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VOL.28 :: NO.28 :: Jul. 09 - 15, 2005
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FINDING itself between the fast-growing Twenty20 and the traditional form of the game, one-day cricket was always in danger of losing its identity.
This year was no differentWe remember the women's event at Wimbledon in stories, it's the way it's always been since 1884. Stories of valour, and fashion, and skill, and longevity, writes ROHIT BRIJNATH. Third title for Venus VENUS WILLIAMS beat fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 to win the Wimbledon women's singles title for the third time. Venus outlasted the top seed and world number one in the longest women's final in the tournament's history ...
Venus rebornA FADED former champion did a convincing impression of the bold player she used to be on Centre Court as Venus Williams put an unexpected end to the Wimbledon reign of 18-year-old Maria Sharapova in the semifinals.
Lindsay has her say"Obviously, I have a lot of experience with matches being stopped. But I don't think right when you're about to serve for the finals at Wimbledon. It was such a tough 24 hours," said Davenport on the rain delay.
Federer's now favourite foil: HewittAS if Roger Federer did not have enough in his favour on the grass of Wimbledon, he will now have the luxury of being more rested than his opponent in the final.
DOUBLES specialist Todd Woodbridge retired from tennis, ruling himself out of Australia's Davis Cup quarterfinal tie with Argentina in July. 
Game set and match for MillsWimbledon tournament referee Alan Mills, who earned his nickname as the official who orders the covers on when rain stops play, is retiring after 23 years in one of tennis's most high profile jobs. He has no regrets about the timing especially ...
Time for the Aussies to move asideHas Ricky Ponting got the inner strength to deal with bad luck, injuries and the effects of leading a side in a foreign country against an emerging team in grounds full of supporters demanding victory? asks TED CORBETT.
GREATNESS requires a willingness to grapple with reality, and to accept responsibility for mistakes.
Problems which come with fame It's been another rotten day for the Australians — part 1001 (Oh, I may have lost count).
Wait and watch this lassSANIA MIRZA'S spirited performance against a player 70 places above her in the rankings and that too on her first appearance at the Centre court of the All-England Tennis Championships showed that she has the ability to crack into the top ten of world tennis sooner rather than later.
For some silence is goldenTHE Indian cricket coach has been around two weeks and is yet to start work, but thanks to excessive media attention and an unending flood of information, fatigue about him has already set in.
He gave a new dimension to fielding CRICKET fans would remember this famous Indian cricketing rhyme, which made Solkar a hero in the 1970s. Glowing tributes to a great cricketer GLOWING tributes were paid to Eknath Solkar, by former cricketers. Former captain Bishen Singh Bedi said the famous Indian spin quartet would not have been so successful without the fielding of Solkar. ``He was a great close in fielder and ...
Clarke proves to be the MasterHE wanted to get back to the basics. He wanted to strengthen the foundation all over again, literally start from scratch and rebuild a memorable career. ITF SATELLITE CIRCUIT Time violation, you must be kidding PETER CLARKE, the champion of the Satellite tennis circuit, was not amused when he was called for `time violation' by chair umpire Praveen Kashyap in the final of the Masters event. "It is ridiculous. I am sweating so much and took just 10 ... ITF SATELLITE CIRCUIT Defeating its very purpose THERE is a risk of the National Tennis Academy (NTA) being re-christened National Tournaments Academy, considering the number of tournaments that are being held there through the season, both at the national and international levels. After a ...
Kim blasts out of a bunker and into historyFROM a blur of teenagers dressed in pink emerged one golf ball rolling on a green at high altitude, blasted out of a bunker by the blade of Birdie Kim.
Sergei Bubka elected Ukraine's Olympic chiefFORMER Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka was elected as President of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee. Bubka (being greeted by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, in the picture) defeated Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's ... 
BMW buys out SauberBMW has acquired the majority shares in the Swiss-based Sauber team and will race next season in Formula One under its own name, the company said. BMW has provided engines for Williams, with the team racing under the joint name of ... Sanyal in China for advanced training INDIA's top ranked junior shuttler Jishnu Sanyal of Maharashtra will undergo a two-month coaching stint in China. The young left-handed shuttler left Mumbai for the extensive advanced training stint under Chinese coaches at the International ... India revels INDIA came back from the jaws of defeat to beat Thailand 2-1 and lift the Asian Open Invitational snooker team championship at Beijing on June 26. National champion Alok Kumar, who was playing the deciding rubber, stared defeat in the fourth ...
