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| April 5, 2002 | Friday | Muharram 21, 1423 |
Liverpool, Panathinaikos gain narrow victories
 LONDON, April 4: Liverpool and Panathinaikos both edged to 1-0 home wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Barcelona respectively in two tight Champions League quarterfinal first legs on Wednesday....
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Pakistan’s trip to S. Africa doubtful
KARACHI, April 4: After cricket and hockey, soccer becomes another victim of political tension between Pakistan and India as next month’s tri-nation tournament in South Africa is in doubt because of...
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Ansar and Sultan perform well
ISLAMABAD, April 4: Fifty professionals qualified for the main round of the Chief Executive of Pakistan Gold Medal Golf Championship that opens at the Rawalpindi Club course from Friday....
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Karachi hosts Asian U-20 qualifiers
KARACHI, April 4: Soccer-starved Karachiites will finally have the opportunity of witnessing quality football when the under-20 Asian group V football qualifiers kick off with Pakistan tackling Maldives in the opener...
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Pakistan prefers Aqeel over Asim
LAHORE, April 4: Pakistan Thursday left out country’s top ranked player Asim Shafik against Taiwan in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Grade-II tie to be played at Bagh-i-Jinnah from April 5 to 7....
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Exciting semifinals in prospect
LAHORE, April 4: Defending champions PIA, beefed-up by the presence of star striker Shahbaz Ahmad, face HBL in what is being billed an explosive semifinal of the 49th national hockey championship...
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Jane-Alam, Allana on top
KARACHI, April 4: After an exciting finish in the last three rounds, Jane Alam Fazli partnering Rehman Allana finished on top in the Pakistan Bridge Federation’ s sponsored monthly Super Bowl...
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SSB declares polls illegal
KARACHI, April 4: The standoff between Sindh Sports Board (SSB) and Sindh Football Association (SFA) on the issue of later’s elections issue took another turn when Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) termed...
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PIA dethrone HBL in thriller
 LAHORE, April 4: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pulled off a stunning six-run victory over defending champions Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to clinch the National One-day Cricket Championship at Gaddafi Stadium here...
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Gilchrist powers Aussies to series win
DURBAN (South Africa), April 4: Adam Gilchrist thrashed a century as Australia wrapped up their limited overs series against South Africa by winning the fifth one-day international by eight wickets at...
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Aussie trio in Wisden’s top five
LONDON, April 4: Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn and Jason Gillespie have been named among the world’s top five players in the 2002 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac....
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PCB promises all facilities in preparation of World Cup
KARACHI, April 4: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday said countdown for next year’s World Cup has begun and promised to continue to provide all possible facilities and support to the...
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PCB boss defends Faisal’s inclusion
KARACHI, April 4: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen Tauqir Zia has “strongly” defended the inclusion of young Faisal Iqbal as 16th player for next week’s Sharjah...
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Youhana, Younis declared fit
KARACHI, April 4: Pakistan leave for Sharjah Friday morning unsure of the fitness of Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana who missed Thursday one-day final with injuries....
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Vincent ruled out of Sharjah
AUCKLAND, April 4: New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent has been ruled out of the Sharjah Cup tri-nation one-day tournament beginning on April 8 and will be replaced by former international Mathew...
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Gopichand causes another upset
TOKYO, April 4: Last year’s All England champion Pulella Gopichand pulled off another upset win Thursday, beating in-form third seed Lin Dan of China on Thursday to seal his place in...
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Ali spurs Model Town
LAHORE, April 4: Muslim Gymkhana and Model Town Gymkhana won their matches in the First Model Town Invitational cricket cup at different grounds Thursday....
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New Zealand in fourth position
LONDON, April 4: New Zealand moved into fourth place in the official ICC Test Championship standings after beating England by 78 runs in the third and final Test in Auckland...
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Imtiaz hospitalized
ISLAMABAD, April 4: Former Pakistan Test captain Imtiaz Ahmed, who was operated upon in a local hospital Tuesday, is said to be recovering fine....
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Zaheer’s mother passes away
KARACHI, April 4: Kaniz Fatima, mother of Pakistan’s former cricket Captain Zaheer Abbas, died here Thursday....
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