http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2008 The Hindu Mon, 21 Jul 2008 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152531800.htm Australia has slight edge in women’s swimming Mon, 21 Jul 2008 http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159401900.htm MELBOURNE: Australian swimmer Grant Hackett has broken his own short-course 800m freestyle World record. Hackett set the mark at the Victorian State short-course championships on Saturday. He finished in 7 minutes, 23.42 seconds, beating the ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159451900.htm LONDON: Andy Murray will represent Great Britain in the tennis singles event at the Olympic Games and also partner brother Jamie in doubles. “Becoming an Olympian is a unique privilege and I am sure they will gain a huge amount from ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152411800.htm Melbourne: Moved by the plight of Jaipur’s street children, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has associated himself with a Sydney-based charity ‘I-India’ to raise funds for their rehabilitation. The 27-year-old, ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152421800.htm Colombo: ICC General Manager (cricket) Dave Richardson will be here next week to inspect the infrastructure that has been put in place for the umpire referral system which goes on trial during the India-Sri Lanka Test series. The ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152601800.htm HYDERABAD: Match-winning centuries by Abhishek Ashok (155 n.o., 15 x 4, 1 x 6) for Yadav Diary against Tele Cricket Club and Ashish Agarwal (103 n.o.) for Mayur against Elegant CC were the highlights of the HCA Schools League cricket ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156451800.htm DUBAI: The ICC has delayed its decision on whether Pakistan will host the Champions Trophy in September amid security concerns. A security briefing was held on Sunday in Dubai for the eight countries taking part in the tournament. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156541800.htm Madurai: The TNCA inter-district under-19 cricket tournament will get underway at two centres — Theni and Nagapattinam — on July 21 and at five centres — Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Sivagangai (Karaikudi), Cuddalore, and Salem ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156621800.htm TIRUCHI: Bishop Heber College ‘B’ won the Tiruchi DCA first division league title scoring 54 points, while Urumu Dhanalakshmi College finished second with 42 points. Final standings: I ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156631800.htm Mysore: Mysore Gymkhana registered a six-wicket win over Jaihind CC ‘A’ in a KSCA Mysore Zone first division league match at the Maharaja’s College grounds here on Sunday. The scores: ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156641800.htm Mysore: Marimallappa’s High School, helped by some inspiring bowling performances from left-arm spinner J. Suchith (three for 38, inclusive of a second hat-trick in the tournament) and leg-spinner Sumanth (four for 24), won the ACUK ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159371900.htm Melbourne: Suresh Raina (115) and captain S. Badrinath (95) waged a grim battle as India succumbed to a 19-run defeat to the Australian Institute of Sports in a run-feast of a match in the Emerging Players Tournament in Brisbane on Sunday. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159481900.htm LEEDS: South Africa spent most of the third day at Headingley building up a first innings lead of 319 over England and then struck two massive blows as Makhaya Ntini had leading run-scorer Andrew Strauss and captain Michael Vaughan caught ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159491900.htm Colombo: Gautam Gambhir made up for his first innings flop show with a strokeful 60 as the three-day match between India and Sri Lanka Board XI petered out to a mundane draw at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground here on Sunday. After ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159622000.htm Chennai: UFCC’s S. Sharath and Jolly Rovers’ Petson Matthews notched up hundreds while there were five-wicket hauls for Indian Bank paceman V. Rajnikanth and Globe Trotters left-arm spinner S. Senthil Kumar on the second day of the ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Cricket http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159642000.htm Chennai: Prashanth claimed seven for 41 as Accenture beat i-SOFT by one wicket in the YSCA-SSI trophy here on Sunday. The scores: i-SOFT 164 in 29.5 overs (Prashanth seven for ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Tennis http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159391900.htm STANFORD (U.S.): Serena Williams’s march towards her fourth WTA title of the year came to a premature halt on Saturday, as an injured knee and Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak proved too much for the top seed. Serena retired ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Tennis http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159592000.htm CHENNAI: A. Sharmila bagged a double winning the under-18 and under-14 titles in the Rotary-PTI State-ranking tennis tournament which concluded at the A.M. Jain college courts on Saturday. The results: Boys: ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Football http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152351800.htm KOLKATA: Mohammedan Sporting sprung a surprise upstaging strong East Bengal 3-1 in a premier division encounter of the Sahara Calcutta Football League here at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. Coached this season by former international ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Football http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152491800.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State Bank of Travancore crushed Coastal Club 7-0 to record its second win in the Thiruvananthapuram district super division football league at the Chandrashekaran Nair stadium here on Sunday. Martin John’s ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Football http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156561800.htm TIRUCHI: Bishop Heber HSS, Teppakulam, defeated Boiler Plant Boys HSS 4-2 via tie-breaker to win the boys’ football title at the MAM CE Rolling Trophy tournaments for the high school and higher secondary school students here on Sunday. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Football http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156711900.htm Adebayor is under contract and we expect him to turn up on Monday and practice with us — Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Athletics http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152591800.htm Twelve years ago, a young boy in Ethiopia watched in awe as the legendary Haile Gebrselassie raced to the 10,000m gold at the Atlanta Olympics. Kenenisa Bekele, the 14-year-old, had a loud radio on top of the television, so he followed the race ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Athletics http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152671800.htm NEW DELHI: Sinimole Paulose failed to get the Olympic standard in the women’s 1500 metres as she won the ‘B’ race in 4:19.66 in the BMC Nike Grand Prix at Stretford, Manchester, on Saturday. The Olympic norm stands at ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Badminton http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152481800.