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VOL.26 :: NO.18 :: May 03 - 09, 2003
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DR. WADE EXUM, the sacked United States Olympic Committee (USOC) drug control director, walked out of his job a bitter man, convinced that the system he headed had not only failed in its primary task but had helped cheats get away. As he went ...
A profitable outing for bothLike Sourav Ganguly, Graeme Smith is a southpaw, and like his Indian counterpart, the South African appears a strong-willed man, who doesn't easily get ruffled by adversity, writes S. Dinakar.
Rain intervenes, trophy shared It rained half-an-hour before the summit clash on April 20, but it poured hard, leaving the outfield of the Bangabandhu Stadium soggy. The ground staff spared no effort, but then, this was a battle they could not win. INDIA V SOUTH AFRICA 
McKenzie's masterly knockIt was Neil McKenzie, in the South African middle-order, who came up with a match-winning knock (81 not out, 110b, 5x4), his 107-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Mark Boucher (44 not out, 46b, 2x4) taking the game away from India. SOUTH AFRICA V BANGALADESH 
Another mismatchFor Bangladesh though, every match is an experience in itself and, looking back at this contest, the side can take heart from the fact that it did bowl reasonably well to restrict South Africa to 261 after Graeme Smith won the toss and took first strike. INDIA V BANGLADESH 
A match for experimentsAT a casual glance one might have mistaken it for the India `A' side. After all, the eleven contained so many cricketers who had toured the Caribbean with the India `A' side.
The future of Indian cricketIN Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Kaif, I see the future of Indian cricket. They are young, but are already battle-hardened soldiers, who put their best foot forward during moments of crisis.
Names catching the Third EyeAn elevation in ICC status should have made the real umpire achiever feel genuinely humble. Making Asoka de Silva introspect about the higher expectations aroused in his specialist field. But there was a regrettable touch of arrogance in Asoka.
Frank Worrell Trophy stays with the AussiesThere's no doubt the Australian brains-trust would be mightily concerned at the regularity with which Lara makes big scores against their attack if it wasn't for the fact that he has very little batting support and virtually no bowlers to convert those centuries into Test match victories. DULEEP TROPHY 
Elite-C tops table, bags trophyIT is only natural for one to resist change. But then, the structural modification made to the Duleep Trophy is related to that of the Ranji Trophy, which was altered this year to the two-tier system (Elite and Plate competitions) from the ...
What good cricket is all aboutThis ability to adjust to conditions, as shown by Dravid, is a sure sign of high quality batting but, normally, it isn't very clear what is good or bad cricket.
A game, a sport or an entertainment?A debate is opening which will — if it continues to a natural conclusion — decide whether cricket is a game, a sport or, most interestingly, an entertainment.
Yawning generation gap left Jordan disillusionedLongevity did not bring Jordan closure, it opened him up for failure as he undressed his teammates through humiliation, but could not uncover a basketball soul like his own. 
Michael Jordan ChronologyMarch 29, 1982: As a freshman at the University of North Carolina, hits game-winning basket for Tar Heels' 63-62 win in the U.S. college basketball championship game against Georgetown. 1982-83: AP All-America first team. ... 'Time to move on' "It's time to move on,'' Jordan said. "It's easier to accept that because physically I know it and feel it.''
Rushmi affixes her stamp of supremacy PUT the right money as a prize purse, and you will have the world competing in your backyard. ITF WOMEN'S FUTURES 
Big gains for AmanmuradovaAKGUL AMANMURADOVA'S search for an identity among the International Tennis Federation's women professionals brought her to India for back-to-back $ 10,000 Futures events in Mumbai.
Anand at his best WORLD CUP champion Viswanathan Anand was at his brilliant best as he won the SIS-MH Masters chess tournament in Denmark by a huge margin. ASIAN MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 
India `A' lets China off the hookINDIA is fast catching up with China in chess. In the latest edition of the Asian team championship at Jodhpur, China might have managed to elude India's grasp but there were enough indications that the change of guard would take place before long. ASIAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP China retains title in style WHEN a team has the services of the reigning World champion and the World Cup winner, other medal aspirants can at best hope to grab the silver.
The Wade Exum files have brought out the ugly side of American athletics, the never-imagined side of Carl Lewis.
So how much is true anymore in a drug-fuelled world? How many of those medals won and records set can we rely on.
Indian team creates history THE year 2003 has turned out to be the best for Indian volleyball.
NOW, the sports Federations have found a new saviour in Andhra Pradesh.
Schumacher wins just hours after mother's death Michael Schumacher kept his composure to win the San Marino Grand Prix just hours after his mother died.
How Europe looks nowAFTER that recent upsurge of activity, with two very full days of action, the qualifying competition of the European Championship goes into limbo for a while, giving us the chance to reflect on how things are going. |
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