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Cricket
`I don't think too much about fame'
BANGALORE, JUNE 11. Irfan Pathan refuses to walk in the clouds. He would rather play cricket. "Yes, things have moved fast in the last few months, but I don't think too much about fame. I don't want to think about it because it will affect my ...

No short cuts to success: Kapil Dev
BANGALORE, JUNE 11. Kapil Dev held court at the National Cricket Academy here on Friday. The former India captain had an extended session with the fast bowlers at the fitness camp, where he will continue as the fast bowling consultant. He ...

Vaughan, Trescothick steady England
NOTTINGHAM, JUNE 11. Matthew Hoggard, England's swing bowler, took his 100th wicket in his 29th Test as he shot out the last two New Zealand batmen in an over at Trent Bridge on Friday. Cool, cloudy conditions helped the bowlers on either side so ...

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BCCI's initiative to improve umpiring standards

Chetanya, Yashpal star for Sonnet

All-round show by Sawej Khan

Zimbabwe calls off all Tests

Tennis
Hewitt through to semifinals
LONDON, JUNE 11. Lleyton Hewitt won the last four games of each set to overcome Russia's Igor Andreev 6-3, 7-5 and reach the semifinals of the Queen's Club grass-court tournament here on Friday. The sixth-seeded Australian, a three-time ...

Sri Ram Balaji made to sweat
CHENNAI, JUNE 11.Sri Ram Balaji of Tamil Nadu, the top seed, faced his first real test in the semifinal match against the pint-sized local lad and qualifier Gugan Verma in the boys' under-14 (championship series) Nutrine Naturo AITA sub-junior ...

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Prahlad Srinath bows out

Hockey
Jharkhand, Orissa to vie for honours
BANGALORE, JUNE 11. A repeat of last year's final is set up for the 35th ONGC Junior National women's hockey championship. Jharkhand and Orissa reached the final with convincing wins in the semifinals played at the KSHA Stadium here on Friday. ...

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AC Guards concedes match

Football
Portuguese carnival set for kick-off
LISBON, JUNE 11.The heat is on, and nobody feels it more at Euro 2004 than the host Portuguese or the defending champion French. "We've always had pressure," Portuguese defender Rui Jorge said ahead of the tournament opener against Greece. "We ...

South Africa to play two Tests in India
DUBAI, JUNE 11. The wrangling over the itinerary for South Africa's forthcoming tour of India has been sorted out with the two boards agreeing to split the series into two phases. Accordingly, India will host South Africa for two Tests in ...

We should learn from Japan: CRV
CHENNAI, JUNE 11. For a nation which had made participation in Germany 2006 World Cup as its first goal and plans to win the World Cup in 2050, the attitude and approach of Japan to soccer are striking indeed. Planning is an understatement, ...

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ICF downs Indian Bank

Syria posts win

Zakir Hussain College in last four

Athletics

Olsson, hungry for success at Olympics

Badminton

Sai Praneeth, Sikki take under-13 titles

Saina, Kashyap for junior ABC event

Basketball
Andhra `towers' over Mizoram
CHITTOOR, JUNE 11. Andhra Pradesh boys `towered' over Mizoram 76-58 in the quarterfinals of the Nutrine Maha Lacto junior National basketball tournament at the District Sports Authority Stadium, Masonic Grounds here on Friday. The height ...

Billiards & Snooker

Alok Kumar is Asian champion

Chess
Anand leads World team to victory
MOSCOW, JUNE 11. Former World champion Viswanathan Anand led the World team to a 3.5-2.5 victory on Thursday in the first match of the Armenia versus Rest of the World contest to celebrate the 75th birth anniversary of late Armenian World ...

Siddarth in joint lead
RAJAPALAYAM, JUNE 11. Six players, including top seed R. Siddarth of Chennai, were in the lead with two points each at the end of the second round in the boys' section in the 15th T.P. Textiles Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship ...

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Aravind Shastry in lead

Siva Kumar stuns Sahu

Generalia

Jharkhand Govt. to set up stadia

Racing : Horse
Queen Of Fashion maintains form
BANGALORE, JUNE 12.Queen Of Fashion, who maintains form, appeals most in the Fillies Trial Stakes (1,600m), the first classic of the season to be held here this afternoon. There will be no false ...

Shooting

Moorad finishes fifth

Sports : General

IMG committed to making project a success

Punjab games from Dec. 5

TN squad for National sub-junior meet