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fourth Seed Manoj Sahibjan toppled top seed Govind Sivan to win the men’s singles title in the Thiruvananthapuram district badminton championship at the Sri Moolam Club here on Sunday. Manoj won 21-16, 21-5. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Badminton http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152651800.htm NEW DELHI: Sunny Kumar rallied to beat Jitesh Atwal 9-21, 21-17, 21-15 and reach the boys’ under-16 third round of the Delhi State Badminton Championships here on Sunday. The results (Second round): ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Badminton http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159341800.htm HYDERABAD: The newly-constructed Pullela Gopi Chand badminton academy will host a long-term national camp for seniors from August 15, according to Gopi Chand, chief national coach who set up the Academy at Gachibowli near here. Gopi also ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Bridge http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152361800.htm KOCHI: The 29th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board inter-unit bridge tournament begins at the Cherai Beach Resort, near here, on Monday. Six teams – IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, IOC-AOD, OIL and host ONGC – will figure in the five-day event. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Chess http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156551800.htm MANGALORE: The second day of the second all-India Fide rated chess tournament saw an unexpected result when sub-junior player Gussain Himal (Chandigarh) held GM Praveen Thipsay to a draw in the third round here on Sunday. Himal (15) with an ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Chess http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156571800.htm PUDUKOTTAI: M. Adithyavardhan scored six points from as many rounds to win the under-8 title at the State-level chess tournament, conducted by Meenakshi Chess Centre, here on Sunday. Final standings: Open (six ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Chess http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156581800.htm NEW DELHI: Indians took the lead in five sections but the shock losses for B. Adhiban and S.P. Sethuraman served a serious blow to its gold-medal prospects in the boys’ under-16 section of the Asian youth chess championship in Teheran on ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Chess http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159541900.htm NEW DELHI: Andhra-lad M. R. Lalith Babu continued to impress when he drew with 11th seeded Belarus’ Grandmaster Sergey Kasparov in the sixth round of the Balaguer International Open chess tournament at Balaguer, Spain, on ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Chess http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159582000.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Golf http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156771900.htm SOUTHPORT: Greg Norman dropped shots at the first three holes and handed defending champion Padraig Harrington the lead at the British Open on Sunday. Aiming to become golf’s oldest Major champion at age 53, Norman is also chasing ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Racing : Horse http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/200807215158sv00.htm Hyderabad: Colourful impressed when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (July 20). Sand: 800m: Maanush (rb), Indian Brave Heart (Anil) 59, 600/44, 400/28. They finished together. 1,000m: Lucky ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Racing : Horse http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152511800.htm BANGALORE: Capt. Jamshed J. Appoo’s Rhapsidion Snow (W. Smith up) won the B.T.C. Anniversary Cup, the main event of the races held here on Sunday (July 20). The winner is trained by Padmanabhan. The ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Racing : Motor http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159381900.htm CHENNAI: India’s Karun Chandhok scored his first win of the 2008 GP2 series at Hockenheim in Germany here on Sunday. This is his second career win in the GP2 series, the earlier one coming in the 2007 season at Spa-Francochamps, Belgium. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Racing : Motor http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159411900.htm Nelson Piquet finishes an astonishing second Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Racing : Motor http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159431900.htm HYDERABAD: Team TVS Racing’s C. S. Santosh led from the front in fashioning a clean sweep for TVS Racing Team in the first-leg of the 2008 MRF Supercross Challenge held at NTR Stadium Grounds here on Sunday. Santosh won the first ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Sports : General http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072152311800.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Sports : General http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072156391800.htm Madurai: An unbeaten century by Mohan (101 not out) and a six-wicket haul by medium pacer Sugapathy (six for 21) helped Oxford CC, Usilampatti, post a 169-run victory over Majestic Cups CC in the Canara Bank Madurai District Cricket ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Sports : General http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159311800.htm Hyderabad: G. Shravika outplayed V. Indira in the junior girls’ quarterfinal of the GHMC annual open ranking carom tournament here. The results: Junior girls: Quarterfinals: G. ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Sports : General http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159531900.htm NEW DELHI: ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh will head the selection panel to choose athletes for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award for 2007, according to a Government notification here on Sunday. Besides Singh, there are 14 ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Sports : General http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159672000.htm CHENNAI: Pachaiyappa’s College HSS with 85.5 points won the boys’ team championship while Karnataka Sangha HSS with 115 took the honours in the girls’ section in the two-day St. Joseph’s inter-school sports festival ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Volleyball http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159421900.htm Hyderabad: The Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) Technical Commission, the expert group dealing with the rules, has recommended some changes, approved by the FIBA Central Board. It seeks to unify rules worldwide after ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Volleyball http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159561900.htm Sannok and Tenpaksee prevail in an all-Thai women’s final Mon, 21 Jul 2008