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Fantastic day for FreemanMANCHESTER, AUG. 1. Cathy Freeman stepped back into the international limelight to capture a gold medal and local hero Darren Campbell got the gold which had remained agonisingly out of his reach during a night of emotional comebacks as the ... Badminton Aparna upsets Permana MANCHESTER, AUG. 1. Aparna Popat upset the top-seeded Lenny Permana of Australia 8-7, 7-4, 7-1 to move into the pre-quarterfinals of the women's section in the Commonwealth Games badminton at the Bolton arena. It was a fine start for Aparna, who ... Basketball Brazil beats Angola in thriller ISTANBUL, AUG. 1. European champion Yugoslavia beat Algeria 99-68 while Turkey defeated China 78-65 as the Efes Pilsen Istanbul World Cup basketball tournament got underway on Wednesday. In the other two games, Brazil overcame Angola 77-72 in ... Chess Humpy joins leaders TORQUAY (ENGLAND), AUG. 1.Fifteen-year-old Grandmaster-in-waiting, Koneru Humpy of India joined the leaders after a thumping victory over James Simpson of England in the third round of the Smith and Williamson British championship here on ... Cricket 
Ganguly laments on the Lord's let-downNEW ROAD (WORCESTER), AUG.1. During winter, for about four months, the New Road venue is waterlogged. It is said water from the Severn River overflows into the ground and rises up to five feet or thereabout. Even the press box is flooded. So it ... Other Stories
Sports : General Squash Power overpowers Nicol MANCHESTER, AUG. 1. Canada's Jonathon Power upset world champion and defending titlist Peter Nicol 9-4, 4-9, 9-3, 9-0 on Wednesday to win the Commonwealth Games squash title. Runner up four years ago, Sarah Fitz-Gerald outplayed former ... Swimming 
Thorpe seeks linguistic challengesMANCHESTER, AUG. 1.Ian Thorpe dominates swimming whereever he competes — and the 19-year-old Australian now wants to speak the languages. Thorpe wants to make up on some classroom time lost to training. ``I get frustrated when I go to ... Judo Gordon takes 90-kg gold MANCHESTER, AUG. 1. England's Winston Gordon overcame early penalties to snatch the Commonwealth Games 90-kg gold with a late surge against Canada's Keith Morgan on Wednesday. Scotland's Graeme Randall won the 81-kg category at the G-Mex ... Table Tennis Raman-Mantu duo advances MANCHESTER, AUG. 1. Barring the duo of S. Raman and Mantu Ghosh, all the other Indian pairs fell by the wayside in the second round of the table tennis mixed doubles event in the 17th Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Raman and Mantu ... Shooting 
Rathore traps goldBISLEY, AUG. 1. He had to get both the birds, and he was the last man at the last station. Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore controlled the pounding heart to nail the birds, and announced his double trap gold by punching the air in sheer joy, at ... Cycling Brad McGee pedals to glory MANCHESTER, AUG. 1. Brad McGee won his third consecutive Commonwealth Games 4,000m individual pursuit title and Ryan Bayley the sprint on Wednesday as Australia continued its dominance of track cycling at Manchester. McGee, who won the seventh ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Entertainment | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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