From the publishers of THE HINDU
VOL.26 :: NO.28 :: July 12 - 18, 2003
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.26 :: NO.28 :: July 12 - 18, 2003 |
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THE recent AFC women's championship in Bangkok confirmed that like Indian men's football, the women's too has long way to go to catch up with the best in the continent.
Committed to Caribbean cricketBrian Lara is inspirational and when the West Indian selectors opted for youth following an unrewarding World Cup, it was only logical that they went for a skipper who could get the youngsters rallying behind him, writes S. DINAKAR. WEST INDIES-SRI LANKA TESTS 
The home team is positively beamingIT was only fitting that the West Indies concluded the season on a triumphant note. The resurgent Caribbeans under Brian Lara played bright cricket for much of the home season, a fact not always reflected in the results.
West Indies cricket is looking goodTHE first campaign of his second coming as West Indies captain satisfactorily behind him, Brian Lara has set his sights on unfinished business in South Africa come December and January.
`Hitz': here comes the zingIF they hadn't called up to pinpoint it, I might have missed it on the tube. But at least three young cricketers from Mumbai instantly rang (during the Friday afternoon of June 27) to ask if it was true — what they had just heard on 24 x 7.
Working to improve his repertoire Zaheer says that he is now free of injuries and is looking forward to the gruelling season ahead.
INDIA's search now has to be for a genuinely quick bowler.
Living up to his own maximJohn Buchanan may well be a character straight out of Richard Bach's epochal book — `Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.' And like the seagull in the book, which soars past limitations, the Australian cricket team coach believes that `there ar e no limits.'
ONE of my great disappointments with Australian cricket is the lack of ethnic names in the nation's XI.
ALL of us, unwittingly I suspect, forge an identity for ourselves. Like an address it defines us and we carry it wherever we go.
No more free lunchesIn Yorkshire, where money is worshipped in a way which few people from outside the county will understand, there is a nasty shock for their best known cricketing heroes.
So what's new? The sounds and sights shortly after dawn are very, very familiar. The pitter patter of rain on my hotel room window, the noise of the early hour traffic in Central London, cars spraying rainwater on the pavements where the early birds, protected from the showers by umbrellas, rush to work... Serena's mother has her theories about Paris Oracene Price admits she was rooting against the Lakers last spring. They had already won three straight championships and "I didn't want to see them win again.''
Prakash launches pro career in styleIT was only his second Satellite circuit. The 19-year-old Prakash Amritraj launched his professional tennis career in style with a hat-trick of singles titles, winning the Masters and two legs of the circuit, hands down.
Inheriting the genes of excellence Prakash Amritraj has captured everyone's attention by winning a hat-trick of titles in the Satellite circuit. 
Grunting, Belleville stylePity Connors isn't around these days to give his opinion about family, but you can be pretty sure he'd give the idea a particularly loud grunt of approval. After all, the man who once explained that on court "I am an animal" was tutored by his mother, Gloria, and grandmother, Bertha.
Hingis' appeal dismissedNew York's highest court declined to hear an appeal by Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis, who claimed an Italian sportswear maker's sneakers injured her feet. The Court of Appeals' refusal to hear the case upholds a lower court's dismissal of ... 
Daryl Foster to assist Pakistan National Cricket AcademyAustralian bowling coach Daryl Foster is to work as an advisor for Pakistan's new National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore. "Foster is willing to come over and work as a consultant for us with the academy and other projects," Pakistan Cricket ...
On soggy course, Kaye finishes with a splash After 194 starts on the PGA Tour without a victory, Jonathan Kaye did not mind working overtime.
Juan Pablo MontoyaColombian Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya was banned from driving on French roads for four months after being clocked at 204 km/h on a French motorway in June. The 27-year-old teammate of Ralf Schumacher at Williams, was also fined 1,200 ... 
