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Mishra spins Australia into trouble after Ganguly hits ton
MOHALI (India), Oct 18: Debutant leg-spinner Amit Mishra picked up two key wickets as India pushed Australia into a corner on the second day of the second Test here on Saturday....
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Six-wicket Shakib sends New Zealand reeling
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), Oct 18: Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan took a maiden five-wicket haul to help Bangladesh gain an upper hand over New Zealand on the second day of the opening Test here on Saturday....
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Faisal to lead Pakistan in HK Sixes
KARACHI, Oct 18: Middle-order batsman Faisal Iqbal will lead former champions Pakistan’s challenge in next month’s Super Sixes, the national selectors announced on Saturday....
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ICC looks to prop up Test cricket in face of T20 onslaught
MOHALI, Oct 18: Concerned by dwindling spectator interest in Test matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday said it was looking into ways to jazz up the long version of the game....
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ICC rules out mediating in BCCI-ICL feud
MOHALI, Oct 18: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Saturday ruled out its mediation in the feud between the Board of Control for cricket in India (BCCI) and the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL)....
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West Indies to host World Twenty20 in 2010
MOHALI, Oct 18: The West Indies will host the World Twenty20 Championship in 2010, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here on Saturday....
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Miandad, Wasim hail Tendulkar’s feat
KARACHI, Oct 18: Pakistan greats, led by former captains Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, on Saturday showered praise on Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar becoming Test cricket’s leading run-maker, saying his feat is a matter of pride for the sub-continent....
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Russia’s Vasiliev crowned champion: ITF Futures tennis
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Mikhail Vasiliev of Russia won men’s singles title of the ITF Pakistan Futures International tennis championships at the PTF Tennis Complex on Saturday....
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Gavaskar, Border heap praise on record-breaking Tendulkar
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday led a galaxy of cricketing greats in praising record-smashing Sachin Tendulkar, saying his compatriot had always been an extraordinary batsman....
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Dismissing Ranatunga hardest: Warne
LONDON, Oct 18: Leg-spin wizard Shane Warne in his new book to be launched in London on Tuesday titled Shane Warne’s Century says “the hardest thing for me was getting ex-Sri...
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Federer sets up Murray rematch in Madrid semi-finals
MADRID, Oct 18: Roger Federer set up a rerun of his US Open final against Andy Murray by dispatching rising Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-3 in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals on Friday....
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I want to be Argentina coach, says Maradona
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 18: Argentina superstar Diego Maradona said on Friday he wants to succeed Alfio Basile as the national team coach and take them to the World Cup finals....
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Karachi United impress on Qatar soccer tour
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Karachi United (KU) Football Club youth team which was on a tour of Qatar on the invitation of the Al-Ahli and Al Sadd soccer clubs to play...
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FIFA chief to attend first Palestinian game
GENEVA, Oct 18: FIFA President Sepp Blatter will travel to the Palestinian territories next week where he will attend the first international match to be played by the national side, football’s world governing body said on Friday....
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Karachi disabled cricket team record win
KARACHI, Oct 18: Karachi’s disabled cricket team defeated the Madina Property Links by nine wickets at the Rashid Latif Cricket Ground on Friday....
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Title-chasing Hamilton grabs pole for Chinese Grand Prix
SHANGHAI, Oct 18: McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton gave his Formula One title hopes a huge boost when he took pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday with his main rival Felipe Massa of Ferrari qualifying third....
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Wicket taking is top priority: Sajjida
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Pakistan women’s cricket team all-rounder Sajjida Shah, who was ranked 17th in the bowlers’ category by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Mumbai on Thursday, has attributed the...
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Minister settles age-limit row for swimming contest
KARACHI, Oct 18: Sindh Sports Minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah has clarified the age limit for swimmers contesting in the forthcoming 17th Sindh Women’s Swimming Championship 2008 is “under 12 years”...
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Heavyweight bout
BERLIN, Oct 18: The world heavyweight title fight on Dec 13 between IBF, WBO and IBO champion Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and Russian challenger Alexander Povetkin will be held in the central German city of Mannheim, the former said on Friday....
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Shabana, Nicol ease into World Open Squash semis
MANCHESTER, Oct 18: Nicol David’s bid to follow her recapture of the British Open title in May by regaining her World Open crown carried her impressively into the semi-finals on Friday....
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Crown Prince gears up to enthral racegoers
KARACHI, Oct 18: Four-year-old chestnut colt Crown Prince, who delighted the punters with his sterling performance on Oct 5, is rated to make it two wins on the trot in same...
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Field of six set for Islamabad Cup
LAHORE, Oct 18: With a facile victory to his credit, the three-year-old chestnut colt Dubai Fan looks set to win the Islamabad Cup to go over the sprinting distance of 1,200 metres at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Tendulkar on top, but Lara still master of ‘batathons’
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: India’s Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating breaking Brian Lara’s world record for most runs in Test cricket, but he lags behind the West Indian when it comes to playing marathon innings....
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Wapda beat PEL 3-1 in PPFL encounter
LAHORE, Oct 18: Wapda scored twice in the second session to beat Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) 3-1 in Pakistan Premier Football League’s 99th encounter played here at the Railway Stadium on Saturday....
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Unbeaten Chelsea thrash Middlesbrough 5-0
MIDDLESBROUGH, Oct 18: Unbeaten Premier League leaders Chelsea defied the absence of 100 million pound of talent to run riot with a stunning 5-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday....
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Jahangir shines for Bay View
KARACHI, Oct 18: Jahangir Khan produced a good all-round performance to help Bay View High School easily defeat Oasys School by 73 runs in the first KGA Ian Fyfe Memorial Twenty20 inter-school cricket tournament here on Saturday....
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Seeded players reach semis: Hasan Musa Squash
KARACHI, Oct 18: All top seeded players cruised into the last four of boys’ and girls’ U-15 individual events of the Hasan Musa Squash Championship which commenced at Hyderabad Gymkhana on Saturday....
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KCCA U-17 zonal event starts today
KARACHI, Oct 18: Sixteen under-17 outfits will compete in the second phase of the KCCA Annual Talent Hunt Programme, which starts from Sunday at the KCCA Stadium....
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Sindh Badminton team named
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Karachi Badminton Association (KBA) on Saturday announced an eight-member team including four women’s for the Sindh Inter-district badminton championship which is being held at Sukkur from Oct 20 to 23....
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