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Cricket
Samsung Cup unveiled
NEW DELHI, MARCH 3.It was a blast, in the positive sense of the word, as the theme song of the forthcoming Samsung Cup Indo-Pak cricket series, `Jeet lo dil', sung by the Indian group `Euphoria' and the Pakistani group `Strings' was played at the ...

North and East summon the best
MOHALI, MARCH 3. The Duleep Trophy has finally been granted the status it deserves. The teams in the final, North and East, have summoned their best available players and the National selectors will be in full strength to scout for some ...

Indian women clinch series
KOLKATA, MARCH 3. The Indian women outplayed their West Indies counterparts again to clinch the five-match one-day series 3-0 and lifted the Asmi Cup at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday. The series triumph meant that the next two games at ...

Other Stories

  • PM to meet team
  • Ganguly doubts Kapil's effectiveness
  • Rayudu's absence made a difference
  • BCCI to work closely with WCAI
  • Five-wicket haul for Lawrence
  • Good knock by Madana Gopal

    Tennis
    It's Liu's turn under the spotlight
    CHENNAI, MARCH 3. You could blame it on the sweltering heat. Or, maybe, on the absence of a crowd that might have hissed in disapproval. But truth be told, those are simply pathetic excuses. Russian prisoners in Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novels ...

    Todor Enev gets top billing for Kolkata leg
    KOLKATA, MARCH 3.Todor Enev of Bulgaria received the top billing in the ONGC-sponsored ITF Futures tennis, which will be held here from the weekend at the clay courts of Saturday Club. Enev, ranked 298, will be followed by Orost Tereshchuk of ...

    Federer defeats Safin
    DUBAI, MARCH 3. World No. 1 Roger Federer repeated his Australian Open final victory against Marat Safin 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the first round of the Dubai Open on Tuesday. The results: Scottsdale (Franklin Templeton Classic): ...

    Hockey
    Fighting Japan draws with Poland
    MADRID, MARCH 3. A blend of persistence and resilience saw Japan emerge from the shadows of defeat and share eight goals and points with Poland in a Pool A encounter of the pre-Olympic hockey competition here at the Club de Campa today. Poland ...

    Characteristic start by India
    MADRID, MARCH 3. Given the history of India's starting troubles in any tough competition, and conceding goals in the final minutes, the dreadful show against Belgium here on a cold night at the Club de Campa should evoke no surprise. Even lesser ...

    Other Stories

  • Railways regains Fed Cup
  • Indian juniors register second win
  • Tata SC lives to fight another day

    Football
    Agragami rallies in time
    KOLKATA, MARCH 3. DTDC Tollygunge Agragami came back from a goal's deficit to beat Haywards Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1 in a 13th round encounter of the VIII National Football League at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday. The win helped the ...

    Chess
    Kramnik snatches lead
    NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. Much against the run of play, Vladimir Kramnik struck late, but decisively, to halt Peter Leko's run and snatched the lead with six points after the 11th round of the Linares chess tournament. On a day when Teimour Radjabov ...

    Shooting
    Heartbreak for Rana
    NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. It was so near, yet so far, for Jaspal Rana, as he failed to make the air pistol final by a single point in the ongoing shooting World Cup in Sydney on Wednesday. Jaspal shot a 576, and even a 93 in the last card couldn't ...

    Sports : General
    Rohit & Jhinuk hog the limelight
    COIMBATORE, MARCH 3. Rohit Jaiswal of Uttar Pradesh and Jhinuk Basu of West Bengal hardly needed a fresh start after the team rounds. The dynamic combo continued without any major breaks in the individual all-round and went on to claim five gold ...

    Protest against DD's neglect of sport
    MUMBAI, MARCH 3:Former India footballers Henry Menezes (Mahindra United manager), Subhas Bhowmick (East Bengal coach), Surajit Sengupta and Gautam Sarkar came together in a street protest on Wednesday against Doordarshan's neglect of the sport. ...

    Table Tennis
    Indian eves continue their fine run
    NEW DELHI, MARCH 3 Indian eves continued their fine run in the World team table tennis championship at Doha, Qatar, jumping to the top spot in Group E after registering a hard-fought 3-2 victory against Bulgaria. The Indians, playing in the ...



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