Galle—There was no case of second-time-unlucky for Tillakaratne Dilshan, and a blazing century pushed a tummy-bug-hit New Zealand to the brink as the Galle Test entered its climactic phase. Having taken a 153-run lead, with Muttiah Muralitharan taking his 100th wicket in Galle, Sri Lanka piled on the misery either side of lunch, with stroke-filled cameos from Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera

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Lahore—Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif’s rehabilitation is almost complete after he was named in the Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy, having been out of international cricket for over a year. Asif is one of five pacemen for the tournament, but there is no place for allrounder Abdul Razzaq, who took four wickets from three matches on his comeback to ODI cricket in Sri Lanka earlier this month. Razzaq was, however, dropped for the last two games. Opener Nasir Jamshed, who was part of the ODI squad in Sri Lanka, has also

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Berlin—Usain Bolt repeated his Olympic sprint double at the World Athletics Championships here on Thursday, blitzing to a staggering new world record of 19.19 seconds in the 200m.The new mark bettered his own previous record of 19.30sec set in the 200m final of the Beijing Games last summer.

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Toronto—Maria Sharapova beat Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 7-6 (3) Thursday to join Serena Williams in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.After waiting out a storm that suspended play for an hour, Sharapova eliminated the No. 7 seed to advance past the third round of the Canadian tournament for the first time.It was another positive step for the 49th-ranked Sharapova, who returned in May from shoulder injury that kept her out of action for

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Islamabad—No confidence move against Syed Sharafat Hussain Bukhari,VP IFA succeeded with majority while Syed Muqbil Hussain Naqvi has been elected as vice President of IFA in a Special General Council meeting of Islamabad Football Association (IFA).The Meeting was held under the chairmanship of its President Dr. Fazal ur

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