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Randhawa shoots 1 over par 73 ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 21 — Indian challenger Jyoti Randhawa made heavy weather of his first round as he squandered away umpteen birdie opportunities to end the day at one over par 73 in the British Open golf here last evening. Els takes lead Tillstrom replaces
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 Australia faces diplomatic stand-off over gunsAustralia faces a diplomatic stand-off with 12 countries all of who seem determined to bring guns and weapons to the Olympics to protect their athletes. The Australian Government, says the New South Wales police (with some help from federal security agencies) will be solely responsible for the protection of all athletes, officials and VIPs. Dhindsa’s warning to BCCI Day of reckoning for
Indian soccer
Costa gives Spain1-0 lead Chris Huffins
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Jayawardene’s ton lifts Lanka GALLE, July 21 (Reuters) — Muttiah Muralitharan struck two early blows to follow a century by Mahela Jayawardene as Sri Lanka stayed in charge of the first Test against South Africa today. Jayawardene stroked 167 to lift Sri Lanka’s first innings to 522, to which South Africa had replied with 81 for two at the close on the second day. Off-spinner Muralitharan, who is expected to be a key bowler on a turning pitch over the next three days, first sent back debutant Neil McKenzie for 11, bowled off his pads. He also had Gary Kirsten (12) edge a catch to wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara to end the day with two for 29. Jacques Kallis (27 not out), who pulled a short Muralitharan delivery for six over mid-wicket, and Darryl Cullinan (27 not out) steadied the innings with an unbroken stand of 51 for the third wicket. The focus of Sri Lanka’s innings after they resumed at the overnight 341 for five, fell on Jayawardene and Chaminda Vaas as they shared a record eighth wicket stand of 117. Their partnership beat the previous highest for Sri Lanka’s eighth wicket against any country of 75 between Aravinda de Silva and Vaas against Pakistan at Colombo in 1996-97. Jayawardene batted 331 minutes, faced 288 balls and struck 22 fours and two sixes in his third Test hundred. At the start of the day, Jayawardene lost overnight partner Kumar Dharmasena (4) and then Upul Chandana (8) before
Vaas proved an effective ally. Vaas’ contribution was a patient 54, his fourth Test half-century, which took 170 minutes. He frustrated the touring side, hitting seven fours, and saw Sri Lanka top 500 for the first time in a Test against South Africa. Their previous highest was 331 at Moratuwa in 1993-94. Shaun Pollock finally brought the Sri Lanka innings to an end when he bowled Vaas 22 minutes before tea. Jayawardene, who had made the identical score of 167 against New Zealand on this ground three years ago, was also dismissed by Pollock when he chased a wide delivery and edged a catch to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. Pollock ended with three for 73. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (1st innings) (overnight 341-5): Atapattu c Boje b Ntini 54 Jayasuriya c McKenzie
Arnold c Boucher b Adams 5 Jayewardene c Boucher
Sangakkara lbw b Boje 23 Ranatunga c Pollock b Adams 13 Dharmasena c Klusener b
Chandana c Cullinan b Kallis 8 Vaas b Pollock 54 Zoysa c and b Cullinan 10 Muralitharan not out 2 Extras (b-15 lb-16 nb-3) 34 Total 522 Fall of wickets: 1-193 2-211 3-216 4-297 5-318 6-341 7-365 8-482 9-500 Bowling: Pollock 30.4-8-73-3, Kallis 17-7-41-1, Ntini 19-1-73-1, Adams 45-6-184-3, Klusener 15-4-38-0, Boje 22-2-72-1, Cullinan 2-0-10-1. South Africa (Ist innings) Kirsten c Sangakkara
Mckenzie b Muralitharan 12 Kallis not out 27 Cullinan not out 27 Extras (nb-4) 4 Total (for two wickets) 81 Fall of wickets: 1-25 2-30 Bowling: Vaas 8-5-5-0, Zoysa 4-1-12-0, Dharmasena 11-3-18-0, Muralitharan 13-2-29-2, Chandana 6-2-17-0. |
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Randhawa shoots 1 over par 73 ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 21 (UNI) — Indian challenger
Jyoti Randhawa made heavy weather of his first round as he squandered away umpteen birdie
opportunities to end the day at one over par 73 in the British Open golf here last evening. The 28-year-old Jyoti
Randhawa, who became only the second Indian to make it to the main round of the British Open was even par for the day with three birdies against three bogeys until he reached the notorious road
