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Cricket
Will the England juggernaut roll on?
MANCHESTER, AUG. 11. If Brian Lara's West Indies loses the third Test against England at Old Trafford, beginning on Thursday, he will be second to Australia's Allan Border as the most defeated captain of all time. He is already second to ...

Zaheer at the crossroads
CHENNAI, AUG. 11. The dark, deep-set eyes on his gaunt visage radiate the sort of passion that is often reflected in the manner in which he surmounts billowing waves of threat and danger in the climactic gut-wrenching moments of One-Day ...

Sangakkara, Jayawardene steady Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, AUG. 18.Kumar Sangakkara scored a brilliant century for Sri Lanka as he dominated South Africa's pace attack to lift the home side to 303 for three at stumps on the first day of the second cricket Test on Wednesday at the Sinhalese ...

Ramkumar, Somasundar star for Chemplast
BANGALORE, AUG. 11. Left-arm spinner Ramkumar's five-wicket haul and opener Sujith Somasundar's unbeaten 80 powered Chemplast to an eight-wicket victory over Bihar CA in the MRF Trophy KSCA All India invitation tournament that commenced here on ...

Other Stories

Asia Cup debacle — a wake up call: Shastri

Thrilling win for Cyclebrand Kids

Bhargava is MREC's hero

Kripal Singh XI gains first innings points

BCCI's prize for winning Videocon Cup

Big win for Don Bosco

Tennis
India's best bet to strike gold
ATHENS, AUG. 11. The hope that the Indian contingent will fare well in the Olympics has always been there. The only difference this time is that the hopes are pretty strong. In fact, we can replace `hope' with `confidence'. Spearheading the ...

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Suraj knocks out Navneeth

Safin moves up

Akash Wagh in quarterfinals

Coria to miss U.S. Open

Hockey

SAI STC `A' makes merry

ITI runs riot

IA crushes IPGCL

Football
Zidane to quit national team
PARIS, AUG. 11. Football great Zinedine Zidane is set to announce his retirement from the French national team, the daily L'Equipe reported on Wednesday. Although the newspaper cited no sources, it wrote that Zidane would announce his ...

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Danny nets winner

Athletics

Meera steals the show

Seema betters National record

Southern Range bags title

Badminton

Thomas Kurien in last four

Chennai men and women dominate

Basketball

Indian juniors begin with a bang

Modern School moves up

Southern Blues moves up

ACHSS in semifinals

Chess

Kidambi draws with Bakre

Four share leads

Rameem tirumphs

Golf

Woods under pressure

Simarjeet continues to dominate

Olympic Games
Flame reaches Athens after global journey
ATHENS, AUG. 11. The Olympic flame was carried past cheering children, brass bands and women dressed as ancient priestesses as it entered Athens on Wednesday — the culmination of a global journey that began in southern Greece. After an ...

Comprehensive coverage on DD
NEW DELHI, AUG 11.National broadcaster Doordarshan has made elaborate arrangements to cover the 28th Olympic Games which kicks off at Athens on Friday. Besides round the clock coverage of the Games on all 17 days in its DD Sports channel, it ...

JOTTINGS
A bonanza awaits Russian winners
ATHENS, AUG. 11.The Russian Olympic Committee originally promised $50,000 bonuses for taking first place. But on Tuesday, committee chief Leonid Tyagachev said victors will get $110,000 per gold medal. Boxers and wrestlers who win gold will ...

Phelps holds centrestage
ATHENS, AUG. 11. If there is a hero even before the first gong goes to mark the beginning of the Athens Olympics it is the American swimmer Michael Phelps. The massive turnout this afternoon for the press conference of the United States' swimming ...

Is American hegemony under threat?
ATHENS, AUG. 11. Competitive athletics sways into a realm of fantasy when sprinters assault the 100 metres. There is no matching spectacle; although every form of athletics mirrors a touch of aesthetics. Sprinting is not merely style and ...

Serena pulls out
ATHENS, AUG. 11. Serena Williams has pulled out of the Athens Games. The former World No. 1 has been bothered by an injury to her left knee, which had forced her to withdraw from WTA tournaments in San Diego and Montreal this month. Serena, who ...

Other Stories

Indian campaign in archery starts today

Athletes' biggest concern is winning, not security

Sailing
Johl bags crown
HYDERABAD, AUG. 11. If Nachhatar Singh Johal is to be believed, his best is still to come. He hardly had the stars in his eyes though, after winning the National Laser standard crown at the Hussain Sagar here on Wednesday. "I'm still to ...

Sports : General

Indian contingent in fine condition

Bawa for Olympics

Table Tennis

Mount St. Mary `A' posts win

Double for SBMJC

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