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All-round Afridi helps square series

Hambantota—Shahid Afridi rescued a limp Pakistan innings from despair and built his team a middling total with an aggressive half-century that was pragmatically constructed. He then proceeded to tenaciously defend his hardwork, and by the time he was through with his spell, Sri Lanka had severely depleted resources to complete an arduous task. The upshot was that Pakistan left Hambantota with the series level at 1-1, and Afridi with his seventh Player-of-the-Match award, a Twenty20 record.

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Fawad, Junaid excel as Al-Noor Gymkhana seizes Champions League crown

Karachi—Skipper Fawad Alam produced an excellent all-round display and paceman Junaid Zia took four wickets as Al-Noor Gymkhana clinched the second edition of Pakistan Champions Cricket League when they beat Khyber Greens FATA by 7 wickets in the final under lights at RLCA Ground Korangi on Saturday night. Pakistan’s discarded all-rounder Fawad scored an unbeaten 54 in 52 balls with three boundaries and Ahmed Iqbal Khan cracked a fighting 31 in 37 deliveries with a brace of boundaries and shared a 78-run unbroken third wicket stand to steer Al-Noor Gymkhana to victory amid vociferous cheers.

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KP beat Punjab to win Inter-Provincial Badminton title

Peshawar—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clinched the title after defeating strong Punjab in the thrilling final of the All-Pakistan Inter-Provincial Badminton Team Championship played at City Town Sports Complex Abbottabad on Sunday. International Shooter and Senior President of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association Aftab Rehmani was the chief guest on this occasion. For Director Food Tariq Javed, Director Sports (Operation) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Board, President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association Zafar Ali Khan, Organizing Secretary Haji Amjad Khan and large number of spectators were also present in the jam-packed indoor hall.

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Murray tops Giraldo in 3rd round

Cibulkova downs top seed Azarenka at French Open

Paris—Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia downed top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to pull off a major upset in fourth round action at the French Open on Sunday. The 15th seed won 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to set up a quarter-final match with either Samantha Stosur of Australia or Sloane Stephens of the United States. Azarenka won the Australian Open in January and had been expected to coast past Cibulkova having beaten her seven times out of eight previously.

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Society residents felicitate ‘their own’ Sachin

Bipin Dani from Mumbai

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