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| May 19, 2002 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1423 |
Disputed penalty earns Denmark victory against Cameroon
 COPENHAGEN, May 18: A disputed penalty secured Denmark’s 2-1 win over African champions Cameroon in their World Cup warm-up match in Copenhagen Friday......
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Karachi Green emerge champions
KARACHI, May 18: Karachi Green were declared the Fifth Sindh School Games champions picking up 12 gold medals in the four-day meet which ended on Saturday evening at the National Sports...
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Fredericks clocks season’s best
NAIROBI, May 18: Namibia’s four-times Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks ran a wind-assisted fastest 100 metres in the world this season to light up the African Athletics Confederation International Saturday....
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PHF recalls former skipper Ahmad
LAHORE, May 18: Goalkeeper Ahmad Alam has been recalled by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for July’s tour to Spain and Manchester Games....
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Mansoor, Borolosy advance to semifinals
PESHAWAR, May 18:: Top seed Omer El Borolosy of Egypt and second seeded Mansoor Zaman of Pakistan Saturday advanced to the semifinals after registering victories in the quarter- finals of Pakistan...
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Sportscar incentives for Russians
MOSCOW, May 18: Russia’s World Cup players were given an added incentive on Saturday when a Russian oil firm said it would give players Porsche sportscars as rewards for wins....
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High-tech security
TOKYO, May 18: High-tech Japanese military planes will patrol the skies over stadiums and jet fighters will be on standby to prevent any September 11-style attacks targeting the World Cup, a...
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Accident rules out Canizares
JEREZ, May 18: Spain goalkeeper Santiago Canizares is out of the World Cup after a freak accident at the team’s training base in Jerez left him with a severed tendon in...
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Banned for headbutt
SOFIA, May 18: Todor Kolev of Spartak Pleven has been suspended for eight matches for headbutting an opponent during a Premier League match against Spartak Varna Thursday, the Bulgarian Football Union...
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Police on look out for English hooligans
BANGKOK, May 18: Police in Thailand, which is emerging as a possible trouble spot before and during the World Cup finals, said Saturday they were on full alert for English soccer...
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Bonus for Croatians
ZAGREB, May 18: Croatia’s World Cup squad will be on a win bonus of more than 195,000 euros per player (180,000 dollars) if they go all the way at this year’s...
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Toledo and Price share midway lead
FORT WORTH (Texas), May 18: Zimbabwe’s Nick Price, who shot a five-under par 65, gained a share of the clubhouse lead in the second round of the rain-delayed MasterCard Colonial lead...
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Baby Face starts off as day’s best
KARACHI, May 18: Baby Face, a four-year-old bay filly from Sinjaab out of Air Hostess, starts off as our day’s best, when the Summer Gymkhana Meeting gets under way at the...
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Blu’s Wendy tipped for second win
LAHORE, May 18: The five-year-old Blu’s Wendy, with an impressive victory and a close second on the trot, looks day’s best, when the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races gets under way at the...
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Britain’s Davis disqualified
HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 18: Britain’s Brian Davis was disqualified from the Deutsche Bank Open for infringing putting rules in the first round, officials said on Saturday....
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Giambi’s grand-slam inspires Yankees to victory
 NEW YORK, May 18: Jason Giambi smacked a grand-slam home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to lead the New York Yankees to a 13-12 victory over the Minnesota...
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Sato stuns Yoddamrong to take WBA crown
 SAITAMA (Japan), May 18: Japanese challenger Osamu Sato knocked out defending champion Yoddamrong Singwangcha of Thailand in the eighth round to take the World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight title here...
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IBF to end experimental scoring
GUANGZHOU, China, May 18: The International Badminton Federation (IBF) said Saturday it will end its experiment with a radical new scoring system and revert back to its former best-of-three up to...
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Perera’s double strike leaves England deep in trouble
 LONDON, May 18: Sri Lanka seamer Ruchira Perera removed Michael Vaughan and Graham Thorpe with consecutive balls to leave England facing the follow-on on the third day of the first Test...
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Safin blasts Robredo, faces Federer in final
 HAMBURG, May 18: Russian Marat Safin blasted his way into the Hamburg Masters final on Saturday when Spain’s Tommy Robredo retired with an ankle injury when trailing the sixth seed 6-2...
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Waqar be named captain for World Cup
Before going through the review below, I would like to draw the attention of the readers to the following two factors....
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Hingis may miss French Open and Wimbledon
ZURICH, May 18: Martina Hingis could miss Wimbledon, as well as the French Open, as the former world number one will need at least two months to recuperate from an operation...
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Windies batting first
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May 18: Indian captain Saurav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bowl first on a well-grassed track in the deciding fifth Test against West Indies at Sabina Park...
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Katich quits WA to play with NSW
PERTH, May 18: Australian Test batsman Simon Katich, who skippered Western Australia most of last season in the Sheffield Shield competition, will play with New South Wales next season, the Western...
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