The Hindu : Wednesday, December 31, 2003

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Cricket

Aussies romp home to set up a grand finale
MELBOURNE, DEC. 30.The miracle that Rahul Dravid may have silently prayed for did not happen. India was comprehensively thrashed by nine wickets as Australia set up an exciting finale at Sydney in what has been acknowledged as one of the finest ...

PETER ROEBUCK: FROM DOWN UNDER
Australia played a hard game
MELBOURNE, DEC. 30.Australia completed its destruction of India without any particular fuss and is well-placed to recapture the Border-Gavaskar trophy. Summoning the intensity missing in Adelaide, the Australians bowled aggressively, fielded ...

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Procter's clean chit to MCG groundstaff

Indians lack motivation, Sri Lanka `A' has it easy

Tennis

Paes to miss Tata Open
MUMBAI, DEC. 30. Putting to rest speculation about his possible return to competitive tennis at the Tata Open to be held in Chennai from January 5, Indian tennis ace Leander Paes on Tuesday said he would not return to the court before the ...

Basketball
TN has it easy over Uttaranchal
CUTTACK, DEC. 30. Uttaranchal and Karnataka played an inspiring game though there was too much at stake in the 54th National senior basketball championship at the Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday. Uttaranchal, making its own calculations to meet an ...

Chess

Khumukcham clinches title
KOZHIKODE, DEC. 30.Khumukcham Singh of Manipur won the 17th National under-9 boys' chess championship at the Chess India Complex here on Tuesday. He beat L. Sreeharsha of Andhra in the ninth and final round and took his tally to eight points. ...

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