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Cricket Harbhajan keen to bounce back BANGALORE, AUG. 17. Harbhajan Singh is keen to spin his magic web again. India's key off-spinner, who nursed an injury on his spinning finger and was lying low for some time, is itching to bounce back to the bigger stage where he rightly belongs. ... Precise Pollock prises out England NOTTINGHAM, AUG. 16.A tight finish was in prospect in the third Test at Trent Bridge after England was bowled out for 118, leaving South Africa to make 202 on a pitch that was often as dangerous as a minefield. Shaun Pollock captured six ... Other Stories
Tennis Roddick rallies to reach final MASON (USA), AUG. 17. Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick scored the final six points to win the tiebreaker in the first set and then beat Max Mirnyi 6-4 in the second set to advance to the finals of the Cincinnati Masters. Serving at 5-1 in the ... Isha takes crown NEW DELHI, AUG. 17. Unseeded Isha Lakhani defeated the 242nd-ranked top seed Jin-Hee Kim of Korea 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the final of the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tennis tournament in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on Sunday. It was the maiden title ... Other Stories
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Pakistan staves off spirited Argentine challengeAMSTERDAM, AUG. 17. Fresh from its trophy triumph in the Pan-American Games and making sure of its berth for the Athens Olympics, Argentina gave Pakistan a torrid time in the second half recovering from a 1-4 deficit to level at 4-4 till the ... India beats Germany AMSTELVEEN, AUG. 17. A brilliant goal by Gagan Ajit Singh, one minute before the hooter, gave India a 3-2 victory over Germany in the Champions Trophy here on Sunday evening. India came back twice from deficit, trailing 0-1 at half-time. ... Other Stories
Athletics Another gold for Bobby Aloysius NEW DELHI, AUG. 17.Competing in the British Athletics League Cup final at Bedford on Saturday, Bobby cleared 1.86m for the gold. She did go for the elusive mark of 1.92m that had defied her through the season, but failed narrowly once again. ... Badminton Grand treble for Vijay Anand SIVAKASI, AUG. 17.R. Vijay Anand of Cuddalore not only defended the boys under-19 singles title and mixed doubles title but also the doubles title in the Arasan AMSG Vijayakumar Memorial Yonex Tamil Nadu junior State badminton championships, ... Vimal Kumar calls for tough measures BANGALORE, AUG. 17. The Indian performance in the recent World championship at Birmingham has drawn fire from the chief coach, U. Vimal Kumar, who accompanied the squad. In his report to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) he has ... Chess Anand stages another recovery MAINZ, AUG. 17.Viswanathan Anand hit back from a deficit, for the third time, to pull level at 3-3 with Judit Polgar after six games in their Chess Classic rapid match here on Saturday. After losing badly in 27 moves in the fifth game, Anand ... 
Humpy begins on a winning noteKOZHIKODE, AUG. 17. When Koneru Humpy last played in an Asian women's chess championship, she wasn't, by her own admission, that good a player. But three years later, at the tenth edition of the premier continental championship, which got ... Golf Mukesh's team wins COIMBATORE, AUG. 17. The ProAm tournament was the grand finale of the five-day Cotton City golf tournament at the Coimbatore Golf Club here on Sunday. A good field, comprising the top 22 in the order of merit list which had participated in the ... Table Tennis Sharath, Pradeepa walk away with titles CHENNAI, AUG. 17. It is news only when International Sharath Kamal of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) loses a match and not when he wins, which he does with monotonous regularity. In the J.V.S. Rao Memorial 11th State-ranking table tennis ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Business | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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