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Indian men, women suffer defeats in Chess Olympiad
Bled (Slovenia): India suffered a double blow in the 13th round when both the men's and women's teams lost their matches against Switzerland and United States respectively in the 35th Chess Olympiad here.
Sania enters final of Philippines tennis tournament
Hyderabad: Continuing her dream run, Sania Mirza of India defeated Ivana Israilova of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-2 to enter finals of the Union Cement ITF/PHI women's circuit tennis tournament being played at Manila, Philippines.
Fiji golfer Vijay Singh aims at number one spot
New Delhi: The highest-ranked golfer ever to play on Indian soil, Vijay Singh of Fiji Islands, on Saturday said his immediate aim is to win the British Open and the US Open so that he may stake his claim for the number one spot in the game in the next couple of years.
Shikha: 17 years young and two Asiads in her bag
Bangalore: At 17 years of age Shikha Tandon has had the exposure and experience of two Asian Games (Bangkok 1998 and Busan 2002). This by itself is no mean achievement, but there is more to it in this modestly quiet second year pre-university student of Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore.
Cricket
Gayle powers Windies to 2-0 lead in ODI series
Nagpur: Chris Gayle stunned a restive crowd as he hammered a robust 103 to power the West Indies to an exciting seven-wicket victory over India in the second One-day International on Saturday.
Unbeaten double century for Bevan as NSW takes charge
Sydney: Michael Bevan scored a double century to steer New South Wales (NSW) to a commanding lead over Tasmania in their Sheffield Shield cricket game at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Another feather to McGrath, takes 100 Ashes wickets
Brisbane: Glenn McGrath claimed another milestone in his distinguished cricket career by reaching 100 Ashes Test wickets after starring again for Australia in the first Test against England here on Saturday.
Paceman Silverwood replaces injured Jones for Ashes
Brisbane: Yorkshire paceman Chris Silverwood is to replace injured Simon Jones in England's
Ashes Test cricket squad, the English Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday.
Australia on course to big lead, pressure on England
Brisbane: Australia was on course to batting England out of the opening Ashes Test after dismissing
the tourists for a 167-run innings lead at the on Saturday.
BCCI files reply to Jadeja's plea before arbitrator
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday filed its reply to a
petition by cricketer Ajay Jadeja before an arbitrator here, challenging the five-year ban imposed
on him by the BCCI over match-fixing allegations.
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