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| September 20, 2008 | Saturday | Ramazan 19, 1429 |
Yousuf’s complaints totally unwarranted, says PCB
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slammed star batsman Mohammad Yousuf for his querying of selectors and threats to quit if he is continually left out of the national Twenty20 team....
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Indo-Pak rivalry losing its appeal: Rashid
KARACHI, Sept 19: Sachin Tendulkar is not the only one who feels that India-Australia cricket rivalry has become bigger than the traditional India-Pakistan battles....
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PCB to announce India series itinerary soon
LAHORE, Sept 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to announce the itinerary of the home series against India, scheduled to be held from Jan 4 to Feb 20, 2009, by Tuesday....
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Salim Malik wasn’t banned for life: lawyer
LAHORE, Sept 19: Former Test captain Salim Malik’s lawyer has claimed that there was no life ban on the batsman and he was only contesting his case in a civil court...
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Spurs and Everton leave UEFA Cup hopes on knife-edge
PARIS, Sept 19: Tottenham and Everton, once proud members of the English Premiership’s original big five before turning into serial under-achievers, were struggling to salvage their UEFA Cup dreams on Thursday....
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SL lifts domestic ban on ICL players
COLOMBO, Sept 19: Sri Lanka will re-admit players aligned with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League into domestic cricket, officials said on Friday, in a move that defies the world cricket establishment....
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Patience key to Ponting’s form in India: Chappell
MELBOURNE, Sept 19: As Ricky Ponting grapples to find a way out of Indian spinners’ stranglehold over him before next month’s Test series, former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has offered him a simple solution for the problem....
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Xavier Marshall fails dope test
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: West Indies opening batsman Xavier Marshall has tested positive for a banned substance, a senior cricket board official told website www.cricinfo.com....
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Younis available for Twenty20 Cup
LAHORE, Sept 19: Premier Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has delayed his departure for Australia to play in the Sheffield Shield tournament there in order to confirm his availability for the national Twenty20 Cup and a quadrangular international Twenty20 tournament in Canada....
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Davydenko wants clearance
MOSCOW, Sept 19: Nikolay Davydenko said he was relieved that the ATP’s corruption investigation has come to an end but says his lawyers are still working to clear his name....
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Harbhajan hopes to leave Aussies in a spin
NEW DELHI, Sept 19: Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh wants the focus firmly on his bowling and not his behaviour when the home test series against Australia starts on Oct. 9....
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Soccer fan jailed for 10 years
BELGRADE, Sept 19: A Red Star Belgrade fan who used a flare to attack a policeman during a Serbian first division match last December was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Friday, the Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported....
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‘McGain faces huge task of matching India’s spin masters’
SYDNEY, Sept 19: Australia’s late-blooming leg-spinner Bryce McGain faces a massive challenge bowling to India’s spin batting masters on next month’s tour of the subcontinent, Test paceman Stuart Clark said on Friday....
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Stormy Kiss geared up to storm Racecourse today
KARACHI, Sept 19: Five-year-old dark bay mare Stormy Kiss who was beaten by filly Diamond In Dust in a closely fought battle in the Defence Day Cup earlier this month gets...
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PFF U-18 tournament reaches semis stage
KARACHI, Sept 19: Salim Patli Youth defeated Pasha’s Youth 1-0 and Nasir Ismail Youth beat Aurora FC 6-5 to complete the semi-finals’ line-up in the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Six-a-side Under-18...
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Australian cyclist gets two-year doping ban
CANBERRA, Sept 19: Australian cyclist Mark Roland has been given a two-year suspension for use of prohibited substances — without returning a positive result to any doping test....
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Petrova outplays Ivanovic as Jankovic advances: Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO, Sept 19: Former world number one Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday but top seed Jelena Jankovic and Beijing Olympic gold medallist Elena Dementieva marched on....
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Missed chances cost Gharib Nawaz dearly as Hyderi Baloch win
KARACHI, Sept 19: Hyderi Baloch thrashed Gharib Nawaz Dalmia 3-0 in the KASB Premier League Football’s 34th match played here at the CDGK Stadium on Thursday night....
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PFF enhances cash prizes for PPFL
LAHORE, Sept 19: The winners of the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) will now get Rs500,000 as the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has enhanced cash prizes....
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School cricket team to visit South Africa
LAHORE, Sept 19: The cricket team of Muslim Model High School, Lahore, which are the reigning champions of PCB National School Tournament, will tour Cape Town, South Africa, from Sept 26 to Oct 8....
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Big win for A.O. Blues
KARACHI, Sept 19: Mirza Adnan Baig smashed a brilliant unbeaten half-century as A.O. Blues Cricket Club thrashed United Sports by nine wickets in the AKG Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKG Ground on Thursday....
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AFC chief calls for better refereeing standards
SINGAPORE, Sept 19: Asia’s soccer chief is calling for the region’s system of training and appointing referees to be overhauled in a bid to boost the standard of match officials....
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Aqeel steals limelight
KARACHI, Sept 19: Leg-spinner Aqeel Ahmed captured four wickets to spin Standard Chartered Bank to an exciting eight-run victory over Saudi Pak Bank in the fourth Aga Khan University (AKU) Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKU Ground on Thursday....
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Sajid sparkles in Karachi Gymkhana event
KARACHI, Sept 19: Veteran international Sajid Ali slammed a sparkling 70 to power Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club to a seven-wicket victory over Dubai Islamic Bank in the 23rd Karachi Gymkhana Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the KG Ground on Thursday....
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Ronaldo talking to Manchester City
PARIS, Sept 19: Brazilian striker Ronaldo is in talks with Manchester City and hopes to return from a career-threatening knee injury in two or three months, the player was quoted as saying on Friday....
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Hard times for Asia’s Premier League dreamers
BANGKOK, Sept 19: Dreams of success in England’s Premier League have turned sour for many of Asia’s top soccer players....
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Former England player arrested
LONDON, Sept 19: Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, reports said on Thursday....
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