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Athletics
Monica and Muddassir are the stars of the day
SHIMOGA, JAN. 8. Delhi girl Monica Joon hit the high spot under the blazing January sun at the Nehru Stadium on a day when Karnataka sprinters--Vilas Nilgund and Mohammed Muddassir--gave the home team a lot to cheer about in the 18th Junior ...


Billiards & Snooker
Pankaj makes history
JAMMU, JAN. 8. Teenaged Pankaj Advani weathered a fiery Yasin Merchant to etch his name on the Senior National snooker title at the Hari Niwas Palace here on Wednesday. Matching Merchant with his delicate long pots, Pankaj made a history by ...


Chess
Kore shocks Deep Sen
HYDERABAD JAN. 8. Akshayraj Kore shocked Deep Sen Gupta in the 10th round of the Fantoosh National sub-junior chess championship at Sujatha College here today. In the girls' section also, the leader Mary Ann Gomes was defeated by Kiranmonisha ...
Saravanan jumps into lead
CHENNAI, JAN. 8. International Master V. Saravanan of BPCL took full advantage of the two rounds that were played today in Chess Mate's Dr Mahalingam Sathabishekam FIDE-rated open chess tournament. He jumped into a half point lead when the ...


Cricket
High time seniors contributed
The win came after a long time and the Indians struggled before achieving it. But what finally mattered was that India managed to notch up a victory. This was a very important game for India and another defeat would have been bad for the side's ...
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    Football
    Okoro's goal takes East Bengal into final
    NEW DELHI, JAN. 8. Mike Okoro's opportunism provided East Bengal the lone goal in a disappointing semifinal against Salgaocar in the Durand football tournament on Wednesday. In Friday's final, East Bengal will take on Army XI. On another cold ...


    Tennis
    Harsh moves on; other Indians troop out
    LUCKNOW, JAN. 8. Harsh Mankad kept the Indian hopes alive as the rest of the Indians bowed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF Futures tennis tournament on the grasscourts of the Oudh Gymkhana Club here on Wednesday. The Indian ...


    Carrom
    Magamai, Nataraj duo in final
    BANGALORE, JAN. 8. E. Magamai Raj and S. Nataraj entered the final of the doubles section in the National carrom tournament here on the penultimate day of the championship. The Indian Airlines duo ousted V.R. Goud and R.D. Dinesh Babu of Andhra ...


    Table Tennis
    A challenge for established names
    PUNE, JAN 8. The logic behind conducting two heavyweight tournaments within a month of each other is questionable, taking into account the physical and mental strain on players who are expected to give off their best, come what may. The 64th ...


    Weightlifting
    Inurani hogs the limelight
    CHENNAI, JAN. 8.The focus was on two lifters for their record breaking efforts but it was the Manipur girl Inurani more than S. Sudhakar of Pondicherry who stole the thunder on Wednesday in the Junior National weightlifting championship being ...

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