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Rookies included for Bangladesh tri-series: Mohammad Asif returns
LAHORE, June 2: While rookies Nasir Jamshed, Fawad Alam, Wahab Riaz, Naumanullah and Bazid Khan were named in a 16-member Pakistan squad on Monday for the Dhaka limited-overs tri-nation series, pace... 
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PCB rejects Yousuf plea for leave
MANCHESTER (England), June 2: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected a request from English county side Lancashire to allow Mohammed Yousuf to miss this month''s tri-series against India and hosts Bangladesh, a Lancashire spokeswoman confirmed on Monday....
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Younis signs deal with South Australia
ADELAIDE, June 2: Pakistan Test batsman Younis Khan has signed with South Australia as their marquee player for part of the 2008-09 Australian cricket season, the South Australian Cricket Association said on Monday....
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MacGill does it different right till the end
NORTH SOUND, June 2: Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill’s surprise retirement on Sunday from international cricket was an appropriate end to a career in which he always spoke his mind and rarely conformed....
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One selector to go with team
LAHORE, June 2: One selector will accompany the Bangladesh-bound Pakistan squad to monitor the players’ performance in the tri-nation limited-overs series to be held in Dhaka from June 8 to 14....
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Naveed included as AT member
LAHORE, June 2: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has included Mohammad Naveed Chaudhry as a member of the appellate tribunal in place of Salman Taseer, who has resigned from the tribunal,...
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Safina dashes Sharapova’s French Open dreams
PARIS, June 2: Dinara Safina saved a match point before emerging as a 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 winner of an all-Russian catfight with world No 1 Maria Sharapova in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday....
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Faulty drainage system curtails play in Antigua Test
NORTH SOUND (Antigua), June 2: A day that promised much, delivered very little, after heavy overnight and early morning rain coupled with poor drainage stymied Australia’s charge in the second Test against West Indies on Sunday....
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Arthur hopes Smith will be fit for Lord’s Test
JOHANNESBURG, June 2: South African skipper Graeme Smith should have recovered in time from a hamstring injury to play in the first Test against England next month, coach Mickey Arthur said on Monday....
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Bryan twins crash out
PARIS, June 2: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan, the world’s top men’s doubles team, crashed out of the French Open on Monday losing 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-1) to unseeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Peru’s Luis Horna in the quarter-finals....
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Sohail gets purple cap
MUMBAI, June 2: Pakistan pace bowler Sohail Tanvir was awarded purple cap for his 22 wickets, highest in the inaugural Indian Premier League while playing for champions Rajasthan Royals....
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Yusuf-inspired Rajasthan Royals lift IPL crown in thrilling finale
MUMBAI, June 2: Attacking all-rounder Yusuf Pathan scripted a memorable last-ball victory for Jaipur’s Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling final of the Indian Premier League here on...
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Beijing Games will change China: IOC chief
BUCHAREST (Romania), June 2: President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge said that the opening of China to the outside world after its devastating earthquake was “an indirect result of the Olympic Games” being in Beijing this year....
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Alexander romps home in feature event at LRC
LAHORE, June 2: Fancied chestnut horse Alexander produced a scintillating burst of speed to land the feature event during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday night....
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Sidorenko loses WBA title
DUSSELDORF (Germany), June 2: Ukraine’s Wladimir Sidorenko suffered his first professional defeat on Saturday night, losing his World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title to Panama’s Anselmo Moreno....
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Japan back on World Cup track
YOKOHAMA (Japan), June 2: Japan beat Oman 3-0 to get their World Cup qualifying campaign firmly back on track on Monday....
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COAS squash starts today
ISLAMABAD, June 2: The pre-qualifying round of the Chief of Air Staff (COAS) squash championship commences here on Tuesday....
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Kenyan girl clocks fastest 800m for almost 11 years
BERLIN, June 2: Kenyan teenager Pamela Jelimo clocked the fastest women’s 800 metres for nearly 11 years in only her fourth race over two laps at the Berlin Golden League meeting on Sunday....
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Sports medicine seminar today
KARACHI, June 2: The Sports Medicine Association of Pakistan is conducting a symposium on assessment and rehabilitation of sports injuries, at a hotel here on Tuesday at 9.00am....
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Pakistan outclass French club side: Zaka satisfied with performance
KARACHI, June 2: Pakistan have wrapped up the three-match hockey series against French Club 3-0....
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AKU cricket camp
KARACHI, June 2: The Aga Khan University (AKU) Sports and Rehabilitation Centre is organising its sixth cricket coaching camp in June and July. The camp starts from Tuesday....
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