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| June 15, 2008 | Sunday | Jamadi-us-Sani 10, 1429 |
Pakistan set India tough chase in tri-series final: Salman, Younis blast centuries
DHAKA, June 14: Opener Salman Butt and Younis Khan cracked scintillating centuries to help Pakistan post a challenging 315-3 in the triangular one-day series final against India here on Saturday....
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Italy, France in danger of first-round elimination
GENEVA, June 14: World Cup winners Italy and runners-up France were in danger of tumbling out of Euro 2008 at the group stage after the Italians were held 1-1 by Romania and a superb Netherlands humbled the French 4-1 on Friday....
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Chanderpaul stands tall as Australia dominate final Test
BRIDGETOWN, June 14: Shivnarine Chanderpaul carried his bat for the third consecutive innings but once again lacked support from his team-mates as West Indies were dismissed for 216 on the second day of the third Test on Friday....
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Bell tolls for New Zealand in Twenty20 International
MANCHESTER (England), June 14: Ian Bell responded to the challenge of opening with an unbeaten 60 as England thrashed New Zealand by nine wickets in the one-off Twenty20 International at Old Trafford here on Friday....
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Shoaib’s five-year ban reduced to 18 months
LAHORE, June 14: An appeal tribunal on Saturday reduced Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s five-year ban to 18 months and imposed a Rs7 million ($105,000) fine....
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Oram may miss ODI series
MANCHESTER, June 14: Jacob Oram could miss the rest of New Zealand’s tour of England after the tall all-rounder sustained a left hamstring injury while warming up for the Twenty20 International on Friday....
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Canada to host T20 tri-series in August
TORONTO, June 14: Canada will host a Twenty20 tri-series featuring Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh from Aug 13 to 16 and all the matches will be played in Toronto....
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‘Ponting nowhere near Tendulkar, Lara’
LONDON, June 14: Australian captain Ricky Ponting might have joined the 10,000-run-club, but he has no comparison with India’s master batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who is technically correct and caught imagination of...
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Dyson sick of negative criticism
BRIDGETOWN, June 14: West Indies coach John Dyson feels worn down by criticism of his team and said the players were paying the price for a relatively weaker domestic competition....
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Nadal survives lethal Karlovic aces to reach semi-finals
LONDON, June 14: Rafael Nadal reached the Queen’s Club tournament semi-finals for the first time on Friday, absorbing a barrage of lethal serving from giant Croat Ivo Karlovic to post a 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 victory....
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Djokovic to dominate at Wimbledon: Hewitt
LONDON, June 14: Lleyton Hewitt has tipped Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic to break Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s dominance at Wimbledon....
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Hall stars with bat and ball
LONDON, June 14: South African all-rounder Andrew Hall was the star of the show as Northamptonshire hammered Worcestershire by 33 runs in the English Twenty20 Cup on Friday....
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Pakistan to feature in Nepal badminton
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Pakistan’s 10-member national squad will participate in the Nepal International Badminton Satellite tournament to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from June 18 to 22....
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Saudis, Koreas, book fourth round qualifying spots
BANGKOK, June 14: North Korea joined regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and South Korea in booking places in the final round of Asia’s 2010 World Cup qualifiers on Saturday....
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‘Croatia will show Ronaldo the door’
BAD TATZMANNSDORF (Austria), June 14: A possible Euro 2008 semi-final meeting between Croatia and Portugal will be the end of the road for Portuguese maestro Cristiano Ronaldo, Croatian defender Hrvoje Vejic predicted on Saturday....
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CBE honour stuns Calzaghe
LONDON, June 14: World boxing champion Joe Calzaghe said he was “knocked out” after his unbeaten run as a professional was recognised with the award of a CBE (Commander of the...
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Appleby seizes midway US Open lead, Woods lurks one shot back
SAN DIEGO (California), June 14: Stuart Appleby rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt at the last to seize the second round lead at the US Open on Friday, while Tiger Woods...
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Female trio vie for honours at Lahore races
LAHORE, June 14: Three of the top sprinters, all females, will be lining up to win honours in the feature event, the Shah Kot Plate, class IV to be gone over...
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Desert Hawk tipped to dominate feature event at KRC
KARACHI, June 14: Having won his last outing with ease, eight-year-old chestnut Desert Hawk enjoys an edge over his opponents and is tipped to land the feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Belarus, Latvia qualify for Olympics
MADRID, June 14: Belarus stunned Brazil 86-79 to join Latvia, Spain and Czech Republic at the Beijing Olympics after quarter-final victories in the women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid on Friday....
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Medal winners to get cash prizes on 25th: South Asian Games
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Pakistan sports players who clinched medals in the 10th South Asian Games in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2006 will get cash prizes after a lapse of around two years....
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Rs1.5m on offer in Mind Games
KARACHI, June 14: Lucrative prize money of Rs1.5 million will be on offer in the inaugural Pakistan Mind Games to be held here from August 14 to 17, Chairman of the...
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Friendship House chess from 18th
KARACHI, June 14: The 29th edition of Friendship House chess championship will be held at Friendship premises from June 18 to 22, organisers announced on Saturday....
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Anas annexes U-17 title
KARACHI, June 14: Fourth seed Anas Khan squeezed past third seed Hussain Aziz in three sets to claim the juniors’ under-17 title in the Hyderabad Open tennis championship at the Hyderabad Gymkhana on Saturday....
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Sindh ranking tennis from June 25
KARACHI, June 14: A Sindh ranking tennis tournament which is part of the STA development series, begins at the PNS Karsaz synthetic courts from June 25, the organisers announced on Saturday....
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Tanzanian boxers arrested
PORT LOUIS, June 14: Two Tanzanian boxers and four officials were arrested in Mauritius after they were found with five kilogrammes of heroin, police said on Friday....
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Beach handball camp
FAISALABAD, June 14: A training camp of the Pakistan handball team is in full swing at the sand court of the University of Agriculture here....
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