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VOL.27 :: NO.10 :: Mar. 06 - 12, 2004
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A TOPIC that keeps cropping up now and then in cricket is `chucking.' If bowlers, hauled up for adopting this unethical mode, consciously or inadvertently, were as honest as Sonny Ramadhin, then the subject would have acquired a moral tone. Long ...
There's no place for him in cricketDespite the best efforts of the body engineers, the scientists and the law-makers, Muttiah Muralitharan throws. This is going to harm cricket beyond measure. Within 20 or 30 years bowling will be more like baseball pitching than it should be, writes TED CORBETT.
Technically impossible for him to `throw'An illegal delivery is the one where the bowler bends and then straightens his elbow. It has been scientifically proven that Muralitharan, because of his deformity, cannot straighten his elbow to the extent for it to be illegal, writes S. DINAKAR.
Mystery balls and all thatAFTER watching the first two one-day internationals between Sri Lanka and Australia, I am sure that Muttiah Muralitharan is as big a trickster as Shane Warne.
It's a cricket tour, not a political one I FEAR too many people are under the delusion that India are going to Pakistan on a political tour.
The finest of all commentatorsThat ruthless television business rids itself of those who do not fulfil their role exactly and if you survive you must have what it takes. To be fair, Richie has not just survived. He has ascended to the throne, grasped the sceptre and kept the crown firmly on his head.
Mumbai takes the crown in styleTHE depth and resilience Mumbai displayed in winning the Ranji Trophy one-day inter-zonal tournament ahead of four leading State sides proved its superiority in domestic cricket.
One with an indomitable spirit Simon Jones realises well that between a bundle of wickets and a clutch of shattered dreams can be nothing more than a sliding stop gone wrong.
Greed in place of graceDrug use is becoming so routine that it is shrugged off. Already there is talk Dwain Chambers (right), the British 100m runner, was thinking of having a tryout with an American football team. Not free to run but free to kick a ball? Redemption is just another sport away, writes ROHIT BRIJNATH.
The African experience ROD LIDDLE is a journalist who you might say only does it to annoy because he knows it teases. EURO FLAVOUR 
`A wound that cannot be healed'MICHEL PLATINI says his wounds from the Heysel disaster are so deep he could never return to the Brussels stadium where 39 fans died at the 1985 European Cup final. The Frenchman, who scored Juventus's winner against Liverpool from the penalty ... EURO FLAVOUR 
Stam to join AC MilanFORMER Manchester United defender and Holland International Jaap Stam will join AC Milan from Lazio in June, according to the player's agent, Henk van Ginkel. He claimed, "Jaap has already reached an agreement with Milan, it's all agreed." ... 
Nedved tops pollJUVENTUS midfielder Pavel Nedved was named Czech Footballer of the Year for the third time. Nedved, voted European Footballer of the Year in December, came on top in a poll conducted among Czech players and managers. The 31-year-old also won the ... Compensation sought EUROPEAN clubs have sought compensation payments for releasing players for international duty and voted against a revival of the World Club Championship. The European Club Forum — comprising more than 100 clubs — had a meeting in ...
Struggling to outrun suspicionThe American golden girl's return to track after a 15-month break is tarnished by involvement on the fringes of the sport's latest drug scandal. Marion Jones interview by JIM WHITE.
Daly shrugs off his demons Daly made one of the more magnificent sand shots, from some 70 feet, the ball stopping perhaps five inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie. 
John Daly chronologyDecember 1991 — At the World Championship in Jamaica, he signs an incorrect card after shooting an 87 in the second round and is disqualified. Breaks putter in that round and finishes using an iron. December 1991 — ...
Indians strike it rich IT was a competition once in four years. Well, for some of the Indian shooters, it offered, once in a lifetime chance to compete in the Olympics.
Alok emerges champion in both versions AS a routine, Indian cueists keep setting records. Of late, there has been a splurge with the World snooker title coming to India.
Pankaj Advani's turn will comeTHE National Billiards and Snooker Championship is the most prestigious tournament in the country and winning it is unquestionably a great honour. But this year the Nationals had more than the usual significance for three players — seven ...
Praiseworthy effortABOUT 16 years ago, on a train journey from Guntur to Vijayawada, a young bespectacled kid asked me whether it was hard to carry so many trophies such a long distance by train or by air.
Climbing the rungs fast HE was like any other aspiring tennis player about three months ago. Quite unknown, but working hard with all the resources that he could muster.
He is making waves HE is the brightest Indian junior tennis player at the moment. In fact, he is the best in Asia.
