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October 26, 2003 Sunday Sha’aban 29, 1424 France, Wales in quarterfinals: Record romp for Australia SYDNEY, Oct 25: France and Wales grabbed World Cup quarterfinals spots Saturday, while Australia all but made sure of reaching... France stun England, meet favourites Australia in final: Pakistan finishes ninth Vienna, Oct 25: England stood within a point of reaching Men’s World Squash Team Championship final in Vienna as Lee Beachill advanced to 7-1 in fifth game of a deciding second... Singh leads as Woods ties cut record LAKE BUENA VISTA (Florida), Oct 25: Tiger Woods on Friday made his 113th consecutive cut on the PGA Tour, matching the great Byron Nelson’s 54-year-old record.... Baseball team for Japan to compete in Asia Cup LAHORE, Oct 25: A 30-member Pakistan squad will take  part  in the  Asia Cup baseball championship to be held at Sapparo,  Japan from Oct 31 to Nov 7.... Outstanding performance by Kosheela KARACHI, Oct 25: St. Joseph’s Kosheela Sano emerged as the outstanding athelete of the Karachi University Inter-Collegiate athletics girls championship which was held at Karachi University Campus on Friday.... KBA to launch junior event KARACHI, Oct 25: Karachi Bridge Association (KBA) is launching junior championship from early next year and will award scholarships to the top team, secretary KBA Shakeel Chandna said on Saturday.... Ehtesham emerges as new leader RAWALPINDI, Oct 25: Wng Cdr Ehtesham of the Rawalpindi Golf Club (RGC) on Saturday took over the leaderboard in the net competition from overnight leader Vaqas Ahmed carding an aggregate of... School students for Lucknow KARACHI, Oct 25: Thirty students and five teachers of Foundation Public School, Karachi are leaving for India, today as ambassadors of peace to participate in an International Sports Exspo meet to... Usman, Anoosha bag titles ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: M. Usman claimed the under-16 crown in the Ufone Juniors Tournament on Saturday scoring an easy victory over Naumanul Haq at the Islamabad Tennis Academy. Usman walloped Nauman... PUTD triumph LAHORE, Oct 25: Punjab University Teaching Department (PUTD) won the university’s Inter-collegiate women table tennis championship,  beating  Government Ibn  Ameer  College,  Jalalpur Jattan in the final 3-0 here on Friday.... Fulham crush United as Chelsea go top LONDON, Oct 25: Fulham stunned Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford in the English Premier League on Saturday, a result which allowed Fulham’s arch-rivals Chelsea to take over top spot in... Trillion Winner tipped for feature event KARACHI, Oct 25: Nawroz Ali J. Bhamani Memorial Cup to be run over six furlongs will be the main attraction of the Karachi Winter Gymkhana races which will be held on... Naseeb fancied to win Gulberg Cup LAHORE, Oct 25: Three-year-old bay colt Naseeb, should make amends by winning the Gulberg Cup, featuring the card of eight events during the Lahore Winter Meeting to be held on Sunday.... Ijaz named HBL skipper KARACHI, Oct 25: Former Test batsman Ijaz Ahmed has been named to lead Habib Bank Limited (HBL) in qualifying rounds of Patrons Trophy beginning from Oct 27.... Richards calls for separate Test, ODI sides KINGSTON (Jamaica), Oct 25: Sir Vivian Richards, chairman of West Indies selection committee, has called on Windies Cricket Board to select different sides for Tests and limited-overs internationals to prevent player... Qamar ousts Kenyan champion HYDERABAD (India), Oct 25: Commonwealth light flyweight champion Mohammed Ali Qamar ousted Kenyan Olympian Bilali Sulaman Wanjau in the preliminaries Saturday as India opened the Afro-Asian Games boxing competition with two... Court rejects Jadeja’s plea NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Delhi High Court on Saturday virtually rejected Ajay Jadeja’s plea for permission to take part in an international cricket tournament in Hong Kong next month even as... Sena to oppose Pakistan-India matches New Delhi, Oct 25: Taking a cue from Hindu extremist organization Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray’s response to Indian Prime Minister’s latest peace initiative with Pakistan, Sena’s northern region chief... Top Kuwaiti official backs Indian bid HYDERABAD (India), Oct 25: Senior world sports officials on Saturday backed New Delhi’s bid to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, saying India has demonstrated it is capable of staging the event.... Nalbandian humbles Roddick BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 25: Defending champion David Nalbandian beat top seed Andy Roddick 7-5 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals on Saturday to set up an all-Argentine final with Guillermo Coria.... Imran’s century puts Pakistan in driving seat FAISALABAD, Oct 25: Left handed opener Imran Farhat hit an imperious hundred as Pakistan dominated South Africa on the second day of the second and final Test at Iqbal Stadium here... Saleh falters at last hurdle KARACHI, Oct 25: Pakistan’s Saleh Muhammad faltered at the last hurdle as Pankaj Advani became the first Indian to win the the world snooker championship with a convincing 11-6 victory in... Inter-departmental qualifiers schedule LAHORE, Oct 25: The inter-department cricket qualifying round for 2003-04 commences from Monday.... Vaughan guides England home DHAKA, Oct 25: England won the first Test on Saturday by seven wickets on the fifth and final day after a half century by Michael Vaughan condemned Bangladesh to a 24th... Young duo want to make slot their own FAISALABAD, Oct 25: Pakistan’s new left-handed opening pair Taufiq Umar and Imran Farhat — who have produced three successive century stands against South Africa — believe they can resolve Pakistan’s long... Three Tests, seven ODIs proposed against India FAISALABAD, Oct 25: Pakistan has proposed playing three Tests and seven One-day Internationals against India once the two countries recommence sporting ties, an event expected early next year, an official said... Pakistan qualify for semis HYDERABAD (India), Oct 25: Pakistan defeated Egypt 3-1 on Saturday to secure a semifinal berth at the Afro-Asian Games hockey tournament.... Afghanistan offers Rashid coaching job FAISALABAD, Oct 25: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has been asked by the Afghanistan Cricket Federation to coach their junior team in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) trophy early next year... PCB announces Asian Cup U-19 officials KARACHI, Oct 25: Former Test left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim has been appointed chairman of Technical Committee (TC) of Asian Under-19 Cup tournament which goes into action at Lahore and Karachi from... India to target weakened Aussie attack GWALIOR (India), Oct 25: India are seeking to capitalise on a weakened Australia bowling attack as they aim to put their crushing World Cup final defeat behind them in a one-day...

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