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Cricket Rakshan cracks century BANGALORE, AUG. 7. Opener Rakshan Rai's 115 helped Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) post 362 for seven in the stipulated 90-over first innings against Rajasthan Cricket Association in the KSCA all-India invitation MRF Trophy tournament ... Dravid's 114 in vain LONDON, AUG. 7. Rahul Dravid's quickfire 114 failed to save Scotland as the English County minnows crashed to a 75-run defeat against Northamptonshire in a National Cricket League one-day match at County ground on Wednesday. Electing to bat, ... Other Stories
Hockey India, Pakistan in same pool NEW DELHI, AUG. 7. Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been clubbed in the same pool for the Asia Cup hockey tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur from September 21 to 28. Like last year when two neighbours played each other thrice in quick ... Football Controversy dogs Federation Cup KOLKATA, AUG. 7. The ground of the Salt Lake Stadium having been rectified and the controversies surrounding it put to rest, the ongoing Tata Federation Cup football tournament now faces a new predicament — that of crowd trouble and ... Badminton Miral shows Varsh the door KOCHI, AUG. 7. Kerala champion Rupesh Kumar and top-seeded Sanave Thomas brushed aside their respective opponents and marched into the men's semifinals of the third RSC `Play for Gold' South India Open badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi ... Basketball ONGC enters semifinals CHENNAI, AUG. 7. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Dehradun, did not have the services of its ace shooter Desh Raj, who is in the Indian team preparing for the coming Asian senior championship in China, but that did not affect the visiting side's ... Chess 
Ramesh, Humpy and Jha stay aheadNAGPUR, AUG. 7. A three-way tie at the top, followed by a bunch of those desperately seeking qualification to the premier National `A' field, has set the National `B' chess championship on course of a thrilling finish. Overnight leaders Koneru ... Anand beats Peter Leko DORTMUND, AUG. 7. Former World chess champion Viswanathan Anand won his second black game in a row defeating World championship challenger Peter Leko of Hungary in a round six game of the Sparkassen chess meeting at the Dortmund Theatre on ... Sasikiran not to defend National `A' title KOZHIKODE, AUG. 7.Krishnan Sasikiran, ranked No. 40 in the world and poised to move further ahead, will not defend his title at the next National `A' chess championship. The Chennai-based Grandmaster told The Hindu on Thursday that he ... Golf Tanya impresses on World junior circuit NEW DELHI, AUG 7. Golf prodigy Tanya Wadhawa, who returned a Grand Slam of wins in the Junior international golf circuit last year, put up yet another superb display on the World junior golf circuit this year, with one win and two runner-up ... Eagleton championship from Aug. 11 BANGALORE, AUG. 7. Eagleton Golf Resort will conduct the National amateur golf championship at its resort from Aug. 11 to 14. Most of the golfers currently participating in the BGC Amateur Championship have confirmed their entries for the ... Racing : Motor 
Heat's on Schumacher and RossiPARIS, AUG. 7.Twelve months ago Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi were on top of the world. Schumacher had wrapped up his fifth Formula One world title with half of the season remaining while Rossi was about to pick up his second ... Sports : General Another boost to doping? The news that Renu Kohli is one among the coaches being recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya Award should make everyone concerned about the growing doping menace wonder whether the so-called measures being taken by the Union Government are ... Squash Indian boys do well CHENNAI, AUG. 7. Indian boys made a fine impression on the opening day (Wednesday) in the Hong Kong junior squash open championship by winning their matches comfortably at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, Shatin. Siddhant Pai, Akshay Deepak ... Sailing 
Choudhary, Madhu inch closer to titleHYDERABAD, AUG. 7. The favourites Rajesh Choudhary and P. Madhu, both of AYN, inched closer towards the standard rig and radial rig category titles respectively on the third day of the Laser National sailing championships conducted by the LCAI at ... Weightlifting Fine show by Indians NEW DELHI, AUG. 7. Indian lifters put up a superb performance clinching four gold and six silver medals in the fifth Asian youth weightlifting championships currently underway in Bali, Indonesia. Sunil Naik grabbed two gold medals — one in ... Cycling Llorente tested positive at Tour de France MADRID, AUG. 7.Spanish cyclist Javier Pascual Llorente tested positive for the banned hormone EPO during the Tour of France, the only rider to fail a drug test during the showcase race. The Spanish cycling federation said on Wednesday it had ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Entertainment | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
   
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