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VOL.27 :: NO.01 :: Jan 03 - 09, 2004
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If further proof was needed that the overage menace continues to dog Indian sports then Kollam, where the junior National athletics championship was held, presented one. Strange that this should be so in an era when computer technology has made ...
A match-winner in his own rightJust imagine. This man, Sachin Tendulkar, most selfless and most dedicated, plays to win matches for India. But when he fails at times, as is natural to virtually all performers in the sports arena, people begin to doubt his calibre, writes VIJAY LOKAPALLY.
It's unfair on TendulkarONE of the consequences of greatness is harsher scrutiny. Unusually gifted players, whose performances occasionally demonstrate they are capable of anything, are often judged by a higher standard. Sometimes even an impossible one. As much as their virtues are exaggerated, their flaws are overstated. It comes with the territory.
IT is difficult to keep Sachin Tendulkar away from cricket. He loves scoring runs and taking wickets and then discussing and analysing his work.
Taking the new ball was the motivating factorAJIT AGARKAR probably surprised himself by taking six wickets in the second innings to set up an Indian win at Adelaide. It took four years for this Mumbai medium-pacer to perform to his potential. At the end of the match, he spoke to The ...
It was nail-biting till the endA great Test match. A great victory for India and a great win for Test cricket. India's exhilarating win produced all the drama, excitement and nail-biting anxiety. A Test match produces more of everything and makes it the most dramatic form of ...
The realism on which Australian cricket restsAS Steve Waugh went about meeting his pre-match media and sponsor commitments, a security staff (like a bouncer at a night club) escorted him around. But this level of attention is unusual — normally, Australian players are relaxed and ...
Incentives to take up umpiring as a professionDecember 15. In South Australia, the cricket association encourages umpiring. It invites candidates to take up this profession by offering them incentives. It shows the effort that goes into bringing a sense of responsibility and quality to the ...
Dravid as Hazare, Hazare as DravidVijay Hazare, with century after century in that Adelaide Test, was the kind of `draw' only he could be, nearly 56 years ago. That 1947-48 tour of Australia found Hazare at the zenith of his powers. COLOMBO TEST 
Murali, the defining forceTHE facts and figures of Muttiah Muralitharan's series against England cannot be discussed without a gasp. Murali grabbed 26 wickets in the three Tests: 11 at Galle, nine at Kandy and seven at the Singhalese Sports Club in Colombo. They cost him ... KANDY TEST 
Vaughan comes to England's rescueENGLAND'S draw at Kandy, after being set to make 368 to win the second Test against Sri Lanka was more than Great Escape II. It proved their ability to fight, Michael Vaughan's greatness and their tail-enders' willingness to finish off the job ...
Vaughan, a stylish batsman to watchDecember 9. Mike Watkinson's face lights up during an informal chat with the British reporters when one asks about his relationship with Muttiah Muralitharan at Lancashire. "He's cricket 24 hours a day," says Watkinson, director of cricket at Old ...
We will see a slow puncture — Mike GattingMike Gatting, the last England captain to win the Ashes, says Australia's domination of Test cricket may be coming to an end — although not soon enough for the treasured urn to change hands in 2005. Writing in UK newspaper The ... 
Henin-Hardenne exudes confidenceJustine Henin-Hardenne may have dominated the season, but the women's world No. 1 said her best was yet to come. Fresh from an intensive training session in Florida, Henin-Hardenne said she had reached a mental and physical maturity, which ... 
Becker's tale of woe continuesThree-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was fined by a German court over his role in the financial collapse of a German sports website. A Munich court ordered Becker to pay $7,000, much less than the administrator of insolvent Internet ... 
Hewitt to skip Athens OlympicsHewitt has decided to skip the Athens Olympic Games next year because it is too close to the U. S. Open. The former world No. 1 was quoted as saying his focus was on the four Grand Slam tournaments and helping Australia retain the Davis Cup. The ...