hole, the 17th par four. Winner of the Indian Open, Jyoti found trouble at the dense rough on the leftside of the fairway rather than the infamous road that hughs the back of the green. He hacked his second into the television stand to eventually pencil down a bogey five. Jyoti’s round started at 8 p.m. but finished just after five and half hours in a first round that was prolonged by slow play. “I struggled a little bit. It is like my bed time right now” said the Indian champion. “I hit the ball decently but did not putt all that well. The greens were pretty quick unlike the practice rounds. I had quite a few birdie chances but my putting was tentative as they were either too short or too much by. I have to practice more,” he added. Jyoti conceded that he made a mental error at the 17th when he hooked his drive into trouble. It came just after an eight-foooter for birdie at the previous hole, which took him back to level par for the day. “At 17th, I was feeling sleepy and couldn’t concentrate. I made a mental error there. I’ve got to shoot the daylights out tomorrow to have a chance to make the cut, which could be three or four under par,” said Jyoti who finished tied 77th after the first round. Last season’ Davidoff Tour number one, Myanmar’s Kyi Hla Han, produced a near flawless driving display with the controversial erc driver, banned in the US for its so-called trampoline effect, as his open campaign got off to a solid start at the old course. The 39-year old Han, Asia’s best player last season, carded a one- under-par 71 to le in joint 40th position despite a nervous opening
stretch to lie three shot off the early leaders two three putt bogeys in his opening three holes got
him off on the wrong foot but the Myanmar player recovered magnificently, thanks to solid driving. “I drove well all day (after the first) and didn’t miss a tee shot. I just wish that I had taken advantage with the second shorts. My irons weren’t as sharp as I had hoped for but it’s still good to come in with a 71. I’am going to the range now to practice my iron play.” Taiwan’s yeh Wei Tze and Simon Dyson of England, currently the top two ranked golfers on the Davidoff Tour, shot a 77 and 72 respectively in the first round.
Els takes lead ST ANDREWS (Scotland), July 21 (Reuters) — Ernie Els set up a showdown with Tiger Woods after snatching the British Open first round lead from the would No 1 but talk of their rivalry was strictly off the menu for the big South African afterwards. Els’ six-under-par 66, including a rare birdie three at the notorious 17th road hole, pipped Woods and another Amrican Steve Flesch yesterday for the opening day’s lead by one stroke. It sets up the mouth-watering prospect of two of the world’s top three players going head-to-head later in the championship but Els was determined not to look that far ahead. |
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Consolation win for West Indies NOTTINGHAM, July 21 (AP) — The West Indies ended a 12-match away losing streak with a hard fought three-run win over England in a triangular series match at Trent Bridge yesterday. In a match that had little significance, with England and Zimbabwe having already qualified for Saturday’s final at Lord’s, Alec Stewart’s unbeaten 100 failed to stop the West Indies from securing its only win of the series in front of a capacity 14,000 crowd. Chasing West Indies’ 195 for nine, England collapsed to 192 all out in the final over bowled by man-of-the-match and off spinner Chris Gayle. He took 2-21 to go with his 37 in the West Indies innings. Needing five runs to win in the last over, England lost three wickets in five balls after Stewart got a leg bye off the first ball and exposed the tail. The win was West Indies’ first in 14 matches since beating Sri Lanka on October 17, 1999 Fast bowler Reon King, 3-30, gave the visitors hopes of victory by taking 3-2 in nine balls. But Stewart, with his second hundred in three days, stood between England and defeat until the final over. England lost their way after a 46-run opening stand and slumped to 56 for four in the space of 32 balls and then to 75 for five in the 22nd over. But the inform Stewart figured in stands with Craig White and Mark Ealham to lift the innings. Stewart’s 147-ball knock followed his 101 in the last outing against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston on Tuesday and gave him a series aggregate of 311 runs. It was his fourth hundred in 131 matches, and included 11 fours. On one, Stewart survived a catch behind the wicket off king when television replays showed the ball hitting the turf as wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs grabbed it. It was West Indies’ worst away record in 10 years after they lost seven straight matches in Pakistan (four matches) and England (three) between November ’90 and May ’91 under Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards. West Indies, who won the one-day World Cup in England in 1975 and 1979, have won just one limited overs tournament in the last five years. “We’re disappointed that we didn’t do better in this one-day series,” manager Ricky Skerritt said. “It has created a lot of concern, a lot of people are worried about the state of health of this team. “Although we haven’t been able to achieve the consistency over a six-match series the spirit among the players is high. “This is not a losing team. This team has some very good young players who have not reached the game of professionalism yet but need to achieve it quickly and urgently. SCOREBOARD West Indies Campbell b Gough 12 Gayle c White b Ealham 37 Hinds c Hussain b Ealham 10 Adams b Mullally 36 Sarwan b White 20 Powell b White 1 Jacobs run out 5 Nagamootoo c Ealham b Gough 11 Rose c Franks