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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
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Billiards & Snooker Dott leads Doherty SHEFFIELD, APRIL 28. Graeme Dott built up a 9-7 lead over former world champion Ken Doherty in their snooker world championship second round match. Irishman Doherty, who began the session 6-2 down on Sunday, hit back by winning five out of the ... Chess Most deserving champions indeed! MUMBAI, APRIL 28. There was something about Nguyen Anh Dung, Dibyendu Barua and S. Vijayalakshmi that separated them from the 134 other players of the Commonwealth chess championship, incorporating the International open tournament, which ... Shanmuganathan surprises Himanshu KOCHI, APRIL 28. Tamil Nadu's R.Shanmuganathan jolted the top seed, former national under-18 champion Himanshu Sharma of Haryana in the third round of the B.C.Cochin all-India open FIDE-rated chess tournament at the Ernakulam YMCA International ... Cricket 
Sehwag stands between Tamil Nadu and berth in finalNEW DELHI, APRIL 28.Lack of cricket culture at the Ferozeshah Kotla was evident on both the fronts — on and off the field. Hooligans called the shots once again, invading the ground and the players' area, even as the Delhi batsmen inflicted ... Simpson dwells on the game's basics MUMBAI, APRIL 28.Thicker grips might be the reason for Virender Sehwag's shortcoming to face the short and rearing ball on the leg side. This was the view of Bobby Simpson who takes full advantage of cable television to watch teams and new ... 
Tillekeratne defies Kiwis; rain cuts short playCOLOMBO, APRIL 28. Hashan Tillekeratne celebrated his promotion to the Sri Lankan Test captaincy with an unbeaten century on Monday before heavy rain halted the fourth day's play and pushed the series opener against New Zealand toward a ... Other Stories
Football JCT downs Indian Bank CHENNAI, APRIL 28. Indian Bank infused life into a drifting contest and JCT Phagwara completed the script to spoil the host's party with a 3-1 win on what was the final day of the 2002-2003 Oil-PSU national football league at the Nehru stadium on ... Yakubu barrage leaves ITI numb BANGALORE, APRIL 28.Yusif Yakubu kissed the turf and then looked up. He was searching for his benevolent God. The 24-year old Ghanaian striker was indulging in his favourite hobby - swooping low and scoring goals. Yakubu swelled his tally to ... Henry voted best by PFA LONDON, APRIL 28. Arsenal's French World Cup star Thierry Henry on Sunday was named English soccer's Player of the Year by his fellow professionals while United States World Cup goalkeeper Brad Friedel was named on the Premier League all-star ... Other Stories
Golf Mukesh smashes Money List records NEW DELHI, APRIL 28. Mukesh Kumar rewrote record books on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour when he not only won the season-ending Order of Merit honour for the fourth successive year, but also by a record margin of Rs. 9.08 lakh over his nearest ... Couples wins Houston Open HUMBLE (TEXAS), APRIL 28. Fred Couples outplayed Mark Calcavecchia and held off challenges from Stuart Appleby and Hank Kuehne to win for the first time in five years, shooting a 5-under 67 on Sunday to take the Houston Open by four strokes. ... Hockey IA to fight it out with Indian Oil MUMBAI, APRIL 28. Indian Airlines and Indian Oil set up an expected final clash in the 41st Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament, winning respective second-leg semifinal matches on Monday against Karnataka XI and Western Railway respectively. The ... Racing : Motor A podium finish for Narain ZOLDER (BELGIUM), APRIL 28. Narain Karthikeyan had a memorable outing in both the races of the Nissan Championship this week. After taking fourth place in the first race, Narain improved his performance and finished on the podium in the second ... Sports : General New dope code proposes additional curbs on labs NEW DELHI, APRIL 28. For those who plan to make continued use of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) dope control laboratory towards a monitoring mechanism, there is more bad news, if the recent spate of positives had not been bad enough. Even ... Lewis can breathe easy HAMBURG, APRIL 28.Carl Lewis and other American athletes accused of doping offences in the late 1980s and 1990s do not have to fear losing Olympic medals or other sanctions, a Canadian lawyer of the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) confirmed ... Tennis U.S. crushes Czech Republic BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), APRIL 27. The Williams sisters did the job on Sunday as the United States cruised into the Fed Cup quarterfinals. Serena and Venus Williams, ranked first and third in the world, respectively, gave the United States a 5-0 ... 
Karan plays his heart out but Parmar prevailsNEW DELHI, APRIL 28.He played his heart out, and was obviously heart-broken to lose a three setter in two hours. Yet, the 16-year-old Karan Rastogi gave a glimpse of a bright future of Indian tennis, to the sparse gathering at the DLTA Complex, ... Other Stories
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Malleswari has her sights set on AthensHYDERABAD, APRIL 28. Karnam Malleswari, the weightlifter who brought the nation the only medal (bronze) in the 2002 Sydney Olympics, returns to the international circuit when she takes part in this week's Commonwealth weightlifting championship ... Cycling Yenteth faces sample forgery charge NEW DELHI, APRIL 28. The Cycling Federation of India (CFI) is contemplating a sample forgery charge against Nijappa Yenteth, the lone cyclist who tested positive at the Hyderabad National Games. Yenteth, who won three medals at the Hyderabad ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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