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China poised to win grand double in Asian Chess
Jodhpur: The odds are in overwhelming favour of China which looks set for a grand double in the Asian Teams Chess championships now underway here.
National
India to play World Group play-off in Holland
London: India has drawn Netherlands in its World Group play-off tie of the Davis Cup team tennis competition.
Cricket
Zimbabwe's tour of England gets green signal
Harare: Zimbabwe's scheduled 10-week cricket tour of England and Ireland has been given the green light.
Elite 'C' on road to clinch Duleep trophy
Kochi: Elite 'C' is all set to clinch the Duleep trophy via the vital first innings lead after it restricted
Plate 'B' to 309 for 9 in its first innings at close of play on the penultimate day of the Duleep trophy
match on Saturday.
India likely to go in with two spinners
Dhaka: Indian captain Saurav Ganguly on Saturday hinted he would deploy two specialist spinners to unsettle the spin-shy South Africans in the second match of the TVS Cup triangular series on Sunday.
Kiwis to go ahead with Lanka tour: BCCSL
Colombo: New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka is set to go ahead, the New Zealand Cricket said on Saturday after the side said it would monitor the deadly SARS outbreak in Asia before committing to the trip.
Salvi keen to cement his place in the team
Dhaka: Young paceman Avishkar Salvi has done the first thing right and is now keen to cement his place in the team by picking more wickets and not bothering much about the fact that he may have to make way for seniors once they return.
Smith may take some time to adjust at helm: Simons
Dhaka: South Africa's coach Eric Simons said Saturday he had full
confidence in the abilities of new captain Graeme Smith and hoped his
team would once again become a force to reckon with.
Blue print ready for Pakistan cricket's rebuilding
Islamabad: With 'Rawalpindi Express' Shoaib Akhtar completely derailed and exposed, Pakistan cricket will do away with the 'culture of superstars' in the team and this is only one of the resolutions in the 'blue print' that has been prepared to rebuild the game in the country.
Smith set to become 2nd-youngest ODI captain
Dhaka: Graeme Smith will become the youngest South African One-day captain and the
second-youngest ever when he leads his team against India on Sunday.
Yuvraj adds new ingredient to his batting armoury
Dhaka: For quite some time now, Yuvraj Singh has been an integral part of India's cricketing
resurgence and the strapping youngster from Punjab has now added the most vital ingredient to his
batting armoury – consistency – to demand true respect and acclaim for his abilities.
Srinath to take a decision on retirement in June
Bangalore: Speedster Javagal Srinath said on Saturday he would take a decision on retirement in
June. Speaking from Mysore, he said he would be serving the English country side Durham as
bowling coach, and is leaving for England on April 20.
Mendis appointed as Sri Lanka's interim coach
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Board on Saturday appointed former captain Duleep Mendis as the
country's interim coach following Dav Whatmore's early release from the contract.
We are determined to do well, says South African coach
Dhaka: With the bitter memory of a premature exit from the World Cup still fresh in the mind, South
African coach Eric Simons is now determined to put his young team on the recovery path, saying
the triangular series will provide the opportunity to try out new ideas.
Langer, Ponting slam tons, Aussies in command
Georgetown: Australia pushed for victory over the West Indies in the opening Caribbean Test after
amassing a formidable 252-run innings lead at the Bourda ground on Friday.
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