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Cricket
Weather holds the key
AMSTELVEEN, AUG. 27. It was a rather gloomy Friday here, with dark clouds and further showers threatening to disrupt the final of Videocon Tri-series, which has been already ravaged by rain. Ironically, the city basked in sunshine on Thursday, ...

Sri Lanka confident
DAMBULLA, AUG. 27. Despite controlling the five-match one-day series 3-0, Sri Lanka hopes to continue its winning sequence in the fourth match against South Africa on Saturday and carry the confidence into the ICC Champions Trophy next month. ...

Other Stories

Technical correction did the trick: Balaji

KSCA XI triumphs

Unbeaten century by Shashi Kiran

Ramesh scores century

Most captains favour technology

Double century by Thunga

Big win for TVSLMHSS

Facile win for JSS

Big win for Tripunithura

Tennis
Hewitt has it easy
COMMACK, AUG. 27. Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Michael Llodra to advance to the quarterfinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup tennis tournament. The results: At Commack (ATP TD Waterhouse Cup, second ...

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Ajai to meet Manu in final

Holy Cross wins

Hockey
Pillay, Dhillon out of series against Pakistan
ATHENS, AUG. 27Five players from the current squad — including Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon and Gagan Ajit Singh — will not be seen in action in the hockey series against Pakistan to be played next month. Dhanraj and Baljit ...

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Teresian `B' wins tourney

BEML posts win

Football

Indian Bank to clash with YMSC

PSGRKC takes title

Athletics

Priyanka, Arun and Jitender set records

Basketball

Kerala, Maharashtra enter final

Mixed fortunes for MAIS

Chess

Mary Ann is champion

Nitin shocks Anilkumar

Tejdeep in lead

Girish wins title

Golf

Gaganjeet hangs on to clinch title

Olympic Games
Liu Xiang hurdles to new mark; Anju finishes sixth
ATHENS, AUG. 27. An Olympic medal in athletics continues to be a mirage for India. The expectations of Anju George creating history in the long jump here tonight was belied when she began to falter after a splendid 6.83m in the opening effort for ...

Aussies realise a dream
ATHENS, AUG. 27. The Australian hockey team did it at last. After trying for decades to win the men's Olympic gold, the team dethroned two-time Olympic champion Holland 2-1 in the final at the Helliniko Centre here on Friday night. A golden ...

China prepares for bigger things in Beijing-2008
ATHENS, AUG. 27.It was easy to see that Lithuania was a better basketball team than China in the Olympic quarterfinals on Thursday, but it was also easy to fill in the blanks and the seats with future Olympics in mind: to imagine Yao Ming with a ...

Prayers go in vain
KOTTAYAM, AUG. 27. She carried the hopes of a nation, but in the event, Anju Bobby George's personal best of 6.83m was not good enough to land India a medal in the long jump event of the 2004 Olympics on Friday night. Prayers were the order of ...

Crawford brooks no challenge in 200m
ATHENS, AUG. 27. An American sweep in the 200 metres, with Shawn Crawford etching the best time of 19.79s this season, a thunderous leap by Dwight Phillips writing another American script in long jump, and the triumph of Felix Sanchez of ...

Korzeniowski's rare distinction
ATHENS, AUG. 27. Robert Korzeniowski of Poland achieved a rare distinction this morning performing a hat-trick of gold medal triumphs when he won the 50km walk in a time of 3:38:46s which was outside the Olympic mark of 3:38:29 set by Russia's ...

India signs off in style
ATHENS, AUG. 27. India signed off in style, beating Korea 5-2, to take the seventh position at the Helliniko hockey centre here on Friday. It was a repeat of the last Olympics in Sydney when the eight-time champion had taken the seventh ...

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Golden goal gives Germany bronze

Fischer's phenomenal feat

Moiseev's first major victory

Dismal start by Indians

German women on top

Russia reigns supreme

Greek women finish seventh

Taekwondo competitor knocked out

Italy claims bronze

American domination ends

Racing : Horse
It's Blue Falcon vs. Sugar Mine
HYDERABAD, AUG. 28.Blue Falcon and Sugar Mine may fight out the finish of the Grand Parade Cup (1,200m), the main event of today's races here. There will be no false ...

Sports : General

Asian Pankration Championship inaugurated

South Asia meet from today

Sacred Heart beats Jamal Mohammed

Chennai triumphs

Squash

Indian campaign comes to an end

Table Tennis

Kongu, Sri Krishna lift titles

Volleyball

SRTS-I in semifinals

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