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PCB names venues for Australia tour
LAHORE, Feb 6: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finalised the venues for hosting world champions Australia during their proposed tour of March-April....
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Malik, Shoaib, Afridi and Younis to lead Pentangular Cup teams: Selectors unveil five 20-man squads
LAHORE, Feb 6: Pakistan’s leading cricketers Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi were named captains of four of the five outfits picked for the Pentangular Cup starting from Sunday....
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Kaneria fumes over contract demotion
KARACHI, Feb 6: Frustrated at being demoted in the new central contracts list, Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Wednesday said his achievement of being among the country’s top five bowlers with over 200 Test wickets deserved a bit more respect....
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We can have IPL without Aussies, warns Indian official
MELBOURNE, Feb 6: BCCI Vice-President Lalit Modi minced no words on Wednesday in warning Cricket Australia that its players were at risk of losing lucrative Indian Premier League deals if it...
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Samuels’ bowling action to be analysed
LEICESTER (England), Feb 6: Marlon Samuels will go through independent examination of his bowling action at the National Cricket Academy, at Loughborough University on Monday after he was reported for a...
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Holder Petrova falls at first hurdle in Paris
PARIS, Feb 6: Holder Nadia Petrova of Russia made an early exit from the Paris Open when Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko beat her 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday....
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Oram injury deals further blow to Black Caps
CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), Feb 6: New Zealand, humbled in their first Twenty20 encounter with England, was struck a further blow on the eve of the second match with all-rounder Jacob Oram out injured....
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ICC selectors to choose umpires?
DUBAI, Feb 6: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to appoint a four-member selection panel for the appointment of umpires, it was learnt here. According to the highly placed sources...
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Yorkshire sign Morkel as cover for Naved
LEEDS (England), Feb 6: South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will deputise for Pakistan’s Rana Naved-ul-Hasan as Yorkshire’s overseas player in the early part of the forthcoming English season, the county announced on Tuesday....
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Gilchrist looking forward to star in IPL
SYDNEY, Feb 6: Record-breaking Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist said on Wednesday he was upbeat about his chances of taking part in the lucrative inaugural Twenty20 Indian Premier League....
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BCCI marks bowlers with suspect actions
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: The Indian cricket board has identified bowlers in the domestic circuit with suspect bowling actions, and is compiling a list of the same, and is likely to...
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Japan, Australia, South Korea blaze to victories: Soccer World Cup qualifiers
SAITAMA (Japan), Feb 6: Asian heavyweights Japan, Australia and South Korea blazed to convincing victories as they got their World Cup qualifying campaigns off to fliers on Wednesday....
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Ahsan helps City School snatch basketball win
KARACHI, Feb 6: Ahsan Javed scored 25 points as the City School Gulshan A levels defeated DA Public School 61-43 in the sixth Aga Khan University (AKU) Inter School/Collegiate boys’ basketball tournament at the AKU Gymnasium on Tuesday....
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Coach Capello urges patience over England change
LONDON, Feb 6: Fabio Capello left no doubt about the size of the task facing him as he tries to drag England out of the international wilderness....
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Senior umpires overlooked
LAHORE, Feb 6: While some elite umpires have been inducted to supervise the Pentangular Cup matches, a number of senior and deserving umpires have been ignored....
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Noorur Rehman moves into quarters
KARACHI, Feb 6: Upcoming Noorur Rehman made it to the boys’ Under-15 singles quarter-finals on Wednesday by overcoming a stiff opposition from Uzair Abdul Qadir in a three-set duel of the...
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POA meeting
KARACHI, Feb 6: A six-point agenda has been drawn for the vital meeting of the Pakistan Olympic Association’s (POA) general council which meets at a Lahore five-star hotel on Saturday at 11.00am....
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Wonderful Smile, Houstan make hay in midweek races
LAHORE, Feb 6: Fancied dark bay horse Wonderful Smile prevailed from start to finish here on Wednesday, landing the supporting event which was run over 1,000 metres during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the LRC....
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Sattar, Diego shine in Aibak Cup polo
LAHORE, Feb 6: Four-goal Sattar Khan Niazi and three by Diego White helped Bank of Punjab beat Lindt Chocolate by 8- 6 1/2 in the Aibak Cup polo here on Wednesday....
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Ban on sale of sedatives at LRC
LAHORE, Feb 6: According to a notification issued by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) on Wednesday, a strict ban with immediate affect has been imposed on the possession and sale of sedatives within the club premises....
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Sania remains top brand, advertisers say
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Asia’s top tennis player Sania Mirza will retain her strong brand value despite her decision to shun Indian tournaments in protest at being dragged into needless controversies, Indian advertisers say....
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Inter-collegiate badminton
KARACHI, Feb 6: College of Emergent Technology (CET) sailed into the next round following a walkover against St. Joseph’s College in the Karachi Board Inter-collegiate girls’ badminton championship at the Karachi College for Women on Wednesday....
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Women’s basketball
LAHORE, Feb 6: Two matches were decided in the Punjab women’s basketball championship, which commenced on Wednesday at the Islamia College, Faisalabad....
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