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Cricket

Opener issue: Wright keeping the options open
RAWALPINDI, APRIL 11. The Indian team-management is keeping the cards close to its chest on the issue of opening partner for Virender Sehwag, on what is likely to be a pitch with a fair tinge of green in the third Test beginning on Tuesday. ...

Rashid hopes new speedsters will deliver
RAWALPINDI, APRIL 11. "Well done boys, very good practice session,'' shouted an energetic Javed Miandad as the Pakistani team ended its training at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, here, on Sunday. However, it was not Miandad, but manager Haroon ...

Lara, Sarwan come good
ST. JOHNS, APRIL 10. After three Tests on pitches that made bowlers feel at home and offered wickets galore, the final match of the series between West Indies and England is being played on a strip so lifeless that we may yet see a grown ...

Other Stories

Rawalpindi Test — a landmark event

Aussies taught me about team unity: Atapattu

All-black team symbolises Zimbabwe crisis

Pakistani wins `Statistician of the Year' award

Deadly bowling by Vignesh

Krithivasan slams century

Superb efforts by Karthik and Gopi

Unbeaten 99 by Anil

Thumping win for Gati

All round show by Sandeep Rawat

Rahul scalps six

Two-wicket win for Sonnet

Five-wicket haul for Mishra

SBT triumphs

Deepak Rai scalps seven wkts.

Marshalls CC posts win

Big win for Freak

Lara hits century

Tennis

Japan rallies to defeat India
OSAKA, APRIL 11. Takao Suzuki and Goichi Motomura posted reverse singles wins on Sunday as Japan came from behind to defeat India 3-2 in their Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I clash. Suzuki defeated Prakash Amritraj 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 at the Utsubo ...

Other Stories

Federer forces deciding match; Belarus wins 5-0

Mauresmo upsets Henin-Hardenne

Hockey

PSB is champion
KOLKATA, APRIL 11. Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) clinched the 109th edition of the Indian Oil-Servo-sponsored Beighton Cup hockey tournament by defeating a dogged Army XI 4-2 in the tie-breaker at the CC & FC ground on Sunday. This was the third ...

Lack of transparency in Dhanraj Pillay issue shocking
CHENNAI, APRIL 11. Shuffling the combination every two months is now part of the selection process for the Indian Hockey Federation. The rationale behind such moves is never properly explained after each event. In this context, there is little to ...

Other Stories

ACGWA has it easy

Hat-trick by Deepak Sharma

Ganga IS, Union Academy in final

Football
Arsenal deserves the title: Ranieri
LONDON, APRIL 11. Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has conceded the Premier League title to Arsenal. Chelsea's chances slipped badly in a scoreless draw against Middlesbrough on Saturday at Stamford Bridge. The loss came a day after Arsenal ...

Other Stories

KSEB claws back to beat ICF

Mahindra takes full points

India upsets Uzbekistan

Facile win for PSNA

Athletics
TNMAA felicitates State medallists
CHENNAI, APRIL 11.Athletics as a discipline among the veterans has grown into a movement gaining strength by each passing day with more and more participants in various meets. This was the theme of the speakers at a function organised by the ...

Basketball

State sub-junior basketball championship

Boxing

Brewster beats Klitschko

Carrom
Well done pat for Madurai players
MADURAI, APRIL 11. Four Madurai players — D. Shiny Gifta Sharan, D. Shirlie Gemlin Sarah, M. Kanagadhara and V. Srividya — who represented Tamil Nadu in the 31st sub-junior National and inter-State carrom championship at Lucknow and ...

Mohammed Shageer upsets Adil
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11. Mohammed Shageer scored an upset win over Adil, India's second-ranked junior, in the first round in the Delhi State carrom championship at the Nehru Stadium. The results: First round: Kishore ...

Chess

Naidu congratulates Vinuthna

Anil Kumar in lead

Cycling
Leblanc praises Cofidis' decision
PARIS, APRIL 11. Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc praised Cofidis' decision to pull its team from the Paris-Roubaix race in reaction to doping allegations by a former rider. Leblanc said in an interview published on Saturday that ...

Golf

Mickelson in sight of elusive Major
AUGUSTA, APRIL 11.Phil Mickelson salvaged par after hitting into the gallery on the final hole on Saturday at the Masters, pumping his fist when his 10-foot putt dropped into the cup for a bogey-free 69 and a share of the lead with Chris DiMarco. ...

Sports : General

Turning point

Drug-free diet for athletes

It's a Herculean task

Gupta steals the show

Volleyball
PSNA to clash with St. Joseph's
MADURAI, APRIL 11. PSNA College of Engineering Volleyball Club (Dindigul) and St. Joseph's College (Tiruchi) will clash for the title in the last match of the semifinal round-robin league in the third annual State-level prizemoney volleyball ...