India tightens security for visiting Australian cricket team
NEW DELHI: Security measures for the Australian team on tour in India will be increased in the wake of the latest bomb blast in New Delhi, a cricket board official said Sunday. A blast in a crowded market on Saturday left two dead and 22 injured, raising fresh security concerns ahead of the four-Test... 
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Australia draw India tour game
JAIPUR: Rookie bowlers Doug Bolligner and Jason Krejza picked three wickets each as the Australians drew their two-day warm-up match against a local side here on Sunday. Left-arm seamer Bollinger took 3-9 while off spinner Kreza picked 3-35 to help their side bowl out the RCA Centre of Excellence team...
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Bangladesh keeper Khalid Mashud retires
DHAKA: Former Bangladesh captain and the country’s most successful wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud has retired from international cricket, the cricket board said on Sunday. Mashud, 32, was dropped from the team for the World Cup 2007 and his last Test was against Sri Lanka in June last year.
“The...
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Alonso wins in Singapore, Hamilton extends lead
SINGAPORE: Renault’s double world champion Fernando Alonso won his first race in more than a year on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead to seven points after a sensational Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, a point behind Hamilton before Formula One’s first night race,...
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PCB asks Moin to pay Rs 250m in damages
Staff Report
LAHORE: In a strong reply to a legal notice sent by former Pakistan cricket captain Moin Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked him to pay Rs 250 million in damages within two weeks. On September 19, Moin sent the legal notice to the PCB and demanded Rs 100 million...
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Committee formed to review PCB constitution
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The federal sports ministry has formed a 15-member committee to review the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) constitution. The committee will be headed by law minister Farooq H Niak and also includes Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and MisbahulHaq, the vice-captain....
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Asad achieves success at Royal Palm Club
Staff Report
LAHORE: Young Agha Asad on Sunday showed that he was fast developing into a golfer of maturity with an impressive victory in the Ramadan Rose Bowl Golf Tournament, held over three segments, at the spectacular Royal Palm Club.
Playing excellent golf, this talented youngster,...
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More virulent strain of herpes hitting sumo wrestlers
PARIS: Japan’s sumo wrestlers are vulnerable to a more virulent strain of a herpes skin virus, contracted through grappling their opponents, scientists said on Sunday. The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is notorious among the general public for causing unsightly cold sores and sore throats. The...
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Golf: Westwood, Campbell share British Masters lead
SUTTON COLDFIELD: Former US Open winner Michael Campbell and defending champion Lee Westwood shared a three-shot lead after the completion of the delayed third round in the British Masters on Sunday.
Campbell birdied four straight holes in a 7-under 65 as he continued to show a return to the...
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Phillies claim NL East but wildcard spot up for grabs
NEW YORK: The Philadelphia Phillies won their second successive National League East title on Saturday but the race for the wildcard spot will go to the wire. The New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers enter Sunday’s final day of the regular season level in the wildcard chase. Only one of the two teams...
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Roddick, Jankovic win China Open titles
BEIJING: Andy Roddick held off a fierce challenge from Israeli underdog Dudi Sela to win the China Open final Sunday as top seed Jelena Jankovic sealed the women’s title. Big-serving Roddick, the second seed in the Beijing tournament, overcame 92-ranked Sela 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 while Jankovic thumped...
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Gebrselassie smashes world marathon record
BERLIN: Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie shattered his own world marathon record on Sunday when he became the first man to run under two hours four minutes. Gebrselassie clocked two hours three minutes 59 seconds to better the 2:04:26 he set in Berlin 12 months ago, when he took the world record from his...
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Ballan wins world road title
VARESE: Italian Alessandro Ballan pulled on cycling’s coveted rainbow jersey after being crowned world road race champion for the first time here on Sunday. Italian Damiano Cunego finished second to take silver with Denmark’s Matti Breschel finishing third.
Ballan, who rides for the Italian team...
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Tanihara triumphs in Panasonic Open
OSAKA: Japan’s Hideto Tanihara triumphed in the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Sunday, beating his close friend and countryman Azuma Yano by a single stroke. Tanihara battled hard for a four-under-par 66 in the final round to hold off overnight co-leader Yano in the $1.85 million Asian Tour event. Chinese...
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Tsonga beats Djokovic to lift Thailand Open title
BANGKOK: Second-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his maiden tour title after stunning top seed Novak Djokovic 7-6, 6-4 at the Thailand Open on Sunday. Tsonga exacted his revenge for his loss to Djokovic in this year’s Australian Open final with a determined performance to deny the Serb his fourth...
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Taiwan’s birthday boy Tsai wins again in China
TIANJIN: Taiwan’s Tsai Chi-huang grabbed his second successive China Tour victory and an early birthday present, with a one-stroke victory at the Tianjin Championship on Sunday. Tsai stormed past teenager James Su Dong to become only the third player to win back-to-back events on the China Tour, following...
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Mosley floors Mayorga in final round
CARSON: Former world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley knocked out Ricardo Mayorga near the end of the 12th round in a non-title light middleweight bout on Saturday. The 37-year-old connected with a flurry of punches to floor down his opponent. Mayorga climbed off the canvas but within seconds was flattened...
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Berto retains WBC welterweight crown over Forbes
CARSON: Undefeated Andre Berto defended his WBC welterweight title on Saturday night with a 12-round unanimous decision over Steve Forbes. The 25-year-old Berto, now 23-0 with 19 knockouts, consistently outpunched the clever 31-year-old Forbes in the longest fight of his career. Berto, of Winter Haven,...
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