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Ganguly completes 3rd norm, becomes India's 8th GM
Bled (Slovenia): Surya Shekhar Ganguly became the eighth Grand Master (GM) of the country after an easy draw with Grand Master Iosef Dorfman in the 12th round of 35th Chess Olympiad here which also saw the 24th seed Indian men's team hold 11th seed France to a draw.
Eagleton to host South India Junior & Amateur golf meets
Bangalore: Top amateurs are expected to vie for honours in the South India Junior/Sub Junior Golf Championship, and South India Amateur Open Championship to be held at the Eagleton Golf Resort on the city outskirts from November 12, and November 21, respectively.
Leander, Prakash get wild card entries for Tata Open
Chennai: Indian Davis Cupper Leander Paes and Prakash Amritraj, son of Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj, have been awarded wild card entries into the main draw of the Tata Open ATP Tour Tennis Championship commencing here from December 30.
Cricket
Injury woes for both teams ahead of 2nd One-dayer
Nagpur: Already 0-1 down in the series, India was battling injury worries to key players ahead of the second One-day international against West Indies here on Friday with doubts over the fitness of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag.
When we hit our straps, we can bowl anyone out: Giles
Brisbane: "We let ourselves down bowling and fielding yesterday and we aimed to put that right today," England spinner Ashley Giles said after the match.
History favours Pakistan in series against Zimbabwe
Historically, Pakistan has been the second or third best Test cricket nation for almost the entire past 18 years. Pakistan enters its two-Test tour of Zimbabwe needing to win the series to avoid slipping back level with fourth placed England.
Gillespie in fitness scare, hurts soft tissue of calf
Brisbane: Australian paceman Jason Gillespie will be treated overnight for a tight calf muscle which restricted him to bowling just three overs against England in the Ashes cricket Test on Friday.
Lee brushes aside Test axing to demolish Tasmania
Sydney: Brett Lee bounced back from his Test axing with five wickets to steer New South Wales into a strong position on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield cricket match with Tasmania at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Agarkar will continue to bat at number 3: Ganguly
Nagpur: All-rounder Ajit Agarkar, who scored a brilliant 95 in the first One-dayer, would continue to bat at number three position in the second One-day tie against West Indies on Friday, Indian captain Saurav Ganguly said on Thursday.
England fights back in first Ashes Test vs Australia
Brisbane: England recovered some of its battered cricketing pride on Friday to revive their hopes of saving the opening Ashes Test with three days left.
'I would've an on field result, than a drawing room'
Although we were awarded the first One-dayer at Jamshedpur when unrest in the stands forced a halt to the play, I accepted Saurav Ganguly's offer to go back to the field because I would have a result on the field rather than in a drawing room.
Srinath, Bangar likely to play, Patel too joins team
Nagpur: The Indian think-tank is likely to make two changes, bringing in speedster Javagal Srinath and all-rounder Sanjay Bangar in place of left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra and allrounder J P Yadav for the second One-day International against the West Indies at Vidharbha Cricket Association (VCA) ground on Friday.
ICC rules out extending TV technology in World Cup
Bangalore: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will not expand the use of technology to assist umpires at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 after a report of the technology trial at the ICC Champions Trophy identified several concerns with extending the use of television replays at this time, according to an official press release.
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