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    Cricket
    Martyn cuts Indian bowlers to size
    NAGPUR, OCT. 26. In Chennai nine days ago, he displayed his mastery in spin-friendly conditions. At the VCA Stadium here on Tuesday, Damien Martyn (114) cut the Indian bowling to shreds with his innovative stroke play. Adam Gilchrist has ...

    A FEW QUICK WORDS: JAVAGAL SRINATH
    A remarkable feat by McGrath
    Glenn McGrath reaching the milestone of 100 Tests is a positive reflection of Australian cricket system as a whole. Years of corridor bowling with economised action, winning matches with contribution from Shane Warne at the other end are the ...

    Pitch preparation: striking the right balance
    NAGPUR, OCT. 26. A tinge of green on the surface paved the way for a heated debate. The wicket for the third Test reopened questions to which Indian cricket is still searching for answers. Questions that lead to more questions, travelling right ...

    MRI scan to determine Sourav Ganguly's injury
    NAGPUR, OCT. 26. Indian team's physio, Andrew Leipus, said the pain in Sourav Ganguly's right groin muscle is similar to what the skipper had in Bangalore. "Sourav was absolutely fine during the second Test in Chennai. He suffered the present ...

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    Tennis
    Johansson made to sweat
    STOCKHOLM, OCT. 26. Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden edged Xavier Malisse of Belgium in two tight tiebreaks 7-6(4), 7-6(1) on Monday in the featured match at the $822,000 Stockholm Open. Johansson, the 2000 Stockholm ...

    Shweta stuns Archana
    PUNE, OCT. 26. Wiltwan Choptang of Thailand and qualifier Shweta Kakhandki of India caused big upsets on way to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the $10,000 NECC-ITF women's tennis circuit here today. Choptang knocked-out fourth seed ...

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    Football
    Punjab enters last four
    NEW DELHI, OCT. 26. Even as Gurjit Singh Atwal, with nine goals to his credit in five matches, stretched his leg to reach a cross by the hard-working Baldeep Singh, the National coach, Stephen Constantine, a few yards away from the field, ...

    India-Pakistan series on the anvil
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 26. India and Pakistan are all set to announce plans for a three-match football series early next year, the latest in a string of sporting initiatives between the two countries. According to a story posted by FIFA, the ...

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    Badminton
    Jishnu, Aparna advance
    NEW DELHI, OCT. 26.Jishnu Sanyal and Aparna Balan made it to the third round even as six other Indians in the fray fell by the way side on the opening day of the World junior badminton individual championship at Richmond, Canada. The unseeded ...

    Gopi Chand, Vidhyadhar set up final clash
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 26.Former All England champion Pullela Gopi Chand's winning run continued in his comeback international event when he set up a title-clash with fifth-seeded J.B.S. Vidhyadhar in the men's singles final of the Asian Satellite ...

    Basketball
    Semifinalists spotted
    KOTTAYAM, OCT. 26. Host Girideepam Central School (Kottayam), Padma Sheshadri Senior Secondary School (Chennai), St. Thomas Central (Thiruvananthapuram) moved into the semifinals in the boy's section of the CBSE South Zone basketball tournament ...

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    Chess
    Indian women trounce Russia
    MALLORCA, OCT. 26. What the Indian men could not achieve against Russia, the women's team accomplished in a ruthless manner on Monday. Koneru Humpy and S. Vijayalakshmi joined hands to script India's historic 2-1 verdict over Russia on a day ...

    Laxman suffers setback
    VIJAYAWADA, OCT. 26. Front-runner R.R. Laxman suffered a serious setback to his plans when he lost to Kunche Nikhilesh Kumar in the seventh round of the National rapid chess tournament at the Chenupati Ramakotaiah Kreeda Pranganam here on ...

    Aditya, Chandrahawsa still share lead
    VIJAYAWADA, OCT. 26. Aditya Vikas and Koneru Chandrahawsa continued to share the lead with 5.5 points each after seven rounds of the FIDE rating round-robin chess tournament at the Chenupati Ramakotaiah Kreeda Pranganam (Patamata Indoor stadium) ...

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    Amit Sanghi leads the field
    HYDERABAD, OCT. 26. Amit Sanghi of Andhra Pradesh put up a good show to lead the field at the end of the first day's competition of the skeet shooting event, being conducted by the Rifle Association of Andhra Pradesh (RAAP), where shooters from ...

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    Sports : General
    Govt. defying Olympic Charter: Malhotra
    NEW DELHI, OCT. 26. The senior vice-president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, on Tuesday said the Union Government was defying the Olympic Charter by unilaterally forming the Commonwealth Games Organising ...

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