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Shoaib named in initial squad, Asif axed: Champions Trophy
LAHORE, July 15: Pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar was finally included in the 30-member preliminary squad named on Tuesday for the ICC Champions Trophy while Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Yousuf were excluded for different reasons....
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PCB suspends Asif as BCCI to hear bowler’s case
LAHORE, July 15: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif from playing any cricket until a final decision of his positive dope test case, which will...
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Miandad wants blanket changes in PCB set-up
LAHORE, July 15: Citing continuous defeats and turmoils on and off the field, former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad has urged President Pervez Musharraf to sack the entire hierarchy of...
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Asif, PCB blamed for doping scandal
KARACHI, July 15: Former Pakistan cricket greats on Tuesday lashed out at Mohammad Asif for failing another dope test, saying the paceman and the sport’s authorities should share the blame for another tragedy....
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India refuse to change England itinerary
NEW DELHI, July 15: India will not alter the schedule of England’s cricket tour later this year despite protests from the visitors about being made to play in smaller venues, an official said on Tuesday....
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Flintoff not a wizard, cautions Vaughan
LONDON, July 15: England captain Michael Vaughan warned fans against expecting too much from Andrew Flintoff after the all-rounder was recalled in a 12-man squad for the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, starting on Friday....
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Pakistan to host Champions Trophy, says Naghmi
LAHORE, July 15: Dispelling the reservations of some foreign players regarding security concerns in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB’s Chief Operating Officer, Shafqat Naghmi has given an assurance that the...
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Female police to guard Dhoni
NEW DELHI, July 15: India team’s limited-overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is used to being surrounded by ladies....
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Tillekeratne made SL manager
COLOMBO, July 15: Former captain Hashan Tillekeratne has been appointed Sri Lanka’s national cricket team manager for the upcoming Test and limited-overs home series against India....
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Dope offenders named in US Olympic squad
INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), July 15: Reigning Olympic 100 metre champion Justin Gatlin was noticeably absent when the USA’s track and field team for Beijing was officially named on Monday....
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Asia seeks first Olympic football gold in 100 years
SINGAPORE, July 15: No Asian team has won the football gold medal since the sport was included in the Olympics 100 years ago, and barring an upset they will struggle to breakthrough in Beijing....
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McKenzie keen to exploit England fatigue
LONDON, July 15: South Africa’s Neil McKenzie had a simple request for Proteas captain Graeme Smith come Friday’s second Test against England at Headingley: win the toss and bat....
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Serena eyes Grand Slam, Olympic medal
STANFORD (California), July 15: Serena Williams is adamant she does not plan on ending 2008 without a Grand Slam title or an Olympic gold medal....
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Glamorgan thrust into quarters
LONDON, July 15: Glamorgan were dramatically thrust into the quarter-finals of English cricket’s Twenty20 Cup after an appeals panel upheld the decision to expel Yorkshire from this season’s tournament following a registration row....
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Nadal star power stretches to galaxy
LONDON, July 15: Rafael Nadal’s dazzling career reached new heights this week when an asteroid was named after him following his epic Wimbledon victory....
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SA will host World Cup: Beckenbauer
FRANKFURT, July 15: Franz Beckenbauer is sure South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup and knows nothing about FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s contingency plans to move it to another country in case of a natural catastrophe....
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Tursunov off to winning start
INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), July 15: Defending champ Dmitry Tursunov rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to beat doubles partner Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 7-5 at the ATP Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Monday....
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Porto’s place confirmed
BERNE (Switzerland), July 15: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected an attempt by Portuguese clubs Benfica and Vitoria Guimaraes to have rivals Porto thrown out of this season’s Champions League over bribery allegations....
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Reports about Overage players denied
HYDERABAD (India), July 15: Malaysia and Singapore on Tuesday rubbished media reports that they have accused India and Pakistan of fielding overage players in the ongoing Junior Asia Cup hockey here....
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TT trials from 20th
KARACHI, July 15: Open trials to select four U-16 probables including two girls for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games will commence at Lahore’s PSB Coaching Centre from July 20, the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) announced on Tuesday....
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Shahzeb shines for Zone-I
KARACHI, July 15: Shahzeb Nazar scored an unbeaten half-century as Zone-I crushed Lasbela by 105 runs in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship match at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on Monday....
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Aqeel whips Jalil to clinch tennis title
KARACHI, July 15: Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan claimed his third national ranking title of the year when he whipped sibling Jalil Khan in straight sets in the men’s singles final of the Subh-e-Nau Tennis Cup at Modern Club on Tuesday....
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Gebreselassie seeks fitness
PARIS, July 15: Ethiopia’s double Olympic and quadruple world 10,000m champion Haile Gebreselassie is fighting a battle to be fit for the Beijing Games, his agent told AFP on Monday....
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National Super Four women’s soccer kicks off today
KARACHI, July 15: Lahore’s Punjab Stadium will play host to the six Super Four encounters in the first National Women Football Club Championship that kicks off with the match between Sialkot’s Vehari United and Karachi’s Diya Women Football Club at 4.30pm...
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Poland, Ukraine vow to make Euro 2012 a success
WARSAW, July 15: The prime ministers of Poland and Ukraine vowed on Monday to prove the sceptics wrong and make the 2012 European Championship an organisational triumph after doubts over their readiness to host the championship....
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Piepoli wins tenth stage: Tour de France
HAUTACAM (France), July 15: The day after almost crashing out of the Tour de France, Cadel Evans kept his rivals at bay to take command of the race in the first big mountain battle on Monday....
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U-16 girls’ netball squad returns
KARACHI, July 15: The 17-member Pakistan under-16 girls’ netball squad that had gone to Brisbane, Australia, to feature in the five-day Southern Skies Tournament, returned to Karachi on Monday....
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Noshee to appeal against ban recommendation
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Noshee Parveen, a national athlete who tested positive in a dope test will file an appeal against the two-year ban recommended by an enquiry commission of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)....
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Tsonga withdraws
PARIS, July 15: French tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew from the Beijing Olympics squad on Tuesday after failing to recover from a knee operation in May....
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