Doug RingFormer Australian Test all-rounder Doug Ring (
Ralf Schumacher, the winnerGermany's Ralf Schumacher, in a Williams, clinched victory in the European Grand Prix in a dramatic race which turned out to be a disaster for world championship contenders Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher. Juan Pablo Montoya, in the other ... EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX 
1-2 for BMW-WilliamsOnly last month, BMW was threatening to end its relationship with the Williams Formula One team. After the season's first six races, BMW expressed its dissatisfaction with the team's results and setbacks since last year. But BMW agreed to ... EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX 
Raikkonen's lead goes up in plume of smokeKimi Raikkonen's hopes raised by his first career pole went up in a sudden plume of smoke on that Sunday at the European Grand Prix. The McLaren-Mercedes driver, in a close battle for the driver's title with Michael Schumacher, led the race ... EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX 
Montoya under fire for Schumacher moveFerrari lashed out at Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya after the Colombian collided with world champion Michael Schumacher at an incident-packed European Grand Prix. Montoya passed the German on lap 43 of the 60-lap race, and went on to take ... EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX 
Piquet dreams of emulating his fatherNelson Piquet junior has his future mapped out in his mind already, accelerating from British Formula Three to a Formula One test and full race drive by 2005. In the meantime, there is the small matter of passing a driving test. The ...
Raman proves too good for Sharath KamalACHANTA SHARATH KAMAL, the lanky 21-year-old from Chennai, is an exciting potential but the reality is that he has some way to go, as veteran state colleague S. Raman subdued his attacking instincts to emerge a convincing winner. The ... POLLACHI 
Gunasekaran, Sangeetha retain titlesTAMIL NADU players never had it so good. The total prize money in P. Nachimuthu Gounder Centenary 51st Tamil Nadu State Championship for the V. J. Brahmiah Trophy was doubled from Rs. 50,000 to a lakh. And, in the Chellammal Palani Gounder 31st ...
Manipur rulesIt is a different matter that the change of venue did not bring a change of order in the role of honour. It was Manipur again as the champion State just as it was Bengal again as the next best, a story that has been repeating itself barring the ... WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 
Attacking midfielderASKING a young sportsperson from Kolkata if he or she liked football can be blasphemy. It is a religion there. Even Sourav Ganguly, the Indian cricket captain, is a keen footballer. Thus, to receive a smile from Alpana Seal, the gifted ...
There should be a national league for women'WHEN Punjab hosted the senior national women's football in the millenium year there was at least one keen follower of eve's football who dreamt of a new dawn for this sport in the country. This was the first time that the competition had come out ...
Real Madrid wins 29th title on tense final nightReal Madrid won the Spanish League title for the 29th time as two goals from Ronaldo and a thunderous Roberto Carlos free kick earned them a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao. On a nerve-jangling final night of a long Spanish League season, ... SPANISH LEAGUE 
Jubilant Real fans bring Madrid city centre to standstillThousands of jubilant Real Madrid fans brought the centre of the Spanish capital to a standstill as they converged on the Cibeles fountain to celebrate their team's 29th league title triumph. After over an hour of singing, dancing and flag ... SPANISH LEAGUE 
Ronaldo shows he's the bestRonaldo once again demonstrated that he is the best in the world when it comes to the big occasion as he almost single-handedly guided Real Madrid to their 29th League title on a night of high drama in Spain. With Real needing to beat Athletic ... 
Real Madrid sacks coach, captainAfter the championship followed the "Night of the Long Knives." Just 24 hours after winning the Spanish League title, Real Madrid showed the door to coach Vicente del Bosque and captain Fernando Hierro. The club's executive committee decided ...
How Europe looksA DOUBLE June programme of European Championship qualifiers — hardly the ideal time for tired teams to play them — gives us a clearer idea of which will be playing in Portugal in the Finals next year.
Holyfield will be back in actionEvander Holyfield will fight IBF cruiserweight champion James Toney ( 
Martina Navratilova speaks outNine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova has blasted what she sees as censorship in the United States over radio stations not giving airplay to anti-war bands. The 46-year-old Navratilova, veteran tennis player, said the issue ...
Adam GilchristAustralian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist's ethical decision to 'walk' during this year's World Cup has opened doors for a place in the corporate world. Gilchrist has joined foreign exchange company Travelex as a non-executive director, the company ... 
Sachin TendulkarA cricket stump autographed by India's master blaster Sachin Tendulkar fetched R 15,000 (approx Rs. 90,000) when auctioned in Durban. The auction took place at the end of a charity golf tournament in aid of the Association for Persons with ... |
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