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| May 2, 2002 | Thursday | Safar 18, 1423 |
Leverkusen come from behind to reach final
 LEVERKUSEN (Germany), May 1: Bayer Leverkusen fought back from a goal down to secure a 1-1 home draw with Manchester United Tuesday that sent them through to the final of the...
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Fancied Crysler wins Lahore’s feature event
LAHORE, May 1: Fancied chestnut gelding Crysler coasted home to a narrow win in the feature event of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on May Day....
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Judge and Skating official suspended
LAUSANNE (Switzerland), May 1: Taking a tough line in a case that has tarnished the image of figure skating, the sport’s world governing body suspended the two central figures in the...
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Navy shooters grab five golds
KARACHI, May 1: Pakistan Navy shooters got off to a sterling start as they scooped up five gold medals on the opening day of 12th National Shooting Championship which commenced at...
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Champion quits
LONDON, May 1: Former champion jockey Michael ‘Muis’ Roberts, 47, has retired on the advice of doctors following a severe neck injury last year....
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Defeat a disaster: United captain
MANCHESTER (England), May 1: Manchester United captain Roy Keane described his side’s failure to reach the European Cup final....
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Farhan in run for last-16 slot
KARACHI, May 1: Pakistan Champion Farhan Mirza was still in a run for a place in the 19th Asian Snooker Championship now in progress at Jiangmen City (China) after winning two...
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PIA clinch Aga Khan Gold Cup
RAWALPINDI, May 1: PIA clinched the All-Pakistan Aga Khan Gold Cup hockey tournament at the ARL Naseer Bunda Ground Wednesday with a solitary goal victory over National Bank Whites....
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Victory for Model Town
LAHORE, May 1: Model Town Club defeated Muslim Gymkhana by 47 runs, on home ground in the first Model Town Invitational Cup cricket tournament Wednesday....
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Stevens ousts Higgins to make semifinals
 SHEFFIELD (England), May 1: Matthew Stevens moved into the semifinals of the World Snooker Championship with an impressive 13-7 win over 1998 champion John Higgins Wednesday....
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PCB hopeful of India playing in Jubilee Test
LAHORE, May 1: Pakistan are still hoping against odds that India will travel to Lahore in October to play in the Golden Jubilee Test....
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Inzamam, Imran put Pakistan in command
 LAHORE, May 1: Inzamam-ul-Haq and Imran Nazir punished the mediocre New Zealand bowling with scintillating centuries as Pakistan amassed 355 for four on the opening day of the first cricket Test...
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Two more cricket clubs weeded out
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The scrutiny committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that met here Wednesday for nearly four hours ahead of Thursday’s elections of Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA) has weeded...
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Azhar’s 50 fails to save Surrey
LONDON, May 1: Nottinghamshire’s South Africa-born paceman Greg Smith took three for eight as Midlands rivals Derbyshire were thrashed by 10 wickets Tuesday in a Benson and Hedges Cup match reduced...
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Indians hope to bury nightmare of 1997
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 1: India hope to bury the horrors of 1997 when they clash with the West Indies in the third Test, starting at Kensington Oval here Thursday....
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Slater, Miller dumped as contracted players
MELBOURNE, May 1: Australia dumped eight players including former Test stars Michael Slater and Colin Miller Wednesday when they released a list of 25 contracted players for the next 12 months....
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Freeman still troubled by thigh injury
MELBOURNE, May 1: Australia’s Olympic 400 metres champion Cathy Freeman is struggling in her preparation for the Manchester Commonwealth Games in July and August because of ongoing problems with a thigh...
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Unknown Qualifier Stepanek knocks out Kiefer
 MUNICH, May 1: Nicolas Kiefer of Germany crashed out of the 381,000-dollar Munich Open here Wednesday in a second-round defeat to qualifier Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic....
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