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    THE GREG CHAPPELL COLUMN
    Fans too harsh on their heroes
    It has been a fascinating few days in India. The passion for the game in the country is truly amazing. Everywhere I have gone, I have only answered questions on Indian cricket or about Indian cricketers: What's wrong with Sachin Tendulkar's ...

    CRICKET
    Dhoni may be the solution
    JAMSHEDPUR, APRIL 6. It could well be termed a happy coincidence that Mahendra S. Dhoni was in Rahul Dravid's company when he became only the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a one-day international century. Dravid was the first to do so and ...

    Atapattu, Jayawardene lead Lankans' fitting reply
    NAPIER, APRIL 6.Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu surpassed 5,000 Test runs and completed a set of centuries against all Test nations on Wednesday as the first Test against New Zealand headed toward a draw. Atapattu's 16th Test century was his ...

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    Tennis
    Yuki Bhambri in quarterfinals
    NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. Yuki Bhambri emphasised his growing confidence as he beat Chung-Su Chen of Chinese Taipei 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Asian under-14 tennis championship second leg at the DLTA Complex here on ...

    Rushmi in last eight
    MUMBAI, APRIL 6.Third-seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi, wild card Shruti Dhawan and Punam Reddy entered the quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF women's tennis championship here on Wednesday. Rushmi, ranked 372, overcame a fighting Wilawan Choptang of ...

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    An emotional win for Liverpool
    LONDON, APRIL 6. Liverpool scored with a pair of early volleys to beat Juventus 2-1 in a Champions League quarterfinal match that commemorated the Heysel Stadium tragedy nearly 20 years ago. Sami Hyypia scored the first goal from the left side ...

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    Archery
    Jayant Talukdar, Ranu record upset wins
    HYDERABAD, APRIL 6. Jayant Talukdar sprang a surprise on Olympian Satyadev Prasad to clinch the honours in the men's recurve event on the final day of the National ranking archery circuit tournament for men and women at Lal Bahadur Stadium here ...

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    Chess
    Kunte shares lead
    DUBAI, APRIL 6. Abhijit Kunte defeated Uzbek International Master Sergey Kayumov to be among the 16 leaders after the second round of the Dubai Open chess tournament here on Tuesday. On a day when K. Humpy and S. Kidambi proved equal to ...

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    Golf
    Masters wears an open look
    AUGUSTA, APRIL 6. Vijay Singh's car pulled up in front of the clubhouse at Augusta National, and he knew the routine from there. He climbed the green-carpeted stairs to the Masters champions locker room, a place he has occupied the last five ...

    Rafick Ali on song
    NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. Rafick Ali fired a nine-under 61 as professional golf made a memorable debut at the par-70 Qutab Golf Course here with the Rs. 10-lakh DDA Open on Wednesday. On a day when 65 golfers broke par and 13 others shot par rounds, ...

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    Racing : Horse
    Quintet clinches Dangerous Romance Cup
    KOLKATA, APRIL 6. M/s. Bimal Khemka, I.S. Laljee and Rajendra Kumar Pandey's Quintet (Jaiswal up) bagged the Dangerous Romance Cup (1,200m), the chief event of the races here today. The winner is trained by Javed Khan. The results: 1. ...

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