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PCB chairman warns of split in world cricket: Tour refusals
LONDON, Nov 29: World cricket is in danger of a damaging split if countries like England and Australia refuse to tour Asia after this week’s bloodshed in India, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt warned on Saturday.... 
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India must tour Pakistan: Yousuf
KARACHI, Nov 29: India must tour Pakistan in January despite this week’s bloodshed in Mumbai, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf said on Saturday....
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Flying home England to decide on India return
LONDON, Nov 29: England’s cricketers flew home from India on Saturday in the wake of the shootings and explosions that killed more than 150 people in Mumbai and will take time...
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Terrorism may deprive South Asian region of cricket: Sohail
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan’s talented left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir fear the Mumbai terror attacks may end up making the entire South Asian region a pariah in international cricket....
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CA loses millions from postponement: Champions League T20
SYDNEY, Nov 29: The Cricket Australia (CA) has lost ‘millions of dollars’ from the postponement of the Champions League Twenty20 in India and the teams involved in the tournament are also...
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Zimbabwe board denies shortage of funds
HARARE, Nov 29: Zimbabwe Cricket has denied that it is short of funds, insisting that problems with paying bills are because of government restrictions imposed on withdrawals from bank accounts....
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Ex-captains want England to return to India for Tests
LONDON, Nov 29: Former captains Bob Willis and David Gower have joined Ian Botham and Mike Atherton in urging the English team to return to India and play the two-Test series there next month....
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Ponting, Hussey strike form as Australia take charge
ADELAIDE, Nov 29: Captain Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey hit contrasting half-centuries as Australia took charge against New Zealand in the second Test at the Adelaide Oval here on Saturday....
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Smith eyes Aussie showdown after crushing Bangladesh
CENTURION (South Africa), Nov 29: South African captain Graeme Smith looked ahead to a world Test championship showdown with Australia after his side crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 48 runs...
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Kamran urges India to tour Pakistan
LAHORE, Nov 29: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal, who returned from Mumbai after the postponement of the Twenty20 Champions League due to the terrorist attacks there urged India to visit Pakistan as...
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Tosic to join Man United
MANCHESTER, Nov 29: Serbia winger Zoran Tosic will join Manchester United in January from Partizan Belgrade after being granted a British work permit. The 21-year-old Tosic, who has made 12 international...
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Manchester United seek put-down for City upstarts: Premier League
MANCHESTER, Nov 29: Manchester United will be looking for revenge as well as the chance to get their Premier League title push back on track when they take on newly-rich neighbours Manchester City on Sunday....
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Australia joins Spain in lead after third round: World Cup of Golf
SHENZHEN (China), Nov 29: Brendan Jones’ 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th gave Australia a 9-under 63 and a share of the lead with Spain after Saturday’s third round of the World Cup of Golf....
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Platini urges EU to recognise football’s special status
BIARRITZ (France), Nov 29: UEFA President Michel Platini has called on the European Union to “change its stance” and not impose “shaky and preconceived ideals” on sport at a summit in Biarritz on Friday....
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PIA, KESC score fine victories: Junior hockey
KARACHI, Nov 29: In the two NBP Junior Hockey Cup matches played at the Hockey Club of Pakistan on Saturday, PIA crushed Sindh 20-0 while KESC beat Balochistan 9-0....
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PECHS College win
KARACHI, Nov 29: Shareen Lakhani played anchor-sheet role as her team PECHS...
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Shabbir outplays Zulfiqar in 35-plus final
KARACHI, Nov 29: Top seed Shabbir Gul on Saturday ended the winning streak of Zulfiqar Hakeem, beating him in straight sets to claim the 35-plus singles title in the Pakistan International Seniors world ranking tennis championship at the Karachi Club....
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WADA cites five sports for failure: Drugs testing programmes
LONDON, Nov 29: Gymnastics, wrestling and volleyball were among five Olympic sports cited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing to implement consistent out-of-competition testing programmes....
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AFC headquarters switch issue splits opinions in Asia
SEOUL, Nov 29: A proposed move of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters from the east to the western fringe of the region is polarising opinion in the diverse continent....
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KC snooker from Monday
KARACHI, Nov 29: Eight teams are to vie for honours in the second KC Inter-club snooker tournament which begins at the Karachi Club on Monday....
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Marseille charged, fined
NYON (Switzerland), Nov 29: UEFA has charged Marseille in connection with an object being thrown at Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard during a Champions League game on Wednesday....
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Taylor asks captains to back spinners
MELBOURNE, Nov 29: Former Australian captain Mark Taylor feels a concerted effort is needed to revive the art of spin in the country and has asked the first-class teams to show more faith in their spinners....
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Rivals wary of in-form Royal Salute II at Gymkhana race
KARACHI, Nov 29: Two-year-old bay filly, Royal Salute II, which won The Neario Stakes on last weekend, is on course to make it two on the trot should she win again...
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Gebrselassie, Ndereba in 15km race
MELBOURNE, Nov 29: The inaugural Great Australian Run has attracted two of the world’s biggest athletics stars, Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie and women’s world marathon champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya....
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Imran crowned badminton champion
LAHORE, Nov 29: Hafiz Imran won the U-19 singles title by defeating Adil Haseeb in the final of the National Junior badminton championship at the New Khan hall here on Saturday....
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Rustam on hat-trick at LRC today
LAHORE, Nov 29: Three-year-old colt Rustam looks poised to win the Khalid Bin Waleed Cup when the 13th Lahore Winter Meeting gets underway at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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KESC hold KPT in thriller at PPFL
KARACHI, Nov 29: Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) leveled with Karachi Port Trust (KPT) 1-1 in the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) at the Peoples Sports Complex on Saturday....
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‘Cricket needs India despite blasts’
MELBOURNE, Nov 29: The mayhem in Mumbai notwithstanding, world cricket simply cannot afford to stay away from India, according to former Australia pacer Michael Kasprowicz....
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Medical tests of U-16 players today
KARACHI, Nov 29: The medical test of 15 Under-16 cricketers of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) will be held at the National Stadium on Sunday at 2.30pm,...
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Football fans suffer gunshot wounds
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 29: Three supporters suffered gunshot wounds, one seriously, after violence erupted between fans at an Argentine second division game in Cordoba, some 700km north of Buenos Aires, on Thursday, police said on Friday....
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AS Roma face hooligan probe
NYON (Switzerland), Nov 29: AS Roma has been charged by UEFA in connection with crowd trouble at its Champions League match against Chelsea....
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PMA Lake Marathon today
KARACHI, Nov 29: The 19th Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Round The Lake Marathon will be held at the Haleji Lake on Sunday....
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Venkatesha wins title for India
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Venkatesha Poojashree from India lifted the singles title defeating Kim Hae-Sung of Korea in the first ITF Pakistan Women Future Tennis Circuit played at the PTF Tennis Complex on Saturday....
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Skiing needs legal all-clear in anti-doping fight
GENEVA, Nov 29: Skiing’s world governing body is ready to open cases against athletes suspected of doping as soon as the World Anti-Doping Agency finalizes new scientific and legal rules....
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