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Chambers & Thanou the fastestMUNICH, AUG. 8.Britain's Dwain Chambers collected his first major international title on Wednesday, overcoming cold, wet weather and three false starts to clinch the men's 100 metres in 9.96 seconds at the European athletics championship. ... Controversy hits Sri Lankan team COLOMBO, AUG. 8. China has not entered its best, but Japan has shown more than an ordinary interest. India is pinning its hopes on the Asiad through a Government-backed training stint in Ukraine and Belarus. The Sri Lankans are not only busy ... 
Colourful opening ceremonyCOLOMBO, AUG. 8. The Sugathadasa Stadium was packed to capacity as the 14th edition of the Asian athletic championships was declared open by the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Thursday. A spectacular fireworks display ... Basketball 
Smooth sailing for IOBCHENNAI, AUG. 8. Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai, defeated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Dehradun, 82-60 in the quarterfinals of the Ace IOB-Magnolia Trophy All-India men's basketball tournament at the Montfort indoor stadium, Santhome, here on ... Chess Rameh gets second GM norm TORQUAY, AUG. 8. International Master R.B. Ramesh got his second GM norm with an emphatic win over compatriot GM Abhijit Kunte, while International Women Master S. Meenakshi obtained both IM norms as well as a WGM norm by drawing against Mark ... Cricket 
Sehwag shows what he is capable ofTRENT BRIDGE, AUG 8.When the umpires pulled out their light metres fifteen overs after tea, it became almost certain that the last ball had been bowled on the first day of the npower second Test with India's first innings score at 210 for four ... Court restrains BCCI MUMBAI, AUG 8. The Board of Control for Cricket in India's special general meeting, convened on Thursday with a view to bringing about changes in the constitution to tackle the problem of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh (three bifurcated ... Football Golf Yusuf Ali hogs the limelight BANGALORE, AUG. 8. Yusuf Ali, the Kolkata based professional put in a command performance on the second day of the Hero Honda Open South golf tournament to join two of the first day's front runners in the lead. Carding a superb five under 67, ... Irina leads by four strokes NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. Top-ranked Irina Brar, despite struggling to break par, led by four strokes at the midway stage of the National team selection trials for the Women's World amateur golf championship to be held in Malaysia later this ... Hockey Dilip Tirkey to lead Indian team BANGALORE, AUG. 8. The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) selection committee comprising Aslam Sher Khan, Jalalluddin and Iqbaljit Singh alongwith president K.P.S. Gill and secretary Jyothikumaran sprung no surprises in the selection of the Indian ... Sports : General 
Sport DigestCHESS: JERUSALEM: The world's reigning chess champion, Garry Kasparov (in picture), announced that he would checkmate Junior, an Israeli-born chess computer programme, in a battle of man versus machine in Jerusalem in ... Table Tennis 
Petroleum, Railways women in title clashNEW DELHI, AUG. 8. Four members of the travel-weary Indian team crashed to surprise defeats even as their teams prevailed on an action-filled second day of the 32nd All India inter-institutional table tennis championship at the NDMC Indoor ... Soumyadeep, Mouma get top billing NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. National champions, Soumyadeep Roy and Mouma Das (both from Petroleum), head the men's and women's seedings, respectively, in the open events of the 32nd inter-institutional table tennis championship which begins at the NDMC ... Weightlifting I am innocent, says Satheesha Rai BANGALORE, AUG. 8.``I am innocent,'' pleaded Satheesha Rai, the ace Indian weightlifter who won two gold and a bronze at the recently concluded Manchester Commonwealth Games only to be stripped of the medals for `positive dope test'. The ... 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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