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Strauss boosts England hopes with century
MUMBAI, March 18: Andrew Strauss returned to form with an elegant century as England made the most of India’s surprise decision of electing to field first in the third and final Test on Saturday....
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Man-of-the-Match Clark seals early win for Australia
CAPE TOWN, March 18: Debutant bowler Stuart Clark enabled Australia to complete a seven-wicket win on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at Newlands on Saturday....
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Wolves face Stallions in Gold League today
KARACHI, March 18: Barring a spate of unexpected results in the last two round of matches, Faisalabad Wolves are mathematically assured of playing the Gold League final of the National One-day Regional cricket championship at the National Stadium on Thursday....
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Fleming, Fulton put NZ on top
WELLINGTON, March 18: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and Peter Fulton combined in a 165-run partnership to put their side firmly in control of the second Test against West Indies after the second day’s play on Saturday....
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Injured Atapattu out for six weeks
COLOMBO, March 18: Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu will be out of action for at least six weeks after a back injury flared up in the washed out first One-day International against Pakistan on Friday....
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Sri Lanka revise Pakistan schedule
COLOMBO, March 18: Sri Lanka and Pakistan have agreed on a revised schedule for their ongoing series after a tropical downpour washed out the opening one-day international on Friday night...
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Dravid named captain until World Cup
MUMBAI, March 18: Rahul Dravid will remain as India’s captain until next year’s World Cup in the West Indies, national selectors announced on Saturday. Dravid, 33, has led his team to...
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Banzine should make it three in a row
LAHORE, March 18: A contest between the cream of imported thoroughbreds which has lit up the Lahore winter Meetings reaches its fitting climax when they vie for the Aquafina Eclipse Stakes Of Pakistan at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Tiger ’s title bid suffers as Glover takes command
MIAMI, March 18: Tiger Woods’ bid for a record fifth Bay Hill Invitational title stalled with a second round one-under 71 that left him seven shots off the lead on Friday....
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Snooker: Top guns to compete in national championship
KARACHI, March 18: The 31st National snooker championship gets into action at Snooker Zone from Monday with country’s 48 best cueists vying for honours in the first ranking event of the year which carries a purse of Rs204,000....
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Dubawi fancied to capture feature event
KARACHI, March 18: Two-year-old bay colt, Dubawi, is fancied to steal limelight by capturing the feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday....
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Arsenal crush Charlton
LONDON, March 18: Rejuvenated Arsenal cranked up the pressure in the battle for the fourth Champions League spot with a stylish 3-0 win at home to Charlton Athletic in the Premier League on Saturday....
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Commonwealth Games: India lead Asia medals charge
MELBOURNE, March 18: India led the medal charge for Asia at the Commonwealth Games Saturday, picking up golds in shooting and weightlifting as Malaysia’s Nicol David moved a step closer to lifting the squash title....
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Two-goal Maqsood helps Pakistan whip India
MELBOURNE, March 18: Adnan Maqsood scored two goals as Pakistan opened their Commonwealth Games field hockey campaign by drubbing arch-rivals India 4-1 on Saturday....
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Nisar, Meher, Abid advance; Nauman beaten
KARACHI, March 18: Pakistani boxers continued their good run in Commonwealth Games contrary to their compatriots competing in other sports when another three of them marched into next rounds of boxing competitions on Saturday at Melbourne....
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Dementieva, Sharapova book all-Russian final
INDIAN WELLS (California), March 18: Elena Dementieva toppled top-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne and Maria Sharapova sent Martina Hingis home to set up an all-Russian women’s final at the Pacific Life Open on Friday....
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Motor Racing: Fisichella on pole position
SEPANG (Malaysia), March 18: Italian Giancarlo Fisichella seized the third pole position of his career here when he clocked the fastest time in qualifying for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix....
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Haroon and Parveen honounred
LAHORE, March 18: Haroon Raheem and Mrs Parveen Sheikh have been honoured by organisers of the All Pakistan tennis tournament who dedicated men and ladies singles trophies to their names....
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Exciting win for Sabir XI
KARACHI, March 18: Tapal CC (TCC) and Sabir XI recorded exciting victories over their opponents in the Inter-club cricket championship on Friday. TCC overpowered A.O.Colts CC (AOCCC) by 15 runs despite...
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Inspired display by Godara
LAHORE, March 18: Five-goal Dhruvpal Godara guided Al Khan to Qualify for the final of the President of Pakistan polo trophy beating Kings Textile 8 1/2-6 on Saturday....
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Golf: Shahid emerges leader
LAHORE, March 18: Shahid Javed Khan carded a fine seven-under- par-65 to retain leaderboard with aggregate 135, on a day when a large number of under-par cards were produced, in the...
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Lahore rout DG Khan
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Lahore Colours led the goal-scoring spree during the opening day’s action in the National Hockey Championship (Islamabad Round) as four matches were decided and one team was awarded walkover at Nasir Bunda Stadium Stadium on Saturday....
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Cricket: Mumbai to host final
MUMBAI, March 18: Mumbai will host the final of eight-nation ICC Champions Cricket Trophy to be held in October-November, Indian cricket board president Sharad Pawar said on Saturday....
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Tennis: ICB capture trophy
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Islamabad College for Boys (ICB), G-6, clinched team title trophy of Beaconhouse Inter-school tennis with a 2-1 victory over Froebles School on Friday....
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Cantt School triumph
PESHAWAR, March 18: Government Higher Secondary School No. 1 Cantt beat Government High School Gulbahar by 106 runs in a pool match of the All-Pakistan PCB Inter-school cricket championship being played on Saturday....
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Rawalpindi Whites victorious
RAWALPINDI, March 18: Rawalpindi Whites outwitted President’s Body Guards (PBG) Reds 4-3 to lift the Murree Brewery polo cup on Saturday. Raja Waqar Nadir and Sikandar Ali Khan scored two goals...
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Umair grabs gold
PESHAWAR, March 18: Punjab University (PU) maintained its lead by winning two more golds on Saturday in the HEC Inter-university athletics championship on Saturday....
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Army, Wapda share spoils
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Army and Wapda were tied on medals table with four golds each after two days of competitions in the first national ranking taekwondo championship at Hamidi Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Saturday....
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Crucial tie
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Islamabad Club and Mehran Club will clash in the crucial match of Islamabad Football League (A) at Pakistan Sports Complex on Sunday. The match will kick off at 4.00...
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KCAB team for Islamabad
KARACHI, March 18: A 16-member Karachi Cricket Association Blind (KCAB) team will compete in the Islamabad Blind cricket tournament starting from Sunday....
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