An extraordinary year for David BeckhamEngland skipper David Beckham can look back on 2003 as an extraordinary year in which he sealed his transformation from football superstar to global marketing commodity. The pin-up boy of the English Premiership had the world at his feet as a ...
Transgression turned into identity crisisTHIS ought to be the last time the Football Association allow a three-month feeding frenzy between a player committing an offence and him going on trial. The game's slow judicial process is the own goal from hell. Damage to Rio Ferdinand — ... Ferdinand will miss Euro 2004 ENGLAND and Manchester United soccer star Rio Ferdinand was banned from football for eight months after being found guilty of misconduct for failing to take a drug test. The suspension starts on January 12 and as well as ruling the defender out ...
Champions Cup: knock-out roundsNOW, in February, we will at last come to the knock-out stage of the European Champions Cup, and about time too, you might think. At least one more league-let stage has been eliminated from the competition, but it is still a very unsatisfactory ...
A flurry of outstanding performancesIT would be a bit too early to announce the arrival of Indian sport. Yet, as we look back through the past twelve months, the many vivid images of our young sportspersons making headway in international sports is sure to be etched in our memory. ...
Services and Railways claim titlesDOES Indian volleyball or at least a few State teams need somebody like Dr. Sandy Gordon? The reports from Australia following the current tour of the Indian cricket team and even during the last World Cup suggested that the contribution of a ... A drastic change in the format THE format for the senior National volleyball championship for men and women, has undergone a drastic change. Whether the format will undergo more changes or will stay put, only time and Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), can tell. Conducted ...
Tiger outshone by first-timers and SorenstamBut 2003 ended with the World No. 1 winless in majors for the first time since 1998, having been overshadowed by four debutant champions and by the top women's player, Annika Sorenstam of Sweden. Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Ben Curtis and Shaun ...
The same old storyTHE old rivalry between Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohun Bagan continued to hog all the focus in Kolkata and the two teams justifiably shared the local honours ending the season at parity. The only change that the present season had to offer was ...
End of an eventful chapterTHE demise of M. J. Gopalan, on December 21, in Chennai, brought an end to an eventful chapter in the history of Indian sport. No tribute can be more fitting to recall on this occasion than the one by the Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram (Vizzy), who ...
Carl LewisNine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis was fined $500 and given three years of probation following a high-speed freeway crash. Lewis pleaded no contest on December 19 to a charge related to an early morning accident in his brand new Maserati ... 
Mike TysonFormer heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has sacked his management team in a bid to kick-start his struggling boxing career. Tyson has terminated his relationship with Shelly Finkel and will now work with New York firm Jacqueline Rowe and ... Mark Philippoussis Only illness or injury will prevent Greek-Australian Mark Philippoussis from contesting his third Olympics. "There's absolutely no way known — God willing — that Mark won't be there," said Philippoussis's agent, Brian Cooney of IMG. ... 
Bernie EcclestoneFormula One supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, was decorated with Bahrain's order of merit first class by Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa. The honour was issued on the orders of King Hamad bin Isa al- Khalifa in recognition of ... 
Roger FedererWimbledon champion Roger Federer has split with his coach Peter Lundgren
Harsh Mankad takes a significant step forwardHARSH MANKAD is an interesting case study about optimising tennis potential. The 24-year-old Indian Davis Cupper is proving that appearance hardly matters in the international circuit, if you have the ability to keep a tennis ball in play for ...
Swiss stylist still modest as big cheese Wimbledon champion Roger Federer exudes contentment while recalling the win that changed his life. By SUE MOTT in London.
LETTERSSir, — Rahul Dravid's excellent and graceful knocks in both the innings and fine piece of bowling by Anil Kumble and Ajit Agarkar helped India to record a remarkable victory in Adelaide. The Indian fielders also did a great job. Dravid ...
A perfect ending to a fairy-tale seasonIT was the icing on the cake. In a year when the Indian juniors, with their dreams considerably stoked midway through the season by the Wimbledon junior doubles crown of Sania Mirza, affixed their stamp of authority in tournaments around the ... |
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