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| August 31, 2008 | Sunday | Sha'aban 28, 1429 |
Symonds sent home for discipline breach
DARWIN, Aug 30: Star Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been sent home from the one-day series against Bangladesh for breaching discipline, cricket officials said on Saturday....
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Ruthless Australia crush BD in opener
DARWIN (Australia), Aug 30: Australia’s bowling attack ruthlessly exposed Bangladesh’s batting when the world champions cruised to a 180-run win on Saturday in the first of three One-day Internationals....
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Shoaib’s legal notice stands, says PCB
KARACHI, Aug 30: The PCB legal counsel on Saturday said that even though the Champions Trophy has been postponed, it had not affected the status of the legal notice sent to...
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Kuznetsova, Davenport get bounced out of US Open
NEW YORK, Aug 30: A drizzly Flushing Meadows proved an inhospitable place for former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lindsay Davenport on Friday, with both skidding out of the US Open in the third round....
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Pietersen targets whitewash of one-day series
LONDON, Aug 30: England captain Kevin Pietersen said he would go for the jugular after seeing his side take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the one-day series against South Africa at the Oval on Friday....
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BCCI opens doors to foreign players
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: The Indian cricket board on Saturday decided to allow international players to take part in its first-class domestic championship starting this year....
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PHF directs clubs, players to seek NOC for playing abroad
KARACHI, Aug 30: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is taking steps to stop a fast-increasing trend of national players signing up to play for foreign clubs without any permission from the federation....
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Ukrainian gets life ban
KIEV, Aug 30: Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska was given a lifetime ban on Friday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at the Olympic Games....
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Moin Khan hopes PCB will lift ban on ICL players
KARACHI, Aug 30: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan hopes that the new office-bearers of the Pakistan Cricket Board will lift the ban on players playing in the Indian Cricket League (ICL)....
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Pakistan cricket needs new priorities to relive glory days
THE fourth chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), appointed by former President Pervez Musharraf over a period of nine years, resigned last week. In the preceding three years of the Nawaz Sharif government, the PCB had three chairmen....
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Bolt confirms billing on return to Golden League
ZURICH, Aug 30: Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt confirmed his domination of the sprints on Friday with a comfortable 100 metres victory at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting....
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AKG Ramazan event from today
KARACHI, Aug 30: The Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Trophy starts a couple of days before the advent of the holy month at the AKG Ground here from Sunday....
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PIA thump NBP to retain National Jr Hockey crown
LAHORE, Aug 30: Defending Champion PIA retained their crown of the Junior Under-20 National Hockey Championship defeating National Bank of Pakistan comprehensively 4-2 in the final at the National Hockey Stadium here Saturday....
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Five-wkt Patel seals ODI series for England
LONDON, Aug 30: Left-arm spinner Samit Patel took five for 41 and scored 31 runs to lead England to a 126-run victory over South Africa in the third One-day International at the Oval on Friday (also partly reported in Saturday’s edition)....
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KG Ramazan Festival to see competitive cricket
KARACHI, Aug 30: The 23rd edition of Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival, the leading cricket tournament of the holy month, will begin from the first of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak at the KG Ground.The...
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Rising Stars stun Wapda for title: National Women’s Football
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Sana Mehmood became the fourth skipper, after Kiran Illyas (2005), Razia Sultana (2006) and Nabila Raza (2007), to lift the National Women’s Football Championship trophy when giant-killers Rawalpindi’s...
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SL score consolation win in final tie
COLOMBO, Aug 30: Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final One-day International on Friday to leave India as 3-2 series winners (also partly reported in Saturday’s edition)....
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Persian Blue eyes grand comeback at KRC today
KARACHI, Aug 30: Three-year-old dark bay colt Persian Blue who overcame the jinx with two back-to-back wins and was denied a hat-trick by Fast Track in the Independence Day meeting is...
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Basketball final
KARACHI, Aug 30: Arambagh Club takes on Civil Club in the final of the Karachi City District Amateur Basketball Association (KCDABA) Under-14 Basketball tournament at the Arambagh court on Sunday at 6.00pm,...
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PEL beat PTV, Army hold PMC
LAHORE, Aug 30: Former Pakistan Navy striker Amir Hamza once again showed his power of changing the fate of the game when Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) struck twice in the second...
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POA slams interference
KARACHI, Aug 30: The general body of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) which met in Lahore on Saturday in the aftermath of Beijing Olympics debacle has strongly opposed the government’s interference,...
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Karachi Kickers, Maymar Sports win PLF contests
KARACHI, Aug 30: Karachi Kickers beat Usmanabad Union 3-2 and Maymar Sports beat Ghani XI 1-0 in the two KASB Premier League Football (PLF) matches played at the GDGK stadium on Friday night....
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Charismatic up for all challenges at Lahore Races
LAHORE, Aug 30: Bay horse Charismatic looks set to hog the limelight in the feature event to go over the sprinting distance of 1,000 metres when the 17th day/night Lahore Summer Meeting gets underway at the Racecourse on Sunday evening....
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