b White 29 Dillion not out 14 King not out 1 Extras: (b2, lb4, w5, nb8) 19 Total: (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 195 Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-63, 3-70, 4-101, 5-107, 6-132, 7-139, 8-170, 9-189 Bowling: Franks 9-0-48-0; Gough 10-0-34-2; Mullally 10-0-29-1; Ealham 10-0-37-2; White 10-0-35-3; Hick 1-0-6-0. England: Trescothick c Jacobs b King 23 Stewart not out 100 Flintoff c Jacobs b King 2 Hick b King 0 Thorpe run out 5 Hussain c Jacobs b Nagamootoo 3 White run out 19 Ealham c Gayle b Rose 16 Franks run out 4 Gough b Gayle 0 Mullally lbw b Gayle 0 Extras: (lb-6, w-8, nb-6) 20 Total: (all out in 49.5 overs) 192 Fall of wicket: 1-46, 2-49, 3-49, 4-56, 5-75, 6-138, 7-170, 8-191, 9-192. Bowling: Reon King 10-1-30-3, Mervyn Dillon 10-1-52-0, Franklyn Rose 10-0-31-1, Mahendra Nagamootoo 10-1-41-1, Chris Gayle 6.5-0-21-2, Jimmy Adams 3-0-11-0. |
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Paes, Bhupathi for Olympics NEW DELHI, July 21 (IANS) —It’s official now. India’s crack tennis doubles team of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will indeed represent the country at the forthcoming Sydney Olympics in September-October. All India Tennis Association (AITA) president R.K. Khanna and Chef-de-Mission of India’s Sydney-bound contingent A.K. Matto have confirmed the reports. Doubts over the duo’s staying together until the Olympic Games were raised after Paes separated from Bhupathi sometime ago objecting to the presence of Enrico Piperno, Bhupahti’s coach. Paes’ main complaint was that Piperno’s constant travelling with the doubles team was a distraction for him. However, the fathers of both players have apparently played a crucial role in bringing them together again, though both players are yet to corroborate the latest development. “As of now, both Paes and Bhupathi are going to play doubles at Sydney,” Mr Matto told India Abroad News Service. “On Tuesday, a representative of AITA was here (at the Indian Olympic Association office in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) and he informed us that both had agreed to play.” Mr Khanna also confirmed that there was no doubt about the pair’s entry. “Definitely. There are no problems,” he told IANS. There is also a possibility that Paes might get a wild card for the singles event. But no one is sure about that as there are a lot of “parameters involved” in getting a singles wild card, which is at the sole discretion of the International Tennis Federation. “We are applying for it, but let’s see,” Mr Khanna said. “But it’s very difficult to say (right now). It is a ITF-related matter, and only it can decide.” Paes had won the singles bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has already sent the list of athletes to the organisers, the Sydney Organising Committee of Olympic Games, and the last date of withdrawal of names is August 25. Even Mr Matto, who is also the president of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation, was not sure about the chances of the wild card. “We are waiting for it, there is no information as yet,” he said. The Chef-de-Mission, however, confirmed that both Paes and Bhupathi would not be joining the contingent in India and would instead reach Sydney independently. “Paes will go to Sydney from Paris after playing at the U.S. Open,” he said. The tennis competition will be played on rebound ace, a synthetic, rubberised hard court surface at Tennis Centre of the Sydney Olympic Park, from September 19 to 28. |
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Australia faces diplomatic stand-off over guns Australia faces a diplomatic stand-off with 12 countries all of who seem determined to bring guns and weapons to the Olympics to protect their athletes. The Australian Government, says the New South Wales police (with some help from federal security agencies) will be solely responsible for the protection of all athletes, officials and VIPs. Israel claims it has been granted permission to bring in weapons and that special customs arrangements have been prepared by Australian officials sympathetic to its security needs. Other countries to have expressed concerns include Turkey, Japan, the USA, China and a middle-eastern bloc including Iran and Iraq. Jewish news service Israel Wire reported that a deal struck with Australia in May would enable agents who usually protect the Israeli Prime Minister to use their own weapons to protect athletes. It also said the USA had been granted an exemption to the strict laws on the carriage of firearms. But both claims have been rejected by the Australian Government which said no country or Olympic committee had made any formal request for exemptions to Australia’s laws. Attorney-General Daryl Williams, who is responsible for national security, will outline Australia’s position next week to security chiefs from every national Olympic committee during a conference in Sydney. He will tell officials that the government will not entertain any formal approaches by countries that demand to provide their own security and that it will take a hard line against countries that try