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October 8, 2001 Monday Rajab 20, 1422 Italy, China qualify for World Cup SHENYANG (China), Oct 7: China reached the World Cup finals for the first time on Sunday with a scrappy 1-0 win over lowly Oman in an Asian Zone group B qualifier.... Favourites put to the sword KARACHI, Oct 7: The followers of form were put to the sword, when not a single favourite obliged at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting held on Sunday afternoon at the Karachi Racecourse.... Run Way Lady captures Islamabad Cup LAHORE, Oct 7: The five-year-old bay mare Run Way Lady clinched Islamabad Cup by landing the fifth race of the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse Sunday.... Sakhee wins l’Arc de Triomphe in style PARIS, Oct 7: Sakhee, ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in dazzling style Sunday.... Unfancied Dott shocks O’Sullivan, meets Higgins in final NEWCASTLE (England), Oct 7: World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed out of the British Open here Saturday, then admitted: “I’m happy to get beaten.”... Rossi leads Honda sweep MOTEGI (Japan), Oct 7: Italy’s Valentino Rossi led a Honda sweep of the podium places in the 500cc Pacific Grand Prix on Sunday to edge closer to clinching the world championship.... Response not encouraging ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The response of the foreign players to this November’s Pakistan Open has not been quite encouraging, an official of the squash federation told Dawn Sunday.... Shahzad outguns Salman to annex trophy LAHORE, Oct 7: Fine serves and excellent stroke play helped top seed Shahzad Khan (Faisalabad) to crush second seed Salman Bashir (Lahore) 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the boys’s singles to... Kafelnikov lands fifth straight title MOSCOW, Oct 7: Russia’s Yevgeny Kafelnikov landed his fifth consecutive Kremlin Cup title with a 6-4 7-5 victory over unseeded German Nicolas Kiefer on Sunday to join Bjorn Borg in the... Omer walks away with Governors Cup LAHORE, Oct 7: Omer Azeem of Lahore Gymkhana (handicap 17), with an excellent net score of 16 under-par 200 over 54 holes, captured the Governor Cup golf tournament at the Lahore Gymkhana Sunday.... Ahmad slams hat trick ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Ahmad Khan scored a fine hat trick as Askari Bank won the Safdar Mehmood Memorial Polo Tournament by beating ASC 7-4 at the Rawalpindi Race Course.... First phase of trials end LAHORE, Oct 7: Nine cyclists were picked after the first phase of trials at the Lahore Canal for finalising the Pakistan team for the second Saarc cycling championship.... Goalkeepers trial this week LAHORE, Oct 7: Trials to select six goalkeepers for the national training camp will be held at the National Hockey Stadium on Oct 10 and 11.... Langer claims German Masters PULHEIM, Oct 7: Germany’s Bernhard Langer won the 2.7-million-dollar German Masters tournament for the fourth time here on Sunday.... PGF to promote junior teams LAHORE, Oct 7: To promote the game among the  promising juniors, the National Junior Golf Championship for Under-18  and boys championship for Under-14 will be held side by side the national seniors championship March next... President soccer from Oct 25 LAHORE, Oct 7: Navy will meet Wapda in the opening match of the President PFF Cup football tournament which starts in Bahawalpur from Oct 25.... England secure unbeatable lead in ill-tempered third match HARARE, Oct 7: England took a 3-0 winning lead in their one-day international series against Zimbabwe on Sunday, winning an ill-tempered contest by four wickets despite an unbeaten 142 by Andy... Nasser, Foster, Flower face rap HARARE, Oct 7: Nasser Hussain, Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower and young England wicketkeeper James Foster face a disciplinary hearing after heated exchanges in the third one-day international on Sunday.... Lamb upset over Kirtley protocol HARARE, Oct 7: Tim Lamb, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive, expressed his surprise on Saturday at the way match referee Colonel Naushad Ali had called into question... South Africa roll over Kenya BENONI (South Africa), Oct 7: Jacques Kallis and Neil McKenzie guided South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Kenya in their triangular limited overs series match at Willowmoore Park on... Supersport Series scores CAPE TOWN, Oct 7: Scores at the close of play on the third day of four-day Supersport Series cricket matches on Sunday:... Odumbe Predicts torrid time BENONI, Oct 7: Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe predicted a torrid time for his team after they were outclassed in their opening triangular series match against South Africa on Sunday.... Warne metres away from jackpot SYDNEY, Oct 7: Shane Warne came within a few metres of pocketing one million dollars ($500,000) in the opening game of the Australian cricket season here Sunday.... Selectors finally receive salaries KARACHI, Oct 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially put its senior and junior selectors on its pay-roll when it released two-month salaries last week....

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