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December 20, 2001 Thursday Shawwal 4, 1422 Uncle Graeme blasts nephew Pollock’s captaincy ADELAIDE, Dec 19: South African batting great and senior selector Graeme Pollock Tuesday revealed he had an angry behind-the-scenes exchange with his nephew’s team as they crashed to defeat against Australia.... Thai star enters quarters HONG KONG, Dec 19: Thai number one Paradorn Srichaphan squeezed past Taiwan’s Cheng Wei-jen 6-4, 6-4 to take his place in the quarter-finals of the $60,000 Asian Championships here Wednesday.... O’Sullivan toys with Doherty in final YORK, Dec 19: Ronnie O’Sullivan completed a 10-1 demolition job on Irishman Ken Doherty at the Barbican Centre in York Sunday evening to capture his third UK Championship and join an... Jockey Raees shines in saddle again KARACHI Dec 19: Jockey Raees Ahmad began from where he had left off in the last race meeting by once again stealing the limelight at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting that got... One-dayers split Ashes Tests ADELAIDE, Dec 19: Australia will host England in a five-Test series for the Ashes in 2002-03, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) announced Tuesday.... Cycling camp in Tashkent LAHORE, Dec 19: A Pakistan Cycling Camp is expected to be held for some weeks at Tashkent in April and May next year.... Villeneuve reserves judgement BRACKLEY (England), Dec 19: Next year’s British American Racing Formula One car boasts a new and more powerful Honda engine but Jacques Villeneuve is reserving judgement until the New Year.... Newcastle end winless run in controversial fashion LONDON, Dec 19: Newcastle United ended their four-year, 29-game winless run in London in controversial but spectacular fashion on Tuesday as they beat Arsenal 3-1 at Highbury to go top of... Henry’s misconduct reported LONDON, Dec 19: Referee Graham Poll has reported Arsenal striker Thierry Henry to the English Football Association (FA) for his behaviour at the end of Newcastle United’s controversial 3-1 win.... Sprint queen to retire after assault COLOMBO, Dec 19: Sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, who last year won Sri Lanka’s first Olympic medal for more than 50 years, announced her retirement on Wednesday after alleging she was assaulted at... LDFA splits into factions LAHORE, Dec 19: The Lahore District Football Association has been split into two factions on Wednesday.... India refuses to play alongside Pakistan KARACHI, Dec 19: India has refused to play alongside Pakistan in next month’s six-nation hockey event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sources said Wednesday.... Shahbaz can be an inspiration ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Manager of the hockey team, Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar believes that veteran Shahbaz Ahmed could play a leading role in inspiring Pakistan at next year’s World Cup in... Figo pips Beckham for world award ZURICH (Switzerland), Dec 19: Luis Figo of Real Madrid was crowned FIFA’s World Player of the Year on Monday when he narrowly out-scored Manchester United’s David Beckham in a poll of... Ronaldo scores twice for Inter MILAN, Dec 19: Brazilian striker Ronaldo scored twice as Inter Milan returned to the top of Italy’s Serie A with a 3-0 win over Verona on Wednesday.... White Shark invited AUGUSTA (Georgia), Dec 19: Twice British Open champion Greg Norman, who has never won the U.S. Masters despite eight top-five finishes, has been given another chance to break his duck in... Woods triumphs THOUSAND OAKS (California), Dec 19: Tiger Woods proved an ungracious host by winning his own event, the Williams World Challenge, by three strokes over Vijay Singh Sunday.... Bizarre Vaughan dismissal leaves England reeling BANGALORE (India), Dec 19: Michael Vaughan was out in bizarre fashion, given out handled the ball, to trigger an England slump on the opening day of the third and final Test... ‘Decision against spirit of game’ BANGALORE (India), Dec 19: England batsman Michael Vaughan said Wednesday his dismissal for handling the ball in the final Test against India here was against “the spirit of the game.”... England to play extra one-dayer NEW DELHI, Dec 19: England have agreed to extend their upcoming One-day International series against India from five matches to six, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said... Jayasuriya guides Sri Lanka to tri-series title COLOMBO, Dec 19: Sanath Jayasuriya guided Sri Lanka to a 34-run victory over the West Indies with a superb all-round performance in the day-night triangular cricket series final here Wednesday.... Second day’s play also washed out HAMILTON (New Zealand), Dec 19: No play was possible on the second day of the first Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh.... Struggling Donald gets hit-out SYDNEY, Dec 19: Allan Donald will get a hit-out in the four-day tour game against New South Wales starting Thursday to prove his fitness for South Africa’s make-or-break second Test with... McGrath returns to the top LONDON, Dec 19: Glenn McGrath has returned to the top of the world bowling ratings after claiming six wickets in Australia’s victory over South Africa in the first Test....

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