The Indian Express -- Sports

Wednesday, August 6 1997

Plunder and pillage at Premadasa

The autocrat of one-day cricket became the aristocrat of Tests. Sanat Jayasuriya (326 batting) secured his place in cricket's hall of fame by becoming only the 14th triple centurion in the hoary history of Tests as records lay in a mountainous rubble at the Premadasa Stadium on the penultimate day of the first Test yesterday.

Prakash Padukone agrees to set up ad hoc committee

All's well that ends well was the remark by Punch Gunalan, secretary general, Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC), after convincing Prakash Padukone for setting up an ad hoc committee to solve the badminton impasse in India.

Sacremento wins 1,500m gold in superb finish

Carla Sacramento of Portugal ran a superbly calculted race to claim the women's 1500 metres title, while Kenyan-born Dane Wilson Kipketer imperiously moved into the men's 800 metres semifinals at the sixth World Athletic Championships at the Olympic Stadium yesterday.

Prasad, Ravi suffer shocking defeats

I'll definitely sleep well: Jayasuriya

W Railway on track with victory

Krajicek advances

India file -- Pargat sets his goals

Kalbag recovers to get past Nadkarni

Warne set for county contract

Short corner -- Vikrant, Aswari top seeds

CRMD fail to sparkle

Jahnavi makes exit in quarters

Sunil Azad suspended

Gokarn, Dere move into fourth round