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Anderson upbeat despite spin-friendly pitches

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England spearhead James Anderson has denied seamers are discouraged by the spin-friendly pitches here, saying he was fully focused on how to win the third and final Test against Pakistan starting on Friday. Spinners have dominated Pakistan’s wins in Dubai in the first Test and in Abu Dhabi in the second with 34 of the [...]

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Puyol grabs draw for Barcelona

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A header from Barcelona veteran central defender Carles Puyol saw the Spanish champions come from behind to draw 1-1 with Valencia in their Spanish Cup semi-final first leg match on Wednesday. Barcelona, beaten finalists last year, could have won it in the second-half by Lionel Messi’s penalty was well saved by Diego Alves in the [...]

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Marseille edge Nice, stay on course for hat-trick

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Holders Marseille reached their third straight French league cup final on Wednesday, goals from Loic Remy and Brandao in either half seeing off Mediterranean neighbours Nice 2-1 to give Didier Deschamps’ side an eighth straight win in all competitions. Remy, who off the field is facing a paternity suit, curled home a neat opener on [...]

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Stars line up for auction

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England spinner Graeme Swann and Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene head a star cast of cricketers who will be auctioned on Saturday to join the Indian Premier League. As many as 144 foreign and Indian players have thrown their hat in the ring in an auction restricted to players not already aligned to any team [...]

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Aamer freed from UK jail

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Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Aamer was released on Wednesday from a British jail after serving half of a six-month sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam. The 19-year-old was freed from Portland Prison in Dorset, south-west England. Aamer, then a rising star of world cricket, was one of three Pakistan players jailed by a judge [...]

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India still winless Down Under

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India have still to win on their Australia tour after losing the first of two Twenty20 internationals by 31 runs to the home side at the Sydney Olympic Stadium today. Before the biggest crowd for a single day’s cricket in Sydney of almost 60,000, Australia rattled up 171-4 off after being sent into bat and [...]

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‘Pak won through hard work’

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Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman on Tuesday refused to accept Pakistan’s success over world No 1 England was a big surprise, saying the team achieved the 2-0 lead through sheer hard work. Rehman starred in his team’s 72-run win in the second Test in Abu Dhabi by claiming a career-best 6-25 to bundle England for 72 [...]

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Lara better than Ponting, Tendulkar: Ian Chappell

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Former Australian captain Ian Chappell rates Brian Lara as a superior batsman to the resurgent Ricky Ponting and little master Sachin Tendulkar. Chappell says Lara’s ability to amass big scores for the West Indies and his “innate knowledge” on targeting specific bowlers to score quickly makes him a better batsman than Australia’s Ponting and India’s [...]

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Dhoni ready to give up captaincy

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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is ready to give up Test captaincy if there is a “better man” to replace him. Calls for his removal as leader in the longest format have grown following India’s pathetic show in Tests in England and Australia, where he captained seven of the team’s eight consecutive defeats. Dhoni said [...]

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