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Joshna defeats Vaidehi to bag gold in Asian Squash
Chennai: India's Joshna Chinappa and Vaidehi Reddy bagged the gold and silver medals respectively in the girls singles of the 11th Asian Squash Junior Championship in Islamabad on Wednesday.
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
Maria beats Angelique in fierce battle at WTA tennis
Hyderabad: Relying on sheer bravado and grit, Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated seventh-seed Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in a second round match to enter the quarter-finals of the $140,000 WTA Indian Open Tennis Championship on Wednesday.
Lack of top ranked singles players affecting us: Krishnan
New Delhi: The absence of a top ranked singles players was affecting India's
progress in Davis Cup tennis competition, team captain Ramesh Krishnan said on
Wednesday.
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.
Cricket
Kallis may not to bowl in opener, to undergo fitness test
Cape Town: South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis will undergo another fitness test on Thursday to determine whether his injured toe would allow him to bowl in the opening World Cup match, coach Eric Simons said on Wednesday.
Wright happy with India's batting show in warm-up game
Johannesburg: Indian coach John Wright was delighted to see his key batsmen strike form ahead of the World Cup starting on Sunday, especially after their miserable show in New Zealand.
Aussies still unsure of playing their match in Zimbabwe
Johannesburg: Australia may yet pull out of its World Cup match in Zimbabwe, Australian players' union chief Tim May said on Wednesday.
Fever at high pitch: Cape Town gears up for extravaganza
Cape Town: Cape Town is gearing up for the mass invasion of cricket fans ahead of the World Cup kick-off on Saturday, saying it is prepared for any eventuality.
South Africa slams England on request for venue switch
Johannesburg: South Africa on Wednesday slammed England for requesting the International Cricket Council (ICC) to shift the venue of its World Cup match against Zimbabwe shifted out of Harare.
Bacher mum on Eng shift request, certain about security
Johannesburg: Cricket World Cup organiser Ali Bacher is confident the tournament will be a ‘great security success’, but declined on Wednesday to comment on a request by England to have its Zimbabwe match moved for safety reasons.
India's World Cup chances depend on batting, says Kapil
Nagpur: Former Indian captain and coach, Kapil Dev is of the view that India's
chances of winning the 2003 World Cup depended largely on its batting strength.
Gibbs slams century as South Africa wins warm-up match
Paarl: Opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs hit a century as South Africa cruised to a seven-wicket
win over the Boland provincial team in a World Cup warm-up match at Boland Park on Tuesday.
Look out for Gayle force for Windies in this World Cup
Johannesburg: When the West Indies bat at the World Cup, all the talk will be of Brian Lara – and
that suits opener Chris Gayle just fine.
Batsmen beware! This cop's name is Bond - Shane Bond
Johannesburg: New Zealand will look to a pacy policeman to control run-riots from rampaging
batsmen in the World Cup in South Africa.
Cairns hopes to help Fleming with all-round contribution
Johannesburg: If Chris Cairns can keep body and soul together, paying particular attention to his
knees, then New Zealand should be able to start planning for at least a semi-final appearance at the World Cup.
Hooper visits Cronje's school, lays wreath at memorial
Bloemfontein: West Indies captain Carl Hooper on Tuesday paid his respects to disgraced South African ex-skipper Hansie Cronje who was killed in a plane crash last year, a news report said.
Nostalgia: South Africa got raw deal in '92 tournament
Johannesburg: The 1992 World Cup was co-hosted by holders Australia and New Zealand in a tournament which saw South Africa's debut following its apartheid-enforced exile.
Fully-fit Lara seeks to put '99 England nightmare behind
Johannesburg: Brian Lara has pledged to make up for lost time at the World Cup starting with the opening match against the hosts South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday and put behind him the last few miserable months when his place in the tournament had been put in jeopardy by a bout of hepatitis.
Fleming happy with performance after warm-up game
Benoni (South Africa): New Zealand came through its opening World Cup warm-up match here on Tuesday happy with their performance after scoring a 78-run win over South African four-day provincial champions Easterns.
Australia not to follow England in seeking switch: ACB
Sydney: Australian cricket authorities have decided not to follow their English counterparts in demanding that World Cup matches planned in strife-torn Zimbabwe this month be moved to South Africa, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Zim doesn't want to advance on forfeits: Coach Marsh
Perth (Australia): Zimbabwe cricket coach Geoff Marsh said on Wednesday he does not want his side to advance to the late stages of the World Cup on the back of points awarded against countries not prepared to play in the strife-torn country.
Rain ruins Pakistan's effort against SA provincial squad
Johannesburg: Play was abandoned in Pakistan's World Cup warm-up game due to rain on
Tuesday as a provincial side chased a solid innings by Waqar Younis's team, posting 264 in its
allotted 50 overs at a ground South of the city.
Sri Lanka cruises to comfortable victory in warm-up tie
Kimberley (South Africa): Sri Lanka defeated South African province Griqua Diamonds by seven
wickets in a World Cup warm-up match at the De Beers Diamond Oval on Tuesday.
Indian batsmen show early form, rain turns spoilsport
Arlan Pietermaritzburg (South Africa): Rain put an end to India's World Cup warm-up match against a KwaZulu-Natal provincial side on Tuesday in the Eastern South African town, but not before the batsmen from the sub-continent posted a formidable total.
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