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Cricket
Australia, Pakistan to meet in last league game
AMSTELVEEN, AUG. 24. Weather in Holland can be extremely fickle. You can have sunshine one moment, and cloud cover followed by rain the next. Cricketing fortunes can be fickle too. Only months ago, the Indian cricket was on a high, matching ...

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Karen Singh shines in Gowlipura's win

North Zone schedule

Sharath, Suresh prop up TNCA President XI

Mangalore gets first innings points

Muthuvella tastes success

East Godavari triumphs

Pot Market XI wins title

Murugan CC wins

Tennis

Gomes upsets Gursher

Football
LG Cup: Vietnam beats India
HANOI (VIETNAM), AUG. 24. Vietnam registered a 2-1 win over India to book a place in the LG Cup semifinals here on Tuesday. The win at Ho Chi Minh City put Vietnam on top of the Group `A' standings. India also advanced to the next stage after ...

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Nabi nets winner

Ricky slots two

Badminton

Good day for AP, Kerala

Basketball

Mizoram on the rampage

Campion HSS `A' advances

Chess
Anand clinches title
CHENNAI, AUG. 24. Viswanathan Anand won The Challenge Rapid chess tournament with a round to spare humbling Rafael Leitao of Brazil in the ninth round at Sao Paulo on Tuesday morning. Needing a draw to win the tournament, Anand spotted a ...

Bhagyashree stays on top
KOZHIKODE, AUG. 24. Bhagyashree Thipsay may have conceded a draw for a second time in as many days, but she still looks the player to beat. She remains in the lead, along with four others, after the sixth round of the 31st National women's `B' ...

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Sorokin beats Humpy

Harikrishna is joint second

Ajit holds Bhantopadyaya

Two share lead

Golf

Madras Ladies Open from Aug. 31

Sonam wins title

Padmanabhan, Pawar bag titles

Gaganjeet, Himmat share lead

Olympic Games
Indians languish in last place
ATHENS, AUG. 24.Continuing their highly forgettable journey through the Mediterranean, the Indian sailing duo of Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel remained anchored to the last place after the 15th and penultimate race of the 49er (Mixed Open ...

Italy upsets U.S., enters final
ATHENS, AUG. 24.Manuela Zanchi scored with two seconds in regulation as Italy upset the United States 6-5 on Tuesday and advanced to the final of the women's Olympic water polo tournament. The Italians scored after 96 seconds via Cinzia ...

`Mosquito' heaves to a new high
ATHENS, AUG. 24. Two records were obliterated on Monday in athletics and one performance that stood out for its quality came from the Hungarian discus thrower, Robert Fazekas. The 29-year old, who was once a judo player, set a new Olympic ...

Irini Merleni makes history
ATHENS, AUG. 24. The first woman ever to win gold in Olympic wrestling screamed with delight, subsided into floods of tears and leapt into the arms of an astonished referee. Five minutes later she was still sobbing and tearing at her hair on ...

China, Russia in women's semifinals
ATHENS, AUG. 24.China moved one step closer to its first gold medal since 1984 by beating Japan 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 in the quarterfinals of the women's volleyball tournament. Lina Wang and Ping Zhang each scored 12 points for the Chinese, ...

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Officials Hamm it up

India plays Pakistan today

Russia at its customary best

Milen Dobrev lives up to his billing

Day of reckoning for Anju

Australia downs Japan

Weightlifting coaches sacked

Ignatyev takes centrestage

No sanctions against Australian rowers

Khatri beaten

Sports : General
Ostrich-like stance won't help
WEIGHTLIFTERS Pratima Kumari and Sanamacha Chanu have tested positive for prohibited substances at the Athens Olympics. There is a national uproar; officials are shocked. The `pass-the-buck-around' syndrome has gripped everyone. "We won't spare ...

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A humble champion

Volleyball

New College made to sweat

Weightlifting

NTR-Delhi bags title

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