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Poor officiating for a good fight
A strong Pakistani-American crowd stood solidly behind Amir Iqbal Khan even after he lost his title to a Washington native, Lamont Peterson, on Saturday night, belying the myth that Pakistanis do not...
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Let the sticks fly again
As we trudged up the road towards the entrance of Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium for the Pakistan-China match on Wednesday, my colleague Nadir asked me if I was sure there was a match being...
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Blatter’s Asian tour: Another missed opportunity?
FIFA President Sepp Blatter was in India recently where he capped off his short Asian tour. And while Blatter also visited Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh on the tour, somehow somewhere Pakistan was left...
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Too dangerous for the Games?
My love affair with cricket began in Sri Lanka, which was my home over a decade ago. In 2002, the island welcomed the world’s greatest talents in the game for the mini world cup, better known as the...
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Italy, the logical choice for Pakistani fans
“Venceréis pero no convenceréis.” You will win but you will not convince. It’s a phrase first uttered by Miguel de Unamuno during the Spanish Civil War. Since then it has become part of the Spanish...
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Forgotten glory days of Pakistan hockey
For a sports maniac from Pakistan who remembers the 90s, there could not be a better sporting period. On 4th December 1994 in Sydney, when Mansoor Ahmad dropped steeply to his right to block the push...
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Olympian fast bowlers and dancing horses
This time last year London and a number of other cities across the UK were ablaze with riots. Five people dead, a cost of £200 million and rumours of “broken Britain” were rife. The clean-up operation...
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Rivaldo’s ‘call from God’
Photo courtesy rivaldooficial/Instagram Before Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho, it was Rivaldo who ruled the Nou Camp. And it is incredible that the bow-legged Brazilian is still playing professional...
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Why Afridi continues to play
The memes, the posters and the profile display pictures are no more. No longer does he inspire remixes nor are his exploits celebrated in his mother tongue. Barely eighteen months on from being...
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From Hashim to Asif: Tales of perseverance
-Photo by Adil Mulki It was by sheer chance that I had ventured under the fly-over at NIPA, Karachi to come across a wonderful space which encapsulates a world of its own. Tucked away between the...
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