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Billiards & Snooker
Pankaj sails into final
JAMMU, DEC. 27.Three pinks, three blacks, a blue and table clearance. Defending champion Pankaj Advani was at his natural best as he sailed into the final of the 27th Junior National snooker championship at the Hari Niwas Palace here on ...


Chess
Abhijit Gupta, Sai Krishna lead in boys' sections
KOLKATA, DEC. 27.Top seeded Abhijit Gupta continued his winning streak to gain the sole lead after the fifth round in the boys' under-13 category as the XVI National children's chess championships resumed here at the Salt Lake Stadium on ...


Cricket
It's been a bitter pill to swallow: Wright
NAPIER, DEC. 27. His pleasant exterior concealing the pain and anguish within, he spoke from the heart. It has been a rough ride for the Indians so far on this tour, and as coach, it's not been easy for John Wright. Blanked in the two-Test ...
Langer lasts longer, England struggling
MELBOURNE, DEC. 27. Once again those among the 50,451 cricket addicts leaving the MCG tonight had plenty to discuss as they took the train to the Geelong, the tram to Toorak or the short uphill walk back to the centre of the city. A huge ...
Other Stories

  • Tillekaratne in World Cup squad
  • Das returns home
  • Want innovative ideas in losing? Ask the Indians
  • Ntini, Hayward trigger Pakistan collapse
  • BCCI critical of Indian sponsors' stand on contracts issue
  • Gujarat wary of Balaji


    Football
    Navy, ARC advance
    NEW DELHI, DEC. 27.Indian Navy and Assam Regimental Centre (ARC) progressed at the expense of local clubs in the preliminary stage of Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Friday. Indian Navy sent New Delhi Heroes ...


    Golf
    Digvijay, Mukesh card day's best
    CHENNAI, DEC. 27.Digvijay Singh remained in front with a three-under 67, which put him five strokes ahead (total 131) of the rest at the halfway stage on Friday of the Rs. 8 lakh Royal Challenge Grand Prix, being held at the Madras Gymkhana Golf ...


    Hockey
    U.P. puts up a spirited display
    BANGALORE, DEC. 27.Uttar Pradesh was the clear underdog. But at the end of the match, a keenly fought one against fancied Namdhari, the U.P. boys trooped off with their head held high after an engrossing 1-1 draw in a pool `D' fixture of the 10th ...


    Tennis
    Praveen pockets a double
    KOCHI, DEC. 27.Midway through the first set, Karnataka's R.K. Praveen suddenly turned tense. No, his game was not going coming apart, rather he was just getting into the groove. Praveen had just broken his racquet strings and that was the ...


    Table Tennis
    Sangeetha-Aparna duo in final
    CHENNAI, DEC. 27. S. Sangeetha and M. Aparna, the lethal left-right pair, which only the other day played a crucial role in Tamil Nadu regaining gold in the team event, combined effectively on Friday to put it across the Bengal duo of Mun Mun ...


    Korfball
    U.P. in last four
    CHENNAI, DEC. 27.Defending champion Uttar Pradesh beat Rajasthan 18-15 in the quarterfinals of the 16th senior National korfball championship here on Friday. The results (quarterfinals): MP 21 (Mahendra 5, Darmendra 2, Asif 2, Neelesh ...

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