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Shields can’t confirm drugging in Woolmer’s death
SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), May 1: The top Jamaican policeman investigating the homicide of Pakistan''s cricket coach said he has not confirmed that Bob Woolmer was incapacitated by a drug before being strangled.... 
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Players must improve fitness level: Talat
LAHORE, May 1: Pakistan team’s manager-cum-coach Talat Ali insisted all the probables at the ongoing training camp must make 30 per cent improvement in their fitness level before the home series against South Africa scheduled for Sept-Oct this year....
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Kardar XI outplay Hanif XI in first trial match
LAHORE, May 1: Except for Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir and Mohammad Yousuf all the other batsmen failed to click as A. H. Kardar XI furnished an easy five-wicket win against Hanif...
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World Cup threatened by upstart event
BRIDGETOWN, May 1: Cricket''s World Cup, which ended in farcical conditions of scant drama in the Caribbean, could be upstaged by inaugural championship in sport''s shortest version, officials and players said....
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Umpiring helps selectors observe players’ flaws
LAHORE, May 1: Shafqat Rana, a member of the national selection committee, said the selectors’ decision to place themselves as umpires in the first practice game on Tuesday helped them a...
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ECB plans to limit coach’s powers
LONDON, May 1: England cricket coach''s powers will be curtailed following recommendations of report into disaster of last winter''s Ashes tour to Australia....
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‘Hogg right man to fill Warne’s shoes’
BRIDGETOWN, May 1: In the middle of the World Cup-winning celebrations Adam Gilchrist stopped for a few minutes to say Brad Hogg was capable of being Australia''s Test spinner next summer....
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Sri Lankan World Cup squad stranded in London
COLOMBO, May 1: Sri Lanka''s World Cup cricketers are stranded in London after their scheduled flight for home was cancelled following Tamil Tiger rebel air raids in Colombo, officials said on Tuesday....
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Moody to discuss future with SLC
PERTH, May 1: Tom Moody will delay a decision on his coaching future until after he talks with the Sri Lanka Cricket board....
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Relaxed Fleming aims for batting consistency
WELLINGTON, May 1: Stephen Fleming, who stepped down as one-day captain after New Zealand''s semi-final defeat in the World Cup, is now aiming at consistent form with the bat....
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Indians plan strategy for BD tour
KOLKATA, May 1: Indian think tank, led by cricket manager Ravi Shastri and captain Rahul Dravid, arrived here 24 hours before conditioning camp for Bangladesh tour to plan a strategy following their Caribbean debacle....
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Australia unveil squad for post Warne, McGrath era
MELBOURNE, May 1: Reality hit home in Australian cricket ranks on Tuesday when Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were missing from the list of 25 players awarded national contracts for the first time in more than a dozen years....
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McMillan backing Bracewell to stay on as coach
WELLINGTON, May 1: Under-fire New Zealand coach John Bracewell has received the strong backing of his players, most notably Craig McMillan, to continue as coach despite New Zealand''s disappointing exit in the World Cup semi-finals against Sri Lanka....
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Teenager beaten to death in cricket row
KOLKATA, May 1: A teenager was beaten to death with a cricket bat in the east Indian city of Kolkata after two groups of teens clashed over a playing field, police said Tuesday....
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Hayden won’t quit
MELBOURNE, May 1: Australian opener Matthew Hayden has ruled out retiring from international cricket for at least another year, saying he wants to help the team rebuild itself after departure of legends like Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath....
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‘Fletcher wanted to see out contract’
LONDON, May 1: The BBC is claiming that Duncan Fletcher, who stepped down as England coach during the World Cup, did not resign in the way that the ECB presented to the media....
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Langeveldt joins Leicestershire
BRISTOL (England), May 1: Charl Langeveldt, the South Africa pace bowler, has signed with Leicestershire on a short-term deal as cover for R.P. Singh, who has left to join India’s tour of Bangladesh....
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Aaja Bulbul poised to win feature event
LAHORE, May 1: Three-year-old filly, Aaja Bulbul, is being fancied to win the feature event during the midweek day/night Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday....
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Petrova struggles in Warsaw Cup opener
WARSAW, May 1: Nadia Petrova struggled to overcome unranked Polish junior Katarzyna Piter before reaching the second round of the Warsaw Cup on Monday....
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Seeded players move ahead
LAHORE, May 1: More seeded players entered the last-16 stage of the Pakistan Open tennis for Nazim Cup at the Royal Palm Club here on Tuesday....
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Slim chance for Japan hosting 2010 World Cup
TOKYO, May 1: Japan''s chance of hosting the 2010 World Cup should South Africa fail to meet organisational deadlines is ‘less than one in a thousand,’ Japanese football chief Saburo Kawabuchi said on Tuesday....
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Djokovic sees red after tough encounter
ESTORIL (Portugal), May 1: Novak Djokovic drew a chorus of football-inspired jeers as he donned the crimson stripe of Portuguese powerhouse Benfica after scraping to a laboured 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) opening victory on Monday at the Estoril Open....
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Reading spoil Owen’s long-awaited comeback
LONDON, May 1: Reading spoilt Michael Owen''s party on Monday when they beat Newcastle United 1-0 on the day the striker was celebrating playing his first match since June....
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Federer, Nadal clash today
MADRID, May 1: World No 1 Roger Federer and Spanish rival Rafael Nadal are set to clash in an exhibition match with a difference on Wednesday – facing off on a dual surface court....
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