Australia struggle in India tour match
HYDERABAD: Ricky Ponting’s Australia faltered with both bat and ball here on Friday as an Indian second string gave the tourists a taste of the perils that lie ahead. The Australians, who were thrashed for 455 runs by the Indian Board President’s XI, were reduced to 128-4 in reply before they ended... 
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Australia lose injured McGain for India tour
HYDERABAD: Australia’s spin woes deepened on Friday when ageing leg-spinner Bryce McGain was forced to return home because of a shoulder injury. The 36-year-old Victorian, who sustained the injury during last month’s Indian tour by the Australian A team, missed the ongoing four-day match against the...
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National Twenty20 Championship begins today
Staff Report
LAHORE: The five-day National Twenty20 Cricket Championship is starting at different centres here on Saturday (today). Thirteen regional teams, divided into four groups, will participate in the tournament. Lahore and Karachi will field two teams each. A total of 18 matches...
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Yousuf among probables for Canada Twenty20 tournament
Staff Report
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named batsman Mohammad Yousuf among the probables for the Twenty20 quadrangular tournament in Toronto, which begins on October 10 and features hosts Canada, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The board included Yousuf’s name in the list submitted...
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Inzamam against sports ministry’s intervention in cricket
Staff Report
LAHORE: Pakistan’s former captain Inzamamul Haq Friday said he did not support the federal sports ministry’s interference in cricket affairs and felt a lack of proper communication between players and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was giving rise to a sense of uncertainty...
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I never demanded Laxman’s removal, says Afridi
Staff Report
LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to clarify that he never demanded removal of Deccan Chargers’ captain VVS Laxman and claimed his remarks that the Indian was not suitable for Twenty20 version was quoted out of context in the media. “Tim Wright, the...
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Former Test cricketer Zulfiqar passes away
Staff Report
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Test cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmad died of cardiac arrest in a local hospital here on Friday. He was 82. Zulfiqar was buried in the Defence Graveyard. Zulfiqar was ill for the last few months and remained hospitalized at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital for quite...
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Venue switch for India-England one-dayer
NEW DELHI: The venue for the fourth one-day international (ODI) between India and England has been changed, the Indian cricket board said on Wednesday.
The day-night match would now be played in Bangalore instead of Jamshedpur in eastern India, Indian board chief executive Ratnakar Shetty told...
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ICC moves to douse fire before India-Australia Tests
HYDERABAD: Cricket’s governing body on Wednesday took pre-emptive steps to ensure the upcoming Test series between India and Australia is free from acrimony and bitterness.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) kept umpires Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson off the roster for the eagerly awaited...
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Japan Open Tennis Championship: Del Potro upsets defending champion Ferrer
TOKYO: Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro on Friday denied David Ferrer a chance to defend his Japan Open title, beating the top seed in straight sets in the quarter-finals.
The 20-year-old Del Potro — ranked 12th in the world after a blistering summer that saw him win four titles — powered his...
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Ricco banned for two years for doping
ROME: Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) officials hit Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco hard on Thursday by increasing a prosecutors’ request for a 20-month doping ban to two years. Ricco, 24, was suspended from riding by CONI in July after admitting to using a new strain of the banned blood booster EPO...
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Harrington on track for Dunhill Links hat-trick
ST ANDREWS: Padraig Harrington put himself on track for a hat-trick of Dunhill Links Championship triumphs after finishing strongly in his first round here on Thursday.
The Irishman, who knows victory here would effectively wrap up the European Order of Merit title as well, birdied five of his...
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Cycling: Armstrong’s motivation undented, says Astana manager
PARIS: Lance Armstrong’s will to succeed is one “intangible” that his manager at Astana, Johan Bruyneel, will be counting on come next July when the Tour de France icon aims for an eighth yellow jersey.
While hoping to appease record-setting team leader Alberto Contador of Spain, Bruyneel — who...
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Petrova and Azarenka into Stuttgart semis
STUTTGART: Former champion Nadia Petrova will meet Belarus teenager Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals of Stuttgart’s WTA event after the pair won their quarter-finals on Friday.
Petrova, the 2006 champion, had a comfortable win over China’s Li Na, who knocked out world number one Serena Williams...
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Stoner sets lap record in practice for Australian MotoGP
PHILLIP ISLAND: Australian Casey Stoner beat the rain to set a new lap record in opening practice on Friday for this weekend’s Australian MotoGP. The 22-year-old Ducati racer, who relinquished his world title to Italian Valentino Rossi in Japan last weekend, clocked a blistering one minute 30.094 seconds...
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Two Indian lifters given life bans for doping
NEW DELHI: India’s weightlifting federation has handed out life bans to two lifters after both were found guilty of second doping offences, a senior official said on Friday.
Top male lifter Sateesha Rai, first caught and stripped of two gold medals and a bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,...
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Underdogs bare their teeth in Champions League
PARIS: Unheralded sides CFR Cluj and Anorthosis Famagusta earned valuable points on Wednesday in their unlikely quest to qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Cluj, who had opened their Champions League group campaign with a stunning win over AS Roma, held English Premiership...
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