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| November 18, 2008 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 19, 1429 |
PCB jeopardising future of Pakistan cricket: Yousuf: Blames Shoaib Malik’s attitude for defection to ICL
KARACHI, Nov 17: While blaming the attitude of captain Shoaib Malik for his sudden departure from the national scene, suspended ace batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Monday criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board...
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Pakistan complete clean sweep over West Indies
ABU DHABI, Nov 17: Despite a battling century by West Indies captain Chris Gayle, Pakistan won the third and final One-day International by 31 runs to sweep the series 3-0 staged in the United Arab Emirates (also reported in Monday’s edition)....
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IHF regrets junior series cancellation
LAHORE, Nov 17: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in a letter to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has expressed its regret that their U-21 team could not tour Pakistan for reasons beyond their control and urged to continue bilateral hockey ties.This...
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Home series could be shifted to India: PCB chief
KARACHI, Nov 17: Pakistan may offer to switch their home series against India early next year to India if the neighbouring country’s government does not clear the tour over security worries, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt said on Monday....
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‘Excess coaching has damaged pacers’
ABU DHABI, Nov 17: Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis says pace bowling skills in the world have gone down. “Except for Brett Lee or Shoaib Akhtar, if he is fit, we do not really see too many fast bowlers,” said Waqar....
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Yuvraj’s all-round show sinks England again
INDORE (India), Nov 17: Yuvraj Singh blasted his second consecutive century and grabbed four wickets to guide India to a comfortable 54-run win over England in the second One-day International on Monday....
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Pakistan must work hard for India series, says Malik
ABU DHABI, Nov 17: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said on Monday that hard work was needed ahead of next year’s high-profile series against archrivals India, despite his team’s 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies....
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Pentangular Cup final round starts today
LAHORE, Nov 17: With leaders NWFP already having qualified for the RBS Pentangular Cup final, the two final-round matches that start on Tuesday, will decide the second finalists of the country’s toughest first-class tournament....
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Imrul, Mushfiqur shine in Test warm-up
KIMBERLEY (South Africa), Nov 17: Opening batsman Imrul Kayes and wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim were in good form as Bangladesh had the better of the two-day match against the South African Airways Challenge XI at the Diamond Oval on Sunday....
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PHF names squads for Saturday match
LAHORE, Nov 17: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday announced 20-member squads of Rest of Pakistan Eleven and Pakistan Juniors to play a match at National Hockey Stadium here on Saturday....
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Man City, Hull draw to end losing streaks: English Premier League
LONDON, Nov 17: Hull City and Manchester City both ended their three-match league losing streaks on Sunday as they fought out an open and entertaining 2-2 draw at the KC Stadium....
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Federer ready for one last endeavour this season
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17: Roger Federer winds down his tough season with Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe this week, playing a series of exhibitions despite the back injury that hampered his bid for a fifth Masters Cup....
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PTV suffer yet another defeat
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) inflicted yet another defeat on the PTV beating them 2-1 in the Pakistan Premier Football League match held at the Jinnah Stadium ground on Monday....
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I was deprived of Olympic gold, says France’s Bousquet
ST DIZIER (France), Nov 17: Olympic swimming silver medallist Frederick Bousquet on Sunday criticised the French team officials which he believed deprived him of a gold medal in Beijing....
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Two Olympic ticket scalpers jailed
BEIJING, Nov 17: Two men who tried to scalp over 500 Olympic Games tickets have been jailed and fined a total of 894,000 yuan ($131,000) in the biggest such case in Beijing so far, state media said on Monday....
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Mazhar wins nine swimming gold medals
KARACHI, Nov 17: The Karachi Club’s brother duo of Mazhar Naqvi and Mustafa Naqvi put outstanding performance in the 48th Sindh Age Group swimming championship which concluded at the Habib Public School on Sunday....
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Pakistan play draw with South Africa: Chess Olympiad
KARACHI, Nov 17: National master Khalil-ur-Rehman Butt registered an impressive win to help Pakistan men’s team to play 2-2 draw with South Africa in the fourth round of the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany....
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Gary Hall retires with 10 Olympic medals
ATLANTA, Nov 17: Ten-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr. has officially retired from swimming to turn his attention to a new challenge: helping those with diabetes lead long, productive lives....
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Djokovic seeks top spot
SHANGHAI, Nov 17: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic set his sights on becoming world number one after moving just 10 points behind second-placed Roger Federer in the rankings with his Masters Cup win....
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BSEK names tennis team
KARACHI, Nov 17: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) on Monday announced its team to participate in the Pakistan Inter-board tennis championship, starting from Thursday in Islamabad....
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Top league leaders all triumph to stay ahead
LONDON, Nov 17: The status quo remained the same in Europe’s top leagues as Barcelona, Inter Milan, Olympique Lyon and Bayer Leverkusen all won to remain at the top of their leagues....
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