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Cricket Hafeez, Akhtar star in Pakistan's facile win PESHAWAR, AUG. 30.Pakistan, fired by Shoaib Akhtar's first Test 10-wicket haul and a maiden century by Mohammad Hafeez, fought back to crush Bangladesh by nine wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series on Saturday. The home team ... SPIC-TNCA takes lead on a 'frustrating' day for IA CHENNAI, AUG. 30. Shafiq Khan's show of dissent, as he argued with T.R. Kashyappan after the square-leg umpire clarified to straight umpire K.G. Laxminarayanan that the catch that Dhandapani held of the batsman at lone slip off left-arm spinner ... Tennis Roddick celebrates birthday in style NEW YORK, AUG. 30.Fourth seed Andy Roddick celebrated his 21st birthday by reaching the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 win over Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic. Roddick's victory, completed in the early hours of Saturday, ... Hockey 
Ruthless Railways' reign continuesLUCKNOW, AUG. 30.Railways extended its hold on the women's National hockey title with a domineering 6-0 win against Indian Universities in the final of the 52nd edition at the Dhyan Chand Stadium here on Saturday. Fleet-footed striker Sanggai ... Football Mizoram clinches title in style AIZAWL, AUG. 30. Mizoram is the new sub-junior National football champion. The soccer-crazy North-Eastern State achieved the feat, beating Meghalaya 2-0 in the final here on Saturday, and became the 11th State in the list of champions lifting the ... Athletics Bronze for Anju George PARIS, AUG. 30. Indian athletics leapt to the medals bracket on the world stage on Saturday. Anju Bobby George touched a season best 6.70m to take the bronze in a women's long jump competition that was not just tailor-made for India, but for ... Capel sprints to the 200m title PARIS, AUG. 29.John Capel and Darvis Patton brought America back to the sprint podium in convincing fashion, but it was the bronze that Shingo Suetsugu earned in the 200 metres that had an enormous significance, at least from the Asian angle, as ... Badminton Pawar, Sayali triumph MUMBAI, AUG 30. Unseeded Anand Pawar and Sayali Gokhle of Maharashtra won the under-19 singles boys' and girls' titles in the Rs. 2 lakh prize money U S Vitamins All India junior badminton Major ranking tournament, organised by the Uday Pawar ... Chess Arjun in sole lead CHENNAI, AUG. 30. Leaders were spotted in both sections after the fifth round of the National under-18 chess championships played at the Jaya Engineering College in Thiruninravur near here on Saturday. Arjun Deepak Tiwari and Amruta Mokal of ... Volleyball Poland upsets Bulgaria, enters final TEHRAN, AUG. 30.Poland, which fought a four-set battle against India in the play-off phase, entered the final of the 12th World junior men's volleyball championship. It eliminated the front-runner Bulgaria 21-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-21 in the ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Magazine | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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