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India beat Pakistan to remain on track for final: Azlan Shah Cup
IPOH (Malaysia), May 15: India kept their hopes of reaching the finals of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament by beating their traditional rivals Pakistan 2-1 on Thursday....
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PCB ready to accept court verdict on Salim Malik
KARACHI, May 15: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday said it will accept the Supreme Court’s verdict on an appeal by former captain Salim Malik seeking the lifting of a life-ban imposed on him for alleged involvement in match fixing....
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Warne, others shaken by Jaipur blasts, may return home: Indian Premier League
MUMBAI, May 15: Rajasthan Royals captain-coach Shane Warne and several other leading international cricketers have said they will not return to Jaipur unless they received absolute guarantees about their safety and security and are even contemplating returning home....
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McCullum shines as New Zealand collapse: First Test
LONDON, May 15: New Zealand wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum perished in the nineties for the second Lord’s Test in a row after reviving his team’s fortunes on the opening day of the first Test against England on Thursday....
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Dazzling Jayasuriya erupts in easy Mumbai triumph
MUMBAI, May 15: Sachin Tendulkar’s return dominated most of the pre-match buzz but it was the eruption from Sanath Jayasuriya that Mumbai Indians toasted at the end of a comfortable nine-wicket...
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New ICC boss warns against Twenty20 overkill
LONDON, May 15: New international cricket chief Haroon Lorgat said on Wednesday it was important that the expanding Twenty20 format did not begin to dominate the Test and 50-over game....
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SFA appeal for lease of Goal Project land
KARACHI, May 15: Sindh Football Association (SFA) on Thursday appealed to the Sindh government to issue lease orders for a piece of land for the Goal Project in the city, a plan for which was earlier shelved due to bureaucratic red-tape....
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Second-half strikes help Zenit lift UEFA Cup
MANCHESTER (England), May 15: Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg won their first European silverware when second-half goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyrianov secured a 2-0 victory over Rangers in the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday....
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Gambhir steers Daredevils to 194-4
NEW DELHI, May 15: Gautam Gambhir scored his fifth half-century of the tournament while Shikhar Dhawan scored his fourth as Delhi Daredevils reached 194-4 against Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in an Indian...
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Fleming, Martyn confirmed for HK Sixes
HONG KONG, May 15: Ex-Australian batsman Damien Martyn and former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming have signed up for this year’s Hong Kong Sixes, organisers said on Thursday....
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Women’s judo
LAHORE, May 15: The three-day Punjab women’s judo championship will commence here from Friday with the weighing-in of all the judokas....
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Faisal yearns for ODI, Twenty20 opportunities
KARACHI, May 15: Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal has a burning desire to represent his country in limited-overs cricket despite being considered as a Test specialist by the national selectors for long....
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Sajjad’s twin strike propels Navy to Challenge Cup win
KARACHI, May 15: Two-goal Sajjad Ahmad helped Navy become the new National Challenge Cup soccer champions with a deserved 3-1 victory over a battling KRL who rued missing a second-half penalty kick at the Peoples Sports Complex on Thursday....
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Farhan to face Yasir in final
ABBOTTABAD, May 15: Top seeded Farhan Mehboob and Yasir Butt qualified for the final of the President PSF Cup International Squash tournament after defeating their rivals in the semi-finals played at Jansher Khan Squash Complex on Thursday....
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Multan crush Peshawar in youth baseball
LAHORE, May 15: The second day of the Under-15 baseball championship saw the deciding of four more matches....
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Inter-provincial basketball
KARACHI, May 15: An Inter-provincial floodlit basketball tournament will be held at the court of Lahore’s Government College University from June 10 to 14 under the aegis of the Punjab Basketball Association, headed by Khalid Bashir....
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Boxing event
SAHIWAL, May 15: The 14th All Pakistan boxing tournament will be played here from May 28 to 30 at the Baldia ground....
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A1GP keen to bring race to India
LONDON, May 15: The A1GP organisers are not only keen to bring the racing event to India but also want to act as a catalyst for the development of the infrastructure in the country....
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China, Indonesia set up Uber Cup final
JAKARTA, May 15: It was back to business for China on Thursday as they raced into the Uber Cup final, pounding South Korea 3-1 with only Indonesia standing in the way of a sixth consecutive title....
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Federer wins, Nadal battles into third round
HAMBURG (Germany), May 15: Roger Federer began the defence of his Hamburg Masters title with an effortless 6-1, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen on Wednesday, while Rafael Nadal battled to beat Italy’s Potito Starace 6-4, 7-6....
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Sprinter reinstated
VALPARAISO (Indiana), May 15: American sprinter Michelle Collins was reinstated Wednesday by the IAAF after serving three-plus years of a BALCO-related doping suspension....
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Accident paves way for Victory King in LRC races
LAHORE, May 15: An accident paved the way to victory for Victory King in the supporting event run over the 1,100 metres distance during the midweek day/night Lahore Gymkhana races at the floodlit Racecourse on Wednesday evening....
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Olympic tickets
BEIJING, May 15: Subscribers who bought tickets for the Beijing Olympics in the third round of domestic sales will have an extra 10 days to pay after Monday’s earthquake in southwest China killed thousands, Games organisers said....
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