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VOL.26 :: NO.24 :: June 14 - June 20, 2003
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SPORT is full of ironies. Yet, nothing that we've seen in recent times might have been quite as ironic as the tale of the two Martinas during the first week of the French Open tennis championship in Paris.
After a season of darkness, a season of light?Sport can both divide and unite. And it is up to us — not merely the politicians but us, the people — to decide what we want it to do, writes NIRMAL SHEKAR.
IN TV promo after promo, in her own `Andaaz', revealing her vital-vital assets, in instalments easy-easy on the third eye, came Lara Dutta.
Ageing defenders prove their dark art is back in vogueANYONE who loses interest in the Champions League when the English teams go out needs their head examined. This kind of parochialism has been damaging English football for a generation. How do you learn if you refuse to look? The European Cup ...
Ankita's consistency pays offYOUNG minds have room for education. The ability to grasp is so good that it is not that difficult to guide them, unless you confuse them with complicated ideas.
A sigh of relief JUAN PABLO MONTOYA breathed a huge sigh of relief after winning the Monaco Grand Prix to clinch Williams team's first win in the principality for 20 years. "We really needed this," said the Colombian after his 0.62 second win over McLaren's ...
Italians unable to defy critics in flat final IN the end the fears that the first all-Italian Champions League final would produce a stalemate proved justified.
Another one-day rubber for the World Cup championIF ever there was to be a series in which the newly-crowned world champions were ripe for a fall, the seven-match limited-overs tournament which succeeded Australia's triumphant Caribbean Test tour loomed as it.
Robredo exposes Hewitt's feet of clay THE French Open's weeklong run of sun came to an end on the first Saturday, with foreboding clouds and flashes of lightning above the stadium. WORLD CUP TEAM 
Maiden title for ChileCHILE clinched its first World Team Cup title after Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu beat Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek in the deciding doubles for a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic.
Montoya completes drivers' double THE Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500, which take place on either side of the Atlantic near the end of May, are two of the biggest races in the world. And Juan Pablo Montoya has won them both.
IT'S good to reflect that perhaps, after all, money isn't quite everything in today's polarised football.
Paolo emulates his dadPAOLO MALDINI completed a unique family double when he emulated his father Cesare and captained AC Milan to their penalty shootout victory over Juventus in the Champions League final at Old Trafford. Never before had a son followed his father ...
McGrath: youngest Yorkshire captain for 70 years The success of Anthony McGrath causes the Channel 4 commentators to debate the pronunciation of his name endlessly.
No more fears, says ButtonJENSON BUTTON can remember little about the crash that forced him to miss the Monaco Grand Prix but the Briton has no fear about stepping back into a Formula One car. "I've near really had a big accident in F-1 but it doesn't scare me at all, ...
NOT satisfied with the numerous records already bearing her name or with her bulging bank balance, Martina Navratilova is now looking to overhaul Steffi Graf in the prize money stakes. Navratilova, who at 46 years and three months, became the ...
Indians still have a long way to go THAT the Indian paddlers still have a long way to go before catching up with the best was once again evident during the recent 47th Liebherr-World table tennis championships held in Bercy, Paris. India, at the week-long event, was represented ...
ENGLAND manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says being forced to keep his players fit for an important international match a month after the end of the domestic season is a "crazy situation". But with the premier league season having finished on May 11 ...
PAKISTAN cricket legend Imran Khan said he would coach young blood to lift national cricket and urged the country to follow Australia's shining example. "After Pakistan's disappointing performance in the World Cup, a lot of my friends asked me ... Roux banned for four years by CAS FRENCH professional cyclist Laurent Roux was banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Roux tested positive for banned amphetamines during a race in France in April 2002 in a test undertaken by the international cycling ...
THE India-Pakistan matches always have an extra edge to them. As cricketers we could feel it. There was a distinct additional pressure to perform.
