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VOL.28 :: NO.14 :: Apr. 02 - 08, 2005
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THE recent judgment by Justice K. P. Sivasubramanium of the Madras High Court that the decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to cancel the tender process for the award of telecast rights to all matches played in India under the ownership of the BCCI for a period of four years from October 2004 was "unjust, illegal and the result of bias against Zee Telefilms" must come as a wake-up call for the governing body of cricket in India
Though there have been a few aberrations on home soil, for the most part the Indian bastion has been hard to breach, writes S. DINAKAR.
CRICKET is a game where you learn from the men who have learnt.
Half empty Eden and 100th Test faux pasMARCH 16: Kolkata captures the spirit of India, as does the Eden Gardens of cricket. It is a grand theatre where the players are the protagonists. Epics have been scripted here and the invisible footmarks of greats from the past are visible to ...
Bangalore TestIT was Inzamam-ul-Haq's 100th Test, and the Sultan of Multan made it a memorable one for himself by becoming only the fifth batsman in world cricket after Colin Cowdrey, Gordon Greenidge, Javed Miandad and Alec Stewart to score a century in the ...
HAD the weather Gods been a little kind, Australia would most certainly have sealed the Trans-Tasman Trophy by the second Test at Wellington.
Passion for aggressionHE is the most destructive batsman in contemporary cricket, and walking out at No. 7 in the longer form, is the man Australia looks up to in the crunch.
A rose-tinted v i s i o nFROM a very early age in my first class cricket career and after having been regaled by old cricketers a number of times about how the game was so much better in their time, I made a vow not to live in the past and appreciate the players of the time.
Keep the momentum going JUST like the players, teams search for consistency knowing it is necessary to perform at a certain level to make a mark and gain respect.
SANJAY PATIL, the match referee at Nagpur, could not believe he was witnessing a Duleep Trophy contest.
Greek sprinters win surprise acquittalSEVEN months after a scandal that shook the Athens Olympics, Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were cleared of evading drug tests in a surprise decision that could be challenged by the IAAF. Kenteris, 31, and Thanou, 30, were ... 
Worst moment brings the best out of BekeleIT took the worst moment in Kenenisa Bekele's life to spur his best performance. The 22-year-old Ethiopian, running with the memory of his fiancee's death only two months old, completed an unprecedented fourth straight long-short course double at ...
Tennis IndexThe only tournament in the world — besides the U.S. Open and the Australian Open — that has equal prize money for men and women: The Dubai Open. Who Roger Federer says is the player he most likes to ...
WHAT makes a classic match? What makes an event so momentous that the world almost stands still and watches; an episode so fascinating that we remember and savour it for years?
... . and this time it is Alonso CARS crashed around him like fragile miniature toys in the hands of a whimsical five-year-old.
NARAIN KARTHIKEYAN is presently living out a fairytale, his own version of the Cinderella story. Umpires need help, not disdain Before neutral umpires were appointed, there were accusations of favouritism. Now they construct theories of conspiracy.
Mourinho and Wenger in trouble "PEOPLE like Mourinho are the enemy of football."
ON March 11, 2004, residents of the City of Madrid were angry and hurt.
SWITZERLAND'S Urs Meier fears that fan hostility whipped up by coaches and players might one day lead to a referee being killed and urged tougher sanctions against those who criticise officials. The Swiss referee, who received death threats ... 
Platini to run for UEFA presidencyALMOST 20 years since the bitter-sweet day that Michel Platini's Juventus was crowned European champion, he has made his move to become one of the game's top political leaders. The 49-year-old former France captain and manager has announced ...
Vitender Singh Pawar shows his classWHEN the resourceful R. L. Thiruvengadam, Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Amateur Body Building Association, talked about security, demand for tickets, etc. there was a touch of disbelief among the media personnel.
The great value of nets"WORK hard" is the advice offered invariably to youngsters and without a shadow of doubt, one needs to work hard in any walk of life. There have been cases when coaches accuse some youngsters of not working hard enough. Conversely, some ...
Just one title slips out of China's grasp"IT'S okay. Whoever wins tomorrow the goal is achieved: China will get the gold", said Lin Dan, the reigning champion of the Yonex All England badminton championship on reaching the final and realising that he would be facing another Chinese (Chen Hong) in the title-round. 
Casey keeps his coolPAUL CASEY claimed his fourth title on the European Tour International Schedule when he beat Paul McGinley at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off in an incredibly low-scoring million dollar TCL Classic at the Yalong Bay Golf Club. Both ...
Murali ties the knotA FREQUENT visitor to Chennai, where he has many friends, Sri Lankan wizard spinner Muttiah Muralitharan strengthened his ties with the southern metropolis when he chose his life partner from there. Murali married the 24-year-old R. Madhi ...
Maldini signs new contractPAOLO MALDINI, AC Milan's 36-year-old captain, has signed a new contract to keep him at the club until June 2007. Maldini's current deal with Milan was due to expire in June 2006 but the club announced that a one-year extension had been ...
Armstrong bags prestigious French sporting awardSIX-TIME Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was awarded France's Sports Academy Trophy in a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Paris. Armstrong was presented with the Trophee de L'Academie des Sports for his sporting exploits in 2004, ... |
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