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It falls to Afridi to revive team
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Agence France Presse
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TAUNTON (England): Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi said he was looking forward to getting back to cricket despite the "challenge" of leading a team engulfed in a spot-fixing scandal.
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PCA to remind players of spot-fixing dangers
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Agencies
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london: The Professional Cricketers' Association will be contacting all of its players in England to remind them of the need for vigilance in the wake of the latest match-fixing scandal to rock the sport, but remains confident that the vast majority of the English game remains corruption-free.
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Pakistan stars depart for betting scam probe
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Agence France Presse
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TAUNTON (ENGLAND): Three Pakistan players embroiled in betting scam allegations headed to London on Wednesday to face questioning which is almost certain to sideline them from the team's tour of England.
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Nadal, Wozniacki capture openers
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Agence France Presse
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NEW YORK: US Open top seeds Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki moved into the second round on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts while Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic struggled to advance Tuesday.
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Pakistan credibility reaches breaking point
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Agencies
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KARACHI: The corruption scandal that exploded this week is the latest damaging blow to Pakistan cricket and former players fear it could be the one that finally crushes the credibility of the sport in the South Asian nation.
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Pakistan will play South Africa in UAE: ECB
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Associated Press of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: The match fixing allegations that have hit the Pakistan team will not stop the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) from going ahead for the Pakistan South Africa series which is scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates in October.
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Pakistan to feature in Chess Olympiad
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App
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ISLAMABAD: The men and women Chess teams of Pakistan will leave for Russia on Sep 18 to participate in the 39th World Chess Olympiad, to be played at Khanty Mansiysk Russia from 18 Sep to 4 October, General Secretary Pakistan Chess Federation Abdus Salim said on Wednesday.
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PFF appoints coach for Asian Games
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Associated Press of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has appointed Akhtar Mohiuddin as the head coach of the National Under 23 team which will take part in 16th Asian Games to be held at Guangzhou, China from Nov 12 27.
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TAUNTON (England): Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq leave the team hotel for a practice session on the eve of their warm-up match against English county team Somerset.
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