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| May 15, 2008 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1429 |
Henin quits professional tennis at young age
BRUSSELS, May 14: World No 1 Justine Henin announced she was retiring from professional tennis with immediate effect on Wednesday....
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Belgium overwhelm Pakistan, Argentina reach final: Azlan Shah Cup
IPOH (Malaysia), May 14: Three-time champions Pakistan lost a thrilling match against Belgium by 3-5 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Wednesday, as Argentina downed New Zealand to qualify for the final....
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Facts about PCB staff salaries demanded by Senate body
LAHORE, May 14: Five members of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports have alleged that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has conveyed them wrong information about the amount of its staff’s...
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Shoaib makes dramatic entry in IPL
KOLKATA, May 14: Shoaib Akhtar made a dramatic Indian Premier League debut for Kolkata Knight Riders, taking four wickets in a blistering new-ball spell to consign the Delhi Daredevils to their...
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Davydenko, Ferrer score easy wins
HAMBURG (Germany), May 14: Nikolay Davydenko and David Ferrer moved smartly into the third round of the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday, while Tommy Robredo came back from the brink to win a first-round thriller against Philipp Kohlschreiber....
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CSK recover from poor start
MUMBAI, May 14: Subramaniam Badrinath and Mahendra Singh Dhoni brought Chennai Super Kings back from the edge of almost certain defeat to pose a teaser for Mumbai Indians, as they reached...
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Vettori recovers from injury to lead NZ in Lord’s Test
LONDON, May 14: New Zealand received a boost when captain Daniel Vettori declared he would lead the side in the first Test against England at Lord’s, starting on Thursday, despite a recent injury to his spinning finger....
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Harbhajan banned for five ODIs
MUMBAI, May 14: The Indian cricket board banned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for five One-day Internationals on Wednesday for a slapping incident involving Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during a domestic Twenty20 league match last month....
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Jaipur venue shift turned down
NEW DELHI, May 14: Following Tuesday’s bomb blasts in Jaipur, a request by the Bangalore Royal Challengers to shift the venue of their IPL match against Rajasthan Royals has been turned down by the league....
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I have nothing to prove, says Shoaib
KOLKATA, May 14: After demolishing Delhi Daredevils with a tornado-like opening spell in his maiden Indian Premier League appearance, Shoaib Akhtar on Tuesday said that he had nothing to prove....
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Anxious Chinese qualify for semi-finals
JAKARTA, May 14: Champions China put aside concern for victims of the devastating earthquake back home to sweep into the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup on Wednesday, but their women suffered a major scare in the Uber Cup....
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KTTA offers record purse
KARACHI, May 14: The Karachi Table Tennis Association (KTTA), which has a rich history of producing an array of international players, took a giant step on Wednesday by offering cash prizes amounting to Rs0.2...
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NBP secure third place
KARACHI, May 14: Sattar Mansoori scored the fastest goal of the National Challenge Cup soccer to help National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) defeat Wapda 2-0 in the third place playoff at the Peoples Sports Complex on Wednesday....
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Majid knocks Hurst out of competition
ISLAMABAD, May 14: Majid Khan of Pakistan knocked out Lewys Hurst of Wales in straight sets to enter the semi-finals of the President PSF International squash championship at the Jansher Khan Squash Complex, Abbottabad, on Wednesday....
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KESC reach semis
KARACHI, May 14: Defending champions Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) defeated Dewan Farooq Motors by 13 runs to qualify for the Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental league tournament semi-finals at the KCCA Stadium on Tuesday....
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Wapda thrash HKin one-day tie
LAHORE, May 14: Fine half-centuries by openers Ashfaq Ahmed and Jahangir Mirza, and good bowling by medium-pacer Azam Khan helped Wapda crush the touring Hong Kong side by 187 runs in...
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World volleyball federation president to retire
GENEVA, May 14: Ruben Acosta is stepping down after 24 years as president of the international volleyball federation....
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Chinese team donate to quake victims
JAKARTA, May 14: The Chinese squad defending their Thomas and Uber Cup titles in the Indonesian capital have donated money to victims of the earthquake that has devastated Sichuan province....
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Lack of matches upsets Kenya
NAIROBI, May 14: Cricket Kenya said on Wednesday it was dissatisfied with lack of international fixtures for the national team ahead of the 2011 World Cup qualifiers in Dubai early next year....
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Visa-free entry allowed
MOSCOW, May 14: Russia’s president has signed a decree allowing visa-free entry for spectators of next week’s Champions League final....
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Vlasic aims for the top at every athletics meeting
ZURICH, May 14: Never mind the Olympics, Blanka Vlasic wants to put on a world-beating performance every time she approaches the high jump bar....
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U-14 soccer squad off to Tehran
LAHORE, May 14: The 22-member Pakistan Under-14 football team leaves for the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday to take part in the AFC Festival to be held there from May 16 to 23....
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Ali Shan shines in youth baseball
LAHORE, May 14: Faisalabad defeated Vehari 15-5 on Wednesday in the opening match of the 1st National Under-15 inter-district baseball championship underway here at the National Cycling Velodrome Ground....
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PCB-organised seminar begins
LAHORE, May 14: As many as 31 curators from across the country attended the opening day of a three-day seminar, organised by the PCB, on pitch preparation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) here on Wednesday....
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