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PCB invites WI for two Tests in Nov
KARACHI, Sept 13: Pakistan are confident the West Indies will provide some much-needed international opposition by agreeing to play two Test matches in November, a senior official said on Saturday.... 
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India’s objection understandable, says PCB official: Champions Trophy
KARACHI, Sept 13: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday said that BCCI’s objection to the ICC Champions Trophy being held in October 2009 was understandable as India will have to honour international commitments....
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Warne backs McGain selection for India tour
BRISBANE, Sept 13: Australian spin great Shane Warne has backed the selection of leg-spinner Bryce McGain for the four-Test Indian tour and insists he is the top spinner in Australia despite his age....
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Sports bodies asked to vacate PSB premises
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has ordered five sports federations to vacate its premises within one week....
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Ameer helps Karachi Blues gain lead
KARACHI, Sept 13: Paceman Abdul Ameer claimed four wickets to help Karachi Blues secure a 45-run first innings lead over Lahore on the second day of their three-day PCB Inter-region Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the PCB Academy ground on Saturday....
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‘Champions Trophy should be scrapped’
DUBAI, Sept 13: The ICC Champions Trophy, struggling to find a slot after being postponed once, should be scrapped, according to former Indian captain and commentator Ravi Shastri....
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Pistorius wins second gold, China continues to lead: Paralympic Games
BEIJING, Sept 13: Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius on Saturday won his second gold of the Paralympic Games as China stretched its lead at the top of the medals table....
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Shakeel hopeful of good show in Germany
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Pakistan’s newly-appointed hockey captain Shakeel Abbasi is hopeful of a good show by the young squad in the four-nation Hamburg Masters hockey tournament scheduled to be played in Germany next month....
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Bar brawl with Clarke behind Symonds’ ouster?
MELBOURNE, Sept 13: Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke and all-rounder Andrew Symonds allegedly had a blow-up in a hotel bar in the Caribbean when Clarke chipped Symonds one night when he found...
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India favourites to win, says Harbhajan: Australia series
MELBOURNE, Sept 13: Picking out the spin department as the weak link for the Australians, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has upped the ante by asserting that his side are the favourites...
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Spotakova sets javelin record
STUTTGART, Sept 13: Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic has set a world record in the women’s javelin with a throw of 72.28 meters at the World Athletics Final....
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Babel’s late strike sinks Manchester United
LONDON, Sept 13: Liverpool finally got the better of Manchester United as Ryan Babel’s late goal clinched a 2-1 win over the defending Premier League champions on Saturday....
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‘Weak batting led to drubbing Down Under’
DHAKA, Sept 13: Bangladesh’s chief cricket selector Rafiqul Alam has said his team were completely disappointed by their batting in their 3-0 cleansweep to Australia in the recently held One-day International series....
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Hampshire win spells relegation for Surrey
LONDON, Sept 13: Hampshire went to the top of English County Championship on Friday with an innings and 122 runs victory over Surrey which left The Oval giants looking doomed to relegation....
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Team talk works for Europe in Ryder Cup
LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Sept 13: Take some Spanish sunshine, add Swedish steel and mix in doses of British pragmatism and Irish fighting spirit and the result it seems is a winning golf team....
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Nazimabad FC edge past Lal Bakhsh 2-1 in PLF clash
KARACHI, Sept 13: Nazimabad Football Club beat District South champions Lal Bakhsh Memorial 2-1 in the KASB Premier League match played at the CDGK Stadium on late Friday night....
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FIFA expels Ethiopia from World Cup
ZURICH, Sept 13: World football’s governing body FIFA has thrown Ethiopia out of the World Cup following a long-running row over the leadership of the country’s football federation....
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Hurricane Jaffar lands win for Star XI
KARACHI, Sept 13: Southpaw Jaffar Qureshi hoisted a record nine sixes in his whirlwind knock of 83 as Star XI beat hosts Karachi Gymkhana by 43 runs in the 23rd Karachi...
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Ronaldo set for early return
LIVERPOOL, Sept 13: Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to make an early return from injury in the Champions League on Wednesday....
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PCB asks Mani to help sell TV rights
KARACHI, Sept 13: Ehsan Mani, a former president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), said that the PCB has requested him to assist it in selling out their TV/Media rights for the next four years....
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Glock quickest in wet final practice at Monza
MONZA (Italy), Sept 13: Toyota’s Timo Glock was fastest in Saturday’s rain-hit final practice for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix....
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Paralympic Games prove a big draw in Beijing
BEIJING, Sept 13: Zhang Li was more than a little surprised to arrive at the 13,000-seat Workers’ Indoor Stadium for the Paralympic judo tournament this week to find a large and boisterous crowd....
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China to play Fed Cup tie in Russia
PARIS, Sept 13: China will travel to Russia in a tough Fed Cup World Group first-round tie in 2009....
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FA chief warns of foreign ownership dangers
LONDON, Sept 13: Football Association chairman David Triesman said on Friday some foreign owners coming into the English game failed to appreciate its traditions and called for more stringent takeover regulations....
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Tinker Bell, the day’s best proposition in Lahore races
LAHORE, Sept 13: Three-year-old filly Tinker Bell will be on the trot to touch victory once again, when a six event card gets underway during the second Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Moomal has firepower to crush rivals
KARACHI, Sept 13: Three-year-old bay filly Moomal is fancied to strike again and make it two on the trot should she land the feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Berbatov gives variety to attack: Ferguson
MANCHESTER, Sept 13: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov will add a new dimension to the English and European champions’ attack....
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Davydenko cleared in betting probe: ATP finds no evidence of wrongdoing
LONDON, Sept 13: Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko was cleared by the ATP on Friday after a yearlong investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match he lost to a lowly ranked opponent....
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