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Karmnik regains sole lead, Anand in joint 2nd place
Linares: Vishwanathan Anand played out his second draw in as many days splitting the point with tailender Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain in the ninth round of the Linares Super Grand Masters Chess tournament to remain in.
Cricket
England will live to regret costly boycott, says Streak
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak celebrated his team's passage into the Super Sixes on
Tuesday and then said England will live to regret carrying out its costly boycott of Harare.
Vajpayee likely to visit SA to cheer Indian team: Report
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is likely to fly to South Africa to cheer the national
team if it reaches the World Cup final, the ‘Times of India website’ said Tuesday.
Hussain resigns as Eng ODI captain following WC exit
Port Elizabeth: Nasser Hussain resigned as England's One-day captain on Tuesday following the
team's first round exit from the World Cup.
We’ll prove that we deserve to be there, says Streak
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak vowed on Tuesday that his team would not be outclassed
when it begins its World Cup Super Six campaign.
Waqar likely to be sacked, tough times ahead for Pak
Johannesburg: Pakistan's team is in danger of an overhaul, including possibly a new captain, after their
worst ever World Cup campaign ended on Tuesday.
PCB orders inquiry into team's dismal performance in WC
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the team's dismal
performance in the World Cup in South Africa after the former champions went out in the first round.
SET approaches High Court to stop World Cup piracy
New Delhi: The official broadcaster of the ICC World Cup 2003 has approached the Delhi High Court to stop illegal airing of the matches by cable operators.
Rain seals Pak's fate, helps Zim through to Super Six
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe qualified for the Super Sixes of the World Cup after its match against Pakistan was rained off on Tuesday, knocking England out of the tournament.
Caribbean kings will bounce back, pledges Chris Gayle
Kimberley: West Indies opener Chris Gayle hit a solid century against Kenya on Tuesday and pledged that the former kings of One-day cricket will bounce back from their disastrous tournament.
‘Ghost of host’ returns to haunt, proves many wrong
Johannesburg: South Africa's dramatic exit from the World Cup only confirmed one of the event's great truths - the host nation shall not win cricket's showpiece.
South African media, fans rue team's bad luck in WC
Durban: With "sporting gods" conspiring to make sure South Africans were shown the door in the World Cup in the most bizarre of circumstances, the media offered its sympathies to the ‘jinxed’ team and joined the nation in mourning the early ouster.
'A rare gem like Sachin doesn't come along very often'
He is one of the best four batsmen I have seen and he is the best player of his generation. What is it that makes him so good?
Rahul 'The Wall' raises his game to keep rivals at bay
Johannesburg: India's Rahul Dravid may have been overshadowed by Sachin Tendulkar's awesome form, but he is leaving his own mark at the World Cup.
Media has exaggerated a minor skirmish, claims PCB
Bulawayo: Miffed over reports of a serious brawl among the players of its team, the Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday claimed the incident has been "highly exaggerated" but admitted
that there was a "minor verbal altercation".
Delayed start: Pak 4 for 1; match suspended due to rain
Bulawayo: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Zimbabwe in their crucial World Cup
Group 'A' match on Tuesday.
Rain delays Bulawayo start, dampens Pakistan's hopes
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe): Heavy rain delayed the start of the crucial World Cup Group 'A' match
between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at the Queens Sports Club on Tuesday.
ICC rejects Lanka charge of altering playing conditions
Bangalore: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday dismissed claims made by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), that it had altered the playing conditions of the tournament in relation to separating teams level on points at the end of the Group stage, according to an official ICC press release.
Double Dutch delight studs Holland's win over Namibia
Bloemfontein (South Africa): Klaas van Noortwijk and Feiko Kloppenburg
became the first Dutch players ever to make World Cup centuries as the
Netherlands stormed to a 64-run win over Namibia in the battle of Group
'A' no-hopers on Monday.
Indians take a well-earned break from cricket
Pretoria: Having made a comfortable entry into the Super Six stage of
the World Cup, a relaxed Indians took their second successive off day on
Monday and enjoyed themselves in the scenic South African capital.
Rain washes SA's dream, SA loses out by one run
Johannesburg: South Africa's World Cup jinx struck once again in the
most heartbreaking circumstances on Monday when torrential rain washed
out its do-or-die clash with Sri Lanka in Durban and it was eliminated
from the tournament.
Pollock admits error costs them the Super Six berth
Durban: South African captain Shaun Pollock admitted on Monday a wrong
calculation knocked his team out of the World Cup after the match
against Sri Lanka was hit by rain.
SA succumbs to its own doing as it's 'a run too far'
Bangalore: Sensation, sensation, sensation…is what World 2003 is all
about. I know I keep repeating these words but this World Cup thus far
has left me with no choice.
Dogged Yuvraj unfazed by opposition bowlers' repute
Pretoria (South Africa): His daring batting in crunch situations has made Yuvraj Singh a key batsman in India's campaign for the World Cup, and the left-hander says that he is not too worried by the reputation of bowlers he attacks.
All's not well in Pak camp: Angry Inzy dumps practice
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe): Pakistan's premier batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq stormed out of his team's
practice session on Monday after a brawl with teammates ahead of Tuesday's key World Cup match
against Zimbabwe.
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