to smuggle in weapons. In the eight weeks until the opening ceremony, the federal government and state police services will try to placate security concerns by briefing foreign security officials from every country attending the Games. Security organisers say allowing one country an exemption for the Games would be untenable, because it would “clearly open the door for other countries”. The government is hopeful that next week’s conference will ease the risk of the stand-off developing into a full-blown diplomatic incident. Israel’s reluctance to accept Australia’s position is likely to cause security organisers continuing concern. Israel was chastised for smuggling weapons through diplomatic mail bags during the Los Angeles Olympics and officials say they believe agents may have access to weapons already in Australia. Israel has been sensitive to security needs since the slaying of 11 Jewish athletes by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. NSW police have agreed to station extra armed guards for close personal protection near the Israeli team’s accommodation in the Olympic village. A Chinese embassy official said the Chinese Government “knew nothing of Australia’s position on no guns at the Olympics”. Masters of self-promotion Six weeks or so before the Olympics, Sydney’s international image is being overhauled by international magazines with millions of readers, such as the current issue of National Geographic, which has Sydney lifesavers on one full page. But if some of the fans of National Geographic had their way, Sydney might never have made it to the cover of the August issue, just out in the USA. Each month the magazine runs a “match your wits with the editor” competition on its Web site. The objective is to choose which of three covers the Editor will select for a particular issue. For the August one there were three choices: the temples of Angkor, fungi or Sydney. It may or may not be an omen, but Sydney scored 6,320 reader votes to fungi’s 5,852. Bill Bryson, the author of the best-selling Down Under, has written an article for the National Geographic cover, predictably entitled “Sydney: On Top of the World Down Under”. “These days Sydney basks in a glow of self-generated confidence,” Bryson writes. “With an enviable climate, outstanding restaurants, an almost pathological commitment to culture, a booming economy, and the excitement of the coming Olympics, Sydney has the air of a place whose moment has come.” National Geographic, with its 50 million readers, has an almost unparalleled potential to have an effect on Sydney’s economy in terms of tourism and prestige. But would a city like, say, New York hold a press conference to announce it was on the cover of a magazine? Or a newspaper publish this article? New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, who visited National Geographic’s offices in Washington last week, did so on Wednesday, standing in front of an enlarged cover of the magazine, determined to demonstrate the tangible benefits emerging from Sydney staging the Olympics. He reckons New York would trumpet such a distinction just as vociferously. Mr Carr said “we are, in fact, a long way from the centres of financial clout in the northern hemisphere [and] Australia is a medium-sized power ... but, bang, you get the Olympic Games and, bang, you get this sort of publicity, and it’s something to crow about”. Ironically, the Sydney issue will not be widely available in Australia until mid-August. Flame lighting secrets revealed The above mentioned media conference with Mr Carr led to a key surprise of the Sydney Olympic Games opening ceremony, the cauldron that will cradle the revered flame for the 16 days of the Games, being inadvertently revealed at Homebush Bay. Workers testing the hydraulics, of the retractable structure did not realise that the media present for the conference were watching when the gleaming black structure, with a circular lid, slowly emerged over the top of the northern stand at the Olympic Stadium. SOCOG tried to cover up saying the structure that was shown would look entirely different by Games time. But the revelation the cauldron is retractable has reignited speculation golden girl Betty Cuthbert, now stricken with multiple sclerosis, could be picked for the honour of lighting the flame from her wheelchair. It is already known the cauldron will be surrounded by water, possibly a waterfall. It has been suggested the swimmer Dawn Fraser could emerge from behind the cascading feature and light the water, with the flame shooting skywards to the cauldron, combining the Aboriginal elements of fire and water. While other Olympic heroes have been mentioned as worthy of lighting the flame, the only certainty is it will not be the great Don Bradman. Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates who, with SOCOG president Michael Knight, gets to decide who will have the honour, said there were two requirements for the position: the person must be Australian and they must be an Olympian. Both men claim the final decision will not be made until a day before the ceremony, to ensure one aspect remains secret.
