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West Indies take third day honours in rain-hit first Test
DUNEDIN (New Zealand), Dec 13: The West Indies won third day honours in the rain-hit first cricket Test here on Saturday, taking New Zealand’s last six wickets for 139 runs to dismiss the hosts for 365....
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Reality bites for India after Champions League setback
NEW DELHI, Dec 13: The postponement of a lucrative Twenty20 Champions League in India has added to fears regional security concerns and the financial slowdown could strike into the heart of the global cricket hub....
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Strauss turns the tables on confident Indians: Chennai Test
CHENNAI, Dec 13: Andrew Strauss was poised for a century in each innings as England took charge of the first cricket Test against India at the M.A....
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Pakistan beat Thailand in opener
KARACHI, Dec 13: Pakistan’s Junior Under-21 women’s hockey team won its opening match against Thailand in the Women’s Junior Asia Cup by 2-1 on Saturday....
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Malik shines as Stallions outgun Leopards in opener
KARACHI, Dec 13: Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik led from the front to guide Punjab Stallions to a comprehensive 98-run victory over Federal Areas Leopards in the RBS Pentangular Cup one-day cricket tournament’s opening match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Saturday....
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Racial quotas nearing end: Bacher
MELBOURNE, Dec 13: Former South African captain Ali Bacher said his country is almost at the “end of the road” of its racial transformation policy that was introduced in the 1990s to make the team more reflective of the country....
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Victoria, WA seek compensation after cancellation: Champions League T20
SYDNEY, Dec 13: Australian state associations Victoria and Western Australia said on Saturday they would each lose more than $600,000 (US$397,000) following the cancellation of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India....
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Johnson backs Aussies to win speed race
PERTH, Dec 13: Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has no doubt Australia will win the exciting battle of speed with South Africa at the WACA from Wednesday....
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PCB chief returns from India
LAHORE, Dec 13: Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt returned home from India on Saturday after attending the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) finance committee meeting in Chennai....
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Thanks to quacks, Pakistan could be outcasts of cricket
Pakistan cricket remains in a stagnant and parlous state as it has been for the last few years, gasping to be resuscitated. In fact its situation is not dissimilar to the...
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Formula One
LISBON, Dec 13: Top Formula One teams will be testing on the new circuit in the Algarve in southern Portugal next month where Renault will unveil their new car....
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Middlesbrough hold Arsenal 1-1
LONDON, Dec 13: Arsenal’s fading Premier League title ambitions were dealt a further blow when former Gunner Jeremie Aliadiere equalised to clinch a 1-1 draw for Middlesbrough on Saturday....
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Tapping-up takes place constantly: Redknapp
LONDON, Dec 13: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said the growing influence of players means that the breaking of Premier League rules by ‘tapping-up’ players and even managers now happens regularly....
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Kamal Afsar tipped to become KRC chairman
KARACHI, Dec 13: Senior bureaucrat Kamal Afsar is likely to get the stewards’ nod for the post of chairmanship of the Karachi Race Club (KRC) at an electoral meeting at the KRC premises on Monday at 12noon....
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PHF to name tournament, academy after Atif
LAHORE, Dec 13: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced the holding of an all-Pakistan tournament in memory of Brig Manzoor Hussain Atif while also naming one of their 11 academies after him....
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Davis, Rodriguez win
NAGANO (Japan), Dec 13: Shani Davis of the United States won the men’s 1,000-metre race at a speed skating World Cup meet on Saturday, while compatriot Jennifer Rodriguez captured the women’s 1,000 event....
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U-19 cricket from today
KARACHI, Dec 13: Zone-II Whites will take on Zone-I Greens in the opening match of the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-19 cricket tournament at the KCCA Stadium on Sunday....
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Escalettes stays on as FFF president
PARIS, Dec 13: Jean-Pierre Escalettes was re-elected as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) by an overwhelming majority on Saturday, while former France defender Lilian Thuram won a seat on the FFF’s council....
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UEFA chief wants EU to protect football from illegal Asian betting
ATHENS, Dec 13: UEFA President Michel Platini on Friday urged European lawmakers to use bloc-wide liberalisation of gambling to protect football from illegal Asian betting syndicates....
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France’s Decosse wins judo title
TOKYO, Dec 13: Beijing Olympic silver medallist Lucie Decosse gave France its first title at the Kano Cup judo tournament on Saturday, defeating Japan’s Asuka Oka in the 70-kilogramme class....
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FINA requests research on high-tech swimsuits
ROME, Dec 13: Swimming’s world governing body is requesting new research into the high-tech suits that have caused such a stir, and USA Swimming has proposed restrictions on their use....
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Transfer window to end in February
LONDON, Dec 13: The January transfer window, the last opportunity for players to join English clubs this season, will in fact end on Feb 2, the Football Association (FA) announced here on Friday....
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Chicago 2016’s Olympic bid plan gets a makeover
CHICAGO, Dec 13: The competition pool for a Chicago Olympics would last about as long as a swimming world record does these days....
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Leveaux sets world record in European swimming championships
RIJEKA, Dec 13: Three world records were set at the European short-course championships on Friday, with Amaury Leveaux of France breaking his second in a meet that has contained six world records in two days....
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Giranari favourite to continue winning streak at KRC
KARACHI, Dec 13: Having completed a hat-trick in the last run, three-year-old chestnut colt Giranari is rated to stretch his winning streak when he appears in the eighth race of the Gymkhana race meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Shock Wave set to dominate Lahore races today
LAHORE, Dec 13: With two impressive wins on the trot, three-year-old bay colt Shock Wave starts off as the favourite to complete a hat-trick of victories when the Lahore Winter Meeting gets underway at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Long-term training project for shooters under consideration
KARACHI, Dec 13: Pakistan’s rifle shooting officials hope for a better future for their sport following Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir’s taking over as the president of the National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP)....
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UEFA denies report Poland may stage Euro 2012 alone
NYON (Switzerland), Dec 13: UEFA has denied reports from Poland that the 2012 European Championship co-host may be asked to stage the tournament on its own if Ukraine’s new national stadium is delayed....
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Sindh names taekwondo teams
KARACHI, Dec 13: The Sindh Taekwondo Association on Saturday announced its squads for the 6th Korean Ambassador National Ranking Taekwondo Championship 2008 to take place at Hamidi Hall, Pakistan Sports Board in Islamabad, from Dec 16 to 19....
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Lehmann eyes coaching career
BERLIN, Dec 13: Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has said he learned enough from his five years under Arsene Wenger at Premier League side Arsenal to consider a career in coaching....
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Shabnam, Ahmed to lead HBL in National TT
KARACHI, Dec 13: Reigning national women’s singles champion Shabnam Bilal and Ahmed Hasan will lead the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) women and men’s teams, respectively, in the National Table Tennis championship...
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