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Badminton Gopi Chand's dream run continues TOKYO, APRIL 5. Last year's All England champion Pullela Gopi Chand of India survived a tough battle, beating Wu Yunyong of China, to reach the semifinals of the Japan Open badminton tournament on Friday. Gopi Chand, who needed five games to beat ... Basketball Murali Mohan — the doughty warrior NIZAMABAD, APRIL 5. In 1997, his right knee came apart. A year later, the left succumbed to the surgeon's scalpel twice. Three operations in two years prompted friends to proclaim to the press that it was curtains for the promising Karnataka ... Bank teams and SCR in semifinals NIZAMABAD, APRIL 5. Indian Bank, South Central Railway, Indian Overseas Bank and Vijaya Bank advanced to the semifinals of the Padkal Srinivas Reddy all-India invitation basketball tournament at the Collectorate Grounds Courts here on ... Chess 
`Terrific kids' back from TeheranNEW DELHI, APRIL 5.Any achievement is incomplete without acknowledgement. And for those who had contributed to India's tally of 10 medals from the Asian Youth chess championship at Teheran earlier this week, it was time to be acknowledged at the ... Leko rallies to shock Topalov CHENNAI, APRIL 5.Hungary's 22-year old grandmaster Peter Leko came from behind to shock seed No. 4 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and earn a place in the semifinals of the UAE Grand Prix chess tournament being held at Dubai on Friday. After an ... Cricket 
India makes a perfect start to tourGEORGETOWN, APRIL 5. A first-ball dismissal was a dream start one must say to the Indian campaign in the Caribbean. Javagal Srinath produced a beauty, corridor ball which was too much for the young Andrew Gonsalves to handle and for once, ... Test umpire, player in ACU net JOHANNESBURG, APRIL 5. A former Test umpire and a former Test cricketer are about to be charged by the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). Details remain sketchy with no confirmation of their nationalities. In a first ... Other Stories
Football WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN 
Memorable matches: 1954 FinalThe first truly representative World Cup had an overwhelming favourite: Hungary. Undefeated in 28 matches since 1950 and the reigning Olympic champions, the Magic Magyars were simply too good for the rest of the world. Every nation which had come ... 
It's Vasco all the wayBANGALORE, APRIL 5.There was just one team on view today at the Bangalore football stadium here this evening. And it was the white-shirted Vasco Sports Club, Goa all the way against a scrappy HASC in the 20th round of the Sixth Tata National ... 
TN wins, but fails to impressTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 5. Tamil Nadu was far from impressive but recorded a 4-0 win against Pondicherry in the 11th South Zone Youth (under-21) football championship at the Central stadium here on Friday. Pondicherry, considered the weakest ... Golf Dube ends Arjun Singh's run NEW DELHI, APRIL 5.A steady Amit Dube played a bogey-free round sprinkled with three birdies, and set up the title clash with seasoned Shiv Prakash in the Rs. 10-lakh SRF all-India Matchplay golf tournament at the Delhi Golf Club course here on ... Sports : General Sports Digest BOXING: LAS VEGAS: Oscar De La Hoya pulled out of his May 4 fight with rival Fernando Vargas after a doctor recommended the WBC champion rest a hand injured in sparring last week. Promoters said on Thursday they would try to ... Tennis Paes helps India draw level WELLINGTON, APRIL, 5. For Leander Paes it was yet another memorable opening day in a Davis Cup tie as he put India on equal footing with New Zealand winning the second singles rubber after the visitor trailed 0-1 in a second round tie of the ... 
Sai-Radhika duo wins doubles titleMUMBAI, APRIL 5.Sai Jayalakshmy spent almost four hours on court, but the rewards will be worth the labour in the first leg of the International Tennis Federation's Women's Circuit. She scampered home 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 after being taken to three sets ... Volleyball FIVB approves bigger courts for beach volleyball CHENNAI, APRIL 5. The International Volleyball Federation's (FIVB) Board of Administration meeting at Lausanne, attended by Mr. B. Sivanthi Adityan, President, Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), has officially approved the introduction of a ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Young World | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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