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Dhindsa’s warning to BCCI NEW DELHI, July 21 (PTI) — Supporting cricket board’s code of conduct for players, Sports Minister S.S. Dhindsa today said the government was for banning any player for life if he was found guilty of match-fixing. “I will support a code of conduct which imposes a life ban on players found guilty of match-fixing charges,” Mr Dhindsa told PTI and added that would be the stand of the government. The minister was commenting on the code of conduct framed by the board (BCCI), which contemplates a life ban on players found guilty of match-fixing. The code is likely to be submitted to the minister on August 1. “This is an apt punishment on a guilty player as he has taken the whole nation for a ride by fixing a match when the public thinks that it was watching a honest game,” he said. Asked about his comment on the unusual provision in the code of conduct barring the Indian team captain from speaking to media, the minister said “I have not got a copy of the code yet”. “When the BCCI gives the code, I will study it and then be in a better position to comment about it,” Mr Dhindsa said. However, he said “if the government finds the code lacking in any manner, it will definitely ask the board to improve upon it or change it.” On the reported controversy about BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele’s claim that government action in the issue may amount to interference in the autonomous body’s work, Mr Dhindsa said “government has not yet interfered.” “But the BCCI should not think that the government cannot interfere in its work even if it commits mistakes,” he said and added “till date we have not but if required we will. The government will do its duty in the wake of the scandal which has outraged every single cricket lover.” Mr Dhindsa on April 27 had met senior officials of the BCCI and had sought a report from them regarding the utilisation of the huge funds at the board’s command, the steps taken to promote young talent, and to formulate a strict code of conduct for the players in the wake of the match-fixing scandal. The Sports Minister said the board had recently assured him that reports regarding funds and young talents would be submitted along with the code of conduct. On the income-tax raids on cricket players and officials across the country, Mr Dhindsa said the IT Department must have had proof about their income, hence the raid. He said “This department does not conduct raids without prima facie proof and they must have had that much of proof otherwise such a massive raid would not have been conducted.” Mr Dhindsa reiterated his earlier statement that if the players, involved in the scandal, came forward and confessed to the crime, a lenient view would be taken. “If they had confessed, like sacked South African captain Hansie Cronje, it would have been over by now,” Mr Dhindsa said. |
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SA probe to resume on October 2 CAPE TOWN, July 21 (Reuters) — South Africa’s Government inquiry into cricket match-fixing will resume in Cape Town on October 2, Commission of Inquiry Secretary John Bacon said today.
“There’s no special significance for the date, it was just that October 2 was suitable for everybody’s legal representatives,’’ he said. Retired Judge Edwin King, who is heading the inquiry, adjourned the first round of hearings on June 26 to give him time to write up an interim report for President Thabo Mbeki by August 11. The inquiry was launched after South Africa’s sacked captain Hansie Cronje said in April that he took money from bookmakers for match information. Cronje, many of his team-mates, South African cricket chief Ali Bacher and bookmakers gave evidence at the inquiry, blowing open one of the sport’s biggest scandals. |
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Tillstrom replaces injured Enqvist BASTAD (Sweden), July 21 (Reuters) — Thomas Enqvist, Sweden’s first choice to play singles in their Davis Cup World Group qualifier against India, has been forced to pull out of the tie because of a shoulder injury.
