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Anand, Polgar, Karpov do the demolition act
CHENNAI, MAY 3. The Rest of the World team led by Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Anatoly Karpov demolished the local Basque team of Spain 6-0 on day two to win the three day event with an unassailable 11-1 lead at Bilbao in Spain on ...


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Batting is Tamil Nadu's strength
MUMBAI, MAY 3. It has been a unique season for India's first class cricketers who were introduced to a new format. It was altogether a new experience for a majority of the amateur cricketers who lend substance, meaning and value to the first ...
Waugh plays down record, slams West Indies pitches
BRIGDETOWN, MAY 3. Steve Waugh, who became the first Australian to make 30 Test centuries, played down the achievement afterwards and instead slammed the West Indies pitches. ``I'm just a caretaker, I'm sure (fellow Australian) Ricky Ponting ...
Gillespie strikes early
BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS), MAY 3. Fast bowler Jason Gillespie grabbed two wickets in an outstanding spell on Saturday as Australia maintained its control over the West Indies in the third cricket Test. Gillespie removed both openers as the West ...
Bangladesh staring at another humiliating defeat
DHAKA, MAY 3. Bangladesh was on the verge of another big defeat after South Africa claimed 18 wickets in three sessions on Saturday, forcing a follow-on before reducing the host to 204 for eight in its second innings in the second cricket Test at ...
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  • First day's play washed out


    Racing : Motor
    New Ferrari storms front row
    BARCELONA, MAY 3. Michael Schumacher posted the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday to gain a fourth successive pole position for the Spanish GP on Sunday. Season leader Kimi Raikkonen failed to record a time and will start last. On a warm, ...


    Tennis
    Heuberger drubs Udomchoke, bags title
    NEW DELHI, MAY 3. A heavy dust storm gave way to a pleasant atmosphere in the evening, but the game did not really hot up in the final as Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland beat Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 6-2, 6-3 to win the Indian Oil Servo $25,000 ...
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  • Asha made to sweat by Parul
  • Semifinalists spotted
  • India can beat Holland: Vijay


    Weightlifting
    Decks cleared for Dora to take over
    HYDERABAD, MAY 3. It is now almost certain that H.J. Dora, Commissioner of the Central Vigilance Commission, will be unanimously elected president of the Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) at its annual general body meeting to be held here ...


    Wrestling
    WFI prepares with Athens in mind
    NEW DELHI, MAY 3. As women's wrestling makes its Olympics debut in Athens 2004, next month's Asian championship here is being projected as the platform for India to assess its strength. Though the Indian women had returned empty handed from the ...


    Archery
    Prasad sets national record
    KOLKATA, MAY 3. Neither heat nor the stiff breeze could unsettle the top two archers of the country, Satyadev Prasad of Uttar Pradesh and Dola Banerjee of Jharkhand. The duo continued their good work winning all their league matches in the second ...



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