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ICC official visits Pindi stadium, Interior Ministry: Security for Champions Trophy
ISLAMABAD, July 12: In the wake of prevailing law and order situation in the country, an official of the International Cricket Council (ICC) monitored preparation for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy and visited the Ministry of Interior here on Saturday.... 
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South Africa fight back after top order crumbles
LONDON, July 12: South Africa fought back in the afternoon session after losing early first innings wickets on the second day of the first Test at Lord’s on Saturday....
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Pakistan, India, Korea triumph in first-day encounters
HYDERABAD (India), July 12: Three title favourite teams, including Pakistan, all grabbed victories on the opening day of 6th Junior Asia Cup men’s field hockey tournament at the Gatchibowli Stadium on Friday....
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No probe into Karachi beach party, says BCCI: India’s defeat in Asia Cup final
NEW DELHI, July 12: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Friday dismissed media reports claiming that it was obtaining details about the beach party attended by Indian cricketers Yuvraj...
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Hauritz happy to play in Pakistan
SYDNEY, July 12: Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has echoed Shane Watson’s feelings on the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, saying he didn’t care where he played as long he got to represent his country....
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SLC still to resolve England tour crisis
COLOMBO, July 12: Sri Lankan cricket’s governing body has yet to resolve the crisis over next year’s England tour that clashes with a more financially lucrative tournament in India, officials said on Saturday....
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India may bid for next year’s Asia Cup
Hyderabad, July 12: India may bid for next year’s Asia Cup hockey tournament, but a final decision will be taken at ad-hoc committee meeting with hockey Olympians here Sunday to chart out roadmap for Indian hockey....
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Kumble warned for revealing selection details
NEW DELHI, July 12: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has mildly censured India’s Test captain Anil Kumble for revealing what transpired in a selection meeting....
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Nine-team Twenty20 league proposed by ECB members
LONDON, July 12: Plans for a nine-team English Twenty20 Premier League starting in 2010 and worth up to 1.3 billion pounds ($2.57 billion) has been proposed by two members of the ECB management board, British media reported on Saturday....
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Stoner takes pole at German GP
SACHSENRING (Germany), July 12: Australian world champion Casey Stoner on Saturday lit up the German Grand Prix circuit to win his fourth consecutive pole position of the MotoGP season....
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Yorkshire confirm appeal against T20 expulsion
LONDON, July 12: Yorkshire have confirmed they will appeal against their expulsion from the Twenty20 Cup....
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Kenya recall Aga for Euro tour
NAIROBI, July 12: Former captain Ragheb Aga was included in Kenya’s 16-man squad on Friday for the two-month tour of Europe which includes playing in the World Twenty20 qualifiers, officials said....
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Solo attack rewards Sanchez with stage triumph: Tour de France
AURILLAC (France), July 12: Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez claimed his maiden Tour de France victory when he took the seventh stage with a bold solo attack in the finale of a 159-km ride from Brioude to Aurillac on Friday....
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Isinbayeva betters own pole vault world record
ROME, July 12: Russia’s world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a world record of 5.03 metres at Rome’s Golden Gala on Friday....
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Noppachorn ends Saleh’s run
KARACHI, July 12: Thailand’s Noppadon Noppachorn sneaked into the quarter-finals of the 6-Red Snooker International, ending the winning streak of Pakistan’s Saleh Mohammad with an imposing 6-4 victory at Bangkok on Friday night....
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Nasri completes Arsenal switch
LONDON, July 12: English Premier League side Arsenal on Friday completed the signing of French international midfielder Samir Nasri from Marseille....
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Balochistan Seniors Tennis from 18th
KARACHI, July 12: Veteran tennis players from across the country are to feature in the inaugural Balochistan National Seniors Tennis Championship which gets into action at Brown Gymkhana clay courts Quetta from July 18....
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Gasquet beats rain to reach semis
STUTTGART (Germany), July 12: Second-seeded Richard Gasquet of France beat Albert Montanes of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Friday at the Stuttgart Cup to reach his first semi-final this year....
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Jalil survives scare to reach quarter-finals
KARACHI, July 12: Davis Cupper and third seed Jalil Khan survived a scare against Hyderabad’s unseeded Saad Baloch on way to making it to the men’s singles last eight in the Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Cup at Modern Club on Saturday....
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Fancied filly Sweet Girl aims for hat-trick today
KARACHI, July 12: Fancied three-year-old dark bay filly Sweet Girl is on course for a hat trick should she get past the opponents by returning with flying colours in the feature...
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In-form Velocity on course to complete third straight win
LAHORE, July 12: Three-year-old colt Velocity looks set to complete hat-trick of victories by winning the feature event during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the floodlit Racecourse on Sunday....
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Muridke camp ends on successful note
KARACHI, July 12: The coaching camp for young Under-17 women cricketers, underway at Muridke’s Lahore Country Club since June 22 under the guidance of the women’s national team coach Umar Rashid,...
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Diya Club squad off to Lahore today
KARACHI, July 12: Karachi’s Diya women’s football club team leaves for Lahore on Sunday morning as the fourth team in the next phase of the first National Inter-club Women’s Football Championship...
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