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Anand moves into sole lead after draw with Kramnik
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Viswanathan Anand shot into sole lead with an
eventful draw against Braingames champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the 8th round of the 65th Corus Chess tournament.
Paes, Bhupathi to reunite for Davis Cup tie against Japan
New Delhi: Three-time Grand Slam champions Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will reunite for India's Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I first round tie against Japan from February 7 to 9.
AFC to take decision on ban in April
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will take a decision on whether to lift a ban on Indian Football Association in April following an appeal by Indian soccer authorities.
National
Hari, Sasi, Barua share lead; Nisha tops in women's section
Mumbai: Grand Master K Sasikiran joined overnight leaders GM Harikrishna and GM Dibyendu Barua to lead the table with 4.5 points each at the end of six rounds in the National ‘A’ chess championship on Tuesday.
Cricket
ICC to examine final security plan in Zimbabwe
London: Security details in Zimbabwe for next month's cricket World Cup will be examined by ICC officials who are travelling to the Southern African country on Wednesday, the sport's world governing body announced.
Ponting century brushes Sri Lanka aside in One-dayer
Melbourne: Australian captain Ricky Ponting bludgeoned a thrilling unbeaten century as his side sped to a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a tri-nations series One- day clash on Tuesday.
Honour for Aravinda, Lankan's adieu on Australia soil
Melbourne: Aravinda de Silva, the longest serving current player in international cricket, bowed out a loser on Tuesday in his farewell appearance on Australian soil before he retires in two months.
Perren double-century leads Queensland onslaught
Brisbane: Makeshift opener Clinton Perren completed an eight-hour 224 against South Australia on Tuesday as Queensland surged towards its fifth straight victory of the Sheffield Shield season.
Sreekumar Nair spins Kerala to win over MP
Kochi: A brilliant bowling performance by spinner Sreekumar Nair (5 for 66) helped Kerala to defeat Madhya Pradesh by 68 runs in the Ranji trophy plate division semi-finals at Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium on the penultimate day.
Confident West Indies sets sight on WC triumph
St. John's: West Indies got down to fine-tuning on Tuesday for next month's World Cup; confident it could win its first One-day trophy since 1979.
BCCI working panel to discuss contract row tomorrow
New Delhi: With the vexed World Cup contract issue showing no signs of being resolved, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) top officials will meet on Wednesday to decide its future course of action.
Handling pressure key to winning World Cup: Imran
Karachi: Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan on Tuesday said the team which was best equipped to handle pressure would win the forthcoming World Cup in southern Africa.
Ban Muralitharan, says former Australian Test umpire
Brisbane (Australia): Former Australian Test umpire Lou Rowan has called for controversial Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to be banned, it was reported on Tuesday.
Yorkshire sacks former Aussie Clarke as coach
London: Former Australia Test cricketer Wayne Clark is set to leave Yorkshire just two years after coaching the team to the English County Championship title, a statement issued by the club indicated on Monday.
Full house: Indo-Pak World Cup match tickets sold out
Durban: Tickets for the mouth-watering World Cup clash between archrivals India and Pakistan on March 1 at Pretoria have been sold out as expected.
BCCSL seeks time from ICC to resolve pay crisis
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday asked for more time from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resolve its pay crisis that threatened to scuttle the team's participation in next month's World Cup.
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