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Sri Lanka claw back in Galle Test with late strikes
GALLE (Sri Lanka), Aug 2: Sri Lanka grabbed three big wickets in the closing session to throw the second Test against India wide open on the third day at the Galle International Stadium here on Saturday....
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South Africa slump as England press for win
BIRMINGHAM (England), Aug 2: South Africa, chasing 281 for victory, lost four wickets for 28 runs to slump to 111 for four at tea on the fourth day of the third Test against England at Edgbaston on Saturday....
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Family sues legal firm over use of name
ADELAIDE, Aug 2: The family of Sir Donald Bradman is suing a legal firm over commercial exploitation of the late cricketing great’s name, saying the misuse allowed it to be portrayed like “Mickey Mouse.”...
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US relay team stripped of Sydney Olympic gold medal
BEIJING, Aug 2: The US 4x400m relay team that won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000 have been stripped of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday....
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Champions Trophy security reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Security for the ICC Champions Trophy was reviewed in a meeting at the Ministry of Interior here on Saturday....
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Collingwood savours career-saving century
BIRMINGHAM, Aug 2: Paul Collingwood savoured on Friday the unbeaten century which kept England in the third Test against South Africa and almost certainly saved his Test career....
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Kent omission disappoints ECB
LONDON, Aug 2: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have given their blessing for Middlesex to take part in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League later this year, but have expressed...
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Ex-BD trio to coach youngsters
DHAKA, Aug 2: Former Bangladesh Test players Aminul Islam, Khaled Mashud and Mohammad Rafique have been appointed as consultants by the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Games Development committee to coach age-group and academy cricketers....
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County physio feared for Flintoff’s future
LONDON, Aug 2: Lancashire physio Dave Roberts revealed on Saturday how he feared for all-round Andrew Flintoff’s future following his most recent ankle surgery....
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Heavy agenda awaits SOA meetings on 29th
KARACHI, Aug 2: More than seven months after its quadrennial elections under the supervision of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), the Sindh Olympic Association’s (SOA) executive committee and general body meet...
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KPT triumph, Pakistan Steel draw with PIA: PPFL
KARACHI, Aug 2: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) beat Navy 2-1 and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Steel played a goalless draw in the two Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) matches...
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Sharapova to miss US Open
OAKLAND, Aug 2: Russian world No 3 Maria Sharapova will miss the US Open starting later this month and could be sidelined for up to three months after an examination of her injured right shoulder revealed a torn rotator cuff....
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Wasil enters semi-finals
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Wasil Kaleem defeated Talal Almas in straight sets in the quarter-finals of the boys’ under-15 event at the seventh Freedom Cup Junior tennis tournament at the PTF Tennis Complex on Saturday....
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Win over Lapentti assures top ranking for Nadal
CINCINNATI (Ohio), Aug 2: Rafael Nadal guaranteed he would become the third Spanish man to top the world rankings with a 7-6, 6-1 victory over Ecuador''s Nicolas Lapentti in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters on Friday....
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Thuram announces retirement
PARIS, Aug 2: Former France defender Lilian Thuram, a member of his country’s 1998 World Cup-winning team, announced his retirement from football on Friday....
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Brazil beat Vietnam
HANOI, Aug 2: Brazil, led by AC Milan star Ronaldinho, beat Vietnam 2-0 in a friendly on Friday that served as a pre-Olympic warm-up for the South American giants....
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Essa back in action
KARACHI, Aug 2: Pakistan’s former skipper Mohammad Essa, who had been out of action since May due to a thigh injury, will be back on the field as captain of the...
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Hamilton puts McLaren on pole
BUDAPEST, Aug 2: World championship leader Lewis Hamilton put himself on course for a third successive Grand Prix victory after grabbing an emphatic pole position for Sunday’s Hungarian race....
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Mikitenko out of Olympics
BERLIN, Aug 2: Germany’s Irina Mikitenko, winner of the London Marathon this year, has pulled out of the Beijing Olympics because of a foot injury, the German athletics federation announced on Saturday....
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Moon Dazzler set to repeat winning run at KRC
KARACHI, Aug 2: Four-year-old chestnut colt Moon Dazzler with an impressive win under his belt is on course to make it two victories on the trot when he appears in the...
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Zainul’s heroics in vain
KARACHI, Aug 2: Despite Zainul Abedin’s heroics, National Club went down gallantly 46-53 to Civil Club in the under-14 basketball tournament which resumed at the Arambagh floodlit court on Friday night....
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Farhan stuns Hee to reach quarters
KARACHI, Aug 2: Unseeded Pakistan’s Farhan Mehboob reached quarter-finals of the Petrosport International Championship after upsetting seventh seed Malaysia’s Ong Beng Hee at the $140,000 PSA Super Series Platinum squash event at the Sky Club in Cairo....
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Pak Edition all set for second LRC win
LAHORE, Aug 2: Three-year-old bay colt Pak Edition, who swept an easy victory in his last outing, looks all set to make it a two-in-a-row during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday evening....
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National netball from 25th
ATTOCK, Aug 2: The Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF), in collaboration with the Pakistan Sports Trust, will be organising the 8th National Men’s Netball Championship 2008 from Aug 25....
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