Hockey World Cup 2010 Qualifiers
Pakistan thrash Russia 5-0 to continue their winning spree
* Japan surprise Poland 3–2, France humble Italy 3–0
By Muhammad Ali
LILLE: Pakistan continued their winning spree in the Hockey World Cup 2010 Qualifiers when they thrashed Russia 5–0 at the Métropole Club... 
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South Africa win Hong Kong Sixes
HONG KONG: South Africa won the 2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes title in dramatic fashion Sunday evening as Farhaan Behardien smashed a six off the final delivery of the tournament to down a gallant Hong Kong.
Set 98 runs to win the title for a third time, the South Africans left it late to claim...
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Lyon Grand Prix Tennis
Ljubicic wins first title in two years
LYON: Croatian Ivan Ljubicic captured his first ATP title in two years when he dismissed France’s Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Lyon Grand Prix on Sunday.
World number 29 Ljubicic, had won his last title at the Den Bosch Open...
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Keflezighi and Tulu win NYC Marathon events
NEW YORK: Meb Keflezighi has become the first American man to win the New York City Marathon since 1982.
Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, earned his first major marathon title Sunday. Born in Eritrea, the 34-year-old runner became a US citizen in 1998. Keflezighi won in 2 hours,...
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ICC ODI Championship
Pakistan and New Zealand resume battle for fourth place
Staff Report
LAHORE: Pakistan and New Zealand resume their battle for fourth place in the ICC ODI Championship when they go head to head in the three-match series starting in Abu Dhabi from Tuesday (tomorrow). New Zealand,...
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Fisher takes World Match Play Championship
CASARES: Ross Fisher won the battle of the World Match Play Championship debutants when the Briton eased to a 4 & 3 victory over American Anthony Kim.
One up after the morning session, Fisher’s putting prowess proved too good for an erratic Kim, who began the day as favourite but never reached...
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Third Australia ODI at Mohali today
Injury doubts over Sehwag, Gambhir
MOHALI: India’s key batsmen Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are injury doubts for the fourth one-day international against Australia here on Monday.
Sehwag was struck on his left foot by a Peter Siddle yorker while Gambhir was hit below the...
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All-rounder Hopes out of series
MOHALI: Australia’s injury woes continued unabated Sunday with all-rounder James Hopes being ruled out of the remainder of the one-day series against India. Hopes, 31, will return to Australia to continue his recovery from a right hamstring injury suffered during the first one-day international at Vadodara,...
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What is wrong with Pakistan sports? (XII)
By Zakir Hussain Syed
Since independence, Pakistan has shown tremendous potential in sports. Let me also place on record for the sake of posterity that if the problems being faced by sports are not sorted out, there is no hope for our sports to do well ever. Yes we might get a chance medal...
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Serena beats Venus in WTA Championships final
DOHA: Serena Williams won her second career WTA Championships title on Sunday with a commanding 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) victory over sister Venus, a triumph which earned her a cool $1.55 million.
Serena, who will finish the season as world number one, also won the trophy in 2001, making her just the second...
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Melzer beats Cilic to take Vienna title
VIENNA: Jurgen Melzer has defeated top-seeded Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 to win the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy. It was the Austrian’s second ATP title after winning in Bucharest in 2006. The 35th-ranked Melzer, seeded seventh, saved five break points to hold serve throughout and broke Cilic three times in...
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Track Cycling World Cup
Britain cap great weekend with world record
LONDON: Britain underlined their dominance of track cycling when the women’s pursuit team set a world record and the men’s quartet posted the second-fastest time ever in the Manchester round of the World Cup on Sunday.
The British team...
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Vettel wins inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
* Hamilton retires with brake problem
ABU DHABI: Sebastian Vettel led his Red Bull team-mate Australian Mark Webber home in an impressive one-two triumph in Sunday’s season-ending inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first ‘day-night’ race in Formula One history.
The 22-year-old...
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St Petersburg Open Tennis
Stakhovsky recovers to claim crown
SAINT PETERSBURG: Ukraine’s qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky battled from a set down to win the $750,000 St Petersburg ATP event, beating Argentine’s Horacio Zeballos in the final here on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Stakhovsky won 2-6, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (9-7)...
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Choi Na-Yeon claims victory in South Korea
INCHEON: South Korea’s Choi Na-Yeon fired a final round 67 to win the USLPGA Hana Bank Kolon Championship on Sunday by a stroke from Taiwan’s Yani Tseng and Sweden’s Maria Hjorth. Choi, runner-up to Tseng as Rookie of the Year in 2008, closed it out to take the $255,000 winners’ cheque, sinking five...
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Perez captures IBF bantamweight title
LAS VEGAS: Colombia’s Yonnhy Perez seized the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title Saturday, dethroning Ghana’s Joseph Agbeko with a unanimous 12-round decision.
Perez emerged from the action-packed bout still unbeaten, improving to 20-0 with 14 wins inside the distance. He was...
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Poulter rides luck to win in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter won his first European Tour event in three years on Sunday when he rode his luck to clinch the Barclays Singapore Open by a shot from China’s Liang Wenchong.
The Englishman, colour-coordinated in pink shoes, trousers and shirt, played a gruelling 30 holes...
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Spanish La Liga: Higuain leads Real Madrid to victory, Barcelona held
MADRID: Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain scored twice for 10-man Real Madrid in a 2-0 home win over Getafe on Saturday that eased the pressure on coach Manuel Pellegrini.
Real have 22 points from nine games and are one point behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after the champions were held to...
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