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Paes-Rikl lose at Nasdaq-100 Open
New Delhi: Leander Paes and David Rikl of the Czech Republic lost to Switzerland's Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi of Belarus 5-7, 3-6 in the Nasdaq-100 Open ATP Tennis Masters event in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Sunday.
Germany defeats NZ, Pakistan downs South Korea
Kuala Lumpur: World champion Germany edged New Zealand 3-2 on Friday and will meet Pakistan in the final of the five-nation Azlan Shah men's field hockey tournament.
National
Delhi pugilist demoralises opponent in pre-quarters
New Delhi: Delhi boxer H K Belwal packed powerful punches in an impressive performance to outsmart Khimanand of CISF on the second day of the 49th Senior National Boxing Championship on Wednesday.
Cricket
Sachin, Dravid, Nehra to miss Dhaka tri-series
Thiruvananthapuram: Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and vice-captain Rahul Dravid have
decided to skip the tri-nation One-day series in Dhaka due to injuries, Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) said on Monday.
Defeat the Windies and we get to be no 1 again: Waugh
Sydney: Australia, with Steve Waugh back at the helm, left here on Monday for the West Indies needing victory in the four-Test series to reclaim the number one Test nation ranking.
Tax exemption for rich Indian cricketers criticised
Madurai: Perhaps for the first time in the country, about fifty members of the Dravidar Kazhagam on Monday held a demonstration here, to protest against the "income tax and customs duty" exemptions given to the Indian Cricket players who participated in the recent World Cup in South Africa.
Tendulkar & senior players may skip Dhaka tourney
New Delhi: After having played non-stop cricket for almost 18 months, Sachin Tendulkar and some of the senior players of India's World Cup squad might skip the forthcoming triangular series in Dhaka.
Whatmore needed no more: Anura Tennekoon
Colombo: Sri Lanka's cricket chiefs on Monday sacked national coach Dav Whatmore, saying they were looking for a replacement to inject "fresh thinking" into the team.
Trinity of Wright, Leipus & Leroux
Saurav Ganguly and the Indian cricket team members deserve kudos and a welcome befitting the worthy champions that they are, after their splendid showing in the World Cup 2003! Well done guys. Every Indian cricket lover is proud of you.
Host Bangladesh names 15-man squad for tri-nation
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday named a 15-member squad for the tri-nation cricket tournament due to begin in Dhaka next month. India, South Africa and host Bangladesh are to play a tri-nation tournament starting in Dhaka April 11.
Wright's tenure extended by a couple of months
Kolkata: The Board of Control for Cricket in Indian (BCCI) has extended the contract of coach John Wright for two months so that his services were available to the Indian team in case the tri-series in Bangladesh was held on schedule next month.
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