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June 9, 2002 Sunday Rabi-ul-Awwal 27,1423 Serena grabs French crown PARIS, June 8: Serena Williams traded in her sparkling silver tiara for a second grand slam crown Saturday, eclipsing big sister Venus 7-5 6-3 in the French Open final.... Wasim helps Pakistan win warm-up game BRISBANE, June 8: Evergreen left-arm paceman Wasim Akram finished with 4-24 from seven overs to help Pakistan beat Queensland by 15 runs in a 40-over-a-side warm-up match Saturday.... Fly To The Sky on song for hat trick KARACHI, June 8: Fly To The Sky, a half-bred three-year-old bay filly from Nearest N Dearest out of Get On With U, starts off as our day’s best, when the 10th... Kumble in squad KOLKATA, June 8: Anil Kumble has been named in India’s Test and one-day squads to tour England after recovering from the broken jaw he suffered in the West Indies last month.... Croatians go wild over victory ZAGREB, June 8: Croatians thronged bars and cafes Saturday to celebrate their national team’s momentous 2-1 World Cup victory over three-time winners Italy.... PSF meeting on June 25 ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Annual General Meeting of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) slated for June 25 in Rawalpindi will dispose of a heavy agenda that includes selection of teams for... Butcher in, Cork out for third Test LONDON, June 8: England reduced their squad for the third and final Test against Sri Lanka starting next Thursday from 14 to 13 players, dropping swing bowler Dominic Cork Saturday.... Hot Spell favourite LAHORE, June 8: Bay mare Hot Spell, who is unbeaten with four victories in a row , will be on the trot to make it for the fifth time when the... Brawl leaves one dead LONDON, June 8: Drunken brawls between English supporters celebrating their team’s World Cup victory over arch-rival Argentina left one person dead while at least 10 people were arrested, police said Saturday.... English media has field day LONDON, June 8: Huge photographs of captain David Beckham adorned every newspaper and British headline writers had a field day on Saturday after England’s 1-0 “Svengeance” victory over Argentina.... Nine arrested as police crackdown on illegal bets HONG KONG, June 8: Hong Kong police detained nine men Saturday for allegedly accepting 9.3 million Hong Kong dollars (1.2 million US dollars) worth of illegal bets on the soccer World... England had to win one day: Maradona HAVANA, June 8: Diego Maradona accepted England’s 1-0 World Cup victory over Argentina philosophically on Friday, saying defeat had to come one day.... Beckham says Simone tried to distract him SAPPORO (Japan), June 8: England captain David Beckham said Argentina’s Diego Simeone, his nemesis in the 1998 World Cup, had tried to distract him when he was preparing to take the... Chinese look to future BEIJING, June 8: Football fans here accepted China’s 4-0 World Cup defeat to perennial favorites Brazil Saturday, although there was still some discontent over the side’s two losses in the tournament.... Brazil give soccer lesson to China SEOGWIPO (South Korea), June 8: Four-time champions Brazil dished out a World Cup masterclass to tournament debutants China here Saturday, turning on the style in a 4-0 thrashing.... Brazil yet to qualify, China yet to exit SEOGWIPO (South Korea), June 8: Despite winning both their first two matches, Brazil are still not certain of making it into the last 16 of the World Cup. Likewise, China are... Saudi captain hospitalized MIYAGI, June 8: Saudi Arabia captain Sami Al-Jaber was rushed to hospital Saturday with acute appendicitis on Saturday, a spokesman for the team said.... France, Argentina in elimination zone SAPPORO (Japan), June 8: World champions France and Argentina, the team widely tipped to succeed them, have made hugely unconvincing starts to the World Cup finals, leaving both teams in danger... Italy blame linesman for shock defeat IBARAKI (Japan), June 8: Two late goals in four minutes gave Croatia a surprise 2-1 win over Italy Saturday — but the Italians were convinced they were robbed of victory by having two goals disallowed.... Fluke goal shows Slovenia the door DAEGU (South Korea), June 8: Siyabonga Nomvethe’s fluke goal gave South Africa their first World Cup finals win on Saturday, a 1-0 victory over Slovenia that completed a disastrous week for the European side by knocking them out of the tournament.... Bust-up blamed for exit LJUBLJANA, June 8: Slovenians have blamed the bust-up between star player Zlatko Zahovic and coach Srecko Katanec for their early exit.... Italy may appeal IBARAKI, June 8: The head of Italy’s World Cup delegation, Raffaele Ranucci, said the Italian Football Federation may consider a complaint to FIFA about two disallowed goals in Italy’s 2-1 World... Anti-US protests planned by students SEOUL, June 8: Tens of thousands of police will be on high alert in South Korea’s capital Seoul and at the venue of Taegu on Monday to head off possible protests... It was not a penalty: Beckenbauer MIYAZAKI, June 8: David Beckham’s penalty that gave England a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Friday was no penalty, Franz Beckenbauer said....

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