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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
Indians mull over a venue shift for Durban semi-final
Cape Town: Wary of rains spoiling its World Cup chances, India is contemplating asking the organisers to shift the day-night semi-final in Durban on March 20.
Donald to make a final decision on retirement very soon
Johannesburg: Veteran South African fast bowler Allan Donald admitted on Wednesday that he is close to announcing his retirement from international cricket, saying the decision to drop him from the World Cup side which lost to Sri Lanka had left him stunned.
Criticism helped team, brought it together, says Wright
Cape Town: Indian coach John Wright said on Wednesday the criticism that had been heaped on his team after a poor tour of New Zealand earlier this year had helped its World Cup campaign.
I am comfortable at number four position, says Kaif
Cape Town: Promoted suddenly to the number four slot in the crunch World Cup game against Pakistan, Mohammed Kaif on Wednesday said that this batting position suited him.
Sachin played out his skin & gave us nightmare: Akhtar
London: The "Rawalpindi Express" now doesn't know what derailed him. Pakistan's tearaway fast
bowler Shoaib Akhtar has written in a British newspaper that the treatment given to him by Sachin
Tendulkar in the Indo-Pak World Cup clash last week was a "nightmare".
Team will try its best to win World Cup, vows Ganguly
Kolkata: Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly on Wednesday said that spirit of the Indian team was 'very high' and it would try its best to win the World Cup.
ECB to fight Zim penalties, confident tour will go ahead
London: English cricket supremo Tim Lamb on Wednesday vowed to fight any move to impose financial
penalties over England's refusal to play its World Cup match in Zimbabwe.
We must keep our feet on the ground: Coach Wright
Cape Town: Ahead of an easy Super Six clash against Kenya, Indian coach John Wright stressed on the
importance of maintaining the winning momentum and asked his team not to lower its guard or under-rate
its opponents.
Orchard, Tiffin found wanting; axed from further games
Johannesburg: South Africa's David Orchard and Zimbabwe's Russell Tiffin, two of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) elite panel of umpires, were dropped on Wednesday from further World Cup matches after failing to impress in the group stages.
Indian plots India's World Cup defeat in Super Sixes
Cape Town: India goes into its World Cup Super Sixes opener against Kenya on Friday opposed by one of its own - Kenyan coach Sandeep Patil.
Bacher calls for expanding next World Cup in Windies
Johannesburg: World Cup executive director Ali Bacher called on Wednesday for even more teams to take part in the next edition of the tournament in the West Indies in four years' time.
Victoria coach wants Warne to practice, ACB to decide
Melbourne: Shane Warne will know by next month what he is allowed to do in cricket during his year-long doping ban.
Twist of fortune: Gillespie out again due to heel injury
Centurion: Australian quick Jason Gillespie came to the World Cup vowing that the years of injury-induced misery he has endured would serve as the ideal platform for his personal assault on the World Cup.
Sehwag injures index finger, X-rays reveal no fracture
Cape Town: India received an injury scare ahead of the World Cup Super Sixes when opening batsman Virender Sehwag hurt the index finger of his right hand during training on Wednesday.
Run rate mix-up Pollock's fault: Unsympathetic Waugh
Sydney: Steve Waugh says he has little sympathy for South African cricket captain Shaun Pollock following a communication breakdown that led to the Proteas' exit from the World Cup.
WC organisers wary of fans' backlash & empty stands
Johannesburg: World Cup organisers are set to spend an uncomfortable two days worrying whether the remainder of their showpiece tournament will be played out in front of half-empty houses.
Innovative Sachin uses floating technique to perfection
Cape Town: Sachin Tendulkar's brutal assault on Pakistan's formidable fast bowlers was an almost
perfect execution of a plan he had agonised over in the initial days of the current World Cup.
Akram to hang boots, says time to take bow with grace
Bulawayo: One of the world's greatest fast bowlers Wasim Akram will hang his boots once he
returns home, saying the time had come for him to "take a bow" following Pakistan's disappointing
performance in the World Cup.
'India defeat will haunt me, I've to think where I stand'
Bulawayo: Devastated by his first and only assignment as Pakistan's World Cup skipper ending in
humiliation and early exit from the premier event, Waqar Younis has dropped a hint that he was
contemplating retirement.
'Pak needs someone with half the passion of Tendulkar'
Islamabad: Pakistan is yearning for someone who can play cricket with even "half the passion" that
Sachin Tendulkar has and the admission comes from no other than the India-bashing and pompous Javed Miandad.
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.
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