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Manisha Malhotra qualifies for WTA singles
Hyderabad: Manisha Malhotra defeated Jin-Hi-Kim of Korea 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to qualify for the $ 140,000,WTA Indian Open singles tournament to be inaugurated later on Monday at the Lal Bahadur Indoor Stadium tennis complex.

National
Sunita�s honour redeemed, Asiad medals returned
New Delhi: Distance runner Sunita Rani's honour was at last redeemed when she was given back her two Busan Asian Games medals at a grand ceremony on Tuesday, capping her traumatic dope saga.

Athletes use performance enhancing drugs: Milkha
New Delhi: Even as the entire sporting fraternity gathered to celebrate the restoration of medals to Sunita Rani, India's finest athlete ever Milkha Singh raked up the subject once again accusing the athletes of resorting to performance enhancing drugs.

Tollygunge edges past ITI Sports Club 3-2
Kolkata: Riding on a late strike by Nigerian Oira Moses, Tollygunge Agragami edged past ITI Sports Club, Bangalore in the National Football League match on Tuesday.

East Bengal edges past Dempo Sports Club 3-2
Kolkata: Nigerian striker Mike Okoro scored a brace as East Bengal continued its winning spree by overcoming a spirited challenge from Dempo Sports Club 3-2 in a fast paced encounter of the seventh National Football League at the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday.

Cricket
Assam crushes UP, wins by inning and 87 runs
Guwahati: Splendid bowling by Assam spinner Arlan Konwar helped his team to a crushing innings and 87 runs victory over Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday to ensure his team remained in the elite group of Ranji Trophy.

Lehmann, Martyn shine as Aussies thrash provincial team
Potchefstroom: World Champion Australia posted a formidable 280 for nine against a provincial North West team in its first World Cup warm-up in the central student town on Tuesday.

England, Australia to call on ICC for venue switch
London: English and Australian cricket chiefs were expected to call on the sport's governing body on Tuesday to switch their World Cup matches in Zimbabwe to South Africa.

Mahsud hopes to go out in glory and few wins under cap
Johannesburg: Bangladesh skipper Khaled Mashud is all set to quit the captaincy after the World Cup in South Africa, but not before helping his team end a record sequence of defeats.

Windies in comfortable win ahead of World Cup opener
Bloemfontein: An unbeaten 97 from West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul guided his team to a comfortable 41-run victory over South African province, Free State in a World Cup warm-up match played in Bloemfontein on Monday.

Bangladesh loses to provincial team in World Cup warm-up
Ladysmith: World Cup hopefuls Bangladesh was beaten by 38 runs with 7.4 overs to spare by a provincial KwaZulu-Natal squad on Monday in the Eastern South African town.

White races against time to be fit for World Cup start
Port Elizabeth: England all-rounder Craig White, who bowled his first ball in weeks on Monday, was facing a race against time to be fit for the start of the cricket World Cup.

Nostalgia: Windies beats England by 62 to lift 2nd Cup
Johannesburg: Cricket came late to the concept of a World Cup. It was not until 1975, 98 years after the first Test match, that the inaugural World Cup took place.

Southern Stars trounce India by 9 wickets
Bangalore: Australia (Southern Stars) trounced India on Tuesday by nine wickets and 22 overs to spare to remain unbeaten in its foray thus far.

Australia to hold emergency talks over Zimbabwe boycott
London: Australian cricket chiefs are to hold emergency talks late on Monday increasing fears that they might pull out of their World Cup game in Zimbabwe.

Leg glance: India, Zimbabwe head WC shockers charts
Johannesburg: After their 1975 and 1979 triumphs, West Indies was widely predicted to make it a hat-trick of World Cups wins when the tournament was once more played in England in 1983.

A lot depends on three-in-one captain Sanath Jayasuriya
Johannesburg: Sleepless nights appear to be in store for World Cup bowlers as Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya returns to his big-scoring ways.

Spin magician Murali still remains Lanka's trump card
Johannesburg: If spin magician Muthiah Muralitharan is allowed to bowl unchanged from one end, Sri Lanka has a better chance of containing runs in the World Cup.

Indian cricketers offer tips to Durban school children
Durban: The Indian players on Monday took time off their busy schedule to offer some valuable cricket tips to hundreds of school children, who were overjoyed by the presence of star crickters amongst them.

Australia govt warns fans from travelling to Zimbabwe
Sydney: The Australian government has warned cricket fans they risk being caught up in violent political clashes at World Cup cricket matches in Zimbabwe, stepping up pressure on tournament organisers to abandon fixtures in the strife-torn African nation.

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