Sport Events in January 1998

1^st Jan

Tennis great Helen Wills Moody, who won eight Wimbledon titles, passes away in California. She was 92.

5^th Jan

Australia's leg-spinner Shane Warne claims his 300th Test wicket in the second Test against South Africa at Sydney.

9^th Jan

Russia's Anatoly Karpov beats India's Viswanathan Anand in the final to retain the FIDE world chess title in Lausanne.

10^th Jan

Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.

17^th Jan

Devendra Joshi bags National snooker title in Calcutta. PSCB men and Bengal women retain National table tennis team title at Jammu.

18^th Jan

Indian cricket team wins three-nation Independence Cup in Dhaka beating Pakistan in the final.

20^th Jan

Chetan Baboor, for the third consecutive time, and Kasturi Chakraborthy emerge winners of the men's and women's titles in the National table tennis championship in Jammu. India wins the Rashid international volleyball tournament for the third consecutive year at Dubai beating UAE Senior in a five-setter.

24^th Jan

Dingko Singh emerges `best boxer'; Railways regains honours in the National boxing championship in Ambala.

30^th Jan

The first Test between West Indies and England at the Sabina Park (Jamaica) was abandoned 66 minutes into the opening day with the umpires ruling the pitch unfit for play. England was 17 for three in 10.1 overs.

31^st Jan

Martina Hingis retains Australian Open women's singles title, beating Conchita Martinez in the final. North Zone wins Deodhar Trophy, beating East by 44 runs at Panaji.

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