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A peep into the Laxman diary...BANGALORE, AUG. 22. Silken strokes and warm smiles are never far away when V.V.S. Laxman is around. The man who made 281 an unforgettable number, and along with Rahul Dravid forced the Australians to crashland at Eden Gardens, is busy setting ... England makes steady start LEEDS, AUG. 22. A third of the way through the fourth Test and at last it is possible to see a pattern to the most important encounter in the five-match series. South Africa was bowled out just before lunch and by tea England had reached 110 for ... Other Stories
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Saurabh dashes Ranjeet's hopesCHENNAI, AUG. 22. Many here believed that this was the best and the last chance for the local lad V.M. Ranjeet to clinch the National title at his home turf, considering that he was in fine form, having won the AITA ranking tournament at the ... Sonal, Megha and Liza in semifinals NEW DELHI, AUG. 22. The Indian girls continued to assert their domination as Sonal Phadke, Megha Vakharia and Liza Pereira made it to the singles semifinals and the doubles final of the $10,000 ITF women's tennis circuit tournament in Lagos, ... Hockey Pakistan too good for Germany AMSTERDAM, AUG. 22. Pakistan enhanced its chances for a place in Sunday's final in the Champions Trophy beating Germany 5-2 after leading 3-0 at half time in the Champions Trophy here on Thursday. In keeping with the current form, Pakistan ... 
Prakash makes a mockery of Bundelkhand's defenceLUCKNOW, AUG. 22.Promising striker Prakash Chaudhary toyed with the Bundelkhand defence in her 12-goal triple hat-trick romp as Chandigarh triumphed 24-0 in a pool `C' league match, in the 52nd Women's National hockey championship at the ... Raja is TN's hero CHITTOOR, AUG. 22. Karnataka knocked Hyderabad out of the championship with a methodical 3-0 win, while a hat-trick by left-winger V. Raja fashioned defending champion Tamil Nadu's emphatic 4-1 win over Andhra in the Nutrine Mahalacto 18th senior ... Athletics 
Sharma sets a new meet recordCHENNAI, AUG 22.Entertainment and competition together amidst a light drizzle and the floodlit Nehru stadium presented a peculiar atmosphere for the start of the South Zone junior athletics meet on Friday. The meet is being sponsored by the ... Beenamol, Anjali to share Khel Ratna NEW DELHI, AUG. 22.As per the recommendations of the Arjuna Awards Committee, the Union Sports Ministry today formally gave its sanction to the list of 21 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award. The coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be ... Greene gunning for fourth gold PARIS, AUG. 22. Maurice Greene has thrown down the gauntlet. He is once again ready to take on his challengers and critics. And when the ninth World athletics championships get going at the imposing Stade de France here on Saturday he will be ... Can Anju write a new chapter? PARIS, AUG. 22. Their best efforts, rarely matching those achieved back home, had hardly ever allowed the Indians a look into a second round, leave alone a final, at a World championships in recent times. Expectations that there could well be a ... Chess Humpy, Harika share lead KOZHIKODE, AUG. 22. Koneru Humpy felt a little strange on Thursday night. It was as if she was looking at her own image in the mirror, as she prepared for her game against Dronavalli Harika. ``It was like preparing for a game against myself,'' ... Golf Mukesh manages to keep lead CHENNAI, AUG. 22. Digvijay Singh was breathing fire down his back but Mukesh Kumar just about managed to cling on to his lead going into the climactic round of the TNGF-KONE Open golf tournament at the Cosmo-TNGF course on Friday. Digvijay shot ... Volleyball Will it be Brazil again? TEHERAN, AUG. 22. There is already enough heat here, but things will get hotter when 16 teams from five continents fight for the coveted title in the 12th World junior volleyball championship, which gets underway at the sprawling Azadi sports ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Young World | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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