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| March 31, 2008 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 22, 1429 |
Selectors name squad for first two Bangladesh ODIs: Bazid recalled after three-year hiatus
KARACHI, March 30: As expected, the national cricket selectors have not considered fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif while announcing on Sunday a 16-member Pakistan squad for the opening two One-day Internationals of the forthcoming series against Bangladesh....
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Super Eight stage starts from today
KARACHI, March 30: The business end of the National One-day Cricket Championship starts from Monday with four matches in the newly-introduced Super Eight round scheduled....
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McKenzie shines again as series opener ends in draw
CHENNAI, March 30: Neil McKenzie continued his amazing comeback to the South African side with an unbeaten century as the high-scoring first Test against India ended in a listless draw here on Sunday....
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Bracken’s IPL hopes in doubt
MELBOURNE, March 30: Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken revealed on Sunday how close a knee injury was to ending his international career....
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Chelsea maintain pressure on Manchester United
LONDON, March 30: Chelsea kept their Premier League title hopes alive with a 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough on Sunday but their performance would have caused few alarms for leaders Manchester United....
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Injury rules out Tendulkar for second Test
CHENNAI, March 30: India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar will miss the second Test against South Africa after aggravating a groin injury, officials said on Sunday....
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Bolivia to fight altitude ban
LA PAZ (Bolivia), March 30: Bolivia will take their case against FIFA’s ban on international games at altitude to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, the country’s chief soccer official said on Saturday....
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Federer through to third round but Ferrer, Murray crash out
MIAMI (Florida), March 30: World No 1 Roger Federer beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 in an entertaining second-round match at the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday....
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Aqeel vows to do well in Davis Cup ties
KARACHI, March 30: Pakistan’s top tennis player Aqeel Khan said on Sunday he was in fine trim after a month-long exposure in India and will deliver the goods in the Davis Cup ties starting April 9 in Tehran....
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Soccer fan killed
ROME, March 30: Juventus’s Serie ‘A’ clash at home to Parma on Sunday has been called off following the death of a visiting female fan at a service station....
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Vice Admiral continues winning run at KRC
KARACHI, March 30: Public fancy four-year-old bay Vice Admiral proved too good for his opponents in making it two wins on the trot as owner Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara scored...
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ZU overpower Malik United in tough U-15 soccer encounter
KARACHI, March 30: After a tough neck-to-neck competition between two equally-matched teams on Sunday, ZU Football Academy finally triumphed over Malik United 6-5 in the 1st Under-15 Youth football championship underway at a local stadium here....
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Oxford win 154th University boat race
LONDON, March 30: Favourites Oxford won the 154th University Boat Race against Cambridge in difficult conditions on the River Thames on Saturday....
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Dixon opens IndyCar season on winning note
HOMESTEAD (Miami), March 30: New Zealand’s Scott Dixon, who just missed out on the IndyCar series crown last season, made a statement on Saturday as he snatched a victory in the 2008 opener at Homestead raceway....
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English filly Interiotte wins Queen Elizabeth Cup
LAHORE, March 30: Four-year-old bay English filly Interiotte gallantly entered the straight chase to win the Queen Elizabeth Cup, run in the over 1,600 metres distance during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday....
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Jockey Shahid honoured
LAHORE, March 30: Several people connected with horse-racing are of the view that the President’s Pride of Performance award for jockey Shahid Rehman is in fact recognition for horse racing as...
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Swimmer under investigation
SYDNEY, March 30: Australian Olympic swimmer Nick D’Arcy was under police investigation after an early morning incident at a Sydney nightclub, Swimming Australia said Sunday....
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Merrick grabs lead at storm-hit event
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana), March 30: American John Merrick completed his second consecutive five-under par 67 round to seize a one-stroke lead Sunday after the third round of the storm-interrupted New Orleans Classic....
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Williams sisters to skip Fed Cup semis
MIAMI, March 30: United States will be without Serena and Venus Williams for the Fed Cup semi-final against Russia in Moscow next month, according to former world No 1 Lindsay Davenport....
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