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Senate body recommends life ban for Asif
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Pakistan’s Senate sports committee on Tuesday recommended that troubled fast bowler Mohammad Asif be banned from cricket for life over his detention in Dubai last year for opium possession.... 
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CM orders LDA to allot land to PFF: FIFA Goal Project II
KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has issued a directive to the Lyari Development Authority (LDA) to allot the land reserved for FIFA Goal Project II to...
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Ronaldo named FIFA World Player of the Year
ZURICH, Jan 13: Manchester United and Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo was named FIFA World Player of the Year at a ceremony on Monday....
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Struggling Hayden draws stumps on dazzling career
BRISBANE, Jan 13: Australia batsman Matthew Hayden announced his retirement from international cricket here on Tuesday, drawing stumps on a dazzling career as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time....
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Yousuf blasts PCB for toeing BCCI line: Malik does not deserve captaincy
KARACHI, Jan 13: Estranged Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who recently signed up to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for their subservience to the...
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PSD to look into bad repair work
LAHORE, Jan 13: The Punjab Sports Department (PSD) has formed an inquiry committee to probe into repair work on the Astroturf at the National Hockey Stadium, after which the field was found to be rather unfit for holding international matches....
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PCB officials grilled over declining reserves
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The Senate Standing Committee on Sports grilled Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt and Chief Operating Officer Saleem Altaf for their failure to control the depleting financial...
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Trophy schedule revised
LAHORE, Jan 13: The venues and dates of 10 matches of the ongoing Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship have been changed because of the Sri Lanka’s tour schedule....
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Team players exempted from Quaid Trophy
LAHORE, Jan 13: All 15 players, who have been selected in the Pakistan team for the first One-day International of three-match series against Sri Lanka, starting from Jan 21, have been exempted from participating in the ongoing Quaid-i-Azam Trophy matches....
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Australia seal T20 series against SA
BRISBANE, Jan 13: Jean-Paul Duminy virtually single-handedly put South Africa in position to win the second Twenty20 International and then allowed the hosts to wriggle free on a night of high emotion at the Gabba on Tuesday....
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India to play in Sri Lanka next month
COLOMBO, Jan 13: India will play five one-dayers and a Twenty20 International against hosts Sri Lanka next month to help fill the gap created by their cancelled tour of Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday....
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New Zealand clinch series over West Indies in wet decider
NAPIER (New Zealand), Jan 13: An opening batting blitz and timely rain gave New Zealand a nine-run victory in the winner-takes-all final One-day International against the West Indies here on Tuesday....
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Miss Tabinda looks for fourth LRC win
LAHORE, Jan 13: Five-year-old mare Miss Tabinda looks set to win the feature event when a card of six races goes through in the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
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Faisalabad Whites hold Sahiwal 1-1
LAHORE, Jan 13: Faisalabad Whites drew 1-1 with Sahiwal at RB 243 Ground, Faisalabad, while Karachi Yellows and Karachi Greens ended their match with a 0-0 score line at Peoples Sports...
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BIEK trials from Friday
KARACHI, Jan 13: Two-day trials to select the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) squad for the Inter-board cricket championship will be held at the Customs Academy ground on Jan 16 and 17 at 2pm....
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KGS reach last four
KARACHI, Jan 13: Defending champions Karachi Grammar School (KGS) kicked out BVS High School from the ongoing Karachi United School Football Championship by winning their quarter-final match 12-0 at the DHA Stadium on Monday evening....
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Al Shahbaz Sports stun DFA Thatta
KARACHI, Jan 13: Al Shahbaz Sports caused a major upset in the NBP Challenge Cup Football Tournament when they beat DFA Thatta, a reasonably stronger outfit, 6-1 at the Colony Sports Football Ground, Malir, on Tuesday....
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Police probe death threat
TOKYO, Jan 13: Grand champion Asashoryu’s latest return has triggered more controversy after reports the Mongolian had received a death threat....
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Helfant appointed ATP chief
PARIS, Jan 13: The governing body of world tennis, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), announced on Monday the appointment of former Nike executive Adam Helfant as its new executive chairman....
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Serena, Safina cruise into Sydney quarter-finals
SYDNEY, Jan 13: Top-seeded Serena Williams and No 2 Dinara Safina made short work of their second-round opponents on Tuesday to move into the Sydney International quarter-finals....
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