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October 5, 2003 Sunday Sha’aban 8, 1424 Woods breaks par to take 4-shot lead after second round WOODSTOCK (Georgia), Oct 4: Tiger Woods charged into a five-shot lead after the second round of the WGC-American Express Championship with a four-under-par 66 on Friday.... Grosjean sets final date with Schuettler TOKYO, Oct 4: Rainer Schuettler will play Sebastien Grosjean in the men’s final of the $860,000 Japan Open after the top two seeds won their semifinals in very different circumstances on... Top seed Nicol outclasses Beachhill LONDON, Oct 4: Top seed England’s Peter Nicol justified his ranking when he swept into the semifinals of the British Open with a straight games victory over countryman Lee Beachhill on... World Cup fails to attract stars LONDON, Oct 4: This year’s World Cup of Golf two-man team competition has managed to attract only four of the game’s top 20 players because of its tight scheduling, organisers have... Gupta and Shokeen lift doubles crown ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Nungnudda Wannasuk of Thailand on Saturday stood tall after upsetting her compatriot and top seed Ditthim Punjaporn 7-6, 6-1 to win the ITF girls singles title at the... Amateur golf on Oct 18-19 KARACHI, Oct 4: The Faysal Bank Amateur Golf tournament will be played at D.H.A. Country and Golf Club, on Oct 18-19, it was announced on Saturday.... Arsenal stay one point clear with win at Liverpool LONDON, Oct 4: France’s Robert Pires struck a 68th-minute winner with a curling shot as premier league leaders Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 at Liverpool on Saturday.... PBF names two teams KARACHI, Oct 4: Pakistan Boxing federation (PBF) on Saturday announced its two team for the forthcoming Green Hill Cup boxing tournament to be organized here from Oct 8.... Radcliffe wins half-marathon VILAMOURA (Portugal), Oct 4: Britain’s Paula Radcliffe won the women’s world half-marathon title for the third time on Saturday, clocking 67 minutes 35 seconds.... Malaysia sack German coach Lissek KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4: Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) bowed to pressure from several quarters and sacked its national coach, Paul Lissek.... Ex-Olympians to play in PHF series KARACHI, Oct 4: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) hockey series involving some former Olympians and internationals will be played here at UBL Sports Complex on Sunday at 4.00 p.m.... Rashid Jr quits as Pakistan manager LAHORE, Oct 4: Pakistan hockey has once again plunged into turmoil after team manager Abdul Rashid Junior quit following a 4-2 humiliation against India at Asia Cup final.... Punters out of pocket after jockey’s howler PARIS, Oct 4: Four-time former French champion Thierry Jarnet had a disastrous start to Arc weekend when throwing away certain victory on the favourite in a Group Two race at Longchamp... England injury scare as Owen limps off LIVERPOOL (England), Oct 4: England striker Michael Owen limped out of Liverpool’s 2-1 Premier League defeat by Arsenal on Saturday, just seven days before the national team’s decisive Euro 2004 qualifier... Shahid’s late strike puts PTCL in final KARACHI, Oct 4: Shahid Ahmad produced a dazzling overtime goal to propel PTCL into the final after hard fourth victory over Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) in the President PFF Cup football... Perfect Smile and Lady’s Love should triumph KARACHI, Oct 4: Form horses should have upper hand at the Karachi Summer Gymkhana races which will be held today (Sunday). The first race will begin at 1 pm.... S. Africa sweat over fitness of Gibbs LAHORE, Oct 4: The availability of South African attacking opener Hereschelle Herman Gibbs for the second one-day game against Pakistan will be confirmed just before the start of the match on Sunday.... Miandad criticizes Aamir Sohail LAHORE, Oct 4: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad, who has come under fire from chief selector Aamir Sohail, has asked for a meeting with the national board chairman.... Waugh targets India tour next year MELBOURNE, Oct 4: Australia Test captain Steve Waugh, the sport’s most-capped player, has hinted he will retire in the next 12 months after a final attempt at winning a series in... McGrath doubtful for first Test MELBOURNE, Oct 4: Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath is doubtful for next week’s first Test against Zimbabwe after struggling to regain full fitness following ankle surgery.... Chopra named in Indian Test squad RAJKOT, Oct 4: Opener Akash Chopra was on Saturday named in the Indian team for the first Test against New Zealand to be played at Ahmedabad from Wednesday.... Iraq to take part in Paris wrestling PARIS, Oct 4: The three Iraqi wrestlers arrived late, tired and overweight... but at least they came.... Former Test stars praise Wasim Bari LAHORE, Oct 4: Cricket greats heaped praise on former Pakistani captain and wicket-keeper Wasim Bari on his testimonial match here on Friday.... Sledging part of modern day game: Ganguly NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Saturday played down the controversy surrounding sledging in cricket and said Indians have also realised that it was a way of rattling... KCCA’s peaceful protest against PCB’s policies KARACHI, Oct 4: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) staged a peaceful three-hour demonstration to express its anguish over Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s discrimination against the talented cricketers of the country’s... New Zealand struggle against India ‘A’ RAJKOT (India), Oct 4: Left-hander Hemang Badani notched up a century for India ‘A’ as New Zealand’s reputation suffered a few dents on the concluding day of a three-day tour game...

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