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February 17, 2002 Sunday Zilhaj 4, 1422 Munir slashes Mutloob’s lead to one stroke KARACHI, Feb 16: Sixth seed Mohammad Munir tightened the noose around second seeded Mutloob Ahmad when he slashed the leader’s lead to just one stroke to set up a thrilling finale... Fulham advance to quarterfinal LONDON, Feb 16 - Fulham reached the FA Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 1975 when they won 2-1 at first division strugglers Walsall Saturday.... Henin overcomes angry Schnyder ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 16: Second seed Justine Henin fought back from a set down to reach the final of the Antwerp Open with a 1-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Switzerland’s Patty... Marksaeng, Kumar joint leaders GURGAON, India, Feb 16 - Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng, despite a double bogey at the last, moved into a share of the third-round lead with India’s Vijay Kumar in the Indian Masters... Punjab thrash NWFP LAHORE, Feb 16: Punjab thrashed NWFP 17-0 and Balochistan beat Sindh 2-1 on opening day of the Inter-Provincial Under- 16 girls hockey championships at the National Hockey Stadium Saturday.... Lawrence ahead by a shot MALELANE (South Africa), Feb 16: Justin Rose lost further ground in his bid to clinch the Sunshine Tour’s order of merit title after he could only manage a third-round 71 in... Schumacher to start in old car LONDON, Feb 16: Formula One world champions Ferrari will start the 2002 season with last year’s F2001 vehicle because of reliability fears over their new car, the team’s sporting director Jean... Mehvash, Ali best athletes KARACHI, Feb 16: Mohammad Ali with 19 points to his credit and Mehvash Fudda with 18 points, were declared the best boy and girl athletes, in the Senior section of the... Naqvi shines KARACHI, Feb 16: Left-handed all-round Mohammad Ali Naqvi helped Tapal CC register an easy 100-run triumph over Memon Gymkhana in the M.S Baloch cricket tournament played on Saturday.... Canadians belatedly awarded gold after skating furore SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 16: Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were belatedly awarded gold medals Friday after Olympic officials took tough action to end four days of controversy... Sensational run by Cisco Magic LAHORE, Feb 16: Bay filly Cisco Magic caused a sensation by producing a blistering turn of foot to win the Qutab-ud-Din Aibak Cup run over seven furlongs during the 19th Lahore Winter Meeting... Remounts lift Basant Cup LAHORE, Feb 16: Five goals by Gerardo Mazzani helped Remounts win the Power International Basant Cup polo tournament, defeating Samsung Blues 11-8-1/2 at the Lahore Polo Club Saturday.... Blistering start by newcomer Murphy TELFORD (England): Feb 16: Shaun Murphy, world snooker’s Newcomer of the Year, made a blistering start to take the first five frames before Cheshire’s Dyson battled back to within one frame... North Korea capture trophy on penalties BANGKOK, Feb 16 - North Korea beat Thailand 4-3 on penalties after the two teams were locked in a goalless stalemate in the 33rd King’s Cup final at Suppachalasai Stadium Saturday.... Tyson needs psychiatric help, says Lewis LONDON, Feb 16: Lennox Lewis said Friday he would give Mike Tyson “the whipping he deserves” in June but only if the American gets some “psychiatric help” first.... India drop Gagan NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Forward Gagan Ajit Singh, who led the Indian team to the junior world cup in Hobart last year, was left out of the 18-player Indian squad... Karachi races postponed KARACHI, Feb 16: The Winter Gymkhana Meeting scheduled for Sunday afternoon, has been postponed to Wednesday, Feb 20.... Kiwis rout hapless England by 155 runs WELLINGTON, Feb 16: England were bowled out for 89, their second lowest one-day total, as New Zealand powered to a 155-run victory Saturday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.... Gavaskar pours more fuel on English whingers NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has fired a new broadside at the “unbeatable whingers” of English cricket.... Ponting named new Australian one-day skipper MELBOURNE, Feb 16: Ricky Ponting was named as the surprise choice to succeed Steve Waugh as Australia’s new one-day captain Saturday.... Flower rescues Zimbabwe VIJAYAWADA (India), Feb 16: Andy Flower hit an unbeaten 89 to lift Zimbabwe after a middle-order slump on the second day of the tour opener against the Indian Board President’s XI... We didn’t turn up for match: Nasser WELLINGTON, Feb 16: A dejected Nasser Hussain said England were outplayed in all three departments — batting, bowling and fielding — in the 155-run loss to New Zealand in the second... Tauqir wants to retain Mudassar, Waqar SHARJAH (UAE), Feb 16: The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, is in favour of retaining coach Mudassar Nazar and skipper Waqar Younis till the World Cup in... Paul Strang calls it a day HARARE, Feb 16: Zimbabwe wrist-spinner Paul Strang, who has been plagued with injury trouble in recent years, has decided to end his international career, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) has announced.... McGrath set to sign bat deal MELBOURNE, Feb 16: Australia’s Glenn McGrath, who has a Test batting average of seven, is expected to sign a bat sponsorship deal ahead of the first Test against South Africa in... ‘Warne was never in the frame’ MELBOURNE, Feb 16: Shane Warne’s hopes of becoming Australian one-day cricket captain were dashed with the appointment of Ricky Ponting to the role Saturday.... India recall Zaheer NEW DELHI, Feb 16: India have recalled left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan to their squad for the first match of the home two-Test series against Zimbabwe.... Anwar, Aqib’s feats in Wisden’s best one-day list KARACHI, Feb 16: Dashing Pakistani opener Saeed Anwar and pacer Aqib Javed’s record feats in limited over matches find places in Wisden’s all time one-day batting and bowling lists announced in...