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Shoaib Akhtar, six others ignored for Kakul cricket camp: PCB wants pacer to pay up Rs 7m fine
LAHORE, July 18: Seven players including controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who were named among the 30 probables for the ICC Champions Trophy, were on Friday ignored from the national team training... 
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Diwakar shines as India retain Junior Asia Cup: Pakistan grab bronze medal
HYDERABAD (India), July 18: India stunned South Korea 3-2 to retain the sixth Junior Asia Cup hockey trophy at the Gachibowli Stadium here on Friday....
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South Zone and Central Greens off to winning start: Women’s Twenty20
KARACHI, July 18: South Zone thrashed Central Zone Blues by seven wickets while Central Zone Greens beat North Zone by three wickets on the first day of the inaugural women’s Twenty20...
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England crumble under sizzling South Africa pace
LEEDS (England), July 18: Andrew Flintoff’s first Test innings for 18 months failed to prevent England being bowled out for 203 on the first day of the second Test against South Africa at Headingley here on Friday....
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Kandamby excels in tour game against India
COLOMBO, July 18: Test hopeful Thilina Kandamby top-scored with 84 to help the Sri Lanka Board XI reach a moderate 224 against a visiting India on the opening day of their three-day tour match here on Friday....
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No problems playing in Pakistan: Ranatunga
COLOMBO, July 18: Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) Interim Committee chief Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday backed Pakistan as hosts of the ICC Champions Trophy despite the security concerns expressed by some of the participating teams....
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ICC to brief teams on Pakistan security
NEW DELHI, July 18: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will brief representatives of the eight Champions Trophy teams on Sunday about security for the September ODI tournament in Pakistan....
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Gooch questions Pattinson’s England call-up
LEEDS (England), July 18: Former England captain Graham Gooch has questioned the “left-field” decision to hand a Test debut to Australia-raised Darren Pattinson....
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Asif tested positive for nandrolone, says lawyer
KARACHI, July 18: Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during the Indian Premier League (IPL), his lawyer said on Friday....
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New Delhi to host 2010 hockey World Cup
NEW DELHI, July 18: New Delhi will host field hockey''s men''s World Cup in 2010, the game''s world governing body announced on Friday....
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BCCI bars players from counties over ICL link
NEW DELHI, July 18: India’s cricket chiefs on Friday barred two national stars from signing up with English counties because those sides included players aligned with a rebel Twenty20 league....
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Pistorius fails to make SA Olympic team
JOHANNESBURG, July 18: Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was not chosen Friday to be on South Africa''s Olympic team for the Beijing Games....
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Cavendish wins 12th stage as Ricco tests positive
NARBONNE (France), July 18: Drugs hit the Tour de France again on Thursday, and the third doping bust this year netted the biggest name yet: Italy''s Riccardo Ricco, a winner of two stages....
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Rehman excels in U-15 semi-final
KARACHI, July 18: Leg-spinner Abdul Rehman captured six wickets in a superb spell of bowling, steering Zone-IV to the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship final as they thrashed Zone-VI by nine...
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Ronaldo staying put at Man United: Ferguson
CAPE TOWN, July 18: Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely be at Manchester United next season, coach Sir Alex Ferguson told a news conference here on Friday....
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Blake survives Jun scare at Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18: Top-seeded James Blake struggled early in the first set and fended off two set points in the second before defeating Jun Woong-sun of South Korea 6-3, 7-5 in the second round at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Thursday....
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433-member squad for Aussies
SYDNEY, July 18: Australia will send its second-largest team of 433 athletes to an overseas Olympics for next month''s Beijing Games, the Australian Olympic Committee said on Friday....
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Hamilton heads practice times: German Grand Prix
HOCKENHEIM (Germany), July 18: Briton Lewis Hamilton led the way in Friday''s opening rain-hit practice session for Sunday''s German Grand Prix....
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Diya Club on course to clinch championship
LAHORE, July 18: Karachi''s Diya Club took a giant step towards winning the National Women Club Championship when they played a goalless draw with highly-fancied Lahore’s WP Club at Punjab Stadium on Friday....
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Aisam, Bopanna pull out
KARACHI, July 18: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq along with his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna pulled out of their quarter-final of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in the US due to a back injury to the Indian....
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Sindh Open Golf Shabbir claims title
KARACHI, July 18: Leading golfer Shabbir Iqbal of Islamabad Golf Club lived up to his top billing when he recaptured the Open title coasting to five strokes victory in the 10th...
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Army dominate opening day at National Swimming
LAHORE, July 18: Defending champions Army stole the show by winning five gold medals out of a total six on the first of the three-day National Swimming Championship at the Wapda Sports Complex here on Friday....
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Trio moves into third round
LAHORE, July 18: Three Pakistanis reached the third round of the Asian U-19 badminton championship at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
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