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Billiards & Snooker Williams in final SHEFFIELD, MAY 4 Mark Williams went into his World Championship showdown with Ken Doherty today insisting that his far less gruelling route to the final would not be an advantage. Wales' Williams, who continued his run of comfortable wins at ... Chess Basque team does marginally better CHENNAI, MAY 4. The Basque players did well on the final day as they snatched five draws from six games off the world-class line-up pitted against them at the International Chess Festival of Santurtzi at Bilbao in Spain on Saturday. Both former ... Cricket 
It's Tamil Nadu's day at the WankhedeMUMBAI, MAY 4. The Mumbai batsmen have had a mediocre season and there was a golden opportunity for them to redeem themselves in the championship final. But they failed to come to terms even on a pitch which they are accustomed to against an ... West Indies made to follow on BRIDGETOWN, MAY 4. Captain Steve Waugh chose to make West Indies follow on in the third Test after Australia bowled out the home team for 328 early on the fourth day. West Indies, already 2-0 down in the series, fell 277 short of Australia's ... Hussain steps down from selection panel LONDON, MAY 4. Nasser Hussain, the captain of England's Test team but no longer its one-day International skipper, on Sunday announced that he had stepped down from the selection panel. He said: "Some people will take the view that as I am no ... Other Stories
Football United closes in on title LONDON, MAY 4. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Ruud van Nistelrooy as "one of the best strikers ever" after the Dutch international's hat-trick against Charlton left United within a whisker of the Premiership title. United's ... Subrata Dutta nominated IFA secretary KOLKATA, MAY 4. The oldest and one of the most cash-rich footballing bodies of the country — the Indian Football Association — reverted to the single secretary norm, nominating Mr. Subrata Dutta, for the top executive post on ... Real struck down by Mallorca MADRID, MAY 4. Real Madrid's preparations for next week's Champions League semifinal clash against Juventus, as well as its assault on a 29th Spanish league crown, suffered an embarrassing setback when it crashed to a 5-1 home defeat to Mallorca. ... Racing : Motor 
Ferrari, Schumacher gain in SpainBARCELONA, MAY 4. Michael Schumacher won the Spanish GP for the third consecutive year on Sunday to close in on Formula-1 series leader Kimi Raikkonen whose race lasted only seconds. It was Schumacher's second consecutive win of the season and ... Sports : General SARS affects world meets in Beijing BEIJING, MAY 4. China's Olympics plans were on track. The country was ready to host a series of World championships in the next few months — ideal warm-ups for staging the 2008 Beijing Games. Then something went terribly wrong. The ... Tennis 
Jaco, Preethi clinch crownsKOCHI, MAY 4. Former National junior champion, Kerala's Jaco T. Mathew, brushed aside Tamil Nadu's J. Amit 6-2, 6-3 and lifted the men's singles title in the 12th KRL Open all-India tennis tournament which concluded at the Kochi Refineries ... Other Stories
Weightlifting Malleswari back with a bang NEW DELHI, MAY 4. Sydney Olympics bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari came back with a bang by winning the women's 69kg gold with a solid performance in the Commonwealth weightlifting championship, which ended in Tonga on Saturday. Malleswari ... Dora takes over as WFI president, vows to clean up the sport HYDERABAD, MAY 4. Soon after his unanimous election as president of the Weightlifting Federation of India, H.J. Dora sent the right signal to the drug-affected body by saying that a high-powered panel will be constituted to look into doping and ... Archery 
Dola asserts her classKOLKATA, MAY 4. Written off by critics and disregarded by follow competitors, veteran Limba Ram proved a point on Sunday with some vintage stuff to win the men's individual Olympic round championship here. National women's champion Dola Banerjee ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Business | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
  
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