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VOL.28 :: NO.02 :: Jan. 08 - 14 2005
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ENGLAND was certainly the most improved Test side of 2004. In April, England won its first Test series in the West Indies, since 1968, winning three out of the four Tests.
Beyond mind games"I like Bob Dylan. There was a Dylan interview in some magazine recently, and someone wrote them a letter saying what a disappointment it had proved; that until then, he'd thought of Dylan as a messiah," Viswanathan Anand tells VIJAY PARTHASARATHY in this exclusive chat.
A hiccup in the middle IT was so unlike the man to take a step backwards. But then, the series was at stake and there was no way Sourav Ganguly was going to risk it. 
Man with the BIG shotsWhile it is true that Yuvraj was short-changed as a Test opener, his long-term future with the Indian team, given his free-stroking ways, lies in the middle-order. Yuvraj probably realises this, though a packed Indian middle-order does not leave him with an option, writes S. DINAKAR. MELBOURNE TEST No stopping the Aussies RICKY PONTING sent the ball soaring over the ropes to signal Australia's 300th Test victory. DURBAN TEST 
The classic on the `Green Mamba'MICHAEL VAUGHAN, the England captain, complained — in the gentlest possible way — that he had not been given the chance to put on his slow bowlers when bad light stopped his side winning the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban. A 'perfect' World XI VIRENDER SEHWAG and Justin Langer will open the batting for my World X1 due to play a team from Mars next week.
For many years I admire the West Indies players who never seem to be late, are always smartly dressed and usually as polite as you can wish.
The best ever Australian team Though it is impossible to compare players of different eras and select the best of the lot, the author has given his choice of a fine XI.
A widely respected umpireGROWING up in Adelaide, he would often cycle down the street housing Sir Donald Bradman, in the hope on a lucky day he might catch a glimpse of the game's greatest legend. Daryl Harper is passionate about cricket.
A promising beginningTHE fielder at cover soon gave up the chase. The timing was exquisite and the ball sped to the fence. Jacques Rudolph's effort that night was all too brief but left a lasting impression. When a dream comes true Bangladesh's victory over India in the second ODI was a small step for a small land and a small leap for a big game.
FOR 19 seasons, he rolled his arm over — sometimes menacingly, at times innocuously.
Luck favours Ganguly againTHEY call Visakhapatnam the City of Destiny. Destiny certainly was at work in this beautiful city on the east coast in Andhra last month to ensure that an astrologer's son from Kolkata would retain his title in India's premier domestic chess tournament. AICF-Players row THE battle between the All India Chess Federation (AICF) and the players seems to be far from over. It was the AICF's decision to cut 10 per cent of the prize-money from tournaments conducted in the country that sparked off the row a few months ... 
Female players corner attentionTHE opening ceremony was nearing its end. It was turning out to be as listless as an inaugural function could be. Then she entered the hall, with her family in tow. Suddenly, the Waltair Club's banquet hall came alive. The cameras flashed. There ...
Ineptly designed competitionBEFORE the recent drawn match between Fulham and Manchester United at Craven Cottage I found myself talking to my old friend and former United star right-half Pat Crerand.
Roddick has a new coachWORLD No. 2 tennis player Andy Roddick has replaced coach Brad Gilbert with U.S. Davis Cup assistant coach Dean Goldfine, a Washington television station WUSA-TV reported. "I can't confirm there was an offer from Andy to Dean, but it's not ... RCGR makes it three-in-a-row FOR the four regional finals winners of the McDowell Signature all-India inter-club golf tournament, the venue for the title decider could not have been more exciting and enthralling. The Victoria Golf Resort at Kandy, Sri Lanka, is located ... 
Meenakshi ends medal droughtFOR once, she upstaged her more famous sister. S. Meenakshi, the younger of the Chennai sisters in Indian chess, won the silver in the Asian women's championship in Beirut recently, while her more accomplished and much more successful sibling, S. ...
A bold show by Bhattacharya and Ghosal IT may not have been a title triumph. Yet, for Indian squash, it was the stuff of which dreams are made. 
`King' Khan and the great HuntWHAT would have been the subject of conversation when the legend of the 1970s met the legend of the 1980s? That was the question on everybody's lips in Chennai during the World Doubles championship even as Geoff Hunt met Jehangir Khan away from ... NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Tamil Nadu dominates THE launch of the ICL Academy in Chennai has been the best thing to have happened for squash in India.
A grand double for Andhra CHENNAI hosted the eighth National senior beach volleyball championship and this time it was held at the smaller Elliots beach and not Marina.
Sharath, Mouma triumphWHAT makes Sharath Kamal special in Indian table tennis? His hunger for success. The 22-year-old National and Commonwealth champion has never ceased to work on improving his technique and testing his skills at the highest level. His recent ...
Good fight, bad roads KARAMJIT SINGH and Katsuhiko Taguchi love to express their passion for speed under the most trying conditions. Move to shift rally to February ACCORDING to Nazir Hoosein, chairman of the organising committee of the MRF India Rally 2004, India may not be on the APRC map this year if the world governing body FIA agrees to the Himalayan Rally Association's request to switch the event from ...
Gopi and Aparna dominate THE richest badminton event in the country went international this year with $20,000 up for grabs.
The mental aspects of the gameTHE importance of working relentlessly on improving the technical aspects can never be over-emphasised. Similarly, equal importance must be given to the mental aspects of the game. It is a dictum that after a certain stage, everything boils down ...
Aleksandrovs emerges best A beautiful body is an universal obsession. The eternal quest of man to possess a chiselled physique has been the driving force of body building.
Henry, a gifted strikerTHIERRY HENRY'S goals are usually spectacular, but they can also be simple tap-ins. They come from his right foot, his left and even occasionally his head, and although they often see Arsenal to victory, there is far more to Highbury's King Henry ... 
Australia honours touring indigenous side of 1868CRICKET AUSTRALIA (CA) has paid tribute to an indigenous team, which toured England in 1868, honouring the side as the first cricketers to represent Australia. Former Test captain Ian Chappell had led a push for the team to be officially ... |
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