DAWN - Sport; July 28, 2002

Low Graphics Site


July 28, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 17,1423

Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)

Shabbir surges into four-stroke lead KARACHI, July 27: Shabbir Iqbal shot a one-under 71 in the third round of the CNS golf championship to extend his lead to four strokes at the Karachi Golf Course Saturday....		Record-breaking Hayes, Funk share halfway lead SILVIS (Illinois), July 27: J.P. Hayes fired a course-record 10-under-par 61 Friday to join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of the John Deere Classic....

Pakistan lacks vision despite FIFA’s grants KARACHI, July 27: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has cleared the accounts audit test, the rot still eats into the management of sport because of mismanagement....		Allround display by Sami helps Dawn lift trophy KARACHI, July 27: Dawn clinched the second NBP inter-media cricket tournament when they defeated Jang by five wickets with one ball to spare after a nail-biting finish at the National Stadium...

Hampshire deducted eight points for poor pitch LONDON, July 27: English county side Hampshire were deducted eight championship points by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Saturday for providing a sub-standard pitch in their loss to Lancashire....		Imran and Naseem book slots in semis ISLAMABAD, July 27: Under-19 players Imran Mohib and Naseem Tehkali booked their berths in the semifinals of the 6th Hashim Khan National Junior Championship Saturday in Wah but both were made...

Johar guides Asif Memorial to victory ISLAMABAD, July 27: Johar Ali scored a polished half century Saturday to guide Asif Memorial to a four wicket victory over Noorpur in the Islamabad Cricket Association Knockout Tournament....		KCCA to approach PCB for three teams KARACHI, July 27: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) decided Saturday to approach Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, and plead inclusion of a third team from the...

Penalties decide two ties LAHORE, July 27: Three more matches were decided in the Lahore city district inter-club football tournament at the Iqbal Park grounds Saturday....		Royal Falcon best bet for today KARACHI, July 27: An intriguing card of seven races has been drawn for the Karachi Summer Meeting which will be held at the local turf today (Sunday). The first race will...

Agassi outclasses sluggish Kuerten LOS ANGELES, July 27: Defending champ Andre Agassi advanced to the semifinals of the 400,000 Los Angeles ATP event, beating Brazil’s Gustavo Kuerten 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-4 Friday....		Davenport, Venus in semifinals PALO ALTO (California), July 27: Top seed Venus Williams overcame some stubborn resistance from Anna Kournikova to forge out a 6-3 6-4 victory in their quarter-final match at the Bank of...

Sebastian stars for KGA Gym KARACHI, July 27: A match winning knock of 61 not out by left-hander Victor Sebastion enabled KGA Gymkhana to defeat Karachi CC by 37 runs in the Liaquatabad Super Cup cricket...		Murali in hot waters COLOMBO, July 27: Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is to face a disciplinary inquiry following comments he made in a recent TV interview....

Small but competitive card LAHORE, July 27: A small but competitive card of five events will be competed when the Lahore Gymkhana races gets underway at the Racecourse Sunday....		Indian duo grab Games first gold BISLEY (England), July 27: Indian pair Abhinav Bindra and Sameer Ambekar clinched their country’s first medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games when they won the Men’s 10m Air Rifle pairs event...

Australia rout Kiwis by tennis score MANCHESTER, July 27: Australia’s men’s hockey team began the defence of their Commonwealth Games title by coming from behind to rout New Zealand 6-1 here on Saturday....		Farrukh goes down fighting MANCHESTER, July 27: Pakistan’s Farrukh Zaman went down fighting against Canadian Graham Ryding 3-2 in the second round squash conest at the Commonwealth Games Saturday....

Golden Talel leads home Kenyan double MANCHESTER, July 27: Kenya’s Wilberforce Talel led a Kenyan 1-2 in the first track final at the Commonwealth Games on Friday as he won a thrilling mens’ 10,000m in a Games...		Michael leads all-Schumacher pole position HOCKENHEIM (Germany), July 27: The Schumacher brothers will start Sunday’s German Grand Prix on the front row after Ferrari’s world champion Michael secured pole position in front of his home fans....

Sajid’s late header gives Mohammadan narrow win KARACHI, July 27: Mohammad Sajid’s second half header gave Hazara Mohammadan a narrow 1-0 victory over National Bank of Pakistan in the All-Pakistan invitation football tournament at Baloch Mujahid Stadium Saturday....		Armstrong celebrates fourth victory MACON (France), July 27: Lance Armstrong celebrated his imminent fourth victory in the Tour de France with a last show of strength in the final 50-kilometre time trial of the race...

Shaukat beaten MANCHESTER, July 27: Pakistan’s heavyweight Shaukat Ali was defeated in the Commonwealth Games preliminary bout by England’s David Haye after referee stopped the fight Friday....		Zeenat falls at first hurdle MANCHESTER, July 27: Pakistan’s Zeenat Parveen failed to qualify in Commonwealth Games women’s shot put event Saturday....