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NWFP overall winner at Paralympics
PESHAWAR, April 23: NWFP with 41 medals clinched the overall trophy as Punjab swept away more gold while recording the runners-up position in the 2nd National Paralympics, which concluded here on... 
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Army, Wapda retain titles in National athletics
LAHORE, April 23: Pakistan Army, with 209 points, and Wapda, with 195 points, retained their title in the men and women’s section of the 40th National athletics championship as the games...
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Asif, Sehwag on song as Daredevils pound Chargers: Indian Premier League
HYDERABAD (India), April 23: A near-immaculate bowling performance followed by a blazing knock of 94 by the captain Virender Sehwag, Delhi Daredevils outplayed Deccan Chargers by nine wickets in the Indian...
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Pakistan, WI reach U-15 final
ST KITTS, April 23: Pakistan will play the West Indies in the International Under-15 Cricket Championship final here on Thursday....
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PCB’s senior GM finance resigns
LAHORE, April 23: Salman Naz, Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) senior general manager finance, has resigned from his post....
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Chelsea force draw against Liverpool with late own goal
LIVERPOOL (England), April 23: Chelsea escaped from Liverpool with a 1-1 draw after the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, rescued by an injury time own goal from substitute John Arne Riise....
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Betting racket busted in Kolkata
KOLKATA, April 23: Police in Kolkata arrested five men for allegedly running an inter-state betting racket on results of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches....
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Djokovic faces Murray at Monte Carlo Masters
MONTE CARLO (Monaco), April 23: Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic set up a heavyweight Monte Carlo Masters third-round clash against fellow 20-year-old Andy Murray on Tuesday....
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Khurram drawn in Group ‘B’: Asian Snooker
KARACHI, April 23: Pakistan’s Khurram Agha has been second seeded, behind the top seed Yasin Merchant of India in the 24th Asian Snooker Championship to be staged at Dubai’s Police Officers...
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De Silva, Davis included in Elite Panel
DUBAI, April 23: Asoka de Silva returned to cricket’s Elite Panel of umpires on Wednesday and Steve Davis has also been promoted to an expanded list of 12....
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Australia beat China in four-nation hockey
PERTH (Australia), April 23: Defending Olympic champions Australia battled back from a first-half deficit to beat China 2-1 in the opening round of the four-nation hockey tournament here on Wednesday....
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Dream Act gallops ahead to claim feature event
LAHORE, April 23: The bay filly Dream Act took complete advantage of her flying start to outpace her 13 rivals in order to win the over 900 metres feature event during...
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Taekwondo squad leaves for China
ISLAMABAD, April 23: A 16-member Pakistan squad left here for China on Wednesday to take part in the 18th Asian Taekwondo Championship being held in Zheng Zhaou from April 24 to 30....
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Riaz, Ismail pilot PAF to victory
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Riaz Khan and Ismail Khan, the hard hitting pair of Pakistan Airforce outclassed their rival pair of Pakistan Navy, Abdur Razzaq and Asif, in the final of the...
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Wapda bag men’s team event: Badminton
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Wapda were crowned champions of the 51st National badminton championship men’s team event after they defeated National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) 3-0 played at the Rodham Hall on Wednesday....
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Top security for torch
CANBERRA, April 23: Police began an unprecedented security crackdown in Australia’s national capital on Wednesday to protect the Olympic flame from protests during the latest leg of the torch’s troubled journey around the world....
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Bayern eye treble, Rangers face Fiorentina
BERLIN, April 23: Bayern Munich, with one trophy in the bag and a second almost sewn up, turn their attentions to a possible treble when they face Zenit St Petersburg in Thursday’s UEFA Cup semi-finals....
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Luxembourg’s Kirchen wins cycle race
HUY (Belgium), April 23: Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen of the High Road team won the Fleche Wallonne classic race on Wednesday, seeing off Australian Cadel Evans and Italian Damiano Cunego....
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Tanvir to defend chess crown
KARACHI, April 23: Wapda’s Tanvir Gilani will defend his crown when the 26th National chess championship gets into action at a local hotel on Thursday....
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Bilal’s efforts in vain as DUHS enter semi-finals
KARACHI, April 23: Bilal Ahmed scored 47 points but could not save the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) from losing against the Dow University of Health and Science...
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Junhui reaches second round: World snooker
SHEFFIELD (England), April 23: China’s Ding Junhui overcame an opening session blip to secure his place in the second round of the World snooker championships here on Tuesday as he edged Hong Kong’s Marco Fu 10-9....
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Beijing tries to arrange more Olympic tickets
BEIJING, April 23: Beijing Olympic organisers said on Wednesday they were scrambling to find extra tickets to ease a shortage that has upset some overseas athletes and their families....
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