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Saad Ali and Fakhar Zaman named for England and Ireland Test tours

SaadAli,FakharZaman,UsmanSallahuddin,FaheemAshrafandImam-ul-HaqhavebeenpickedinPakistan's16-manTestsquadforthetoursofIrelandandEngland,onSunday(April15).Saad,th

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Pakistan Name 3 Uncapped Players For T20 Series Against West Indies

Left-armpacerShaheenShahAfridi,all-rounderHussainTalatandhard-hittingbatsmanAsifAliimpressedinthePakistanSuperLeague.ThePakistaniselectorsincludedthreeuncappedp

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Feature | Muhammad Ali in Miami: 7 March 1971

PhotographerChrisSmithandwriterHughMcIlvanneyjoinedTheGreatestathisMiamitrainingcampbeforetheFightoftheCentury:AlivsFrazieratMadisonSquareGarden.ThetruthisthatM

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Pakistan: Zainab Ansari's killer gets four death sentences

AcourtinPakistanhasgivena24-year-oldman,ImranAli,fourdeathsentencesforrapingandmurderingasix-yearoldgirllastmonth.ZainabAnsari'sbodywasfoundinarubbishdumpinthec

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Tyson Fury says fight with Anthony Joshua would resemble Ali v Foreman

TysonFurybelievesaboutbetweenhimselfandAnthonyJoshuawouldresembleMuhammadAli’s‘RumbleintheJungle’withGeorgeForeman.AnumberofpersonalissueshavekeptFuryonthesidel

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Extraordinary life of explorer Ali Bey set for cinema

Adventurer,Orientalist,spy:theremarkablestoryofSpanishexplorerAliBeyal-Abbassiistobetoldonthesilverscreenforthefirsttime,twocenturiesafterhisdeath.BorninCatalon

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Oscar winners: What are their next projects?

Before EnvelopeGate stole Sunday's Oscars telecast, there were plenty of stars awarded gold statues. Here's where you'll see the night's big winners next:

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Ali's boxing gloves, Fidel Castro cigars highlight sports auction

Muhammad Ali's fight gloves and a box of cigars signed by the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro are among some of the highlights in an auction of memorabilia steeped in sporting history.

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Bangladesh hangs top financier of largest Islamist party

Bangladesh hanged a wealthy tycoon and top financial backer of its largest Islamist party late on Saturday (Sept 3) for war crimes, dealing a massive blow to the group’s ambitions in the Muslim-majority nation.

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Bangladesh's largest Islamist party's financier loses final appeal against execution for war crimes

Bangladesh's Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by a key Islamist party financier against his death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh supreme court upholds death penalty for Islamist party leader

Bangladesh's highest court on Tuesday rejected appeal from an influential leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party who was sentenced to death in 2014 for war crimes including mass killings.

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Final verdict on Bangladesh Islamist party leader's death sentence set on Aug. 30

Bangladesh's apex court on Aug. 30 will deliver its final verdict on the review petition filed by an influential leader of the country's largest Islamist party, who was sentenced to death in 2014 for war crimes including mass killings.

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Thousands bid farewell to boxing legend Muhammad Ali

Two days of funeral ceremonies bidding farewell to Muhammad Ali got under way on Thursday with a Muslim prayer service in the Kentucky hometown of the beloved boxing legend and civil rights hero.

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Boxing legend Ali's public funeral to be held in hometown

A public funeral and memorial service for late boxing legend Muhammad Ali will be held next week in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, a family spokesman said Saturday.

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Boxing legend Ali remembered as "dear friend" of China

Sports heroes come from different places and backgrounds, but often their charisma transcends borders and shines on all of us.

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China's Zou Shiming vows to win pro title for Ali

China's two-time Olympic champion boxer Zou Shiming tearfully mourned the passing of Muhammad Ali, vowing to win a professional title to honor the legendary boxer.

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Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend dies aged 74

The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state after being admitted on Thursday.