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Saleem Jaffer to head selection committee as Shafqat, Talat resign
LAHORE, Oct 17: After the handing in of resignations by selector Shafqat Rana and Pakistan team manager Talat Ali on Friday, former Test fast bowler Saleem Jaffer, also a former member... 
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Record stand rescues BD against New Zealand
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), Oct 17: Mehrab Hossain capped his return to international cricket with a maiden half-century to help Bangladesh recover on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand here at the Divisional Stadium on Friday....
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No cricket at 2016 Games: IOC chief
PUNE (India), Oct 17: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge on Friday rejected growing demands from the cricket community to include the popular Twenty20 format at the 2016 Summer Games....
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Talks between ICL, BCCI fail
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: Moves by the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL) to gain recognition from the world governing body have been shot down by the Indian board, officials said on Friday....
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Grant reachesquarter-finals: World Open Squash
MANCHESTER, Oct 17: England’s Adrian Grant upset the form book in dramatic style in the third round of the World Open squash championships after saving three match balls to beat France’s...
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Giant Karlovic overpowers Djokovic in Madrid
MADRID, Oct 17: Towering Croat Ivo Karlovic toppled third seed Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6 to make the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday....
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Sublime Tendulkar reaches pinnacle in Mohali Test
MOHALI (India), Oct 17: Sachin Tendulkar eclipsed Brian Lara’s world record for most Test runs to help India reach 311 for five on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium on Friday....
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Master batsman receives glowing tributes
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: India’s President and Prime Minister on Thursday led a grateful nation in paying glowing tributes to record-smashing batsman Sachin Tendulkar....
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Tendulkar ecstatic by ‘fantastic journey’
MOHALI, Oct 17: India’s Sachin Tendulkar described his career as a “fantastic journey” after eclipsing retired West Indian Brian Lara’s world record for most Test runs on Friday....
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Shoaib’s fine hearing on 24th
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: A Lahore court on Friday postponed a hearing into Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s pending fine for one week....
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Federer is richest tennis player
MADRID, Oct 17: World number two Roger Federer has surpassed Pete Sampras to become the all-time leader in career prize money earnings in men’s tennis, the ATP said on Thursday....
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Jacques to go home
MOHALI, Oct 17: Australia’s opening batsman Phil Jacques will return home from India due to a back problem....
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Pentangular Cup from 25th
KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pentangular Cup will start from Oct 25 with the opening matches to be played in Karachi and Quetta, the PCB announced recently....
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Army fail to take home advantage against KRL
LAHORE, Oct 17: Four-time national champions Army lost valuable points when they failed to utilise their home advantage to draw 0-0 with Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at the Army Stadium in Rawalpindi....
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Top amateurs to compete in Sri Lanka
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Four Pakistani golfers will participate in the 121st Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship in Kandy, Sri Lanka....
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Women’s netball
KARACHI, Oct 17: Islamia Girls College, Faisalabad, will host the eighth National Women’s netball championship next month....
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Vasiliev to face Sikora in final
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Russian Mikhail Vasiliev and Slovakian Adrian Sikora will clash for top honors in the men’s singles-final after defeating their respective opponents in semi-finals of the ITF Pakistan Futures...
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ITF tourney second leg from 24th
LAHORE, Oct 17: The second leg of the ITF Futures tennis championship will start at the newly-renovated Punjab Lawn Tennis courts in Bagh-i-Jinnah on Oct 24....
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