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| June 13, 2002 | Thursday | Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1423 |
Spineless display by Waqar’s men
 MELBOURNE, June 12: Adam Gilchrist smashed 56 in an opening stand of 101 as Australia reached their target of 177 against Pakistan with a massive 17.1 overs to spare to win...
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PCB to engage new director
KARACHI, June 12: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will have a new director as early as next month when Brig Munawwar Rana joins a sister organization of army to begin a...
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Depleted squad for Asian Championship
KARACHI, June 12: The Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation (PABF) Wednesday announced a depleted four-member team for the Asian Championship from June 18 in Kuala Lumpur....
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Peshawar High Court summons PSB official
PESHAWAR, June 12: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday summoned the director general of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), Brig Saulat Abbas, in a contempt of court petition charging...
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Pakistan to remain in UK after Games
LAHORE, June 12: The Pakistan hockey team will stay in England instead of returning back home after participating in the Commonwealth Games at Manchester....
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Fancied Royal Prosper lands feature race
LAHORE, June 12: Fancied chestnut filly Royal Prosper made short work of her nine rivals to pick up the spoils in the feature event of the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on...
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Soccer in NWFP suffers due to lack of funds
PESHAWAR, June 12: The NWFP Sports Board has yet to release funds to the NWFP Football Association for the current financial year, leaving the association in difficulties....
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Ski body gets full membership
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Ski Federation of Pakistan (SFP) has been granted full membership by the sport’s international governing body, the FIS....
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RCA league from tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, June 12: The Rawalpindi Cricket Association (RCA) has decided to allow nine new clubs to take part in its summer league starting Friday....
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Spaniards break South African hearts
 TAEJON (South Korea), June 12: South African hearts were broken on Wednesday when they missed out on qualifying for the second round of the World Cup finals for the first time after losing 3-2 to Spain in their final group B match....
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Italy face early elimination
 OITA (Japan), June 12: Italy need to beat Mexico on Thursday to banish the spectre of a humiliating early exit from the World Cup, after a couple of doubtful refereeing decisions...
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Ten-man Paraguay in knock-out stage
 SOGWIPO (South Korea), June 12: Ten-man Paraguay fought their way into the World Cup’s knockout phase with an astonishing comeback, defeating Slovenia 3-1 thanks to a goal six minutes from time by substitute Nelson Cuevas on Wednesday....
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FIFA plans censor of TV replays
SEOUL, June 12: World Cup officials plan to censor television replays on giant screens in stadiums, fearing controversial incidents could spark crowd violence, a spokesman for football’s governing body said Wednesday....
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Official letter led to record yellow and red cards
SEOUL, June 12: Nervous players and referees following official instructions to the letter may have caused a flurry of two red and 12 yellow cards in Tuesday’s Cameroon versus Germany match...
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French media mourns holders early exit
PARIS, June 12: French newspapers indulged in soul-searching on Wednesday after France’s humiliating exit from the World Cup, some mourning the fall of its soccer heroes while others called for coach...
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FIFA denies use of child labour
SEOUL, June 12: FIFA strongly denied on Wednesday that official World Cup balls were produced in sweat-shops in India and Pakistan and accused pressure groups of failing to acknowledge its work...
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Anxious wait for Lemerre
PARIS, June 12: France coach Roger Lemerre is facing an anxious 48-hour wait to see if he will avoid the axe after the reigning champions’ humiliating first-round exit from the World...
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Betting turns bloody
TIRANA, June 12: A despairing Albanian woman slashed her wrists after her soccer-mad husband lost a small fortune betting on Italy, the daily Gazeta Shqiptare reported Wednesday....
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Argentina also sent packing
 MIYAGI (Japan), June 12: Argentina followed champions France out of the World Cup in the second major shock in 24 hours when they drew 1-1 with Sweden in their group F decider Wednesday....
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Blair lauds team performance
LONDON, June 12: British Prime Minister Tony Blair praised England’s “professional performance” on Wednesday which won them a place in the second round of the World Cup....
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England book place in second round
 OSAKA (Japan), June 12: England booked their place in the second round of the World Cup on Wednesday after an indifferent display earned them a 0-0 draw with already eliminated Nigeria in their final match in the Group of Death....
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Nigerian captain to quit
OSAKA (Japan), June 12: Nigeria captain Jay Jay Okocha reckons Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with England will probably be his last international, drawing the curtain on a career that has spanned three...
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Shocked fans turn rowdy
BUENOS AIRES, June 12: Argentine fans rioted Wednesday as an already embattled nation was shocked by the World Cup exit of its beloved football team....
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UAE referee under fire
MIYAGI (Japan), June 12: Magnus Hedman and Henrik Larsson both expressed surprise, but not criticism, of referee Ali Bujsaim’s erratic performance in Wednesday’s dramatic 1-1 draw with Argentina in the final...
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