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Former Pakistan PM Khan vows to fight on in first rally since being shot
AFP, Published on 26/11/2022
» RAWALPINDI (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan told tens of thousands of supporters Saturday he would fight with his "last drop of blood" in a first public address since being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this month.
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Controversy swirls as LIV Golf's first US event tees off
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The first US event in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series teed off in Oregon on Thursday amid continued protests and threats of legal action that would further divide the global game.
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From Taliban to Ronaldo's land, Afghan women footballers train again
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» LISBON: Forced to flee Afghanistan by the Taliban takeover, members of the Afghan women's youth football team and their families have sought refuge in Portugal and are back training in the Lisbon suburbs.
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2004 and all that: World events when Sharapova last beat Serena
AFP, Published on 04/06/2018
» PARIS: Maria Sharapova has not beaten bitter rival Serena Williams since 2004 -- before even the advent of Twitter and YouTube, two platforms which have since transformed their profiles.
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From bombs to trophies, cricket thrives in Pakistan's Peshawar
AFP, Published on 17/09/2015
» KARACHI - Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan's northwest, won their second consecutive Twenty20 title this week with players and coaches hailing falling levels of violence for helping the sport prosper in the Taliban-plagued region.
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High stakes, security as Pakistan isolation ends for Zimbabwe Test
AFP, Published on 18/05/2015
» LAHORE (PAKISTAN) - The last time a Test-level cricket team visited Pakistan, seven Sri Lankan players went home with bullet and shrapnel wounds after RPG and machine gun-wielding militants ambushed their team bus in Lahore.
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Rio launches Games ticket distribution system
AFP, Published on 16/01/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio Olympics organizers on Thursday unveiled the Games' ticketing distribution system, urging fans chasing 7.5 million tickets to register on a web portal if they want to see live action at the August 5-21, 2016 extravaganza.
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Kenya tightens security for Nairobi marathon after mall attack
AFP, Published on 24/10/2013
» Kenyan police pledged Thursday to boost security for the Nairobi marathon on Sunday, being staged just over a month since Al-Qaeda linked gunmen killed at least 67 people in a shopping mall.
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Pakistan's Imran fights terror with cricket
AFP, Published on 02/08/2013
» Pakistan cricket hero Imran Khan is launching a hunt for sporting talent as a flagship counter-terrorism policy in the northwest province governed by his political party, an aide said Friday.
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Pakistan looks to kabaddi to build rugby
AFP, Published on 19/03/2013
» Pakistan's rugby union chiefs are hoping to exploit the traditional tag-wrestling sport of kabaddi as they try to boost the game and build the country's fledgling international team.
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