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Sunita Rani to get her medals back on February 4
New Delhi: Having been exonerated of doping charges, distance runner Sunita Rani is all set to get her medals back next week at a grand ceremony.
Sasikiran retains title, Aarthie tops points tally
Mumbai: Top-seed and Grand Master K Sasikiran of Tamil Nadu crushed International Master and unseeded G B Prakash of Tamil Nadu to retain the National "A" chess title with still a round to spare (19th round) on the penultimate day of the 40th National "A" championship on Thursday.
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for aspiring athletes
New Delhi: Aspiring athletes will have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interact and take tips from the legendary Edwin Moses when he pays a two-day visit next week.
Cricket
ICC rejects pleas to move Kenya, Zimbabwe ties
London: World Cup matches in Kenya and Zimbabwe will go ahead as scheduled, the sport's
governing body ruled on Thursday, rejecting pleas for them to be moved on security grounds.
BCCI select Indian 'A' team but withhold announcement
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) senior selection committee, which met
on Thursday, picked a 15-member India 'A' team to tour the West Indies next month but withhold
the announcement of names to the media.
Sehwag, Hogg sign in for L'shire as overseas players
London: English county Leicestershire confirmed on Thursday it had signed India batsman Virender
Sehwag and Australia A's Brad Hogg as its two permitted overseas players for the 2003 season.
Lifting of Jadeja ban binding, effective: Lawyer
New Delhi: Reacting sharply to Delhi and District Cricket Association's refusal to allow Ajay
Jadeja to play in a local league match, the cricketer's counsel on Thursday said the decision of the
Arbitrator to lift the five-year ban on him was binding and effective from the day of the award.
Chowgule, Ganesh, Joshi shine; K'taka has a field day
Nagpur: A maiden ton by Deepak Chowgule, whirlwind 119 by Doda Ganesh and a weak
Vidarbha bowling attack helped Karnataka take a huge 735-run lead over the hosts on the fourth
day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final plate group match at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA)
ground on Thursday.
Politicians will have no official role to play: Bacher
Durban: English cricketers' dilemma about whether or not to shake hands with President Robert
Mugabe if they have to play their World Cup match in Zimbabwe has been put to rest by an ICC
decision which denies any official role to politicians or administrators during the mega event.
Pressure will be on South Africa as home team: Hooper
Johannesburg: West Indies skipper Carl Hooper said on Thursday the pressure will be on hosts
South Africa in the opening game of the World Cup next month but added his team did not expect
an easy ride.
Zimbabwe, Kenya World Cup ties: Crucial talks begin
London: World cricket's governing body on Thursday began crucial talks on whether World Cup
matches in Zimbabwe and Kenya should go ahead.
Team that has never won World Cup may win: Shastri
Kochi: Renowned cricket commentator and former India Captain Ravi Shastri, on Thursday said
that the team that has never won the World Cup might win the forthcoming World Cup to be
played at South Africa.
Aussies have psychological hold over Proteas: Warne
Melbourne: Shane Warne has cranked up the mind games ahead of cricket's World Cup, saying
the Australians have a psychological hold over tournament fancies South Africa.
No compromises, no handshake with Mugabe, says Hayden
Melbourne: Australian batsman Matthew Hayden said on Thursday he would refuse to shake the
hand of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe at World Cup.
Indians feel at home in Durban, receive grand welcome
Durban: If Saurav Ganguly's men thought they would escape thronging crowds and the pressure of
expectations when they played in far-off South Africa, they were proved wrong by the number of
supporters that flocked to welcome them on their arrival here.
'SA team heading for a split over Cronje tribute issue'
Durban: The decision of a few South African players to dedicate the World Cup to their former
captain Hansie Cronje may be indirectly interpreted as their concern for the current leadership, a
leading sports psychologist has said.
'Victories over Pak, India vital for defending title'
Perth: Australia views opening pool matches against Pakistan and India as vital to the team's
chances of defending the World Cup in southern Africa, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist said on
Thursday.
DDCA prevents Jadeja from playing a league match
New Delhi: Cricketer Ajay Jadeja was prevented from playing in a local league match on Thursday
by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), just three days after a five-year ban on him
was quashed by a Delhi High Court appointed arbitrator.
It'll take an outstanding side to dethrone Australia
Sydney: Australia, the reigning champion, deserves to be installed as favourite to retain the World Cup in the sport's four-yearly showpiece about to unfold in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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