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Australia wins Videocon Cup
AMSTELVEEN, AUG. 28. Inzamam-ul-Haq looked glum-faced from the pavilion, while the Australians converged in a heap moments after Glenn McGrath had struck the final blow. The contrasting vignettes mirrored the final of the Videocon tri-series at ...

BCCI set to wrap up telecast rights contract
MUMBAI, AUG. 28. On Sunday, September 5 in Chennai, the BCCI is expected to wrap up the television rights contract for which two of the five bidders — Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports (ESS) — have made huge offers of $260m and $230 ...

Ponting's objections to new umpiring technology
LONDON, AUG. 28. Australian captain Ricky Ponting has reportedly raised strong objections to an ICC initiative to try out umpiring technology in next month's Champions Trophy. The Champions Trophy tournament will see umpires in seven out of the ...

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Balaji bowled well: Wright

Player replacements approved for ICC Champions Trophy

Prasad scalps seven

Match delicately poised

Shimoga well placed

Lawrance shines

Vamshi scores century

Easy for Intelligroup

Tennis
Srichaphan advances
COMMACK, AUG. 28.Two-time defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Joachim Johansson Friday to reach the semifinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup. The victory avenged Paradown's 6-2, 6-3 loss to Johansson ...

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J.J. College retains title

Ajai, Preethi triumph

Samuel in semifinals

Hockey

Big win for Flying HC

Football

Bagan routs FCI

Athletics

Joginder Singh wins

Badminton

Smitha in last four

BAIT triumphs

Basketball

Easy win for St. Peters

Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra triumph

Chess

Senthilkumar wins

Tejdeep wins chess title

Golf

Maney-John duo triumphs

Olympic Games
Argentina edges Paraguay for gold
ATHENS, AUG. 28.Carlos Tevez scored his eighth goal of the tournament as Argentina captured a long-overdue gold medal at the Olympic soccer tournament on Saturday, beating Paraguay 1-0. The 20-year-old Boca Juniors striker, a likely transfer ...

Double delight for Guerrouj, Holmes
ATHENS, AUG. 28. El Guerrouj of Morocco turned in a superlative performance in the 5000m to deny the World record holder Kenenisa Bekele of Ehtiopia a double but at the same time achieving one for himself — he had won the 1500m — here ...

Fonte pockets heavyweight gold
ATHENS, AUG. 28. Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba won the gold medal on Saturday in heavyweight boxing, beating Viktar Zuyev of Belarus 22-13. Naser Al Shami of Syria and Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt shared the bronze. Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov of Russia ...

Aussies realise a dream
ATHENS, AUG. 28. 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 ...

I was feeling giddy: Anju
ATHENS, AUG. 28.After her sixth-place finish in long jump at Athens on Friday night, Anju Bobby George said she was tired and feeling giddy during the final. ``I'm really disappointed and don't know what happened to me. After the first attempt, ...

Face-saving win for Sushil Kumar
ATHENS, AUG. 28. Sushil Kumar won a face-saving bout against Ivan Djorev of Bulgaria 3-0, accumulating nine technical points along the way, in the 60kg class of the freestyle wrestling competition at the Ano Liossia Hall here on Saturday. It ...

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U.S. women reign

Bronze is good enough for Cuba

Marion Jones — from cheers to tears

Liu Xiang sets new mark

Australia removes bridesmaid tag

Janics stops Fischer at eight

Julien Absalon corners glory

Sujeet Mann loses

Hungarian weightlifter stripped of silver

Austrians dominate

Sports : General
Iran makes clean sweep
BANGALORE, AUG. 28. The Iranian national anthem rent the air repeatedly during the medal presentation ceremony, as athletes from that nation made a clean sweep in the Asian Pankration championship, which concluded at Koramangala Indoor stadium ...

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Bombay Gymkhana begins well

S. Railway, HAL advance

Volleyball

Loyola is volleyball champion

SRMV triumphs

SRTS-I's reign continues

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