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VOL.28 :: NO.32 :: Aug. 06 - 12, 2005
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.28 :: NO.32 :: Aug. 06 - 12, 2005 |
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The Helsinki Olympic Stadium that hosted the first World athletics championships in 1983 is once again the venue for the biennial competition, writes K. P. MOHAN. INDIAN ANGLE 
Chances look rather slimANJU GEORGE and Neelam J. Singh wrote new chapters in Indian athletics history at the Paris World championships two years ago. Discus thrower Neelam became the first Indian to qualify for the final while Anju did one better, by grabbing the long ...
Glenn McGrath does the simple things right. He probes the batsmen and mounts pressure on them with every delivery. Simply put, he chokes the batsmen before consuming them and leaves them with psychological scars, writes S. DINAKAR.
Fletcher's boys tormented by a demon ENGLAND'S Duncan Fletcher is said to earn the highest salary among all the coaches around the world. Now he has to earn his money. After defeat by 239 runs by Australia at Lord's, Fletcher, a man who keeps his plans to himself, has a number of ... ENGLAND DIARY 
Pure farce or brilliant drama?JULY 18. I know I ought to get out more, but I cannot resist rushing home to see most of the 20-20 quarter-finals on television; and what a wonderful reward awaits. Three of the games are tight, results in the balance until late, but one extends ... KANDY TEST ACTION REPLAY SINCE making his dream debut against the touring South Africans five years ago, Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has come a long way and there has been a lot of admiration and adulation for the youngster. Last week the ... GREAT TEST MATCHES 
The birth of the Ashes legendTHE `Ashes' — a tiny urn in a velvet pouch containing the burnt remains of a bail — are permanently on display at Lord's. The match that inspired the prize in contests between England and Australia was the shocking defeat of the ...
Lessons to be learnt from Gary Player THE ENGLISH cricket team and staff would do well to consider two favourite sayings of golfing legend Gary Player. Player with legends Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus revolutionised golf in the 50s, 60s and 70s and took it from the elitist game ...
WHAT exactly is the prescribed route to greatness, the accepted course to excellence? Mostly, experts say, pay your dues. It means don't get ahead of yourself, play your age-group, follow the established path of moving up a level, improving, ...
Movement and momentumDRENCHED in sweat, and sounding like a steam engine straining to negotiate a steep climb in the mountains, Virender Sehwag stepped off the treadmill. Drained from the effort of clocking and maintaining 13 kmph on the machine he looked as if he ...
Chelsea's acquisitive policy ALMOST concurrently, it was announced that Chelsea were signing Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips for £21 million and that their billionaire-owner Roman Abramovich was being sued in a court in the English colony of St. Vincent; for ...
Sir, — This is with reference to Ted Corbett's article on The Ashes (The Sportstar issue dated July 23, 2005). Some of his statements are debatable. Point 1: Corbett grossly underrates the Aussie opener Matthew Hayden. ...
AS the World Athletics Championships loom large this week heightening excitement among the aficionados, who are waiting with bated breath to see new frontiers conquered, the focus clearly is riveted on the Russian pole vaulter, Yelena Isinbeyeva. ...
Nalbandian's splendid show in SydneyDAVID NALBANDIAN chose a good time to pull off his first win over Lleyton Hewitt last fortnight, and single-handedly propelled Argentina into a September Davis Cup face-off against first time semifinalists, Slovak Republic. Nalbandian won both ...
Brazil shatters a mythLIKE in football, Brazil has carved a niche for itself in volleyball. By winning the Olympics, World championship and World Cup, the South American country proved that it is the No. 1 team in the world today. And by clinching the World League ... Sidelights NOT long ago Belgrade was a dreaded place what with all the civil war and ethnic cleansing. When this year's World League final round was allotted to Belgrade there was some apprehension. So there was a second inspection by the FIVB officials ...
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