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‘Pakistan well prepared for World Cup’
KARACHI, April 13: Pakistan''s leg spinner Danish Kaneria believed that his team was progressing in the right direction towards the next year''s World Cup campaign and its confidence was high after... 
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Karachi Harbour in strong position against Sialkot
LAHORE, April 13: Fine bowling by off-spinner Atif Maqbool and paceman Muhammad Hasnain and half-century by Afsar Nawaz brought Karachi Harbour (KH) in a strong position against Sialkot in the Pentangular Cup cricket tournament on Thursday....
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Asif, Faisal given PCB contracts
LAHORE, April 13: Paceman Mohammad Asif and middle-order batsman Faisal Iqbal were given ''C'' grade of Central Contract for good performance in the last home series against India and away series against Sri Lankan, this year....
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Shaharyar most travelled PCB supremo
KARACHI, April 13: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ad hoc chairman Mr. Shaharyar M. Khan has become unquestionably the most travelled cricket supremo in the world considering the number of all expenses...
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Ponting spearheads Australian great escape
FATULLAH (Bangladesh) April 13: Captain Ricky Ponting conjured one of Australia''s great escapes by scoring an unbeaten century to salvage a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first test on Thursday....
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Pollock feels proud to play 100 Tests
CENTURION (South Africa), April 13: Former captain Shaun Pollock says he feels proud and blessed to win 100 Test caps for South Africa....
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Pakistan held to a draw by Belgium
CHANGZHOU, (China) April 13: Unfancied gave Pakistan a jolt when they earned a creditable 2-2- draw in the World Cup qualifying round clash on Thursday....
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Imran, Sami bowl bankers to victory
LAHORE, April 13: Superb bowling by leg-spinner Imran Javed and paceman Mohammad Sami steered National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to a resounding 10-wicket win over Faisalabad, inside two-days, in the Pentangular Cup cricket tournament at Multan Stadium on Thursday....
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Vaughan ponders quitting ODIs
LONDON, April 13: England captain Michael Vaughan has admitted he may have to quit one-day cricket to continue playing at the highest level....
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S. African coach warns players to perform
CENTURION (South Africa), April 13: South African coach Mickey Arthur has warned his struggling players that they need to perform in a three-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Centurion Saturday,...
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Boycott fears testing times for England
LONDON, April 13: Former England great Geoff Boycott believes England''s World Cup prospects are being damaged by their over reliance on performing well in Tests....
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‘Chanderpaul made right decision’
St. John's (Antigua), April 13: President of Guyana Cricket Board, Chetram Singh said in his opinion Shivnarine Chanderpaul made right decision to relinquish captaincy of West Indies senior cricket team...
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Australia call up Hopes
SYDNEY, April 13: Australia have called up all-rounder James Hopes to replace the injured Shane Watson in their one-day squad to tour Bangladesh, Cricket Australia said on Thursday....
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Cevaer overcomes hot start to take one shot lead
BEIJING, April 13: Frenchman Christian Cevaer shot an opening six-under-par 66 to take a one-shot lead over a chasing six-man pack at the 1.8-million dollar China Open Thursday....
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Arsenal drop two points against Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH (England): April 13: Arsene Wenger was left cursing Emmanuel Adebayors profligacy as Arsenal wasted the chance to leapfrog arch-rivals Tottenham in the battle for the Premierships fourth Champions League place....
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Tennis: Controversy spoils opening day trials
ISLAMABAD, April 13: Controversy marred the first day of the Under-16 Junior Davis Cup trials that began at the substandard Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) courts as a top player claimed he had wrongly been left out....
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Tennis: Kuznetsova and Petrova advance into 2nd round
CHARLESTON, April 13: Russia''s Svetlana Kuznetsova shook off the effects of a hip injury to cruise past American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round of the Family Circle Cupon Wednesday....
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Khurram Agha reclaims No 1 ranking
KARACHI, April 13: Reigning national champion, Khurram Agha, took a big leap of six steps to reclaim No 1 slot in the national snooker ranking which came into effect after the conclusion of 31st National snooker championship on March 30....
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Bridge: Yousuf and Hasan lead on first day
LAHORE, April 13: Yousuf Talpur- Hasan Jawad scored 423 Match Points to emerge as leaders on the first day of 10th Balijee International bridge championship on Thursday....
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Aussie duo earn Boro a place in semifinals
MIDDLESBROUGH (England), April 13: Middlesbrough enhanced the managerial credentials of England hopeful Steve McLaren with a 4-2 FA Cup quarterfinal replay victory over Charlton onWednesday...
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Badminton trials from Monday
KARACHI, April 13: Trials to select Sindh team for this month’s All Pakistan Farooq Trophy ranking badminton tournament will commence at KPT hall on April 17 at 2.00pm,...
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Tajikistan face Sri Lanka in final
DHAKA, April 13: Tajikistan beat Kyrgyzstan 2-0 in the second semifinal on Thursday and will face Sri Lanka in the final of the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup on Sunday....
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Girls judo camp
LAHORE, April 13: A judo training camp for girls organized by the Pakistan Women Judo Association in collaboration with the Pakistan Judo Federation concluded here on Thursday....
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Army, Wapda share honours
LAHORE, April 13: Army and Wapda shared honours on the second day of the 55th national cycling championship on Thursday....
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