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February 7, 2003 Friday Zul Hijjah 5,1423 Sohail hat trick helps Wapda lift trophy KARACHI, Feb 6: Sohail Abbas poached a dazzling hat trick to help Wapda become the new champions after a thrilling 3-2 triumph over Habib Bank (HBL) in the 50th national hockey championship on Thursday.... PCB should set standards for academies: Jalaluddin KARACHI, Feb 6: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should set some sort of standards for running of private coaching academies, former Test medium-pacer Jalaluddin said.... Nielsen faces Aqeel in opening singles HAMILTON (New Zealand), Feb 6: New Zealand No. 1 Mark Nielsen will face Pakistan No. 2 Aqeel Khan in the opening singles of the Asia-Oceania first-round Davis Cup match beginning on... Israeli-Pakistani scoop award LONDON, Feb 6: Israel’s Amir Hadad and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi scooped a humanitarian award for their on-court tennis partnership on Thursday.... Jamali lifts ban on athletes employment KARACHI, Feb 6: Athletes rejoiced on Thursday as Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali lifted the ban on their employment in departments and pledged to accept the demands by the PHF... Irfan and Hasan slam centuries KARACHI, Feb 6: Sparkling match-winning centuries by Irfan Ali and Hasan Naqvi were the highlights of matches played in the Abdul Quddoos Sheikh Multinational Cricket Tournament here on Wednesday.... Pakistan whitewash Hong Kong and Kuwait ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Top seeds Pakistan cruised into the quarterfinals of the Nokia 11th Asian Junior Squash Championship walloping Hong Kong and Kuwait Thursday as the team events got under way... Intikhab tackles Hashar in final LAHORE, Feb 6: Top seed Hashar Bashir (Lahore) and second seed Intikhab Akram (New Khan) entered the final of the National Junior Under-19 Badminton Championship boys’ singles at the New Hall... Venkataraghavan, Harper to officiate in opener KARACHI, Feb 6: Umpires Daryl Harper of Australia and Indian Srinivas Venkataraghavan will officiate in the opening encounter of the 2003 World Cup between hosts South Africa and two-time former champions... South Africa’s factbox Group B (with New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kenya, Canada)... Australia and Asia rule the world LONDON, Feb 6: This is the second and last part of World Cup history, covering the tournaments played from 1987 to 1999:... Hooper stars in Windies victory KIMBERLEY (South Africa), Feb 6: Captain Carl Hooper smashed an unbeaten 100 as West Indies crushed South African province Griqualand West by 142 runs in a World Cup warm-up match on... Pen-sketches of South Africa World Cup squad CAPE TOWN, Feb 6: Following are the pen-sketches of South Africa World Cup squad:... PIA make flying start as Yasir hits century KARACHI, Feb 6: A superb century by Yasir Hameed laid the foundation of a formidable total by PIA on the first day against Rawalpindi in the second semifinal of Quaid-i-Azam... KRL enter final KARACHI, Feb 6: Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) qualified for the final of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship after scoring a crushing 10-wicket victory over Faisalabad at National Stadium here on Thursday.... Pakistan crash to defeat in last warm-up match BENONI (South Africa), Feb 6: Shahid Afridi’s run-a-ball 46 could not prevent Pakistan crashing to a 26-run defeat by South African province Easterns in their final World Cup warm-up match on... Indians beaten by KwaZulu Natal DURBAN (South Africa), Feb 6: Virender Sehwag was the lone success in India’s top order as his team slipped to a 32-run defeat by South African province KwaZulu Natal in a... New hope for Samuels ST JOHN’S (Antigua), Feb 6: Stricken batsman Marlon Samuels, who just two weeks ago faced the prospect of missing out on the World Cup through injury, may be handed a reprieve.... Australia’s factbox Group A (with Pakistan, India, England, Zimbabwe, Holland, Namibia)... ‘Let players take centre stage’ JOHANNESBURG, Feb 6: World Cup executive director Ali Bacher has called for cricket players to replace politicians and administrators in the spotlight just two days before the start of the controversy-plagued... Saeed keen to play in Aussie tie JOHANNESBURG, Feb 6: Veteran Pakistani opener Saeed Anwar, laid low by a Shoaib Akhtar missile, said on Thursday he was desperate to play in his team’s World Cup opener against defending... Cairns may yet bowl, says NZ skipper Fleming SOWETO (South Africa), Feb 6: New Zealand’s Chris Cairns may yet bowl in the World Cup, despite an injury the all rounder said this week would prevent him turning his arm... All-rounder White gives England fitness boost EAST LONDON (South Africa), Feb 6: All-rounder Craig White gave England hope he might be fit for the World Cup by bowling a complete 10-over spell during the team’s final warm-up... Pen-sketches of Australia World Cup squad SYDNEY, Feb 6: Following are the pen-sketches of Australia World Cup squad:...

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