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| March 16, 2002 | Saturday | Muharram 1, 1423 |
Hewitt and Sampras reach quarterfinals
 INDIAN WELLS (California), March 15: Top seed Lleyton Hewitt cruised into the quarterfinals of the $2.95million Tennis Masters Series tournament here Thursday, once again leaving a frustrated Jan-Michael Gambill in his...
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Italian giant AC Milan toppled
 LONDON, March 15: Hapoel Tel Aviv’s astonishing UEFA Cup run continued with a 1-0 win over mighty AC Milan, while 10-man Valencia drew 1-1 with Inter Milan on a memorable night in the quarterfinals on
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Bogey free round by Woods
ORLANDO (Florida), March 15: Three of the game’s long hitters, Tiger Woods, Argentine Angel Cabrera and John Daly, along with John Huston and D.A. Weibring were on top of the leaderboard...
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Come from behind win for Sindh ‘B’
KARACHI, March 15: Sindh ‘B’ came back from 1-0 deficit to sweep aside Balochistan ‘A’ 4-2 in the 49th HBL national hockey championship inter-provincial preliminary round Friday....
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PSF chief unhappy with senior players
LAHORE, March 15: Bank Alfalah will sponsor the Pakistan Open Squash Championship scheduled to be held here from March 22-27, it was announced here Friday. The sponsorship is worth $105,000 which was...
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11 charged in Turkish scandal
ISTANBUL, March 15: Turkish prosecutors on Friday filed bribery charges against a top soccer referee and 10 others in a match-fixing scandal that could shake up the country’s top division....
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Pakistan not to play in Jaffna
KARACHI, March 15: Pakistan’s government barred the country’s football team from ending their tour of Sri Lanka with a match in the war-torn Tamil heartland of Jaffna, Pakistan’s coach said Friday....
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Hat trick by Nawaz Tiwana
LAHORE, March 15: A hat trick by Ahmad Nawaz Tiwana enabled Powersoft-19 to enter the final of SHV Energy Cup Polo tournament thrashing First Law Company 5- 1/2 at the Lahore...
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South Africa enjoy best day of season
 DURBAN, March 15: Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist fell just short of scoring centuries but South Africa still enjoyed their most successful day against Australia this season on the first day...
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Thorpe hammers third fastest double century
 CHRISTCHURCH, March 15: Graham Thorpe struck the third fastest double century in Test history on Friday as England put the New Zealand attack to the sword on the third day of...
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It’s do-or-die, says Ganguly
HYDERABAD, March 15: India skipper Sourav Ganguly conceded Friday his team was under pressure to deliver in the fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe here....
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PCB decision upheld
ISLAMABAD, March 15: Lahore High Court (Rawalpindi Bench) Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by sacked Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA) and upheld Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to impose ad-hoc committee...
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Mandela may step-in to end deadlock
KARACHI, March 15: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will urge former South African president Nelson Mandela to persuade the Indian government to allow its team to resume cricket relations with Pakistan....
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Cairns ruled out as bowler
CHRISTCHURCH, March 15: New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will play the remainder of the first test against England as a batsman only after injuring a tendon on his right knee....
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Gilchrist disappointed
DURBAN, March 15: Australia’s Adam Gilchrist was disappointed to miss out narrowly on his third century in as many matches against South Africa on Friday....
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All-round show by Naqvi
KARACHI, March 15: A fine all-round performance by left-hander Mohammad Ali Naqvi, enabled Tapal CC register an easy 40-runs victory over Shaheen Gymkhana and move into the semifinals of the M.S....
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