IF there is one man who plays rapid chess more rapidly than any other player in the world, he is Viswanathan Anand.
`Not losing a game is as good as winning' ONCE again, the `Speed King' stopped only after the mission was accomplished.
Marion Jones' exit stirs doubtsMarion Jones had planned for the national championships to be a meet of renewal. But instead of fast times, the track world is left only with assurances from her associates that she can still be among the world's best sprinters.
Juicy Quotes — Paul FeinPeople are determined to cheat, no matter what the cost. Any time there's a breakthrough, you'll also see an athlete out there saying, `If I use this, can I enhance my performance?' To think that's ever going to change is naive. — Dr. ...
Agents get too big for their footballing bootsAGENTS now are emphatically in the news, and it is mostly bad news. In the High Court Of London, the action brought by Liverpool's Australian left-winger, Harry Kewell, has ended with a hung jury, unable to give a decision.
RUSSIAN soccer chiefs have unveiled plans to establish a year-round training centre for the country's national teams on the Black Sea. "We want to have a permanent home for all our national teams," said Vitaly Mutko, president of the Russian ... 
Klinsmann not in a hurry to pick the 'keeperGERMANY manager Jurgen Klinsmann revealed he would rotate his three goalkeepers up until a month before the 2006 World Cup, running from June 9 to July 9, and then make a decision. While most nations have a settled custodian, Klinsmann has ... 
What's in store for Frank Lampard?REAL MADRID has offered Chelsea £20 million ($36.4 million; euro 30.1 million) plus striker Michael Owen and midfielder Santiago Solari for Blues midfielder Frank Lampard, according to a newspaper report. The News of the World newspaper ... 
Veron's two-year deal with Inter MilanARGENTINE midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has signed a two-year deal with Inter Milan, making his move from Chelsea permanent. Veron spent last season on loan from Chelsea and Inter have agreed terms with the English champions over the transfer ...
A hungry continent gets ready to settle an old scoreNOBODY quite got it as right about the relevance of the Confederations Cup in Germany as the incumbent managers of the two great South American nations that have won an aggregate of seven World Cups from 1958, but absolutely none in Europe.
Perfect end to Friendship series POOR Sukhvinder Singh was a harassed man on the last day of India's football tour to Pakistan at Lahore.
Giving a glow to the sport FROM an also ran for many years to title contender and even winner has to be a major leap forward in any sport.
Kashyap, Saina reign supremeWITH its players dancing and jumping lightly on court, badminton had appeared a quiet game all these years. As its stars moved gracefully on their toes, one even felt that the shuttle sport was ballet's distant cousin. But badminton had a ... THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 
Maharashtra dethrones KarnatakaA SPATE of records — eleven was set in the recent 22nd National sub-junior aquatics championships. Though a healthy indication too much should not be read into the performances of the youngsters in the Group III and IV categories in this ... BANGALORE 
Manav Das starts with a bangMANAV DAS has a winning touch whenever he plays on the fast greens of the Karnataka Golf Association in Bangalore. With consistency and tenacity being his virtues, the Ambala golfer conquered the KGA again, winning the South India Amateur ...
Fine tune skills to meet demands at the senior levelTHE most important phase of a cricketer's career is in the transition stage from the junior to the senior level. A lot of youngsters have unfortunately faded away after dominating at the junior level. This happens due to a lot of reasons and ...
Ronaldo into motorsportBRAZIL'S 2002 World Cup final goal-scoring hero Ronaldo announced he had invested in a motor racing team to fly under the Brazilian flag for the inaugural A1 series later this year. Ronaldo, who sidestepped the Confederations Cup which Brazil ... 
India makes historyTHE success of Indian archers in the recently concluded World Championships in Spain had proved that the subcontinent marksmen were now a major force to reckon with, said the national coach Sanjeev Singh. ``In Madrid, everyone was expecting ... 
Denise Lewis calls it a dayDENISE LEWIS, Olympic heptathlon gold medallist at the 2000 Sydney Games, has quit athletics. The 32-year-old was expected to compete at both the World Championships in August and chase a third title in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next ... |
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