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Pakistan lose Jr Asia Cup semi-final to India
HYDERABAD (India), July 16: Star drag-flicker Diwakar Ram fashioned India’s emphatic 3-1 win over Pakistan with a spectacular brace as the hosts stormed into the 6th Junior Asia Cup final after a violence-marred semi-final here on Wednesday....
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South African players still undecided: ICC Champions Trophy
ISLAMABAD, July 16: While the International Cricket Council (ICC) has reiterated there is no change yet in its stance over holding the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the South African Cricketers Association...
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PFF in negotiations with Romanian coach
LAHORE, July 16: After short listing a number of foreign coaches on the advice of its special committee, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is in negotiation with a Romanian coach for the senior team....
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PCB files review petition in SC: Saleem Altaf case
LAHORE, July 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court to reconsider its early decision of upholding the Lahore High Court’s interim order in the case against board’s director special projects, Saleem Altaf....
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Asia Cup loss no big deal: Yousuf
LONDON, July 16: Senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf has downplayed Pakistan’s failure in the recently-concluded Asia Cup and termed the team’s inadequacy to beat quality opposition as “part and parcel of the game”....
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ECB to launch two T20 events
LONDON, July 16: English cricket is to feature two Twenty20 competitions as part of a new structure for the domestic game starting in 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday....
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Pakistan safest country for cricket: Malik
KARACHI, July 16: Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik on Wednesday urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) not to move the Champions Trophy out of his country in September, saying it was perfectly safe for international teams....
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‘Pre-match hype took sting from SA attack’
LONDON, July 16: South Africa’s highly-rated pace attack flopped in the first Test against England because they allowed pre-match hype to make them complacent, according to their assistant coach Vincent Barnes....
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Don’t ignore Test cricket: Ranatunga
COLOMBO, July 16: Sri Lanka’s legendary former captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday urged players to preserve Test cricket in the face of the challenge posed by the lucrative Twenty20 format....
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McKenzie to prove his fitness
LEEDS, July 16: South Africa are to give Neil McKenzie until the morning of the second Test against England to prove his fitness, coach Mickey Arthur said on Wednesday....
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Jayawardene ready to renew India rivalry
COLOMBO, July 16: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said on Wednesday his team was keen to renew the rivalry with India in a three-Test series starting here next week....
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BCB plans 90-over games
DHAKA, July 16: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to introduce 90-over matches instead of the traditional 50 overs for the Dhaka Premier League.“The new version will also help players...
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Ryder returns in style for NZ
BRISBANE, July 16: New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder made a successful comeback from injury to lead New Zealand to a five-wicket win over South Africa in the emerging players’ cricket tournament on Tuesday....
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Blake, Haas move ahead in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, July 16: Top seed James Blake advanced to the second round of the Indianapolis Championships with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Israeli Dudi Sela on Tuesday....
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Velocity completes hat-trick at LRC races
LAHORE, July 16: Fancied chestnut colt Velocity completed a hat-trick of victories by landing the feature event during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Tuesday night....
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Golfer Sajjad excels on first day at Sindh Open
KARACHI, July 16: Islamabad’s Sajjad Khan fired a card of five under par 67 to emerge opening day’s leader in the Open category of 54-hole 10th Sindh Open golf championship which teed-off at the Arabian Sea Country Club (ASCC) on Wednesday....
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Rasheed demolishes Zone-III with 9-24
KARACHI, July 16: Paceman Abdul Rasheed wrecked Zone-III batting line-up single-handedly, claiming nine wickets for 24, to guide Lasbela to a seven-wicket victory in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship match at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on Tuesday....
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Hamilton looks for second home win in a row
LONDON, July 16: Lewis Hamilton can crack Formula One’s three-way deadlock and break free of his Ferrari rivals in Germany this weekend by winning McLaren’s second home grand prix in as many races....
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Canadian hurdler out
OTTAWA, July 16: Canada’s Perdita Felicien, the 2003 world champion in the 100 metres hurdles, said on Tuesday she would not compete at the Beijing Olympics because she had not recovered fully from a stress fracture in her left foot....
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Spanish rider detained after positive dope test: Tour de France
FOIX (France), July 16: French police detained Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas Nevado on Wednesday after he tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO during the Tour de France....
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Vinod, Seher retain STA rankings
KARACHI, July 16: Vinod Das leads the men’s half yearly Sindh ranking released by the Sindh Tennis Association (STA) the other day....
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AC Milan get Ronaldinho for $30m
ROME, July 16: Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho agreed on Tuesday to leave Barcelona, where he was deemed surplus to requirements, and sign for AC Milan in a deal reported to be worth 30 million dollars....
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Diya, WP Club register first-day victories in Super Four
LAHORE July 16: Karachi’s Diya Women’s Football Club registered a record 4-0 win over Sialkot’s Vehari United in the first encounter of the opening day of the five-day Super Four tournament...
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Unified bid for 2016 Olympics by golfing bodies
SOUTHPORT (England), July 16: Golf’s professional and amateur bodies have joined forces in a bid to reappear as an Olympic sport after an absence of more than 100 years....
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Zulfiqar slams Century
KARACHI, July 16: Opener Zulfiqar P. Khan smashed a quickfire century to help Aga Khan Gymkhana ‘A’ beat Saleem Jaffer Friends by 78 runs in the All-Karachi Friendship Cricket League at the AKG Ground here the other day....
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Ex-track coach banned
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 16: The US Anti-Doping Agency slapped disgraced ex-track coach Trevor Graham with a lifetime ban on Tuesday for his part in helping athletes acquire and take illegal steroids....
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