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Events 2003   Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec 
Events in August 2003

Aug. 2 Abhijit Kunte wins the British Chess championship in Edinburgh. Full Story
Juan Pablo Montoya wins the German F1 GP in Hockenheim.
Aug. 4 Annika Sorenstam of Sweden wins the British Open golf championship at Lytham St. Annes, thereby completing a career Grand Slam.
Aug. 5 England bowler Darren Gough of England announces retirement from Test cricket. Full Story
Aug. 8 R.B. Ramesh wins the National `B' chess championship in Nagpur. Full Story
Aug. 9 Mahindra United wins the Federation Cup football championship in Kolkata.
Aug. 10 Moldova's Victor Bologan wins the Sparkassen chess meeting at Dortmund. Full Story
Aug. 15 Syed Anwar announces retirement from International cricket.
Aug. 17 V. Anand wins the Classic rapid chess championship in Mainz. Full Story
Shaun Micheel lifts title in the PGA golf championship in Rochester.
Aug. 24 Neelam J Singh becomes the first Indian to qualify for the final of the World Athletic championship in Paris. Full Story
Koneru Humpy of India wins the Asian women's chess championship in Kozhikode. Full Story
Fernando Alonso (22 years) wins the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest, becoming the youngest to do so.
Netherlands wins the Champions Trophy hockey championship in Amsterdam. Full Story
Aug. 25 Tennis legend Pete Sampras announces retirement.
Aug. 26 Former World No. 1 Michael Chang of United States announces retirement in New York.
Aug. 30 Anju Bobby George of India claims bronze in the long jump event of the World Athletics championship in Paris. Full Story
Indian Railways wins the Senior women's National hockey championship in Lucknow. Full Story

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