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October 25, 2001 Thursday Shaba'an 7, 1422 Minnows bow to bigger fish in Champions League PARIS, Oct 24: European football’s aristocrats cruised into the second round of the Champions League on Tuesday, on a night when the minnows had to bow to the bigger fish.... Pakistan move ahead in World Team Squash KARACHI, Oct 24: Pakistan overwhelmed Sweden 3-0 to progress to the second round of World Team squash championship, according to reports from Melbourne, Australia Wednesday.... Fantastic Light vs Galileo decider off NEW YORK, Oct 24: The eagerly awaited final showdown between Godolphin champion Fantastic Light and dual Derby winner Galileo is off.... Australia vows to defy FIFA recommendation SYDNEY, Oct 24: Soccer Australia’s acting chief executive officer Ian Holmes has vowed to defy a recommendation from FIFA that Australia and France pick only one player from each club for... Referee counted too fast in last fight, says Lewis NEW YORK, Oct 24: Lennox Lewis believes the referee’s count was too quick when he was knocked out by Hasim Rahman in their world heavyweight title clash in Brakpan, South Africa... Iran warns rowdy soccer fans TEHRAN, Oct 24: Iran’s judiciary warned the nation’s soccer fans Wednesday against disrupting public order and announced that a special court had been set up to try those who do, the... Ex-coach found three years older RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 24: Former Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo officially became three years older Tuesday after a court agreed to cancel a fake birth certificate he had used for most... Freeman to resume training SYDNEY, Oct 24: Australian Cathy Freeman will resume training next week after a year off following her 400-metre gold medal at the Sydney Olympics.... Pandemonium breaks out at Lahore Race Club LAHORE, Oct 24: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) was the scene of a rowdy demonstration at the mid-week Gymkhana races on Wednesday the likes of which have not been seen in the recent past.... Fayyaz and Nomi move into quarterfinals LAHORE, Oct 24: Fayyaz Khan got the better of Mahmood Khan in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 7-5) to move into the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event of the 38th... Champions Challenge moved out of India NEW DELHI, Oct 24: An international hockey event set for New Delhi in Dec has been moved out of India because of security concerns, an Indian hockey official said Wednesday.... El Guerrouj to launch one more assault RABAT, Oct 24: Triple world champion Hicham El Guerrouj is prepared to launch one more assault on Olympic gold at 1500 metres despite recently hinting that he was about to move... Punters suffer heavy losses as favourites fail LAHORE, Oct 24: Punters suffered heavy losses on Wednesday when only one firm favourite obliged them in a card of six events during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse. The lone favourite to win was... Rahman strikes thrice in schools hockey LAHORE, Oct 24: A goal by inside-right Mohammad Asif guided Government High School Kacha Pacca, Kasur, to earn a hard fought 1-0 win against Government High School, Pindi Bhattian, in the 35th... Penalty conversion still weak link LAHORE, Oct 24: Penalty corner conversion, despite having services of the specialist, Sohail Abbas, seemed to be the grey area during the national hockey training camp here Wednesday.... Lemieux scores first goal ATLANTA, Oct 24: Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux scored his first goal of the season in a 4-2 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday.... HBL-NBP trial match for new hockey rules KARACHI, Oct 24: Habib Bank will meet National Bank in a practice match at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium Thursday at 4.30 p.m. for the trial of new rules of International... Athletes back Winter Games LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Oct 24: Athletes have offered their support to International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to push ahead with next year’s Salt Lake City Winter Games despite the tragic events surrounding... National baseball LAHORE, Oct 24: Sindh will meet NWFP in the opening match of the 10th national baseball championship at the Iqbal Parks Sports Complex Thursday at 9am.... Inter-services hockey LAHORE, Oct 24: The final of the Inter-services Hockey Championship 2001 will be played here on Thursday, at the National Hockey Stadium.... Tendulkar and Ganguly share record stand PAARL (South Africa), Oct 24: Indian opening batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar shared a world record opening partnership as Kenya’s bowlers took a hammering in their triangular One-day International series... Arshad, Zahid spin ABL to innings victory LAHORE, Oct 24: Fine bowling by off-spinner Arshad Khan and left-arm spinner Mohammad Zahid helped ABL score their second  win in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tournament, when they  thrashed Sui Gas by an... Wiseman replaces injured Vettori on Australian tour SYDNEY, Oct 24: New Zealand Wednesday called up 31-year-old off-spinner Paul Wiseman to replace injured Daniel Vettori for their tour of Australia.... National Bank turn tables on KRL KARACHI, Oct 24: National Bank scored an astonishing 69-run victory over KRL Wednesday to maintain their position at the top of the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I National Cricket... Bilal Asad hits 112 in drawn encounter KARACHI, Oct 24: A century by PWD opening batsman Bilal Asad was the highlight of a dreary final day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against Pakistan Customs at UBL Sports... Donald ruled out of Indian series BLOEMFONTEIN, (South Africa), Oct 24: South African fast bowler Allan Donald has been ruled out of November’s three-Test home series against India because of a stomach muscle injury, he said Wednesday.... Schuettler topples top seed Ferrero ST PETERSBURG, Oct 24: Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero suffered a shock 7-6 6-4 defeat by German Rainer Schuettler in the first round of the St Petersburg Open on Wednesday.... ADBP draw with HBL KARACHI, Oct 24: Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) batted resolutely on the final day to draw their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie against Habib Bank at Sheikhupura Stadium Wednesday.... Abid Ali takes nine wickets KARACHI, Oct 24: Off-spinner Abid Ali took nine wickets in an innings for Nawabshah on the opening day of their two-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade-II match against Sukkur at Nawabshah Wednesday, according... Wapda beat PIA by 98 runs KARACHI, Oct 24: Wapda recorded their second win in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I National Cricket Championship when they defeated PIA by 98 runs at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Wednesday....

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