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World Cup
ICC stands firm; England forfeits points
JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 15. England accepted its fate on being told that it had forfeited the World Cup opener against Zimbabwe and hence four points would go to the host with much regret on Saturday morning and decided against knocking the door of ...
Ganguly's poor run continues
** Sourav Ganguly since 26-12-2002 (the start of the LOI series against New Zealand) has aggregated a paltry 75 runs in 9 innings, while averaging 8.33 runs per innings at a strike rate of 39.28 runs per 100 balls! ** Rahul Dravid's single run ...
Mood upbeat in Kiwi camp
JOHANNESBURG, FEB. 15. The South Africans practiced at full swing at The Wanderers on Saturday afternoon after the Kiwis had theirs. Their spearhead and captain Shaun Pollock and his partner Makhaya Ntini and Allan Donald worked up good pace and ...
England would be wary of the Dutch
EAST LONDON (SOUTH AFRICA), FEB. 15. England's much-delayed entrance into the World Cup is due to take place when they face minnows The Netherlands here at Buffalo Park. Nasser Hussain's men should have started the tournament against co-hosts ...
West Indies has turned the corner
Nothing has been more encouraging in the early days of this World Cup than the promising signs shown by the West Indians. Over the last 10 years a team with a rich history had fallen into disrepair. A group of islands that produced men of the ...
Top five contest: how points are awarded
CHENNAI, FEB. 15. The Hindu-Crompton Greaves Top Five World Cup cricket contest will be judged on the following criteria. If a player is chosen as a batsman/bowler, only performance points of that player in the chosen category will be ...
Rain could spell disaster for Pakistan
KIMBERLEY (SOUTH AFRICA), FEB 15. Pakistan goes into its match against Namibia here on Sunday worried more by the uncertain weather than the quality of the opposition. Pakistan is expected to ride over the minnows to gain its first points in ...
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    Chess
    Jha bags crown
    JAIPUR, FEB. 15. Sriram Jha played a quick draw against S. Mari Arul and won the fourth Pink City International rating chess tournament at the Jaipur Club here on Saturday. LIC's Jha (9) was half-a-point ahead of the rest of the pack at the end ...


    Sports : General
    India pulls out of SAF Games
    NEW DELHI, FEB. 15.India has decided not to participate in the SAF Games scheduled to be held in Islamabad from March 29. The Union Government, according to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, had taken this decision in keeping with ...


    Tennis
    Saurabh, Krushmi emerge winners
    MUMBAI, FEB. 15. Top seeds Saurabh Kohli and Krushmi Chedda had work cut out for them before being crowned U-18 age group champions in the boys' and girls' sections respectively on Saturday. The boys' top seed from Maharashtra needed three ...
    Suchanan makes it a no-contest
    CHENNAI, FEB. 15. Suchanan Viratprasert of Thailand made it a no-contest final with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 win over Varana-Marei Beller of Germany in the Madras Gymkhana Club ITF $10,000 women's tennis championship at the club courts on Saturday. ...
    Chatwinder Singh wins title
    COLOMBO, FEB. 15. The top-seeded Chatwinder Singh lived up to his rating and clinched the title, beating the second-seeded Tsubasa Morizane of Japan 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the group-4 ITF junior tennis tournament here on Saturday. Earlier in ...


    Sailing
    Amit assured of title
    CHENNAI, FEB. 15. Amit Arvind (NSC, Mumbai) assured himself of the title in the radial class with two more wins on the penultimate day of the Royal Madras Yacht Club-conducted Bengal Tiger Line-Laser Coastal Nationals in the open sea outside the ...


    Volleyball
    Kerala men in final
    TRIPRAYAR, FEB. 15. It was a protracted battle for the home team, Kerala, against the Services for a place in the men's final, but the former, backed by the local crowd, managed to hang on to beat the rival at 18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 28-26, 18-16 in ...

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