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Athletics Poll banned for doping LAUSANNE, JUNE 7.The 1996 Olympic women's 200 metres freestyle champion Claudia Poll of Costa Rica has been banned for four years for a doping offence, the world swimming association FINA said. Poll, 29, who beat Germany's Franziska van ... Chess Humpy loses HYDERABAD, JUNE.7. World junior champion Koneru Humpy suffered a reverse in the sixth round game against IM Shirazi Kamran of the U.S. to be content with three points in the First Saturday Grandmasters chess tournament being held in Budapest, ... PSCB moving towards another crown NAGPUR, JUNE 7.With Petroleum Sports Control Board marching relentlessly towards another title win in the National team chess championship, Life Insurance Corporation and Indian Airlines reinforced their claims for the runner-up spot with ... Cricket Indian team selection today KOLKATA, JUNE 7. A 15-member Indian team for the triangular one-day series in England later this month will be selected here on Saturday. Apart from the five selectors, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is also expected to be present during the ... Close call for Central BANGALORE, JUNE 7. National Cricket Academy (Central Zone) notched up a narrow nine-run victory over NCA (South) in the Col. Hemu Adhikari Memorial National Cricket Academy inter-zone cricket tournament at the MJWSC ground here on Friday. ... No shooting, BCCI tells stars KOLKATA, JUNE 7. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has turned down the plea of six leading Indian players to visit South Africa for shooting a commercial before the team's departure to England on June 18. The cricketers — Rahul ... Football 
It's payback time for EnglandSAPPORO (JAPAN), JUNE 7. David Beckham powered home a penalty to end 16 years of World Cup misery for England against Argentina on Friday as Sven-Goran Eriksson's men rekindled their title chances with a 1-0 victory. The England captain, whose ... 
Larsson is the star as Nigeria is eliminatedKOBE (JAPAN), JUNE 7. Nigeria was eliminated from the World Cup on Friday as Sweden came back from a goal down with two goals by Henrik Larsson to win the Group F match 2-1. Larsson powered home a 62nd-minute penalty after Ifeanyi Udeze, ... Spain outwits Paraguay; enters second round JEONJU (SOUTH KOREA), JUNE 7. Spain rallied from a one-goal deficit to defeat Paraguay 3-1 on Friday and clinch the first berth in the second round of the World Cup. It was a matter of pride for Spain. Anything less than a win against its ... 
Italy expects Croatia to come out firingSEOGWIPO (SOUTH KOREA), JUNE 7.Giants of two continents, Brazil and China clash for the first time ever on Saturday in a matchup of soccer's past and, perhaps, its future. But while the Chinese may have begun the long march to soccer ... Other Stories
Hockey An outside chance for India MELBOURNE, JUNE 7.The configuration after two days in the second leg of the Quadrangular hockey tournament here is such that there is an outside chance of India figuring in Sunday's final against Australia. It is difficult not to be fascinated by ... Tennis Sheethal, Shruti in final MUZAFFAR NAGAR, JUNE 7. It was a setting tailor-made for her. Sheethal Goutham relished the atmosphere, never mind the humidity, as she toyed with second-seeded Radhika Tulpule, in racing to a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the semifinals of the $5,000 ... Costa reaches maiden Grand Slam final PARIS, JUNE 7. Albert Costa reached his first Grand Slam final on Friday, beating good friend and countryman Alex Corretja 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the French Open. Costa stumbled and fell at mid-court as he raced for a Corretja backhand that ... Hingis out of Wimbledon LONDON, JUNE 7. Martina Hingis has withdrawn from the forthcoming Wimbledon tennis championships because of a long-standing foot problem. `The Swiss miss', Hingis, Wimbledon champion in 1997, pulled out of the French Open because of the ... Cycling India to test its team pursuit NEW DELHI, JUNE 7. India's pursuit for a cycling medal in the Asian Games might well end in Pusan, South Korea. The way Indian men have shown consistency in clocking creditable timings, there is a flicker of hope. Its team in the 4000m team ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Young World | Quest | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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