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Records galore in swimming at National Games
Hyderabad: Local favourite Mandar Divse won the gold in men's 1500m free style swimming competition clocking 16:29.69 at the Aquatic Complex on Sunday.

Anand, Gupta advance to badminton semi-finals
Hyderabad: Chetan Anand of Andhra Pradesh and Abhin Shyam Gupta of Uttar Pradesh advanced to the semi-final of the men's badminton event of the 32nd National Games in contrasting styles at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Sunday.

4 Games records tumble as K'taka swimmers rule roost
Hyderabad: The strong Karnataka swimmers predictably stamped their superiority clinching three of the five gold medals on offer even as four records fell by the wayside in the 32nd National Games on December 14.

Cricket
Punjab wins Polly Umrigar Trophy on first innings lead
Mumbai: North Zone champions Punjab won the under-15 all India knock-out tournament for the Polly Umrigar Trophy by virtue of 166-run first innings lead over West Zone Champion Mumbai after the three-day match ended in a draw at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Australia thrashes England by 89-runs in 2nd One-dayer
Melbourne: Shane Warne's dislocated shoulder injury, which threatens his World Cup participation, marred another convincing Australian One-day win over England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Warne WC hopes in peril, dislocates bowling shoulder
Melbourne: Australia's champion leg spinner Shane Warne is in doubt for next February's World Cup after dislocating his bowling shoulder on Sunday.

Bangladesh faces uphill task to draw level in 2nd Test
Chittagong: Bangladesh faces a difficult task of avoiding defeat in the second and final Test against the West Indies, which begins on Monday at M A Aziz Stadium.

Hussain dismisses reports on retirement, to continue
London: Under-fire Nasser Hussain on Sunday dismissed reports that he is ready to quit as England captain and has vowed to continue as long as his country needs him.

Defeat in tour opener will not upset us: Jayasuriya
Brisbane: Captain Sanath Jayasuriya said on Sunday his Sri Lankan team was not about to press the panic button after their heavy 102-run defeat to Australia ‘A’ in a warm up One-day match.

Lankans cry foul over campaign to discredit Murali
Brisbane: Sri Lankan team management said on Sunday that a long-running Australian campaign to discredit off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was not justified.

Warne injures bowling shoulder, carried off the field
Melbourne: Australia's champion leg spinner Shane Warne appeared to suffer a serious shoulder injury during the triangular One-day series match against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.

Shell shocked Indians seek answers after humiliation
Wellington: No loud words were exchanged or bottles thrown in disgust or fingers pointed at each other in the Indian dressing room after the tourists lost the first Test to New Zealand at Basin Reserve by 10 wickets on Saturday.

Gilchrist, Ponting slam tons; Aus scores record total
Melbourne: Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist smashed centuries as Australia reached a record One-day total of 318 for six off 50 overs against England in a triangular series match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Indians file complaint on absence of doctor to NZC
Wellington: The Indian team management has made an official complaint to New Zealand Cricket (NZC) about the absence of a doctor at Basin Reserve during the third and final day of the first Test.

Waqar reaches milestone of 400 wickets in ODIs
Bangalore: In the world of cricket who has not heard of the famous trio? - Worrell, Weekes and Walcott, better known as the three Ws of West Indies. However there is another set of two Ws who are also popular the world over.

Murali's action is still suspect: Ex-Australian umpire
Sydney: Most umpires believe Muthiah Muralitharan's bowling action is illegal but do not call the Sri Lankan for fear of losing their jobs, according to retired Australian Test umpire Ross Emerson.

Local South African team beats Pakistan in 25-over tie
Alice (South Africa): A makeshift Pakistani team went down to a last-ball defeat in a 25-over-a-side match against a local Border Invitation XI at Fort Hare University on Saturday.

India desperately seeks stayers after batting debacle
Wellington: Indian cricket coach John Wright said on Sunday the team needed batsmen capable of handling fast pitches if it hoped to square the two-Test series against New Zealand.

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