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Cricket
Mood upbeat in the Australian camp
SYDNEY, FEB. 7. India's cricketers — captain Sourav Ganguly in particular — face a monumental task in the second VB Series final on Sunday. Ricky Ponting's team took them to task for some sloppy and unimaginative cricket at the MCG on ...

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Players' concerns should not be brushed aside
There are times when we choose to hear only what we want to hear. There are times when we choose to see only what we want to see. There are times when we are told only what we want to be told. In the context of Indian cricket, this may be such a ...

Tennis
Paes, Bhupathi put India ahead
INVERCARGILL, FEB. 7.Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Mark Neilsen and Matt Prentice 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Saturday to give India a 2-1 lead in its Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 match with New Zealand. The former world No. 1 doubles ...

Tushar takes title
NEW DELHI, FEB. 7. Usually, well begun is half done. But Tushar Liberhan and I-Hsuan Hwang proved otherwise as they recovered from poor starts, and swung their matches around to win the boys' and girls' titles respectively in the Adidas ITF ...

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    Hockey
    Indian forwards fumble; the Dutch delight
    HYDERABAD, FEB. 7. Innocuous finish brought India the ignominy of a defeat, albeit by the narrowest of margins, against Holland in the second Test of the Naval Tata Memorial hockey series at the Gachibowli complex here on Saturday. The teams meet ...

    Japan is a formidable foe
    NEW DELHI, FEB. 7. Having gained confidence with every match, India is now a victory away from a place in the next World Cup. On Sunday, what stands between the host's maiden women's Asia Cup hockey title and some wild celebrations, is Japan, the ...

    Football
    India enters final
    MARGAO, FEB. 7. The Indian under-18 football team scored an emphatic 3-0 win over host Thailand to enter the final of the Bimst-EC Cup football tournament played at Phuket in Thailand. India will lock horns with Myanmar in the final to be ...

    Archery
    Four records set
    KOLKATA, FEB. 7.Four records were established in the Indian round competition of the three-day 24th senior National archery championship at the Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur on Saturday. According to information reaching here, A. Durgaiah ...

    Athletics
    Marion makes triumphant return
    NEW YORK, FEB. 7. Marion Jones made a triumphant return to the track on Friday, winning the Millrose Games 60m in 7.21sec in her first race since devoting the 2003 season to motherhood. The 28-year-old wasn't the quickest out of the blocks, but ...

    Billiards & Snooker
    Sethi survives a scare
    GWALIOR, FEB. 7. Erratic power supply and unconcerned organisers had an effect on all the second day's matches in the 70th National billiards championship at the Jiwaji University here on Saturday. Though many established cueists sneaked ...

    Boxing
    Lewis quit for love
    LONDON, FEB. 7.World champion Lennox Lewis has revealed that he quit boxing for the love of his life. According to The Sun, 38-year-old Lewis announced that he plans to marry after he confirmed his retirement. His girlfriend, Violet ...

    Ramanand scores a knockout
    NEW DELHI, FEB. 7. Ramanand produced the knockout punch that everyone must have been looking for the past four days. The Indian won the senior lightweight title sending Nepalese Dhan Bahadur down on the canvas as the ninth YMCA international ...



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