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Cricket
Dravid to the rescue once again
AHMEDABAD, OCT. 7. When Stephen Fleming led his team out on the field at the Motera here on Wednesday morning on the first day of the Videocon Test series he supposedly had a few tricks in his bag. For a little over two weeks, the Black Caps ...
Good start to the season by Dravid
The Indians find themselves in a comfortable position at the conclusion of the opening day's play in Ahmedabad. They could well take control of the first Test with the Motera pitch already showing signs of low bounce. All credit to Rahul ...


Tennis
Vishal wins a marathon encounter
DHARWAD, OCT. 8. The cloudy conditions gave way to sunny skies later in the afternoon and keeping up with the trend, two more Indians, Vishal Uppal and Prakash Amritraj, made it to the pre-quarterfinals of the Dharwad ATP Challenger tennis ...
Sania in quarterfinals
NEW DELHI, OCT. 8. Top-seed Sania Mirza cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over qualifier Eny Sulistyowati of Indonesia in the second $10,000 ITF women's circuit tennis tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. Sania ...
Paes and the power of positive thinking
MUMBAI, OCT. 8.Though a few kilos heavier due to medication and hospitalisation in Orlando, Paes' mind is as receptive and sharp as before. Indian tennis' inspiration arrived from New York on Tuesday night, wearing several layers of clothing to ...


Billiards & Snooker
Sandeep downs Harinarayanan
ERODE, OCT. 8. Sandeep Samuel (Break Point) put it across M.K. Harinarayanan of MCC, the winner of the first leg 65-33, 43-66, 62-27, 75-24, 56-13 in the Group A first league match of the Tamil Nadu State snooker tournament (2nd leg) organised by ...
World championship from Nov. 17
NEW DELHI, OCT. 8. The World billiards championship will be held in Hyderabad from November 17 to 23. The championship, open to pro players also, will have a field of 48 from 19 countries. Australia, England, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, ...


Chess
Hari joins Ramesh, Fominyh in lead
NEW DELHI, OCT. 8.Grandmasters P. Hari Krishna and Koneru Humpy, the two teenaged news-makers from Andhra Pradesh, are making news for contrasting reasons in the Parsvnath International chess tournament here. On what turned out to be a ...
Krithika, Adhiban triumph
KOVILOOR, OCT. 8. Pon K. Krithika (Kanchi), H. Sowmya (Erode), B. Adhiban (Chennai) and R. Premnath (Mount Chess Academy) won the boys' and girls' under 11 and 13 titles respectively in the 16th Tamil Nadu State chess championship, sponsored by ...


Golf
Shalini takes a two-stroke lead
BANGALORE, OCT. 8.A year ago, Shalini Malik was on the verge of quitting the game. She took a break because of bad form and only this year decided to resume playing golf. With Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) stepping in to sponsor her, ...


Sports : General
IOA writes to IHF for Dhanraj's inclusion
MUMBAI, OCT. 8.The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, Suresh Kalmadi, is pulling out all stops to make the inaugural Afro-Asian Games at Hyderabad a successful one. A written communication has been sent to the Indian Hockey Federation ...
China to field strong athletic squad
HYDERABAD, OCT. 8. China will be fielding a strong squad for the track and field events at the inaugural Afro Asian Games. Some of the confirmed entries received so far were released by the organisers here on Wednesday. The squad of 31 ...


Swimming
Jawahar HSS, Neyveli hogs limelight
CHENNAI, OCT. 8. Jawahar HSS, Neyveli, grabbed 7 gold medals in the second day of the Jawahar Vidyalaya SSS's CBSE National swimming meet at the SDAT-Velachery Complex here on Wednesday. The results (winners only): Boys: U-19: 100m ...



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