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Paes through to second round, Bhupathi crashes out
New Delhi: Indian tennis star Leander Paes on Wednesday cruised into the second round of the Australian Open doubles event being played in Melbourne, in sharp contrast with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi, who crashed out in the first round itself.
Anand, Loek Van Wely emerge joint leader
Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands): World Cup champion Viswanathan Anand shared points with Dutch Grandmaster Loek Van Wely to emerge joint leader after the third round of the 65th Corus chess tournament.
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Bevan anchors Australia home after Muralia hiccup
Brisbane: Sri Lanka's champion off spin bowler Muthiah Muralitharan gave Australia a mighty scare before the home team limped home by four wickets in a dramatic tri- nations series One-day clash at the Gabba Ground on Wednesday.
New Zealand ready to play on turning tracks in India
Auckland: Having walloped India in the Tests as well as the One-day series that has just ended, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming on Wednesday threw a challenge to the Indians if his team was confronted with turning wickets during its tour of India later this year "we are ready to face it".
Sri Lanka dangles cash-carrot strategy for WC
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Cricket Board is set to offer a cash bounty to its cricket players in a bid to win next month's World Cup with a new payment scheme tied to performance, Board sources said on Wednesday.
Snedden admits below par pitches needs a look in
Hamilton: Admitting that several of the pitches which led to a succession of low- scoring matches in both the Test and One-day series against India were "unsatisfactory", New Zealand Cricket chief Martin Snedden has said that the Board would take steps to ensure preparation of better tracks in future.
South Africans trying out novel training methods
Durban: The South Africans are trying out novel methods of preparing for cricket's big event the World Cup.
Kapil Dev speaks up for beleaguered Indian team
Cuttack: Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev has strongly come out in defence of the beleaguered Indian cricket team which was thrashed during its just-concluded tour of New Zealand.
India relieved about England's decision to play in Zim
New Delhi: England's decision to play its World Cup match in Zimbabwe next month drew a sigh of relief from Indian officials on Wednesday - and it had nothing to do with their love for the African country.
Younis says team needs backing for Cup challenge
Karachi: Pakistan cricket captain Waqar Younis on Tuesday admitted his team's poor form ahead of next month's World Cup was a serious problem.
Bacher, Sonn welcome England's decision on Zim
Johannesburg: World Cup chief Ali Bacher on Tuesday welcomed England's decision to go ahead with its World Cup game in Harare next month, saying it had "committed itself to the principles of international cricket".
Indians exude confidence, say they are on safe wicket
New Delhi: India's cricket officials expressed confidence on Wednesday the country's top stars will
take part in next month's World Cup despite the ongoing contracts row.
England to ignore Blair's call, to go ahead with Zim
London: English cricket authorities on Tuesday rejected British Prime Minister Tony Blair's call to
boycott Zimbabwe during next month's World Cup.
ICC receives altered Indian WC contracts
London: The World Cup player contract dispute between India and the International Cricket
Council (ICC) took a new twist on Tuesday when the sport's governing body confirmed that it had
received the team's contracts for next month's tournament.
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