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April 25, 2002 Thursday Safar 11, 1423 Zidane, McManaman help Real silence Barcelona BARCELONA, April 24: Exquisite goals from Zinedine Zidane and Steve McManaman silenced the Nou Camp crowd Tuesday, as Real Madrid claimed a priceless 2-0 victory over Barcelona in the first leg... LRC Stewards forced to retract earlier order LAHORE, April 24: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards were forced to rescind their order aimed at reducing stake-money to horses placed  first, second and third in the  Lahore Gymkhana races within... Newcastle United seal Champions League spot LONDON, April 24: Newcastle United sealed a place in next season’s Champions League after Alan Shearer struck twice to earn the point they needed with a 2-2 draw against Blackburn Rovers... Pakistan face Maldives today in U-20 qualifiers KARACHI, April 24: Hosts Pakistan face Maldives in the Under-20 Asian football championship group V qualifiers which kicks off at the People’s Sports Complex Thursday at 6.00p.m.... Aussie qualifier shocks Hunter SHEFFIELD (England), April 24: Australian qualifier Quinten Hann produced the shock of the World Snooker Championship so far by knocking out world number nine Paul Hunter Tuesday.... All-Punjab final LAHORE, April 24: Punjab Greens and Punjab Colours entered the final of the All-Pakistan inter-provincial girls school hockey tournament,  winning their respective semifinals at the National Hockey Stadium Wednesday.... Pakistan take unassailable 2-0 lead over New Zealand RAWALPINDI, April 24: Pakistan proved the tag of bad chasers of wrong for the second time in less than seven months when they overhauled New Zealand’s 277 with three wickets and... India pull off dramaticTest victory PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), April 24: Pace trio Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan bowled India to a dramatic 37-run win over West Indies in the second Test at Queen’s Park Oval... Crowd on best behaviour RAWALPINDI, April 24: No tear gas shells were fired, there was no baton charge and there was no hide and seek between the fans and the police as has so often... Former players laud rare triumph NEW DELHI, April 24: Former players were effusive in their praise of India after a rare overseas Test victory over West Indies in Trinidad Tuesday.... Astle’s injury adds to Kiwi misfortunes RAWALPINDI, April 24: Injury-hit New Zealand received another setback Wednesday when their premier batsman Nathan Astle was ruled out of further participation on the current tour.... Winners to represent Pakistan KARACHI, April 24: Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF) is conducting a Federation Open tournament from May 24-26 to select Pakistan team for the Commonwealth Games (CW) being held in Manchester.... ‘India to bid for 2012 Olympics’ NEW DELHI, April 24: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Summer Games with full support from the government, Sports Minister Uma Bharti said Wednesday....