Sport Events in August 2002
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Aug 6
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Veteran India paddler V. Sivaraman (83) passes away at Pudiyankam in Palghat District.
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Aug 9
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R.B. Ramesh and Koneru Humpy clinch the men's and women's sections respectively in the Smith and Williams British Open chess championship in England.
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Aug 11
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S. Raman and T. Pradeepa emerge victorious in the men's and women's sections respectively in the All India inter-institutional table tennis championship at New Delhi.
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Aug 17
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India's Mithali Raj hits a world record of 214 runs in the third and final Test against England at Taunton.
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Aug 18
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India's Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Salakjit Polsana of Thailand wins the men's and women's titles in the BPL Asian Satellite badminton championship in Mumbai.
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Aug 20
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Tamil Nadu men and Kerala women wins the South Zone senior basketball championship at Thiruvalla, Kerala.
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Aug 22
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India seniors lifts the Sivanthi Gold Cup volleyball tournament held at Hyderabad.
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Aug 23
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Sachin Tendulkar overcomes Don Bradman when he completed 30 Test centuries in the third Test match against England at Headingley, Leeds.
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Aug 24
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N. Srinath (8.5 yrs) becomes the youngest FIDE-rated player in India.
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Aug 25
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Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat clinches the silver medal in the World Shooting finals at Munich, Germany.
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Aug 26
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Anuradha Biswal of Orissa creates a National record in the 100m hurdles event (13.38s) of the DDA-Raja Bhalendra Singh National athletic circuit at New Delhi.
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Aug 28
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Bengal's Saraswathi Saha sets a National record in the 200m event (22.82s) of the National circuit meet at Ludhiana.
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Events 2002 |