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Chess

India `B' causes a flutter by surprising China
JODHPUR, APRIL 14. Pravin Thipsay, the wily `Old Fox' of Indian chess, may be past his prime. But the oldest Indian Grandmaster still has certain ideas that can leave even some young sensations completely baffled. Monday presented one such ...

Arun, Aishwarya triumph
SALEM, APRIL 14. S. Arun Prasad (boys' under-18), L. Aishwarya Shobana (girls' under-16) from Salem emerged champions in the Tamil Nadu State-level rapid chess tournament conducted under the aegis of the Salem District Chess Association here ...

Cricket

South Africa gets back on the rails
DHAKA, APRIL 14. There were colourful celebrations in Bangladesh as the New Year was welcomed with much joy and hope. For the crowd at the Bangabandhu Stadium, there was at last a sliver of light amid much darkness, with the side finally ...

Kaif crosses 1,000-run mark
** Graeme Smith became the fifth player to captain South Africa in LOIs, after Clive Rice, Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock. ** At 22 years 71 days, he becomes the second youngest to lead a side in LOIs after Pakistani Waqar ...

Other Stories

Pakistan withdraws from Asia Cup

Australia wins first Test in style

A heart-warming performance, indeed

Thakkar's knock in vain as MP enters semifinals

Football

Churchill Brothers rallies to beat HASC
BANGALORE, APRIL 14. Churchill Brothers recorded a come from behind win over HASC in the Oil PSU National Football League match here on Monday. The three points earned from the 2-1 win helped the Goans remain in contention for a top five position ...

Spirited Pondicherry sinks Andhra
TIRUCHI, APRIL 14. Beaten by a huge margin by Tamil Nadu the other day, Andhra Pradesh sunk to a new low when it went down 1-3 to Pondicherry on Monday in the South Zone phase of the under-21 National football championship being held here. For ...

India meets Turkmenistan on Saturday
NEW DELHI, APRIL 14. India cannot take it easy against a fast-improving Turkmenistan, which on Monday announced its intentions of achieving `a suitable result' in the Goa tie on Saturday. Turkmenistan has already showed that the FIFA rankings ...

Bagan exacts revenge
KOLKATA, APRIL 14. Defending champion Mohun Bagan came back to winning ways, defeating local challenger DTDC Tollygunge Agragami 2-0, in a 20th round encounter of the Oil PSU VII National Football League at the Salt Lake Stadium here on ...

Golf

Weir wears the green jacket
AUGUSTA, APRIL 14.Mike Weir held his nerve to become the first Canadian to win a Major when he beat little-heralded Len Mattiace in the 67th Masters here on Sunday on the first play-off hole. It was a demonstration of courage by 32-year-old ...

Tennis

Sonal Phadke crashes out
MUZAFFAR NAGAR, APRIL 14. It has been a difficult challenge for Sonal Phadke to live up to her potential. The struggle continued as the sixth-seeded Sonal lost in the first round of the Bhavana Swarup $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the ...

Henin ends Serena's winning streak
CHARLESTON, APRIL 14.Serena Williams is capable of losing, and everyone on the WTA Tour can thank Justine Henin-Hardenne for reminding them. The Belgian emphatically ended Williams' 21-0 start to the season by beating the world's No. 1 player ...