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Confident Indian badminton team leaves for Eindhoven
Bangalore: A confident Indian Badminton team left here on Thursday for Eindhoven in Holland to take part in the Sudirman Cup promising to put up a good performance though top shuttler Gopi Chand's fitness continues to be a worrying factor.
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54th National Lotus Club Bridge tourney in Kochi
Kochi: About 32 teams drawn from all over the country would participate in the 54th edition of National Lotus Club Bridge tournament, scheduled to be held here on Mar 15 and 16.
India wins under-16 hockey tourney in Dhaka
New Delhi: Raghunath scored a brilliant hat-trick as India drubbed Bangladesh 4-1 to win the Asian under-16 boys hockey tournament at Dhaka on Wednesday.
Cricket
Ganguly trades blow, asks Fleming to wake up
Centurion: Making a scathing attack on Stephen Fleming ahead of New Zealand's key Super Six
game against India on Friday, Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly on Thursday asked his counterpart to
wake up to reality and realise the precarious position the Kiwis were in the World Cup.
Lanka's WC destiny in the hands of the Indians
Johannesburg: Sanath Jayasuriya's men face an agonising wait till Friday evening to know if their World
Cup campaign is still alive.
'If Lynette doesn't know then it's only Waugh who does'
Brisbane: Australian captain Steve Waugh said on Thursday he had yet to make a decision about his
Test career ahead of the announcement of the national team to tour the West Indies.
Kiwis to target Sachin though he is no sitting duck
Centurion: New Zealand coach Denis Aberhart on Thursday said his side would target an in-form
Sachin Tendulkar in its do-or-die World Cup Super Six match against India on Friday.
'6+1' equals 1: Yes, it is true with the Indian team!
Centurion: India has two "batting captains", two "bowling captains", two "fielding captains" and
Saurav Ganguly, the real skipper -- making as many as seven "captains".
Sachin's presence is the biggest threat: Cairns
Centurion Park: New Zealand's leading all-rounder Chris Cairns said his side must find a way to
stop Sachin Tendulkar if it nurses hopes to stay alive in the World Cup.
Rows and bickering blew us off course: Streak
Bloemfontein: Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak admitted his team's World Cup campaign had been blown off course by political intrigue and internal bickering following its crushing seven-wicket Super Six defeat by Kenya Wednesday.
It was just a few idiots out of a billion: Dravid
Johannesburg: A team-man to the core, Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid says that he is a better One-day player now, having "adjusted" to his new position in the batting order which demands strokeplay.
Groundstaff begin work on dicey semi-final pitch
Port Elizabeth: A team of pitch experts was on Thursday working to repair the slow St George's Park wicket to provide a feast of runs in next week's World Cup semi- final.
Patil to find his footing at home despite sensation
Bloemfontein: Kenya coach Sandeep Patil said on Wednesday he will be heading back to India after the World Cup despite his team's surprise success at the tournament.
Pledges & praise pour in for Kenyan cricket
Nairobi: Kenya's Sports Minister Najib Balala said on Wednesday the government will strive to entrench cricket in the country after the Kenyan cricket team beat Zimbabwe to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals in South Africa.
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