He will be replaced by Mikael Tillstrom in the tie starting today. “Last night we decided to send him to Stockholm for further examination and put Tillstrom on the court instead,’’ Carl-Axel Hagesgog, the Sweden coach, said. Andreas Vinciguerra was brought in for his Davis Cup debut to play Harsh Mankad in the opening match. Vinciguerra, who won his first title in Copenhagen in March, is on the rise after reaching consecutive finals in the Swedish Open. “I’m really pumped up to see us back to the World Group next year,’’ Vinciguerra said. Tillstrom and Niklas Kulti were selected to play Saturday’s doubles against India’s team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sayed Fazaluddin. |
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Prabhakar justifies IT raids NEW DELHI, July 21 (PTI) — Former Test cricketer Manoj Prabhakar, who triggered off the match-fixing controversy in the country, today justified the income tax raids on some cricketers and administrators saying it was good for the game. “Now onwards, people should realise that the CBI and IT people are doing their job sincerely to clean the system,” Prabhakar told PTI here. On searches in his own home yesterday, the allrounder said “I have nothing to hide. Nothing to declare”. He said the investigators went to his house at 8 am and during their 12-hour operation went through various papers and connections with the website tehelka.com. |
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Day of reckoning for Indian soccer LONDON, July 21 (IANS) — Indian football stands to win on Saturday even if the team loses against Fulham in the first match of its British tour. India will be up against some top international players when they take on Fulham — Karl Heinz Riedle of Germany, Djarne Goldbaek of Denmark, Scottish international John Collins and Welsh international Chris Coleman. “This will be our first team squad,” a spokesman for Fulham told IANS. The first team from Fulham, which plays in the first division league of English football, is close to the best European teams. The first division is the second tier in the English football set-up. The Premier League, with teams like Manchester United and Arsenal, is the top tier. Indian star Baichung Bhutia plays for Bury FC in the second division. “This is the fourth of a set of eight warm-up matches before the start of the football season,” the Fulham spokesman said. The season begins on August 12 and will go on till May next year. Fulham will take the field with nothing to lose. In a game like this, they will not even lose face if they were to lose because that would mean that Indian football is something to reckon with. But Fulham plans to go all out for a win, the spokesman said. So do West Bromwich Albion, also a first division league club, which will play India next. West Bromwich, too, will field its best eleven against India. West Bromwich have two feared forwards in Lee Hughes and Bob Taylor, backed by the likes of midfielders James Quinn and Adam Oliver and full backs Des Little and Tony Butler. Goalkeeper Brian Jensen is among the best in the first division. A couple of their players have also played in the Premier League. “We will go out to win,” a spokeswoman for the club told IANS. “This will be an opportunity for us to experiment with different systems and different players in different positions.” For India, captain Bhutia told IANS, “We can only gain, whatever happens.” That old sporting dictum that it is more important to play than to win has perhaps not meant more in Indian sport for some time than for Saturday’s match. |
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SANTANDER(Spain), July 21 (Reuters) — Albert Costa overcame Todd Martin 6-4 6-4 6-4 in an error-strewn Davis Cup semifinal opener today to give Spain a 1-0 lead over the USA. After surviving three break points in his opening service game, Costa, relishing the slow conditions on the clay of Santander, took the initiative in game three as at 30-40 his hopeful lob to the baseline was misjudged by Martin. Martin had Costa at 0-40 again in game nine but again he failed to convert and the Spaniard was able to serve out for 6-4. The two players exchanged five breaks of serve in the second, Costa eventually coming out of that run 4-3 ahead and the Spanish No 2 duly took the set 6-4. There was no way back for a tiring Martin and Costa broke in game nine, then served out to love to win the match in straight sets and put his side on course for a final against Australia in Spain in December. |
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Chris Huffins leads Pappas SACRAMENTO (California), July 21 (Reuters) — World bronze medallist Chris Huffins edged Tom Pappas despite cramping in their final race of the day, the 400 metres, to hold the first-day decathlon lead at the US Olympic trials.
Huffins had 4,563 points and rapidly improving 1999 collegiate champion Pappas 4,451 points heading into today’s final five events. Both are expected to score more than 8,500 points in the 10-event competition. “I’m happy the day is over,’’ said Huffins, who led two of yesterday’s five events. “I wanted 4,500 points today. I’m not sure what happened in the 400 metres. I felt OK 15 to 20 minutes before the race, but right before my hamstrings started to cramp. The last 40 metres I had no gas left in the tank.” He finished the race in 48.64 seconds and said it would “take five solid events to win tomorrow.” |
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Ex-football star
Laiq dead NEW DELHI, July 21 (UNI) — Former international footballer CYS Laiq is dead. Laiq, 70, was a permanent member of the famous Hyderabad Police football team who won the reputed Rovers Cup Football Tournament and Durand Cup from 1950 to 1954. He represented the Hyderabad state team from 1949 to 1957. He was a member of the Indian football team which won the gold at the 1951 Asiad. He was also a member of Indian team which toured Russia in 1955. |
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Dravid scores 137 LONDON, July 21 (PTI) — Stylish Indian batsman Rahul Dravid struck a fluent 137 to lay the backbone of Kent’s reply to Hampshire in their county championship four-day match here yesterday. Facing a challenging Hampshire first innings total of 320, Kent scored 252, thanks to Dravid’s sterling knock. |
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