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VOL.29 :: NO.32 :: Aug. 12, 2006
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The Indian team, trained by the army personnel near Bangalore, is now ready for the tough battle in Sri Lanka. I have no doubts that this fighting fit team will come off with flying colours in the triangular series. Good luck to Team ...
Wrists of furyMuralitharan and Warne have willed wrist and shoulder past 550, past 600, past 650, and they aren't done yet. When they stop playing a tangible figure will tell us who the most successful Test bowler is. But, the intangible of who the GREATEST ever bowler was will remain just that — an intangible, writes S. RAM MAHESH.
Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara put on a massive 624 runs for the third wicket — a TEST RECORD for any wicket — as Sri Lanka batted South Africa out of the first Test. A report by REX CLEMENTINE. 
`The way I planned my innings was sensational'Mahela Jayawardene, the man who NARROWLY MISSED Brian Lara's world record in the first Test against South Africa, speaks to REX CLEMENTINE about the innings of 374 and about his unwillingness to be captain once Marvan Atapattu recovers from injury. Good news for leg-break bowlers ADIL RASHID, aged 18, makes his debut and bowls leg-breaks so successfully that he finishes with six for 68 and wins a second game in a row for Yorkshire, writes TED CORBETT.
The game is changing 20-20 cricket is a BIG HIT, it scores 10 on 10. Purists may frown and have cardiac arrests, but the janta loves it.
A leader of menCharacter is a commodity Rahul Dravid has in plenty. Importantly, captaincy has not affected his role as an INFLUENTIAL BATSMAN. The responsibility has spurred him on, writes S. DINAKAR.
Excitement assuredIt is alright for the spectators to watch three hours of cricket, but the impact it will have on the TEENAGERS has to be weighed in the Indian context. 
Indian Summers: the heat and dustWhile John Wright's tome has evoked extreme reactions in Indian cricket, the purpose and timing of the former India coach's revelations are QUESTIONABLE, writes NANDITA SRIDHAR.
Happy Birthday, Sir Garry Like many other BARBADIANS, Sir Garry Sobers was of the Jean Jacques Rousseau naturalist school — innately endowed with genius in every sport tried.
In a million TV-channel world, with cameras everywhere, the fallibility of athletes is more obvious. But it's the drugs that hurt the most, the HGH and EPO and TGH and testosterone that reveal counterfeit heroes and puncture BOYISH DREAMS. As kids pull posters of cheats off their walls are they learning to be cynical before their time?, wonders ROHIT BRIJNATH.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is READY TO SWOOP on the precocious 22-year-old Argentinian striker in place of Ruud van Nistelrooy.
An adjunct gets promoted It has hardly been an ideal beginning for Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant STEVE McCLAREN, now the Swede's successor as England manager.
Franck Ribery, who along with Zidane and Thuram was the hero of France's run in World Cup 2006, has made an almost FAIRYTALE rise to prominence since joining Marseille a year ago. Such has been his ascent that he has been linked with some of Europe's top clubs this summer, including Manchester United and Arsenal, writes ANDY HAMPSON.
The BIGGEST DIFFERENCE in playing on a synthetic surface is the movement — you have to pick your feet up, writes RAMESH KRISHNAN.
Top shot AbhinavAbhinav Bindra battled back pain and a world-class field of 122 shooters from nearly 100 countries to emerge the BEST MARKSMAN in the 10-metre air rifle event at the World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, writes KAMESH SRINIVASAN. 
Greek TragedyOn his return from Zagreb, world champion Abhinav Bindra, while answering one of the questions, said that he had shot 100 times better at the Athens Olympics than when he won the World Championship. It has been a mystery as to how Abhinav ... Advt Links: • Sport News • Projectors • USB Adapters • paintball supply • San Diego Golf School • health advices • Soccer balls, goal & accessories • Golf cart parts and accessories • Real Estate Bulgaria •
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