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PCB chief blasts team management for poor show against India
LAHORE, June 11: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf has blasted the team management in Dhaka for the spineless display against India on Tuesday which saw Shoaib Malik’s side getting thrashed by 140 runs in the tri-nation fixture.... 
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Pakistan fined for slow over-rate
DHAKA, June 11: The Pakistan cricket team was fined for maintaining slow over-rate during their tri-series limited-overs match against India here on Tuesday....
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Asif’s misery to continue
KARACHI, June 11: Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif’s agonising wait in detention is set to extend for another week as the Attorney General’s office in Dubai has not yet submitted the report on his drug possession case to the public prosecutor....
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Senate Committee to discuss Asif’s case
LAHORE, June 11: The Senate Standing Committee on Sports, set to take up fast bowler Mohammad Asif’s detention at Dubai airport in its meeting on June 18 in Islamabad, will also...
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BD hope to repeat giant-killing act against India
DHAKA, June 11: Bangladesh caused one of the biggest shocks in World Cup by beating India in the Caribbean last year. Now the Bangladeshis are hoping to reproduce the upset at home on Thursday....
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Ibrahimovic special floors Greece, Spain outgun Russia
SALZBURG (Austria), June 11: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first goal for more than two and a half years to send Sweden on the way to a 2-0 Euro win over champions Greece on Tuesday....
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Casson set for Australia debut on livelier track
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), June 11: Beau Casson will become the 401st player to wear the Baggy Green cap for Australia, when he makes his debut in the third and final Test against the West Indies starting here on Thursday....
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Bonus points system under discussion
MELBOURNE, June 11: Cricket Australia’s (CA) proposed Test championship could include a quadrennial trophy presentation ceremony and a points system, with allowances for bonuses....
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‘Flintoff, Jones key to England Ashes hopes’
LONDON, June 11: Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes fast bowlers Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones hold the key to England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes on home soil next year....
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Stanford confirms Twenty20 event
LONDON, June 11: England cricketers will take part in some of the richest matches in sport after it was announced on Wednesday they would be playing a series of 20 million dollar winner-takes all Twenty20 clashes in the Caribbean....
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England players could boycott Zimbabwe series: Strauss
LONDON, June 11: Andrew Strauss hinted England’s top players would consider pulling out of their country’s matches against Zimbabwe next year if Robert Mugabe remains in power....
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Southee doubtful for Twenty20
LONDON, June 11: New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee is doubtful for the one-off Twenty20 against England after suffering a sprained right ankle, a statement issued by the team management said on Tuesday....
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Pakistan hockey officials to make international debut
DUBLIN, June 11: Two of Pakistan’s technical officials will make their debut in international hockey by officiating in the 4-nation hockey tournament being played here....
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Tendulkar to play charity matches
LONDON, June 11: Sachin Tendulkar will play three matches for the Lashings World XI this season as part of his preparations for India''s Test and limited-overs series against Sri Lanka....
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Olympic torch arrives in Tibetan areas
SHANGRI-LA (China), June 11: China paraded the Olympic torch through the mountain town of Shangri-la on Wednesday, the first of several stops it will make in Tibetan areas despite complaints from overseas rights groups....
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Qatari coach to train NWFP cueists
PESHAWAR, June 11: Qatari coach Bilal Mughal arrived here on Wednesday to train top five NWFP cueists during a weeklong training and coaching camp to be setup at Green Snooker Club from Thursday....
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Australia drops D’Arcy from swimming team
SYDNEY, June 11: The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has voted to kick swimmer Nick D''Arcy off the team for Beijing for his role in a nightclub brawl that left a former competitor with serious facial injuries....
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PSB to conduct IAAF course
ISLAMABAD, June 11: An International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), Coaches Education & Certification System (CECS) course is being organized by Athletics Federation of Pakistan with the collaboration of Pakistan Sports...
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Police claim netball event
KARACHI, June 11: Police won the National Inter-departmental Men’s Netball Championship 2008 after defeating Navy by 38-16 goals in the final played at the Auto Ban Road Ground, Hyderabad, on Tuesday....
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Good turnout at KTTA camp
KARACHI, June 11: The Karachi Table Tennis Association’s (KTTA) free two-month summer camp in three boys and girls categories received an encouraging response when some 60 up and coming players reported for training at the Islamia Club on Wednesday....
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Sarbaz Club excel
KARACHI, June 11: Sarbaz Club clinched four gold and three silver medals to win the first tournament of Summer Boxing Series at Mohammad Sattoo Boxing stadium on Tuesday night....
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Pakistan to vie in Beach Games
ISLAMABAD, June 11: A forty- member Pakistan contingent will compete in six different games in the 1st Asian Beach Games 2008, scheduled to be held from Oct 18-26 in Bali, Indonesia....
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Punjab enter soccer semis
LAHORE, June 11: Punjab entered semi-finals of the Inter-provincial Under-17 football championship for boys, defeating Islamabad 7-0 at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, on Wednesday....
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Zone-II U-15 trials today
KARACHI, June 11: Trials to select the KCCA Zone-II Under-15 squad for the Inter-zonal Championship competition will be held at the TMC Ground here on Thursday at 4pm....
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