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Cricket
ODI ratings: India slips to eighth position
NEW DELHI, JULY 15.England and West Indies have moved up, Pakistan and India have slid and Australia has extended its lead in the official ODI ratings, according to a press release from the International Cricket Council. After starting the ...
Akram quits county season due to ill-health
LONDON, JULY 15. Ill health forced Pakistan's pace bowler Wasim Akram to quit his Hampshire county contract abruptly, it was announced on Tuesday morning. He has played only five of its eight championship matches and taken 20 wickets. The ...
President's XI takes command
BANGALORE, JULY 15. Robin Uthappa, who is two short of his second century in the KSCA under-19 inter-zone tournament, helped President's XI take command against Mysore in the final that commenced at the Chinnaswamy stadium here on ...
Unbeaten 121 by Meenakshisundaram
MADURAI, JULY 15. An unbeaten century by Meenakshisundaram (121 not out) and a brilliant 84 by Dhanush helped TVS Srichakra Tyres Cricket Club carve out an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Pykara Cricket Club in the IOB-Madurai District Cricket ...
Award for Solanki
LONDON, JULY 15.New batting star Vikram Solanki, who excelled in England's triumphant campaign in the NatWest tri-series, has won the Asian Sports Achievers Award for 2003. The Indian origin Solanki, who hit a brilliant century against South ...


Tennis
Sania is doubles No.1 in the world
NEW DELHI, JULY 15. It took its time in coming, but the official status of being the No.1 junior girls doubles player in the world, has at last been bestowed on the Wimbledon champion Sania Mirza. The reduction of the draw size from 32 to 16 ...
Injuries mark first round of Dutch Open
AMERSFOORT, (NETHERLANDS) JULY 15Zeljko Krajan of Croatia suffered a shoulder injury and Georgia's Irakli Labadze hurt his wrist, forcing both players to forfeit their singles matches on Monday in the first round of the $ 400,000) Dutch Open. ...


Hockey
Michael ruled out of Champions Trophy
BAROG, JULY 15 Misfortune struck talented forward Sandeep Michael today when he was ruled out of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Amstelveen next month after being diagnosed with viral hepatitis. Michael, who played a crucial role in ...
IHF Juniors sails into semifinals
CHENNAI, JULY 15. Shrugging off the painfully noticeable lethargy in the earlier matches, the IHF Juniors displayed a note of aggression and athleticism in their approach to record a convincing victory against the Tamil Nadu XI and move into the ...


Billiards & Snooker
Pankaj to lead Indian challenge
NEW DELHI, JULY 15. National champion Pankaj Advani will spearhead India's challenge at the 2003 IBSF World under-21 snooker championship beginning in Taupo in New Zealand on Wednesday. Pankaj, the 18-year-old from Bangalore, who emulated his ...


Chess
Adhikari triumphs
MUMBAI, JULY 15. West Bengal's Laxminarayan Adhikari won the National junior chess championship for the visually impaired at the Andheri Sports Complex here on Tuesday. A 12th standard student of the Amarendra Vidyapeeth, Kolkata, Adhikari ...


Golf
Randhawa to play in Kashmir Open
NEW DELHI, JULY 15. The 2003-2004 Hero Honda Golf Tour will tee off with the Kashmir Open championship at Srinagar's picturesque Royal Springs golf course from July 23 to 27. With a whopping Rs. 18 lakh as prize-money — up by three lakh ...


Racing : Horse
Glorious Colours dominates a Derby tale of unexpected twists
BANGALORE, JULY 15.Glorious Colours defiantly hooked her nose to the Kingfisher Bangalore Derby mast on a rain-splashed track as one of the biggest outsiders in recent memory. A dramatic change in the weather an hour before the biggest race of ...


Sports : General
SAI felicitates volleyball and wrestling teams
NEW DELHI, JULY 15. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) felicitated the silver winning Indian youth volleyball team at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium here on Tuesday and took the opportunity to present the facts on its joint venture with the ...


Swimming
Irina Lashko regains title
BARCELONA, JULY 15.Australians are accustomed to winning gold in swimming. But a diving gold? That's different. Russian-born Irina Lashko, representing Australia, took the 1-metre springboard title at the World swimming championships here on ...


Wrestling
Champion grapplers get a warm welcome
NEW DELHI, JULY 14.The wrestlers returned home on Tuesday night to a warm welcome with their `fans' and `admirers' capitalising on every moment to exploit the media attention. The unassuming wrestlers, from the burly Palwinder Singh Cheema to ...



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