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Indian referee to officiate in Australian Open golf
Chennai: Ishwar Achanta has become the first Indian to officiate in a golf
tournament in the world, the Holden Australian open, being held from November 21 to 24 at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne.
AP Oppn sees red in govt expenses for world chess
Hyderabad: An unsavoury controversy has broken out in Andhra Pradesh over
government's expenditure during the recently organised second World Chess
Championship, with Opposition Congress alleging 'astronomical payment' to the
hosts 'Ramoji Film City', a charge vehemently denied by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government.
Hockey gold medal winning Olympian Joginder no more
Kolkata: Joginder Singh, a member of the gold winning Indian hockey squad at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, died on Wednesday morning at a hospital after protracted illness.
Discrepancies in samples gives Sunita fresh hope
New Delhi: In a new twist to the doping controversy, Sunita Rani's fight to prove her innocence has received a shot in the arm after "huge discrepancies" were reportedly found in the amount of a banned substance, nandrolone, in her 'A' and 'B' samples tested during the Asian Games in Busan.
Cricket
Elaborate security arrangements for second ODI
Nagpur: Security arrangements here have been beefed up for the second One-day International between visiting West Indies and India on November 9, in view of the enhanced threat perceptions, Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Manikrao Thakre said on Wednesday.
'Interruption broke momentum, we gamely hung on'
Jamshedpur: For West Indies skipper Carl Hooper there could not have been a more fascinating start to the One-day series against India but the Guyanese admitted the break in the game at a crucial stage following crowd trouble had threatened to spoil his team's chances of victory.
Pollock could forfeit bowling slot in Sri Lanka Test
Johannesburg: South African captain Shaun Pollock could forfeit his opening role in the first Test against Sri Lanka which starts on Friday, as selectors look at bolstering the national squad's bowling attack.
Four Bangladesh cricketers hurt in Dhaka road accident
Dhaka: Four players from Bangladesh's national cricket team were injured on Wednesday when their taxi overturned, an official said.
Windies braves hostility to clinch last-ball thriller
Jamshedpur: Ramnaresh Sarwan smashed a last-ball four to guide the West Indies to a thrilling four-wicket victory over India in a One-day International marred by crowd trouble on Wednesday.
Kumble's feat: 3rd in world to reach 300 ODI wickets
Jamshedpur: Leg spinner Anil Kumble on Wednesday added another feather to his cap when he became the third bowler in the world and the first Indian to get 300 wickets in One-dayers.
Australia confident, but respects England's abilities
Brisbane: Steve Waugh's Australians are supremely confident, yet respectful of England's
capabilities, as they look for an eighth consecutive Ashes series' victory in Test cricket's traditional
contest.
IDI contract panel discusses player terms via telecon
Bangalore: ICC Development (International) Ltd (IDI), the commercial arm of the International
Cricket Council, on Tuesday confirmed that its player contracts committee has met for the first time
via telephone to consider the player terms for the ICC World Cup 2003.
India, Windies ODI series first since ICC rankings
Bangalore: India and West Indies will contest the first One-day International (ODI) series to be
played since the introduction of the ICC ODI Team Rankings, last week.
Pakistan batting goes as per plan in Zim warm-up tie
Harare: Seven of the eight Pakistan batsmen who faced Zimbabwe 'A' in the first innings of the
three-day tour warm-up match here scored 43 runs or more as the tourists declared at 456 for six
after an hour into Tuesday's second day.
Flintoff doubtful for first Test, White likely to play
Brisbane: Even as Australia dropped fast bowler Brett Lee from the starting 11 for the first Ashes
Test, England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was in doubt for the injury-hit visiting team.
'I'm 43 years, slightly overweight & genuine No. 11'
Auckland: Sir, writes one hopeful, I wish to make myself available to represent the New Zealand
cricket team against India this summer.
Australians prefer Bichel to Lee for first Ashes Test
Brisbane: Fast bowler Brett Lee was dropped on Wednesday from the Australian cricket side for
this week's Ashes Test opener against England.
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