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VOL.27 :: NO.16 :: Apr. 17 - 23, 2004
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A spirited comeback by the home team Pakistan outplayed India by nine wickets on the fourth afternoon, with a much better all-round performance. An appeal to save a child THE cricketers have done everything right, so far, during this tour of Pakistan. An appeal to save a child THE cricketers have done everything right, so far, during this tour of Pakistan. WEST INDIES: the end of worship SOMEWHERE in my father's garage in Dehra Dun, under an old carpet, beside my unpleasant school reports, in an old cardboard box, perhaps it is there. BASIN RESERVE TEST South Africa levels series The draw at Hamilton was followed by a victory for the host at Auckland, before South Africa levelled the series with a six-wicket win. RANJI TROPHY It's Mumbai again THIRTY-SIX titles — 15 of them on the trot — from 40 finals in the 70-year history of the Ranji Trophy. BARBADOS TEST Everything goes England's way THERE is a look of incredulity on the face of Michael Vaughan, the England captain, everytime he appears in public.
Making their presence feltIn the Lahore Test, Umar Gul and Yuvraj Singh showed that they had the ability to perform under pressure at the highest level. An appreciation by S. DINAKAR.
DWARFED by the razzmatazz of the cricket series in Pakistan, the South Asian Games at Islamabad last week nevertheless reaffirmed India's sporting hegemony in the region.
`My batting depends on the situation now' THE splendid century at Lahore should give Yuvraj Singh's Test career a great boost.
Roddick & CoriaGUILLERMO CORIA had endured three three-set matches and had saved four match points in a semifinal just to reach the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open against Andy Roddick. ... "No nonsense sort of a guy" Howard is 57 and describes himself as a "no nonsense sort of a guy". "No nonsense sort of a guy" Howard is 57 and describes himself as a "no nonsense sort of a guy". 
Paradorn SrichaphanTHAI tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan has reported for military service after years of avoiding conscription by arguing he works as a teacher at a Bangkok school, officials said. His father and coach, Chanachai Srichaphan, insisted Paradorn was ... 
Serena WilliamsTHE other women here (in Key Biscayne, Florida), it turned out, served as little more than extras in Serena Williams' comeback star turn. Eight months after knee surgery took her off the WTA Tour, Williams picked up where she left off, hoisting a ...
A gentleman cricketer Over the years, Kirsten went about quietly collecting runs the way most people collect gray hairs.
Need to restore old powersBY putting all their eggs in one basket, the Sri Lankan selectors have much to answer for in their loss to Australia and the future of their country's cricket.
Maharashtra clinches title TWO seasons ago the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) modified the format of the premier national championship into `Elite' and `Plate' groups. Twenty-seven teams from five zones took part in the league phase of the composite Ranji ...
It's one, two for Ferrari A FELLOW could get used to this. For the second race in succession Jenson Button finished a Grand Prix in elite company.
CONCERNS about safety in Bahrain proved well founded after all during the practice session.
Mardan Mamat's greatest hour EXCITEMENT was surely at a premium in this year's Royal Challenge Indian Open golf championship.
THE Football Association, in their invertebrate surrender, have extended Sven Goran-Eriksson's contract as England manager till 2008.
Roberto Carlos makes historyROBERTO CARLOS made history in fine style, setting up two goals for Real Madrid, that gave "los blancos" an important 2-1 win away to lowly Albacete and leaves them alone on top of "la Liga." The belligerent Brazilian made ... EURO FLAVOUR 
Bergkamp, still a force to reckon withARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes Dennis Bergkamp could get a new contract if the Dutchman accepts being a squad player instead of a first-choice striker next season. The 34-year-old striker's current one-year deal expires in June and he ... EURO FLAVOUR 
Platini feels soccer is losing its valuesMICHEL PLATINI is urging soccer to return to its core values, with young players nurtured locally to avoid the game losing its global popularity. The former France great feels the game is being spoiled by big clubs fielding too many foreign ... EURO FLAVOUR Claudio Ranieri does a great job UNDER pressure Chelsea coach Claudio Ranieri received a boost when he was voted the English Premier League's manager of the month for March. Ranieri's future has been the subject of speculation since Russian Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea ...
`Leko is a bigger challenge than Kasparov' "I AM getting ambitious again," said the world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, after winning the Linares tournament recently in Spain.
Luck favours IuldachevSPIN of a coin is not the best way to find the winner in any competition. But in chess, the options are limited when two among the three players tied for honours end up with an identical tiebreak score. 
TENNIS INDEX -- PAUL FEINWho Rodney Harmon, director of men's tennis for the USTA, says "has the intangibles to be one of the great ones": Donald Young, 14, nicknamed "The Wizard," who became the first African-American to win an Orange Bowl 16s or 18s title when ...
Indians dominate once againIT was yet another success story for India at the SAF Games, as it maintained the tradition of standing head and shoulders above the rest, in the regional competition.
Perry bids goodbyeFORMER West Indies Test and one-day all-rounder Nehemiah Perry has retired from first-class cricket. Perry played all four of his Tests in 1999, with his best effort on debut at his home ground at Sabina Park, when the lanky right-arm ... 
Fleming named Player of the YearNEW ZEALAND cricket captain Stephen Fleming was named his country's Player of the Year, a day before his 31st birthday. Fleming won the Walter Hadlee Trophy for one-day international batting and also collected the National Bank Player of the Year ... Indo-Pakistan snooker series THE return Indo-Pakistan snooker series will be held at Chandigarh, from June 17 to 20, the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) announced. Pakistan won the inaugural edition of Indo-Pak Peace Cup in December 2003 at the Karachi ... Alleged slur on the 1954 German team IN the year when the Germans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their nation-defining 1954 World Cup triumph, a shadow has been cast over the historic achievement and the "Heroes of Bern." A television documentary and a new book out recently ... 
Imran's bit for societyAPART from his immense contribution to Pakistan cricket, the legendary Imran Khan has done his bit for the community in general and the patients at his Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Lahore have only kind words for their sporting ...
Of a mixed gender teamWhile the Government of India embraces an equal-gender opportunity policy, it is shocking that in Gujarat, a mixed football school team, is barred from playing some official tournaments because these events exclude girls.
Why Beckham's attackers should be ruled offsideLEAFING through the French papers the morning after Monaco's 4-2 defeat at Real Madrid, the eye was immediately drawn to a huge headline in L'Equipe analysing why Monaco still had reason to believe they could overturn the deficit in the second leg. 
Being chewed up by Hello! magazineWITH the arrival of the first bales of the News of the World at railway stations in London on that Saturday night, there collapsed one of the most fantastical, and yet most hopeful, myths to which British popular culture has clung. ...
Dravid's decision is rightSir, — Individual milestones and records are secondary when compared to team interest. Rahul Dravid, at the helm, took the right decision to declare the Indian innings, though Sachin Tendulkar, at the crease, was a stroke away from a double ...
THE dominance of Australians in world cricket has been attributed to their strong coaching structure. |
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