A family affairLLEYTON HEWITT'S 23rd birthday celebration on February 24 should have been quite a bash. The Australian won the Rotterdam indoor title, while just down the road in Antwerp his fiancee Kim Clijsters claimed the Diamond Games crown. Total prize ... Gaumont sacked FRENCH cycling team Cofidis have sacked Philippe Gaumont after he admitted taking the banned substance EPO. Gaumont was recently arrested as part of a probe into the team and he threatened to reveal details of drug-taking across the sport. ... 
Bacher to launch bookFORMER South Africa Cricket Board chief Dr. Ali Bacher will visit India in early April to launch his book "Ali: The Authorised Biography", written by journalist Rodney Hartmen. Bacher, the former South African Test captain and chief ... 
Tikolo's appealKENYA'S cricket captain Steve Tikolo has made an appeal to sponsors and the International Cricket Council to help develop the sport in his country. Tikolo, speaking after his visiting team lost to Windward Islands in the Carib Beer cricket series ... Eriksson's little-known son SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON will be carrying the hopes of a nation this summer — while his son carries the bag of a golfer hardly anyone has ever heard of, according to a report in the UK's Sun online. As coach Eriksson bids at Euro 2004 to justify ...
Lalithakumara regains titleSRI LANKA'S top golfer B. G. Lalithakumara peaked at the right time to win the Eveready 103rd all-India amateur golf championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course. In winning the second oldest golf tournament in the world after the British ...
Lacking in qualityTHE concept of State Olympics is not new in Karnataka. Two decades ago the first State Olympic Games was conducted at Bagalkot in 1984. After a 14-year wait, the Karnataka Olympic Association revived the Games in 1998. The Games was put in cold ... NEW DELHI 
Below par performanceSOME of the Indian boxers aiming for Olympic berths at Athens were on view in the ninth YMCA international championships in New Delhi. Some others, notably Jitender Kumar, Mohammed Ali Qamar and Akhil Kumar, were absent due to various ... HYDERABAD 
Karnataka is overall championKARNATAKA came up with a splendid show to take the overall championship in the Federation Cup taekwondo event held at the Lal Bahadur indoor stadium in Hyderabad recently. With a tally of 82 points it took the title, while CRPF finished a distant ...
Marco PantiniTHOUSANDS of mourners, including fellow sports stars and ordinary neighbours, bid a final farewell to Italian Marco Pantani, the hugely popular cyclist who was tormented by doping allegations in the last few ... Patrick McEnroe & Zina Garrison PATRICK McENROE and Zina Garrison will captain the United States' men's and women's teams at the Olympics. McEnroe, the U.S. Davis Cup captain, and Garrison, in charge of the Fed Cup team, were appointed recently. "It is an honour," said ... 
Zinedine ZidaneZINEDINE ZIDANE has signed a new contract with Real Madrid, which will keep the world's most expensive footballer with the Spanish champions until 2007. The 1998 World Cup winner's two year extension to his existing contract which was due to ... 
Virender SehwagTHE Butcher from Najafgarh — Virender Sehwag — has finally been bowled. And this time, the flamboyant cricketer, quite shy and reserved off the ground, isn't even disappointed. On the contrary, he's quite "happy" at being bowled ...
What's cooking this season?THANKS to television, Formula One racing is, today, arguably the biggest spectacle in contemporary sport. Across the globe, it's certainly bigger than the NBA league or rugby; or even golf. Isolated events like the Olympics 100m dash might ...
A legend in his own rightUNFORTUNATELY, there is no science to measure greatness. But if it's any consolation, tributes don't get better than this. After Michael Schumacher and Ferrari painted the 2002 F-1 season a Scuderia red, Max Mosley, President of the sport's ...
Will Raikkonen make amends in 2004?MICHAEL SCHUMACHER's coronation as the World Champion for a record sixth time was the highlight of the 2003 Formula One season. The German will face an intense rivalry this time around, especially from McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. ...
Bahrain, Shanghai make debutTHE 2004 Formula One Grand Prix series will be the most crowded in terms of the number of races — 18 — with the inclusion of two new venues, Bahrain and Shanghai. Also, with Austria dropping out of the GP series, the famous Belgium ...
RUBENS BARRICHELLO, Ferrari driver: "I think both Raikkonen and Alonso are future world champions. I just hope I can win the World Championship before them." Bernie Ecclestone, F-1 supremo: "I think Michael (Schumacher) is going to have ...
Michael Schumacher* Includes Schumacher's 78 points from the 1997 World Championship which were later excluded by the FIA. |
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