to batsmen, saying the move will help prevent the game becoming too predictable....
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India score another easy win
KURUNEGALA, May 8: India continued their invincible form in the Women’s Asia Cup with a convincing eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka here on Thursday....
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Official to hear Harbhajan today
AHMEDABAD, May 8: Sudhir Nanavati, the BCCI-appointed Commissioner probing the slapping row involving Indian players Harbhajan Singh and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, will be wrapping up the investigation after hearing both the players here on Friday....
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SA to host BD
JOHANNESBURG, May 8: Bangladesh have been granted two Tests and three One-day Internationals on their tour of South Africa in November....
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Kumble, Warne head lucrative new Asian event
SINGAPORE, May 8: A lucrative new tournament, the iSixes World Series, was unveiled on Thursday featuring teams from all nine Test playing nations, with US1 million going to the winners....
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Real Madrid demolish Barcelona
MADRID, May 8: Real Madrid celebrated their league title triumph in style by crushing arch-rivals Barcelona 4-1 at the Bernabeu on Wednesday and helping deprive the Catalans of an automatic place in the Champions League....
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‘Politics, corruption must be eradicated’
BANGKOK, May 8: Asia’s football chief on Thursday vowed to fight corruption and called for political interference to be “completely eliminated” from the game....
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Deaf squash event starts
LAHORE, May 8: Twenty-four matches were decided in the first two rounds of the 3rd National deaf squash championship, which commenced here at the Punjab Squash complex on Thursday....
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SSB staff facing life-and-death situation
KARACHI, May 8: Believe it or not but it is a fact that all staff members of the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) across the province have not received their salaries for the last four months....
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Sher-i-Punjab dangal
LAHORE, May 8: Twenty-six wrestlers are to take part in the Sher-i-Punjab dangal to be held here at the Punjab Stadium at 6.00pm on May 25....
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Iconic kicks dust in challengers’ eyes to lead all the way
LAHORE, May 8: Fancied filly Iconic virtually did all the running to put up a smashing performance enabling her to land the feature event during the day/night Lahore Gymkhana meeting, the...
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Referee denies fixing match
BRUSSELS, May 8: The Belgian referee of a first-division match under investigation for alleged irregular betting was quoted in a newspaper on Thursday saying he had not sought to influence the result....
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Inadequate funding dashes digital broadcast plans: 2010 World Cup
CAPE TOWN, May 8: A funding crunch could delay South Africa’s plans to have digital broadcasting in place for the 2010 football World Cup, the chief executive of state-run telecommunications firm Sentech said on Thursday....
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Ayub’s late goal takes HBL into last eight
KARACHI, May 8: Substitute Ayub Taj struck a late match-winner to help 10-man Habib Bank reach National Challenge Cup soccer quarter-finals after a 2-1 victory over Sindh Government Press (SGP) at the CDGK Stadium on Thursday....
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CAS forms panel to hear swimmer’s appeal
GENEVA, May 8: A panel has been set up to hear the appeal of swimmer Nicholas D’Arcy against the Australian Olympic Committee’s decision to drop him from the team, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said Thursday....
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Pakistan weightlifter fails IWF dope test
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has informed the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) that Mohammad Kashif Bhatti had used metadionone, a performance enhancing drug on the occasion of Namjou Cup held in Tehran on Feb 14 this year....
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Olympic bronze medallist banned for doping
BANGKOK, May 8: Olympic bronze medallist Suriya Prasathinphimai has been suspended for one year by Thailand’s boxing authorities after a positive doping test....
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Ethiopians pull out of Doha meet
DOHA, May 8: Ethiopian athletes pulled out of Friday’s Doha Super Grand Prix meet because of political tension between the two countries, organisers said....
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U-17 swimming starts today
LAHORE, May 8: The two-day Punjab under-17 swimming championship for boys starts at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex here on Friday....
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Striker dies
BRUSSELS, May 8: Belgian striker Francois Sterchele was killed on Thursday morning in a car crash, local media reports said. The 26-year-old, leading scorer in the Belgian top flight with Germinal...
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