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Cricket

Indians spot a silver lining
BRISBANE, DEC. 6. If only cricket innovations could accommodate indoor Test cricket! The pitch at the Gabba remained under covers for almost all day and there was little adventure when play began. It lasted a mere 38 balls. The Australian ...

A battling England earns a draw
GALLE, DEC 6.A wonderful battling performance by England earned a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka and set up the prospect of a memorable series. When bad light and rain stopped play 20 minutes early, the last pair of Ashley Giles and ...

Matthew Hayden felicitated
BRISBANE, DEC. 6. A felicitation for Matthew Hayden and reprimand for Brad Williams projected two different aspects of Australian cricket. Hayden, who came up with a record-breaking innings of 380 against Zimbabwe at Perth this year, was ...

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Zaheer Khan signed by Globosport

It's a bowlers' day out at the Brabourne Stadium

McGrath comeback in a fortnight

Statistical highlights

Tennis

Harsh Mankad wins title
MUMBAI, DEC. 6. Harsh Mankad, in control of emotions and flow of points, beat back the challenge from an anxious Jasper Smit for the second time in two weeks to clinch the singles title in $10,000 International Tennis Federation's men's Futures ...

Football

Yusuf scores winner
CHENNAI, DEC. 6. Yakabu Yusuf's opportunism, latching on to a faulty clearance by Indian Bank's defender Villy, and slamming home the match-winner after cutting through the right, helped Churchill Brothers to a 1-0 win in the National first ...

Chess
Vikramjit holds Barua
KOZHIKODE, DEC. 6. Round five of the National men's `A' chess championship indeed saw the players fighting hard at the Chess India Complex here on Saturday. Still the biggest news of the day was a draw though, as Vikramjit Singh of Manipur, who ...

Racing : Motor
Slender lead for Karamjit
PUNE, DEC. 6. Defending champion Karamjit Singh has a 90-second lead over Team MRF Tyres' Armin Kremer going into the final leg on Sunday. But the latter, who leads what is now a two-horse race for the overall title by four points, needs to ...

Squash

Corren, Heather enter final
CHENNAI, DEC. 6. The seedings came true with the top two, Mike Corren of Australia and Mark Heather of England qualifying to contest the final of the PSA super satellite Chennai Open tournament at the TNSRA court on Sunday. The semifinals on ...

Table Tennis
Andhra downs Karnataka
CHENNAI, DEC. 6. Andhra defeated Karnataka 3-2 in the men's contest of the South Zone inter-university table tennis tournament, which commenced at the Anna University Campus here, on Saturday. E. Balagurusamy, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, ...

Volleyball

Services takes on Kerala in men's final
DAVANGERE, DEC. 6. Services defeated the defending champion Uttaranchal and will take on Kerala in the men's final of the 52nd Senior National volleyball championship. At the District stadium courts here on the penultimate evening, Services ...

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