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Kerala, Services enter semi-finals of Santosh Trophy
Imphal: Defending champions Kerala and Services entered the semi-finals of the 58th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, winning their respective quarter-final encounters at the Khumen Lampak Stadium on Tuesday.
Indian men lose as women draw in Chess Olympiad
Bled (Slovenia): The Indian men's team met with an expected fate against defending champions Russia, going down 1-3, while the women fought hard to hold France to a 1.5-1.5 draw in the third round matches of the 35th Chess.
Cricket
R’way spinners restrict Rest to 213/4 after good start
New Delhi: A late charge by spinners Murali Kartik and Kulamani Parida saw Ranji Champions Railways peg Rest of India back at 213 for four in its first innings on the first day of the Irani Cup cricket championship on Tuesday.
Sachin to feature in weekly shows on sports channels
Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is all set to open his television innings on ‘ESPN’ and ‘STAR Sports’ with two exciting weekly programmes ‘India Vs’ and ‘Sachin Speaks on World Cup Stars’ where he analyses the teams and the stars in the run up to the World Cup.
Indian Cricket Players Association formally launched
Kolkata: Leading Indian cricketers on Tuesday formally launched the Indian Cricket Players Association (ICPA), which immediately offered to hold discussions with the ICC and BCCI on the contract issue for the coming World Cup.
Tendulkar, Bangar offer prays at Kalighat temple
Kolkata: Little master Sachin Tendulkar, yet to strike it rich at the Eden Gardens, visited the 200-year-old Kali temple at Kalighat and offered prayers.
Injured Pedro Collins still uncertain for 3rd Test
Kolkata: Injured West Indies left arm seamer Pedro Collins was still uncertain for the third and final Test against India beginning at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
India, Dravid, Harbhajan top CEAT cricket ratings
Mumbai: The Test series victory over the West Indies has taken India to the top of the CEAT
Team Rating for the first time in the year 2002-03. Team India has a tally of 52 points, five points
ahead of number 2 Sri Lanka.
'Incentives will motivate players, bear positive results'
Karachi: Captain Waqar Younis on Tuesday welcomed a decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) to penalise players for defeat and dispense rewards for victory.
India, Dravid, Harbhajan top CEAT cricket ratings
Mumbai: The Test series victory over the West Indies has taken India to
the top of the CEAT Team Rating for the first time in the year 2002-03.
Team India has a tally of 52 points, five points ahead of number 2 Sri
Lanka.
'Incentives will motivate players, bear positive results'
Karachi: Captain Waqar Younis on Tuesday welcomed a decision by the
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to penalise players for defeat and dispense
rewards for victory.
Flintoff's return set to bolster injury-hit England
Perth: Injured England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has improved over the past week and is keen to
play for the tourists in a three-day match against Queensland starting in Brisbane on Saturday,
England's management said on Tuesday.
Waugh axing: England circles see chink in Aussie team
Sydney: Australian selectors' decision to drop Mark Waugh from the Test side has been welcomed
in England cricket circles as exposing a chink in the world champions' armoury.
Hussain's gutsy ton gives boost to Eng's Ashes hopes
Perth: England captain Nasser Hussain scored a gutsy century on Tuesday as the tourists took a
first innings lead over Western Australia on day two of the three-day Ashes tour match.
We will try to get some positive result, says Hooper
Kolkata: West Indies skipper Carl Hooper on Tuesday said that his side had to improve its
catching and bat in a balanced way for a 'positive' result in the third and final Test against India
beginning at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Unlike twin Mark, Steve wants to quit on his own terms
Sydney: Australian Test skipper Steve Waugh wants to go out on his own terms – unlike twin Mark
– but refuses to put a timetable on it for fear of creating more scrutiny and pressure.
Warne for more bowling practice ahead of Ashes series
Melbourne: Champion leg spinner Shane Warne wants to continue in his brilliant bowling form and
will play for his state Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match starting on Wednesday.
Big security net around Eden Gardens for India-WI tie
Kolkata: The Eden Gardens was sewn up in a tight security net for the third Test between India and
West Indies beginning on Wednesday with commandos, Rapid Action Force and sniffer dogs on
alert.
3rd Test: Ganguly confirms Nehra's place in playing XI
Kolkata: Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly on Tuesday confirmed that seamer Ashish Nehra will be
included in the playing XI against the West Indies in the third and final Test beginning at the Eden
Gardens on Wednesday and hoped that his side would be able to keep up its winning run.
India firm favourites to sweep Test series 3-0
Kolkata: Upbeat after two huge back-to-back wins in Mumbai and Chennai, India would be hoping for a rare 3-0 sweep as it plays the third and final Test at the Eden Gardens starting on Wednesday against arguably the weakest West Indies side to tour the country.
Martyn most likely to move into Mark's number 4 slot
Brisbane: Damien Martyn is likely to be the chief beneficiary of Mark Waugh's Test sacking and take over the key number 4 batting spot in the Australian team, chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said on Tuesday.
Steve Waugh expects no compassion after twin's axing
Sydney: Steve Waugh expects no compassion from Australia's cricket selectors in the wake of his twin brother Mark's axing from the Test team for the Ashes series opener with England next week.
Australia must win Ashes to stay on top of ICC chart
Bangalore: Australia's domination of recent Ashes history will need to be repeated in next month's series in order for it to maintain leadership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship table, according to an official press release.
Atapattu's brave knock not enough as Sri Lanka draws
Kimberley: South Africa 'A' and the touring Sri Lanka side drew their four-day match at the De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Monday, called off 35 minutes early because of bad light.
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