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VOL.29 :: NO.22 :: Jun. 03, 2006
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Congratulations to Brian Lara and his talented team for the emphatic win over the over-rated Indian squad in the One-Day series. The main reason for India's pathetic show was its shoddy fielding/catching. Lara's team has become the favourite for ...
Right from that eventful day in Paris, the final of the 1998 World Cup, the lives of Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo have intersected far too often. If, as Real Madrid Galacticos and ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme, these two extraordinary players have existed on the same canvas performing complementary functions for the last few years, for one month every four years one of them has found his identity in terms of what the other is not. Lovers of the `Beautiful Game' will hope that Germany 2006 is different, writes N. U. Abilash. ONE LAST TIME Luis Figo: This is the last chance for the FIFA World Player of the year in 2001 to display his pinpoint passing and crossing skills in the biggest event of them all, the World Cup. Figo, 33, who has won two La Liga titles ...
Fielding tilts the scales India needed to reverse a slide of three consecutive defeats to finish the one-day leg of its tour on a high, but the team that turned up at the Queen's Park Oval didn't seem to want to, writes S. Ram Mahesh. FOURTH ODI Caribbeans, kings at Queen's Park Brian Lara's men caught India out on tracks the touring side wasn't accustomed to. And a batting line-up that has chased down targets with an other-worldly calm failed to acclimatise in time, writes S. Ram Mahesh. THIRD ODI Another Sarwan show Ramnaresh Sarwan played a masterful innings and clinched the match off the penultimate ball. His third hundred in his 100th ODI — an unbeaten 115 — won him his second successive Man of the Match award, writes S. RAM MAHESH.
GERMANY-BOUND ROONEYRooney will head to Germany as a scan has revealed that he is making encouraging recovery from a broken foot. However, he will have to return to Manchester on June 14 for the scan that will determine whether he will play any part in the tournament, writes SIMON STONE. Shining stars The World Cup is replete with amazing feats of extraordinary players such as Pele, Ferenc Puskas, nicknamed `The Galloping Major', and Maradona. A look at the 10 great stars of the world's most prestigious tournament. PELE, THE COMPLETE PLAYER Pele is the one player who transcended soccer. With the possible exception of Muhammad Ali, he is the most famous and popular sportsman of the last Millennium. He is certainly the greatest footballer, writes Frank Malley. Australia embarks on grand adventure In Germany, Australia will rely on its celebrated virtues (toughness, disciplined desire, teamwork), combine it with Hiddink's tactical savvy, add a flavour of pride, and hope to march on, writes ROHIT BRIJNATH. THE BIG FIGHT The major European clubs, moving together as a powerful group, have issued the war cry to gain more concessions from FIFA even if it means that a shadow will be cast over the most prestigious sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup, writes A. Vinod. Tug of war on the purse strings The World Cup is the financial fountain from which all FIFA's riches spring. At the 2002 tournament in Korea and Japan, FIFA earned GBP 636 million (1.4 billion Swiss francs) and they stand to bring in even more from this year's finals in ... The prince who would be king Lukas Podolski is less familiar outside Germany. However, that should change this summer when his talents go on display at the World Cup. He could be challenging for the golden boot award, writes Ben Gladwell. Lennon's ticket to ride While the world talks about Walcott, Eriksson's other teenage dynamo, Aaron Lennon, is getting ready to shine, writes Peter Marshall. LOOKING BACK — 5 Brazil, glorious Brazil German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, almost flawless till the title-round, made that fatal mistake in the final and Ronaldo grabbed the chance to pave the way for Brazil's fifth title at the 2002 World Cup. INTERVIEW Indian connection Vikash Dhorasoo is very clear about his love for India. Though he hasn't been here, the French national team player hopes to travel to the country of his forefathers some day. "I will come to India with the idea of helping the sport grow in the country," he says in an exclusive e-mail interview with Amitabha Das Sharma.
Advantage Brazil Overall, the five-times winners and defending champions are still the favourites. But that is also because the field is not especially distinguished.
ARTHURTON SCOUTING AROUND FOR TALENT Keith Arthurton has his own cricket centre, and is the director of the Len Harris Cricket Academy — an indigenous facility at Warner Park. S. RAM MAHESH meets the former Test cricketer at St. Kitts.
England's slip conundrum If England are to learn to catch properly, they must reappraise just about everything they do in this area from where the wicket-keeper stands.
Gossip about Chris Read (above), who was once England wicketkeeper, says he lacks the toughness needed to play Test cricket. The whispering campaign is quite unnecessary, writes TED CORBETT.
LOP-SIDED CONTESTSRypakova happened to be one of the 11 athletes who completed a sweep of titles in the circuit this year. Even as we applaud the hat-trick performers, including Indians Pinki Paramanik and Mahan Singh, the sweep through the three legs by so many athletes only suggested how lop-sided the contests were, barring of course exceptions, writes K. P. MOHAN.
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