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Athletics South Africa has a field day MANCHESTER, JULY 31. Athletics events at the City of Manchester Stadium provided frustration, laughter and joy for the crowd which endured rain and chilly winds. Welsh gold medal hopeful Colin Jackson was despondent after he botched his ... 
Neelam gets it right at lastNEW DELHI, JULY 31.Quite often she has been dubbed as the biggest `choker' of Indian athletics. Neelam Jaswant Singh got rid of that tag, at least partially, at Manchester on Tuesday night. Coming as it did after Anju George clinched the long ... Other Stories
Badminton Hendry Wijaya to participate MUMBAI, JULY 31.Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore will be sending some of their biggest shuttlers for the Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament, hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana from August 15 to 18, 2002. Hendry Wijaya, world No. 31 from Singapore, ... Chess Sasikiran in joint lead TORQUAY (ENGLAND), JULY 31.Top-seeded Grandmaster K. Sasikiran outplayed International Master Sandipan Chanda to maintain a clean slate after the second round of the Smith and Williamson British chess championship here. Sasikiran (2 points) ... Cricket 
No substitute for experience: ParthivNEW ROAD (WORCESTER), JULY 31.Mark Nicholas, who was captain of England `A' team in the early 1990s, was left wondering how a 17-year-old can be part of a national cricket team. The former Hampshire captain and Channel 4 commentator, Nicholas was ... Other Stories
Hockey India pips South Africa, makes semifinal MANCHESTER, JULY 31.Jyoti Kullu scored a golden-goal winner on Wednesday as India rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat South Africa 4-3 and move into a Commonwealth Games women's field hockey semifinal clash against New Zealand. The South ... Sports : General Gopi Chand moves up MANCHESTER, JULY 31.Pullela Gopi Chand moved into the pre-quarterfinals in a draw of 128 in the badminton event of the Commonwealth Games, at the Bolton arena. The former all-England champion beat Curwin Cherubin of Barbados 7-2, 7-0, 7-1 after ... Other Stories
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'Thorpedo' fires on all cylindersMANCHESTER, JULY 31. Ian Thorpe, nicknamed `Thorpedo' set a World record and won two gold medals on Tuesday to whet the appetite of a Manchester public that expects him to win a record seven events in the Commonwealth Games pool. The ... Tennis Rushmi wins doubles title ALGIERS, JULY 31.Rushmi Chakravarti had a memorable finish, as she won the doubles title and lost the singles final in a three-set thriller in the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tennis tournament here in Algeria, last week. The top-seeded Rushmi ... Boxing Fry falls to Albert MANCHESTER, JULY 31. Nigeria's Jegbefumere Bone Albert piled on the misery for England's boxers when he defeated reigning Commonwealth Games light-heavyweight champion Courtney Fry in the quarterfinals here on Tuesday. The results ... Table Tennis England reigns MANCHESTER, JULY 31. England overpowered surprise finalist Nigeria 3-0 to win the men's table tennis team title at the Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday. The trio of Alex Perry, Gareth Herbert and Matthew Syed each dropped a game against the ... Weightlifting Fine feat by Sanamacha MANCHESTER, JULY 31.She had beaten Kunjarani Devi to the Sydney Olympics, and Sanamacha Chanu did well to catch up with her more illustrious teammate from Manipur, by sweeping the three gold medals in the 53kg category in the women's ... Shooting Michael Gault take the plum BISLEY, JULY 31. It was as exciting as it could get. Two Indians on a safari, trying to pin down an African lion, but in the end it was Englishman Michael Gault, who had the last laugh much to the jubilation of the packed hall, as he clinched the ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Sci Tech | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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