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| September 27, 2003 | Saturday | Rajab 29, 1424 |
Khurram captures Masters crown
 KARACHI, Sept 26: After struggling for nearly an year and half, top seed Khurram Agha won his second successive title with an impressive 7-4 victory over Amit Parwani in the final...
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Moya and Paradorn suffer shock defeats
 BANGKOK, Sept 26: Third seed Carlos Moya was beaten by Finn Jarkko Nieminen and local favourite Paradorn Srichaphan lost to sixth seed Ivan Ljubicic in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open...
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India ready to play Pakistan in Dubai
DUBAI, Sept 26: The statement of Indian Hockey Federation’s secretary K. Jyothikumaran in Kuala that Indian team “might play against Pakistan in a four-nation tournament in December in Dubai, logistics of...
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Riffat slams eight goals
QUETTA, Sept 26: Defending Champion Pakistan Railways, Lahore Colors, Faisalabad, Karachi Whites, Karachi Colors, Quetta Whites, Quetta Colors and Sukkur qualified for the quarterfinals of the 20th women hockey championship 2003....
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Former captains, players flay PTTF
LAHORE, Sept 26: Former national table tennis captains, players, coach and organisers slammed the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) officials for adopting unfair tactics for not holding the elections of the...
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Amir’s goal earns full points for ABL
KARACHI, Sept 26: Amir Khan slammed home a first half winner to help defending champions Allied Bank Limited (ABL) edge past PIA 1-0 in a match marred by protest by national...
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Aisam causes upset
LAHORE, Sept 26: Pakistan’s Aisam Qureshi caused a major upset in the ongoing Asian Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan by toppling the top Uzbek Davis Cupper and former top 100 ATP player...
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Akram and Tahir share first day’s honours
LAHORE, Sept 26: Muhammad Akram (Lahore Gymkhana) and Tahir Naseem (Wapda) carded a five-under-67 each to emerge as joint leaders on first day of the Bank Al falah-Quaid-i-Azam Open Golf Championship...
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Book banned
LONDON, Sept 26: David Beckham’s former employers Manchester United have banned his autobiography, “My Side”, from their club shop, a British newspaper reported on Friday....
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Tour refusal on security grounds, says Smith
CAPE TOWN, Sept 26: South Africa’s initial refusal to tour Pakistan was based only on security concerns, captain Graeme Smith said on Friday....
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Pakistan and India to battle for glory
 India 4 South Korea 2
Pakistan 3 Japan 1
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26: Pakistan played one of their worst matches in the 6th Asia Cup but did enough to beat semifinal opponents Japan 3-1 and qualify for Sunday’s final against rivals India.
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ICC announces officials for S. African series
LAHORE, Sept 26: International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed field, T.V and reserve umpires for the Pakistan and South Africa series of two Tests and five One-day matches to be held from Oct 1 to 28....
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Sponsors warn England not to tour Zimbabwe
LONDON, Sept 26: Lord MacLaurin, chairman of Vodafone, has warned the sponsorship of England cricket team would be “jeopardised” if the squad toured Zimbabwe next year, Guardian newspaper said Friday....
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India turns to Gavaskar for openers problem
KOLKATA, Sept 26: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, the first man to score 10,000 test runs, has been drafted in to search for a quality opening pair in the Indian team....
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Pakistan team capable of putting up stiff fight: Miandad
LAHORE, Sept 26: Javed Miandad on Friday claimed that Pakistan team would not present victory to South Africa on a platter and would put up a strong fight during the five One-day and two...
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S. Africans to arrive on Tuesday
LAHORE, Sept 26: The 15-member South African cricket team with 12 officials will arrive in Lahore on Tuesday at 2a.m instead of Monday for a rescheduled tour of Pakistan during which it will play...
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Waqar unhappy with frequent changes in leadership
LAHORE, Sept 26: Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said on Friday that frequent changes in captaincy was not a good practice and advocated that long term skipper could serve the team...
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Emerging Trophy may lead to resumption of ties
COLOMBO, Sept 26: Youth cricket team officials from India and Pakistan hailed the opportunity to play against each other, and their captains shook hands and posed for photographs at a news...
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Trulli fastest as title contenders hold back
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 26: Formula One’s title contenders held their fire in U.S. Grand Prix free practice on Friday as Italian Jarno Trulli lapped fastest on a wet Indianapolis track....
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Rain disrupts start to Kiwi’s Indian tour
VISAKHAPATNAM (India), Sept 26: New Zealand got off to a rainy start to their tour of India with just 10 overs completed on the first day of their three-day opening match...
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