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May 31, 2002 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 18,1423 Capriati moves on, Henman goes out PARIS, May 30: Defending champion Jennifer Capriati fumbled her way past Amy Frazier 6-4 6-3 and into the French Open third round on Thursday, despite a patchy performance punctuated by unforced... Demand for infrastructure improvement LAHORE, May 30: The Punjab Olympic Association (POA) has urged the provincial government to form a sports ministry and build up and improve the present sports infrastructure to prevent the deteriorating... Pakistan U-16 finish 12th in Davis Cup ISLAMABAD, May 30: A Pakistan Under-16 tennis squad that took part in this month’s Junior Davis Cup in Kuala Lumpur finished 12th out of 17 teams.... Freeman pulls out of C’wealth Games SYDNEY, May 30: Olympic 400 metres champion Cathy Freeman said Thursday she had pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in England to look after her husband who has cancer.... Golden League series PARIS, May 30: Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and American sprinter Marion Jones will contest all seven of this season’s Golden League meetings, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced... Australia destroy India in opener ADELAIDE, May 30: A brilliant solo goal from Robert Hammond in the final minute capped a 4-0 second-half demolition of India, to open Australia’s Four Nations field hockey campaign here Thursday.... Coaches asked to undergo police checks LONDON, May 30: Britain’s 9,000 athletics coaches have been asked if they would be willing to undergo checks to see if they have criminal records, British athletics’ governing body said on... Pakistan to play three one-dayers in England KARACHI, May 30: Pakistan will play a three-match One-day Internationals series in England next May.... Dissolution of Kenyan body rejected NAIROBI, May 30: World cricket chiefs say they will not recognise a decision by the Kenyan government to dissolve the Kenya Cricket Association.... Home series can be reversed: ICC KARACHI, May 30: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday said Pakistan and Australia can reverse the series with mutual consent if the world champions refuse to undertake the tour in October... ACB reprimands Gilchrist MELBOURNE, May 30: Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was formally reprimanded by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) Thursday after suggesting Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan’s bowling action was suspect.... No difference in indoor cricket, says Waqar LAHORE, May 30: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said there was not much difference between Pakistan and Australia as far as indoor cricket was concerned.... Milestone for Stewart as Sri Lanka struggle BIRMINGHAM (England), May 30: Alec Stewart held three catches to complete 200 Test wicketkeeping dismissals as England seized the upper hand against Sri Lanka on the rain-hit opening day of the... Tourists bowled out for 162 BIRMINGHAM (England), May 30: Sri Lanka were all out for 162 in 52.5 overs in their first innings on the opening day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston on... Aussies branded as serial sledgers SYDNEY, May 30: Australian cricketers hit back Thursday after being branded serial sledgers by South African players.... Easy victory for India BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), May 30: Dinesh Mongia hit a spirited 74 as India crushed West Indies by seven wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match limited overs series Wednesday (partly... Co-hosts brace for kick-off SEOUL, May 30: World Cup organisers were putting the finishing touches to plans for the greatest sporting event on earth here Thursday as protests over dog-meat and ticketing emerged.... Maradona ’86 strike voted goal of century SEOUL, May 30: Diego Maradona’s virtuoso second goal scored against England at the 1986 World Cup has been voted the greatest World Cup strike of all time.... Denmark hit by ground bust-up SEOUL, May 30: Much to the annoyance of Denmark coach Morten Olsen, the training ground bust-up between Jesper Gronkjaer and Stig Tofting continued to be the main topic of conversation around... Factfile TOKYO, May 30: Following is a compilation of leading statistics from the World Cup:... Thousands flock to see Italy triumph SENDAI (Japan), May 30: About 20,000 Japanese fans flocked to Italy’s first open World Cup training session on Thursday, most of them clad in the blue colours of Giovanni Trapattoni’s team.... Russians sluggish in victory SHIMIZU (Japan), May 30: Russia boosted their World Cup preparations with a comfortable 3-0 victory over an under-strength Shimizu S-Pulse side on Thursday.... Japan told not to worry about fans TOKYO, May 30: Japan can put aside fears of mass mayhem from as many as 8,000 England fans expected at the World Cup finals, a senior British policeman said on Thursday.... Beckham fit for full game against Sweden HIGASHIURA (Japan), May 30: England captain David Beckham says he is fully fit after injury and will not shirk any tackles against Sweden in the team’s opening World Cup group F... Senegal ready for big night SEOUL, May 30: Senegal refused to let an allegation of a jewellery theft by one of their players spoil Thursday’s final dress rehearsal for the biggest night in their soccer history... France aim for winning start SEOUL, May 30: World champions France will start the defence of their crown deprived of inspirational playmaker Zinedine Zidane but are aiming at nothing less than victory in the opening match...

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