Chinese call the shotsTHE Palais Omnisports at Bercy in Paris was virtually bathed in red as the Chinese, with Wang Nan in the lead, expectedly called the shots in the 47th Liebherr-World table tennis championships. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Ugly controversies FOR all the good work of the French to make the 47th Liebherr-World table tennis championship a success, the week-long event, held under the threat of SARS, was marked by a controversy which reeked of political considerations. The fracas ...
There is no obvious reasonSOMETIMES there is no simple logic, no obvious reason, to explain it. Why a particular stadium intimidates more than others, a specific opponent cannot be beaten, a distinct surface fails to be mastered.
PETE SAMPRAS might not be ready to retire from professional tennis, but he is ready to retire from the French Open.
DURING the course of her second-round match at the French Open, Evgenia Koulikovskaya did not make a single backhand error. So why was such accuracy and consistency not rewarded with a better result than a 6-3, 6-2 defeat at the hands of ... FRENCH OPEN NOTEBOOK - I No big bang for Chang MICHAEL CHANG'S French Open finale was forgotten the moment he lost, as thoughts turned to 1989.
IT was a Dream within a Dream. A Perfect 10 at the Feroze Shah Kotla ('99) and leg-spinner Anil Kumble was living out a childhood fantasy.
Adivasi girls power Orissa to victoryTHE Adivasi power is on the rise in women's hockey in India. This was amply demonstrated when the Orissa and Jharkhand teams fought out for honours in the Oil & Natural Corporation (ONGC) sponsored 34th junior women's (Under-19) National hockey ...
JAVED MIANDAD, the old fox with a street-fighter image, had nursed a dream. He was keen to forge an India-Pakistan combined team to take on the cricket world. Seven years ago, when we met at Lord's, Miandad was quit active with the game and was ... 
To play or not to is the questionIndia and Pakistan have begun a process of normalisation of relations. Bus, train and air services are to be resumed. Delegations are making visits from each country with a lot of optimism and hope. Can cricket lag behind in this changed atmosphere?
Titles for Vishnuvardhan and PunamTHE hosts could not have asked for a better show. For, two Hyderabadis — J. Vishnuvardhan and S. Punam Reddy — won the boys' and girls' singles titles in the junior National tennis tournament organised by Ace Tennis Academy in memory ...
Politics & sports in the Indo-Pak. contextSHOULD India resume sporting contacts with Pakistan? Ever since Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali brought up the subject in his April 28 telephonic talk with our Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, the contentious, but worn-out topic has been brought back into focus all over again.
R. B. Ramesh triumphsINDIA'S FIDE Rated Tournaments are dominated by International Masters and the third Adyar Times Open Chess Tournament that took place in Chennai from May 17 to 23 was no exception. The five International Masters took the top five places ...
JAVED MIANDAD would love to participate in one match he has been dreaming of for long. That is to figure in a combined India-Pakistan team to take on a World XI. Here's our formidable Indo-Pak. combination with a wish that Miandad's dream comes ...
What they said "It was the most important goal in my career, and my most important trophy ever. For me it's a dream after a season plagued by injuries. It was a happy end. Now I feel exhausted." — Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko who scored the ...
GERMANY'S international goalkeeper and captain Oliver Kahn has committed himself to another three years at Bayern Munich a week after talking about seeking a fresh challenge abroad. The 33-year-old said he wanted to stay in Germany because the ...
WBA heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr will defend his title against former World champion Evander Holyfield in October, according to a top promoter. Murad Muhammad told the San Juan press that the fight would take place on October 4 and ...
THE Formula One car manufacturers have lost touch with reality and should club together to help save smaller teams and the future of the sport, said Max Mosley, President of FIA. He also threatened to go back on his decision to allow traction ...
THREE years after their marriage, Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldo's wife Milene Domingues is fed up with his off the pitch adventures and wants a divorce. "It is difficult for us to stay together as we see life in different ways," Milene, ... |
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