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Zeeshan to lead Pakistan in Beijing Games: 16-member squad named for mega event
LAHORE, July 21: Full-back Zeeshan Ashraf will lead the Pakistan hockey team in the forthcoming Beijing Olympics while Mohammad Imran will be his deputy as the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced the 16-member squad for the Games here on Monday.... 
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Pakistan Premier League kicks off today: Six cities to hold matches simultaneously
KARACHI, July 21: Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) Pakistan Premier Football League 2008 kicks off simultaneously all over Pakistan from today (Tuesday)....
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South Africa move closer to victory in Leeds Test
LEEDS (England), July 21: South Africa moved closer to an innings victory over England on Monday after reducing the home side to 182 for six at tea on the fourth day of the second Test at Headingley....
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South Zone complete hat-trick of wins: Central Zone Blues outplay rivals
KARACHI, July 21: South Zone managed a hat-trick of wins when they beat Central Zone Greens by 10 runs while Central Zone Blues scored their second win by beating North Zone...
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Hayden wants his safety not to be compromised
SYDNEY, July 21: Senior Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden said on Monday he wants to play in September’s ICC Champions Trophy, but not if his safety is compromised in Pakistan....
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Wapda asked to withdraw notice against Rehan
LAHORE, July 21: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Zafarullah Khan Jamali has instructed Wapda to withdraw the notice against striker Rehan Butt, which was served to him for not representing the department in a national event held in Abbottabad last month....
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SL confident as alternative hosts: Champions Trophy
COLOMBO, July 21: Sri Lanka, the official alternative venue for the Champions Trophy, is “very confident” of staging the tournament within the short preparation time available if Pakistan, the official host,...
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Mendis set for Test debut
COLOMBO, July 21: Unorthodox spin bowler Ajantha Mendis is set to make his Test debut for Sri Lanka against India this week after he was included in a 14-man squad named for the opener of a three-match series on Monday....
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ICC official to inspect referral system
COLOMBO, July 21: The ICC general manager Dave Richardson will be here next week to inspect the infrastructure that has been put in place to operationalise the umpire referral system which goes on trial during the India-Sri Lanka Test series....
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Sri Lanka always big threat at home: Dravid
COLOMBO, July 21: Former captain Rahul Dravid says India need to be at their best to beat Sri Lanka in home conditions in the three-Test series starting here on Wednesday....
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Minister refuses to endorse Tillekeratne nomination
COLOMBO, July 21: Sri Lanka’s sports minister on Monday refused to endorse the appointment of ex-captain Hashan Tillekeratne as manager of the national cricket team for the upcoming series against India....
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Secret Memories records second victory
LAHORE, July 21: Fancied three-year-old filly Secret Memories hacked a field of sprinters to score her second consecutive success during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the rain-drenched Racecourse on a balmy Sunday evening....
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Poor ground condition upsets PCB official
HYDERABAD, July 21: Shafiq Ahmed, Senior General Manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), paid a surprise visit to a cricket ground recently in the wake of complaints by some umpires...
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Gerrans wins 183km Alpine stage: Tour de France
PRATO NEVOSO (Italy), July 21: Frank Schleck of Luxembourg took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey from Cadel Evans with a last-gap attack in a crash-marred first Alpine stage on Sunday....
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Lampard gives Chelsea Asian boost
GUANGZHOU (China), July 21: Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Monday expressed relief that Frank Lampard had joined their Asian tour as speculation swirls over his future....
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Isinbayeva to lead Russian athletics squad in Beijing
MOSCOW, July 21: World and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva and men’s Olympic 800 metres champion Yuri Borzakovsky will lead a 109-strong Russian athletics team at next month’s Beijing Olympics....
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Ferguson termed ideal coach for 2012 Olympic squad
LONDON, July 21: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson would be the ideal coach to lead a British football team at the 2012 London Olympic Games, organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe said on Sunday....
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Tenpin bowling from Friday
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Three-day National tenpin bowling championship will commence at the Mega Zone Bowling Club here from Friday....
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Simon triumphs in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, July 21: Frenchman Gilles Simon won his fourth ATP title after a convincing 6-4, 6-4 victory over defending champion Dmitry Tursunov at the Indianapolis Championships on Sunday....
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Shahid Nazir shines in Dreamworld contest
KARACHI, July 21: Former national-ranked cueist Shahid Nazir Minhas performed a double when he won both snooker and 9-ball pool final of the 9th Dreamworld Cue Sports Tournament at Club House Club on Sunday night....
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Harrington reigns supreme at British Open
SOUTHPORT (England), July 21: Padraig Harrington, playing one of the best rounds of his life, defied strong gusting winds to complete a successful British Open title defence with a commanding four-shot victory on Sunday....
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U-17 shuttlers to undergo training
LAHORE, July 21: National coach Liaqat Ali has picked under-17 male and female shuttlers after two-day trials to attend the 21-day long Pakistan Sports Board Summer badminton training camp, which started...
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