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Liaquat falls short of personal best in London
05-Aug-2012
The News
KARACHI: Pakistani athlete Liaquat Ali fell short of his personal best in the 100m heat of the athletics competitions of the 2012 Olympics in London on...
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Olympics-Pakistan female athlete runs for dead friend
24-Jul-2012
KARACHI, July 22 | Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:09am EDT
(Reuters) - Pakistan runner Rabia Ishaq will be motivated by the memory of a dead friend and colleague when...
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Mystery surrounds death of Pakistan’s fastest woman
15-Jun-2012
The News
KARACHI: Mubeen Akhtar, Pakistan’s fastest woman and promising athlete, died in her house in Lahore on Thursday morning, apparently due to head injuries.
As per media reports s...
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New starting blocks will ‘enhance performance’: IAAF
11-Jun-2012
The News
PARIS: Newly-designed starting blocks to be used at the London Olympics will “enhance” the performance of athletes, according to the sport’s world governing body, the I...
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Technical team to examine track
11-Jun-2012
The News
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: A team of technical experts of athletics comprising officials of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) will visit PSB’s...
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Expired at nine but not yet buried
22-May-2012
The News
Syed Intikhab Ali and Waqar Hamza
KARACHI: Sports authorities have failed to replace the tartan track at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) although it completed...
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Rabia sets up new record as WAPDA lift trophy
21-May-2012
The News
KARACHI: Rabia Ashiq, who will participate in the London Olympics, set up a new record as WAPDA won women’s category title in the 44th National Athletics Championship that conclu...
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Asian GP Athletics Series in Bangkok
16-May-2012
Pakistan woman athlete wins two bronze medals
Daily Times
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top woman athlete Zeenat Parveen won two bronze medals in the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Series held from ...
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Liaquat, Rabia to compete at Olympics
02-May-2012
The News
Alam Zeb Safi
KARACHI: Two of Pakistan’s top athletes, sprinter Liaquat Ali and 800m specialist Rabia Ashiq, will participate in the London Olympics on wild cards, a top off...
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Athletics championship may be delayed further
26-Apr-2012
The News
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: The 44th National Athletics Championship is likely to be postponed once again, this time due to differences between the top officials of Athletics Federatio...
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PSB athletics event called off due to absent teams
24-Apr-2012
The News
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: Only two teams out of eight turned up at the PSB inter-provincial U16 girls’ athletics championship on Monday, ‘The News’ has ...
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Preparation for National Athletics event too slow
22-Apr-2012
The News
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: Preparation for the 44th National Athletics Championship is moving at a snail’s pace although only 27 days are left before it begins a...
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Preparations for athletics event begin
01-Mar-2012
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: The preparations for 44th National Athletic Championship, scheduled to be held in Karachi from April 12 to 14 at Pakistan Sports Board’s tartan track,...
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National Athletic Championship in April
25-Feb-2012
Syed Intikhab Ali
KARACHI: National Athletic Championship is going to be held in the city from April 12-14 at Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) center under the auspices of Pakistan Navy in colla...
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Athletics coaching course completed
23-Feb-2012
The News
KARACHI: Universal Track & Field Academy (UTFA) has completed the basic athletics coaching course 2012 which it organised for physical instructors, sports teachers and athletics coache...
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Pakistan look to train athletes abroad
14-Feb-2012
The News
Alam Zeb Safi
The president of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Major General (retd) Mohammad Akram Sahi has said that the federation is trying to make commitments...
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Kenya’s Rudisha to kick off Olympic year Down Under
01-Feb-2012
The News
SYDNEY: David Rudisha, Kenya’s 800 metres world champion and world record holder, will kick off his 2012 season in two meetings in Sydney and Melbourne over the next month, Ath...
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Powell launches Olympic Season with win
30-Jan-2012
THE NEWS
NEW YORK: Asafa Powell won the 50m at the US Open indoor athletics meeting on Saturday, then predicted the powerful Jamaican sprint squad could sweep the 100m podium at the Lond...
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PIA dismantle HBL in National Hockey Championship
27-Jan-2012
THE NEWS
NABEEL HASHMI
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) showed splendid passing skills and counter-attack strategy to humble Habib Bank Limited (HBL) 3-0 in their 59th National Hoc...
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Woods welcomed back but not feared
26-Jan-2012
THE NEWS
ABU DHABI: Tiger Woods may be back in the mix but, although his return is welcomed by the men who replaced him at the top, there is no sense of trepidation among them.
The 36-year...
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Richardson, Oliver Book Open hurdles duel
04-Jan-2012
The News
NEW YORK: World 110-metres hurdles champion Jason Richardson and Jamaican standout Dwight Thomas will face David Oliver in a 50m hurdles showdown at the US Open athletics meet, organisers an...
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Thorpe Dismisses Concerns
20-Dec-2011
The News
MELBOURNE: Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has dismissed concerns about his underwhelming return to the pool as “premature,” after disappointing at another meeting in Ital...
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