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December 23, 2001 Sunday Shawwal 7, 1422 Brilliant Bebo hat trick helps Ahly lift title CAIRO, Dec 22: As the final whistle blew in the African Champions League final, Al-Ahly striker Khaled Bebo lifted his red jersey to reveal a T-shirt with the figure three on... Difficult to pick winner for feature event LAHORE, Dec 22: A card of six events has been drawn for the 11th Lahore Winter ... Rangers and Celtic not to join Premier League LONDON, Dec 22: Celtic and Rangers will not be joining the English premier league, Chelsea chairman Ken Bates said Saturday.... SOA suspension KARACHI, Dec 22: The city government has been approached regarding the organization of Quaid-i-Azam sports festival. The event is being staged by a suspended Sindh Olympic Association (SOA).... Shoaib returns LAHORE, Dec 22: Pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar arrived here from Australia on Saturday to join the national training camp which is already in progress at the Gaddafi Stadium for Bangladesh tour, starting from... Foreign football coaches due next week LAHORE, Dec 22: The newly appointed Slovenian coach of the Pakistan football team Joseph Herel and another English coach John Laytton are due to arrive here on Dec 27 and 31, respectively.... France’s Anelka signs for Liverpool PARIS, Dec 22: French striker Nicolas Anelka has been loaned to Liverpool from Paris Saint Germain till the end of the season with an option to buy, the capital city club... LRC sitting panel re-elected LAHORE, Dec 22: The sitting panel of the Lahore Race Club stewards was re-elected during the elections held for the year 2002 at the annual general meeting of the LRC at its premises on Saturday.... Mair suspended for 10 games NEW YORK, Dec 22: Los Angeles Kings center Adam Mair was handed an automatic 10-game suspension by the NHL on Friday for leaving the bench to join in a punch-up during... National camp from today LAHORE, Dec 22: The national football training camp is to resume at the Model Town Club ground on Sunday.... Veterans World Cup KARACHI, Dec 22: Pakistan will feature in the veterans World Cup hockey tournament which will be held alongside main competition in February 2002.... SSB sports gala KARACHI, Dec 22: Sindh Sports Board (SSB) will organize a three-day sports gala to celebrate year of Quaid-e-Azam, says a news release issued Saturday.... S. Korean, Thailand clash in final HONG KONG, Dec 22: Top seed Lee Hyung-Taik of South Korea and number two seed Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand cruised into the final of the Asian Championships Saturday to vie for... Indefinite ban on six wrestlers not to be lifted LAHORE, Dec 22: Syed Shahid Ali Shah and Chaudhary Muhammad Arif were unanimously re-elected president and secretary of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) at the General Council meeting here Saturday.... Pakistan coach expects juniors to do well ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Rehmat Khan, coach of the Pakistan junior team headed for international shores said Saturday that his players had trained “very hard” and he expected them to do well.... Ex-champion Criville to ride for Yamaha MADRID, Dec 22: Former 500c world champion Alex Criville has signed a contract to ride for Luis d’Antin’s Yamaha team for the next two years.... PSF official pinning hopes on youngsters ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Air Marshal Syed Qaiser Hussain, senior vice president of Pakistan Squash Federation is pinning a lot of hopes on the current crop of junior players.... Putzer leads Italian one-two in super-G ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 22: Karen Putzer took advantage of changing weather conditions to upset the favourites and win only the second race of her World Cup career in a super-G... Quaid squash KARACHI, Dec 22: A four-day Quaid-i-Azam Birthday Squash Tournament will commence here at the PIA Jahangir Khan Squash Complex from Tuesday.... Grizzlies score another shock victory MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Dec 22: The struggling Memphis Grizzlies clawed their way to another shock victory when they beat the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers 114-108 at the Pyramid Friday.... Gavaskar praises Englishmen’s resolve NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Legendary former India captain Sunil Gavaskar Saturday praised England for putting up a more determined performance than the hosts after losing the opening cricket Test.... Rains continue to frustrate England BANGALORE, Dec 22: Pacemen Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff provided England with a useful first innings lead and a scent of victory but rain continued to frustrate them in the third... Task very difficult, says Fletcher BANGALORE, Dec 22: England coach Duncan Fletcher conceded his team’s chances of winning the rain-hit third and final Test against India were slim despite holding the upper hand.... Proteas pile up quick runs in Test warmup SYDNEY, Dec 22: South Africa, lifted by positive batting late in Saturday’s final session, led New South Wales by 225 runs with nine second-innings wickets in hand at the end of... Zimbabwean bowlers struggle COLOMBO, Dec 22: Zimbabwean bowlers struggled after paceman Henry Olonga’s early double-strike in their only tour game ahead of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here Saturday.... Free lawyers for Olympians SALT LAKE CITY (Utah), Dec 22: The Utah State Bar association will provide free legal representation for athletes taking disputes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) during the 2002... Stewart available for one-dayers LONDON, Dec 22: Alec Stewart, who had ruled himself out of England’s test tour to India, said Saturday he would be making himself available for the One-day Internationals in India starting... Cairns sends minnows Bangladesh crashing to defeat HAMILTON (New Zealand), Dec 22: New Zealand pace bowler Chris Cairns snatched seven wickets as the home team beat Bangladesh by an innings and 52 runs in the first Test here...

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