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Athletics Satbir's burst, the highlight of the day BANGALORE, JUNE 1. Not very long ago there was a common lament from athletes and coaches about the lack of exposure and opportunities. Today there is a turn-around! What else could one say as athletes present at the venue simply would not ... Chess Sasikiran trails Bareev CHENNAI, JUNE 1. After losing his opening game with the white pieces, Indian wildcard entrant Krishnan Sasikiran is fighting the black game with hope against Evgeny Bareev of Russia in the first round of the Russian Grand Prix chess tournament, ... Cricket 
Srinath quits Test sceneBANGALORE, JUNE 1. Javagal Srinath announced his retirement from Test cricket here on Saturday evening. "It was a hard decision but I have been contemplating it for some time. From now on I want to play objective cricket, like for instance, ... West Indies in command Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 1. The West Indies were in command at the fourth one-dayer against India played here on Saturday. After dismissing India for 123 in the restricted 25 overs, Gayle (52 not out) steered the team to 63 for no loss in 10 ... Thorpe puts England in impregnable position BIRMINGHAM June 1. Graham Thorpe, the only world class player in this improving England team, won the battle of mind games as he scored his 11th Test century off the weary Sri Lankan bowlers at Edgbaston today. The ground was full to see his ... Football FIFA WORLD CUP 
Argentina wary of African ambushTOKYO, JUNE 1. Sven-Goran Eriksson believes David Beckham's trusty right boot can end England's embarrassing run of results against Sweden and give his side a winning start against the Scandinavians when its World Cup campaign begins here on ... Kidd on his mind YOKOHAMA, JUNE 1. The World Cup may be the biggest sporting event in the world, but Belgium coach Robert Waseige was looking for some basketball news on Saturday when he walked onto the training field. ``Any news about the Lakers and Kings?'' ... We are here to win: El-Hadji SEOUL, JUNE 1.``We played poorly, individually and collectively. We had three or four chances and didn't take any of them,'' — French coach Roger Lemerre on his side's defeat to Senegal. ``Senegal tackled harder, ran harder and fought ... 
Tomasson, the toast of DenmarkULSAN (SOUTH KOREA), JUNE 1. Jon Dahl Tomasson struck two goals to give Denmark a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in a World Cup Group A match on Saturday. Tomasson clipped home a shot from eight metres (yards) off Jesper Gronkjaer's pass in the 45th ... 
Klose becomes a big 'headache' for SaudisSAPPORO, JUNE 1.Germany wanted a good World Cup start. It got more that it could ever hoped for — an 8-0 rout of hopelessly overmatched Saudi Arabia and a flying opener that put the three-time champion immediately in firm in control of ... Cameroon, Ireland share honours NIIGATA (JAPAN), JUNE 1. Ireland showed there is life after Roy Keane with a battling 1-1 draw against African and Olympic champion Cameroon in their opening World Cup Group E first round match here on Saturday. Ireland midfielder Matt Holland ... Hockey India back to winning ways ADELAIDE, JUNE 1. Victory over Malaysia today at the Pines Stadium gave India the consolation of breaking a sequence of reverses — India has not won a match in the last five meetings — in the first leg of the four-nation hockey ... Racing : Horse Taipan lifts Karnataka Police Cup BANGALORE, JUNE 1. Taipan, owned by Mr. Sunil Jhangiani & Mrs. Shaila Jhangiani rep Equest (India) Pvt Ltd & Mr & Mrs Shapoor P.Mistry rep Manjri Stud Farm Ltd and trained by M. Eshwer, won the Karnataka Police Cup, the main event of the races ... Tennis Nivedita qualifies MUZAFFAR NAGAR, JUNE 1. Nivedita Venkatesh took time to get used to the grasscourts, but found her touch in time to score a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-0 victory over Anupama Rajur in the only qualifying round of the 5000 dollar Sukam ITF women's circuit ... Capriati breezes through PARIS, JUNE 1. Jennifer Capriati started slowly and finished in a hurry on Saturday, winning 11 of the last 12 games to beat Evie Dominikovic 6-3, 6-1 and enter the fourth round at the French Open. No. 4-seeded Andre Agassi also advanced to ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Magazine | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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