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Khan, Garcia eye big future after title showdown

Las Vegas—Britain’s Amir Khan and undefeated American Danny Garcia meet in a light-welterweight title unification showdown on Saturday with each fighter seeking a victory to launch him to another level. Khan, 26-2 with 18 knockouts, will defend the World Boxing Association title he was given earlier this week while Garcia, 23-0 with 14 knockouts, defends his World Boxing Council crown.

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Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan move up in ICC rankings

Islamabad—Pakistani players Asad Shafiq and Junaid Khan have moved up in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings released here on Friday. Pakistani players Asad Shafiq and Junaid Khan have moved up in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings released here on Friday. Asad Shafiq, who scored his second career Test century in Pallekele 100 not out to follow his first innings 75 -has leapt 12 places up the Rankings for Test batsmen into 30th spot with a career best ranting of 592.

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Brett Lee retires from international cricket

Sydney—Australian pace bowler Brett Lee on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career, saying his body and mind were no longer up to the stresses of touring. “It’s official, I have retired from international cricket. Thanks for all your love and support. It’s been an amazing 13 years,” Lee said via Twitter ahead of an official news conference.

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Tennis: Bartoli finds winning touch against Burdette

Stanford (California)—Second-seeded Marion Bartoli won the last 11 games to surge past unranked US university player Mallory Burdette 7-5, 6-0 Thursday in the second round of the WTA hard-court tournament here. France’s Bartoli lost only seven points on her serve in the second set as she recovered from 4-1 down in the opening frame against the player who attends Stanford University, where the tournament is held.

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Troops deployed to ensure London Olympics security

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London—While Summer Olympics 2012 is scheduled to commence in two weeks (on July 27th), under-fire security provider G4S (world’s leading international security solutions group) that is responsible for the security at the Olympics venues has informed the authorities that thousands of guards were yet to be trained and deployed.

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