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| October 27, 2001 | Saturday | Shaba'an 9, 1422 |
Sarwar warns against complacency
 LAHORE, Oct 26: Pakistan hockey captain, Mohammad Sarwar, said Friday the team could not afford complacency if it wanted to regain the title at next month’s Champions Trophy....
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Aqeel sets final date with Asim
LAHORE, Oct 26: Defending champion Aqeel Khan defeated Tahir Iftikhar and Asim Shafik beat Nomi Qamar in straight sets to move into the men’s singles final of the 38th National Grass...
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Horse-racing for Sunday cancelled, future uncertain
KARACHI, Oct 26: The Government officials continued to play hide and seek with horseracing in the city, when Sunday’s activities at the Karachi racecourse was cancelled following expiry of the three-month...
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Kafelnikov enter semis
 ST PETERSBURG, Oct 26: Second-seeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov breezed through to the St Peterburg Open semifinals by beating France’s Fabrice Santoro 6-1 6-4 on Friday....
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Soccer team not to use presidential jet
ASUNCION, Oct 26: Paraguay’s national team have turned down an offer to travel in the presidential jet after outspoken goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert said the players were being used as guinea...
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Schumacher returns to roots
 KERPEN (Germany), Oct 26: Ferrari’s Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher returned to his roots on Friday as he warmed up for a kart race in his home town of Kerpen....
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Kiran shines in swimming pool
KARACHI, Oct 26: Pakistan clinched three gold, two silver and 12 bronze medals on the opening day of the swimming competitions of the 3rd Islamic Countries Women’s Solidarity Games in Tehran....
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Asif and Owais sound the board twice
LAHORE, Oct 26: Government Shakar Gunj High School, Arifwala and Divisional Public School, Lahore Reds, qualified for the semifinals in the 35th Jaffar memorial inter-school hockey tournament Friday....
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Maradona takes no prisoners
PARIS, Oct 26: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona takes no prisoners in a new book to be released in Europe on November 2 with the Pope, former FIFA chief Joao Havelange...
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Singh shares lead with Ogilvy
PINE MOUNTAIN (Georgia), Oct 26: Fiji’s Vijay Singh, still chasing his first win of 2001, shot an eight-under-par 64 to share the first-round lead with Australian Geoff Ogilvy at the $3.4...
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Australia edge closer to record 7th title
MELBOURNE, Oct 26: Australia moved closer to a record seventh title as England were forced to stage a fighting comeback to reach the semi-finals of the world squash team championships here...
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Goosen shoots 66
MADRID, Oct 26: European Tour rankings leader Retief Goosen overcame swing problems to card a flawless five-under-par 66 in the Madrid Open first round on Thursday....
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Wapda down Police in replay
LAHORE, Oct 26: Wapda and Army won their matches on the second day of the 10th National Baseball Championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex Friday....
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Daud, Zahid, Nazish create shooting records
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Daud Jan of Navy was adjudged the best marksman of the Islamabad Open Shooting Championship for winning three events and setting a national record....
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Railways wallop Punjab Varsity
 LAHORE, Oct 26: Railways walloped Punjab University 19-0 in the opening match of the Quaid-i-Azam national women handball tournament which started at the Wapda Sports Complex Friday....
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Lahore annex polo final
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Lahore Zone won a low goal final of the Army Polo Championship Friday beating Rawalpindi A 6-5 at the Rawalpindi Race Course....
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Security costs ballooned
SINGAPORE, Oct 26: The security costs for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics have ballooned to 240 million dollars as a result of the terror attacks in the US, International...
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Pakistan officials for IOC moots
LAHORE, Oct 26: All the 198 National Olympic Committees of the world will send delegates to attend two conferences being organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during November....
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Patron’s Trophy heading for exciting finale
KARACHI, Oct 26: The Patron’s Trophy Grade-I National Cricket Championship is poised for dramatic finale with three rounds left and six teams within reach of clinching the title....
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South Africa on course to easy victory
 DURBAN, Oct 26: Opening batsman Gary Kirsten is steering South Africa to victory in the final of the triangular series against India in Durban on Friday....
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Sibi win controversial regional final
KARACHI, Oct 26: Sibi won the controversial regional final of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy grade-II on the basis of the first innings lead after their two-day game against Quetta ended in a draw...
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Zimbabwe suffer 12th successive defeat
SHARJAH, Oct 26: There was no respite for hapless and outclassed Zimbabwe as they were beaten for the 12th straight times when Sri Lanka cantered home by 63 runs in the...
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Pakistan play opener today
SHARJAH, Oct 26: Pakistan take on Sri Lanka Saturday in an encounter which provides Waqar Younis and his boys a chance to exact some revenge of last April’s humiliating defeat in...
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11 agree but five request for more time to decide
LONDON, Oct 26: Five of England’s 16-man squad on Friday asked for more time before deciding whether to join the three-Test tour to India because of the military action in nearby...
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Botham slams Imran Khan
 LONDON, Oct 26: Former England allrounder Ian Botham has launched a scathing attack on former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, disgraced South African captain Hansie Cronje and compatriot Geoff Boycott in his...
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PCB denies WI claims on Test fee
KARACHI, Oct 26: A top Pakistan cricket official denied that the International Cricket Council (ICC) had standardized Test and one-day appearance fee....
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