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March 17, 2002 Sunday Muharram 2, 1423 Sindh ‘B’, Punjab ‘A’ advance to main round KARACHI, March 16: Sindh ‘B’ and Punjab ‘A’ qualified for the main round from pool ‘B’ after a seesaw game that ended with a 3- 2 scoreline in favour of the latter in the 49th HBL national hockey championship inter-provincial preliminary round Saturday... Wasim suggests action early in bowlers career HYDERABAD, March 16: Wasim Akram Saturday suggested that International Cricket Council (ICC) should take initiative on bowling action of any bowler in initial stage of his career.... ICC’s new strategy for match referees CAPE TOWN, March 16: The International Cricket Council (ICC) reached agreement on a new strategy for dealing with the contentious issue of match referees at the end of their executive board... Freeman wins easily in one-lap race PERTH, March 16: Australia’s Olympic 400 metres champion Cathy Freeman returned to the event Saturday for the first time since the Sydney 2000 Games, winning comfortably at a national series meeting.... Manchester United remain on top LONDON, March 16: Champions Manchester United remained on top of the English Premier League with a remarkable 5-3 victory at West Ham United Saturday.... HBL rout UGC by tennis score ISLAMABAD, March 16: PIA comfortably beat Pakistan Army 5-2 for their third successive victory in the Inter-departmental Qualifying Round of 49th National Hockey Championship at POF, Wah, Friday.... Wajihuddin slams 108 LAHORE, March 16: An unbeaten century by Wajihuddin (108) helped Karachi University score 276 all out in first innings on opening day of the Inter-University cricket championship final at the Old Campus... Motorcycle Rally rescheduled for April 26 ISLAMABAD, March 16: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Motorcycle Rally has been postponed and would now be held from April 26-28.... Beckhams plan £250,000 World Cup bash: report LONDON, March 16: England captain David Beckham and his pop star wife Victoria are to throw a 250,000-pound (356,000 dollar) Oriental-style party before the team fly to the World Cup in... STA elections KARACHI, March 16: The elections of Sindh Tennis Association (STA) was held under government’s new sports policy and the following were elected, says a press release Saturday.... Olympic chief dies MADRID, March 16 - The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alfredo Goyeneche has died in a road traffic accident, Spanish state television reported Saturday.... Sampras, Martin in desert semifinals INDIAN WELLS (California), March 16: Americans Pete Sampras and Todd Martin stole the quarterfinal spotlight at the Indian Wells Masters Friday.... Woods surges to four-stroke advantage ORLANDO (Florida), March 16: Tiger Woods, playing in his hometown and showing a comfort he has lacked most of the season, built a four-stroke lead after two rounds of the Bay... Schumacher maintains perfect record SEPANG (Malaysia), March 16: Michael Schumacher beat Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya Saturday to maintain his perfect record of four successive pole positions at the Malaysian Grand Prix.... Cameroon’s Hayatou candidate for FIFA presidency CAIRO, March 16: Issa Hayatou of Cameroon ended weeks of speculation Saturday when he announced he was standing as a candidate for the presidency of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body.... KU and PU meet in final LAHORE, March 16: Punjab University and Karachi University qualified for final of the Inter-University basketball championship, defeating Sir Syed Engineering…..... Egypt’s Al Ahli clinch African Super Cup CAIRO, March 16: Goalkeeper Essan al-Hadary was on target as Egypt’s Al Ahli won the African Super Cup with a 4-1 victory over South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs late Friday.... Astle cracks fastest ever Test double century: Kiwis go down fighting CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 16: New Zealander Nathan Astle scored the fastest double century on record during the fourth day of the first Test against England, but his side still lost... Australia build sizeable lead DURBAN, March 16: Seventeen wickets tumbled as Australia built a 307-run lead on the second day of the third Test against South Africa Saturday.... Moin’s exclusion defies logic: Saeed fails fitness test KARACHI, March 16: Former skippers Saeed Anwar and Moin Khan are the notable absentees in the 30 probables selected by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to attend the training camp commencing... Masroor slams unbeaten 101 KARACHI, March 16: An unbeaten 101 by diminutive right-hander Mohammad Masroor guided Karachi Whites to an emphatic eight-wicket win against Bahawalpur in the National One-day Cricket Championship Pool ‘A’ tie at... Karachi Blues victorious KARACHI, March 16: Karachi Blues kept their hopes of reaching the final rounds of the National One-day Cricket Championship alive after scoring a convincing 69-run victory over Pool ‘B’ rivals Pak... KRL struggle for victory KARACHI, March 16: Pool ‘D’ leaders Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) were made to fight for victory by Rawalpindi in the National One-day Cricket Championship match at KRL Stadium (Rawalpindi) Saturday.... Punjab win despite Tariq’s heroics LAHORE, March 16: A fine all-round performance by  Lahore Blues skipper Tariq Mahmood failed to save his team from narrow one wicket defeat against Rest of Punjab in the Pool ‘C’  match of the... Yuvraj powers India home HYDERABAD (India), March 16: Young left-hander Yuvraj Singh smashed an unbeaten 80 from 60 deliveries to power India to a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the fourth one-dayer Saturday, levelling the... Angel moves to second place PERTH, March 16: Fast bowler Jo Angel overtook Terry Alderman’s mark of 384 wickets Saturday to become the second leading wicket-taker in the 110-year history of the Australia interstate competition....

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