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April 27, 2003 Sunday Safar 24, 1424 SA Laser Lass well-placed to land feature event LAHORE, April 26: Laser Lass, a three-year-old chestnut English filly, owned by Khawaja M. Arif, seems well-placed in the handicap to win the Attock Oil Petroleum Limited Cup during extra Lahore Winter... Bolton dent Arsenal’s title hopes LONDON, April 26: Arsenal’s title hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow on Saturday when they squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at relegation strugglers Bolton Wanderers.... Shah Khan on course for hat trick KARACHI, April 25: Shah Khan, a bay four-year-old bay colt, is on song to complete a hat trick, when the Summer Gymkhana Meeting gets under way at the Karachi Racecourse on... Arizona pitcher banned NEW YORK, April 26: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Miguel Batista was suspended for 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount for inciting a bench-clearing brawl by throwing a ball at the head... Shahbana declared best athlete PESHAWAR, April 26: Pakistan’s International Athlete was declared best athlete of 2003 after securing 36 individual points in the Inter-College (Degree) Women athletic meet held at University campus here on Saturday.... Larios retains crown TOKYO, April 26: Oscar Larios fought through the pain of a broken jaw to retain his World Boxing Council super bantamweight title with a gritty unanimous points victory over Japan’s Shigeru... Unseeded Ahsan topples Wajid KARACHI, April 26: Unseeded Ahsan Qamar, caused quite a sensation in the semi-finals of the men’s singles Ranking badminton tournament by sending the three time national champion Wajid Ali... Kaleem elected new PSF president RAWALPINDI, April 26: Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat was on Saturday elected as the new president of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) at its Extra Ordinary General Council meeting.... Favourite Ebdon flushes out Drago SHEFFIELD (England), April 26: Holder Peter Ebdon moved into the quarterfinals of the World Snooker Championship with a 13-5 win over Malta’s Tony Drago after a row over how long he... Sailing trials later this year KARACHI, April 26: Pakistan will hold new trials to select their squad for the Asian Sailing Championship later this year following the postponement of the event because of the Severe Acute... Six matches end in draw LAHORE, April 26: Eight more matches were decided in the third Punjab Under-16 Inter-District football championship at Sports Stadium, Sargodha on Saturday. Sargodha defeated Lodhra 1-0.... Salman dazzles LAHORE, April 26: Fine batting by Salman 90 helped Griffen Club beat Single Shop by four wickets in the fourth DSW Gold Cup Cricket Tournament at the Moghalpura Greens Ground on Saturday.... PBF officials restrained LAHORE, April 26: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar has suspended the results of elections of the Pakistan Badminton Federation conducted by the Pakistan Sports Board at Islamabad on... Contrasting wins RAWALPINDI, April 26: Afghan and Satellite Clubs scored contrasting victories on Saturday in the 2nd All-Pakistan Anti Narcotics Force Hockey Tournament.... PTCL triumph LAHORE, April 26: Two goals by International Adeel Ahmed helped Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) to beat Police 2-0 in the 46th national football championship at Bannu on Saturday.... Kuehne shoots record 64 to share Houston lead HUMBLE (Texas), April 26: Hank Kuehne shot a course record eight-under-par 64 in near darkness to join Mark Calcavecchia and Fred Couples in a share of the second-round lead at the... Agassi advances but Blake falls HOUSTON (Texas), April 25: Andre Agassi continued to roll, but fellow American James Blake wasted an early advantage Friday and fell to French qualifier Olivier Mutis in the quarterfinals of the... Skipper Fleming’s career-best leaves Lankans struggling COLOMBO, April 26: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming hit a career-best 274 not out to lead the tourists to a commanding position in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here... Miandad yet to sign contract LAHORE, April 26: Pakistan cricket team coach Javed Miandad said on Saturday that he has neither signed a contract with the Pakistan  Cricket  Board (PCB) nor sought any demand to  the board before taking up his... PCB chief warns Shoaib KARACHI, April 26: Pakistan’s controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been warned his international career could be over unless he improves his behaviour.... Zeeshan and Masood slam fine fifties ISLAMABAD, April 26: Half centuries by Zeeshan Shah and Muhammad Masood helped Al-Muslim easily defeat Classic by six wickets in the ICA-PTV League Cricket Championship on Saturday.... Scots wait for Indian ace Dravid LONDON, April 26: Scotland are confident that Indian batsman Rahul Dravid will be playing for them by June 1, the team skipper said on Saturday.... West Indies recall Gayle to face Australians in third Test ST JOHN’S (Antigua), April 26: The West Indies selectors on Friday named a 14-man squad for the third Test against Australia starting at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados from Thursday.... Karachi South dominates KARACHI, April 26: Karachi South dominated the opening day of All-Sindh cadet and junior boxing championship which started on Friday in Tando Jam.... Tauqir lost passion for game after Cup debacle KARACHI, April 26: Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, admitted on Saturday that he lost the passion for the game after Pakistan’s recent World Cup debacle.... Test cricketer Ghazali passes away KARACHI, April 26: Former Test cricketer Muhammad Ibrahim Ghazali died here Saturday after protracted illness. He was 79 and leaves behind a widow, one daughter and two sons to mourn his... Setback for Collingwood LONDON, April 26: England one-day all-rounder Paul Collingwood is set to be out of action for two months after dislocating a shoulder.... Bangladesh face defeat after record SA stand CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), April 26: Jacques Rudolph bludgeoned a debut double century in a record partnership with Boeta Dippenaar as South Africa took command on the third day of the first Test...

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