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MSC do it again
Mohammedan Sporting Club once again passed the 'mettle' detector with flying colours when they put aside a possible players' rebellion to crush Green Delta Premier Hockey League leaders and archrivals
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ICC Champions Trophy
Gayle takes WI into final
Chris Gayle smashed a blistering century to fire the West Indies into the Champions Trophy final with a six-wicket win over a hapless South Africa here on Thursday.
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Akhtar, Asif to appeal
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar will appeal against a two-year drugs ban, his doctor said Thursday, as a tribunal's report showed the paceman took vitamins and herbal medicines without telling team staff.
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Imran terms ban 'harsh'
Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan said Thursday the "harsh" bans handed to Pakistan's two key pace bowlers had dealt a major blow to the team's World Cup chances.
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Punter firm on catch
Not for the first time in this tournament, the issue of a fielder being unsure about the legality of a catch cropped up again and Ricky Ponting reiterated his stance on the need for an agreement between
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Intikhab sets' an example'
Former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam has said he has no regrets about imposing the doping bans on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif that effectively ruled them out of the 2007 World Cup.
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Flemo talks for Aussies
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming expects Australia to regain the Ashes from England provided their best players remain fit during the November-January cricket series.
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Glenn claims near fitness
Veteran Australia paceman Glenn McGrath believes he is close to full form and fitness after his man-of-the-match display against New Zealand.
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Vermeulen the attacker?
Police was questioning controversial former Zimbabwe Test player Mark Vermeulen on Thursday over a suspected arson attack on the national cricket training academy in Harare.
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Inzy can feel their pain
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq said Thursday he felt the pain of bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif after they were banned for doping, adding that the team would badly miss their pace.
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Nikolay into last eight
Defending champion Tomas Berdych and Nikolay Davydenko, the highest ranked player in the tournament, wasted little time in reaching the Paris Masters quarterfinals on Thursday.
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UEFA Champions League
Milan cruise on Kaka
Brazilian playmaker Kaka struck a hattrick as AC Milan beat Anderlecht 4-1 to tighten their grip at the top of Champions League Group H on Wednesday.
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UEFA Champions League
United caught in the cold
Manchester United's seven-match winning run came to an abrupt halt as Sir Alex Ferguson's men crashed to a 1-0 Champions League defeat by FC Copenhagen on a freezing night in the Danish capital.
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UEFA Champions League
Real steal past Steaua
Real Madrid reached the last 16 of the Cham-pions League on Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest of Romania, through the performance at the Bernabeu lacked sparkle.
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CA studies home ODIs
Cricket Australia said Thursday it was unable to guarantee the format of the home triangular one-day international series would be retained beyond the 2007-08 summer season.
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Matthew likens Monty to Daniel
Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has described England's Monty Panesar "different" from most finger spinners but said his wicket-taking ability was quite like that of New Zealand left-arm ace Daniel
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Ancelotti heaps praise on Kaka
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti described playmaker Kaka as the best in the world after he scored a hattrick in a 4-1 win over Champions League rivals Anderlecht.
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Lyon breeze into last 16
Karim Benzema's winner for Lyon in a 1-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev here on Wednesday propelled them into the Champions League knockout stages and continued their remarkable victory run.
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Juve celebrate in style
Juventus celebrated their 109th anniversary by defeating Brescia 2-0 on Wednesday for their eighth consecutive win in Serie B.
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UEFA Champions League
Gunners fire blanks
Arsenal were left to rue a series of woeful misses as CSKA Moscow rode their luck to earn a 0-0 draw in the Champions League.
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UEFA Champions League
Hamburg humiliated
2004 winners FC Porto are in with a great shout of reaching the knockout phase of the Champions League after an impressive 3-1 away win over SV Hamburg here on Wednesday.
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UEFA Champions League
Celtic crushed at Benfica
Benfica kept their chances alive of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League when they crushed Celtic 3-0 on Wednesday.
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UEFA Champions League
AEK end barren run
It's taken 22 attempts but AEK Athens finally chalked up their first win in the Champions League against 10-man Lille here on Wednesday with a 1-0 victory.
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Good news for Eidur
Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen is set to be back to face Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish league on Saturday after getting injured in midweek Champions League action.
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We let Germany down: Doll
Hamburg SV's meek exit from the Champions League let down German football as well as the club and their fans, according to coach Thomas Doll.
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