Desert storm Tendulkar leaves Australia in disarray
Birthday boy Sachin Tendulkar repeated his class act again with his 15th One-day century to take India to a spectacular title win over Australia in the Coca Cola Sharjah Cup cricket tournament last night. The little genius, who turned 25 today, caressed his way through early on before exploding with typical brilliance in cracking 134 off just 131 balls (12x4, 3x6) to set up the thrilling win as India raced to 275 for four in 48.3 overs chasing 272 for nine made by Australia in 50 overs.
Sampras still with No 1 chance
After suffering his worst defeat in eight years, there is little else for Pete Sampras to do except regroup. A 6-1, 6-1 loss to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro left Sampras dazed. "I'm pretty stunned," Sampras said.
McMillan returns to SA squad
Allrounder Brian McMillan won a surprise recall in the South African cricket team announced yesterday to play a five Test series in England this year. McMillan, 34, was dropped after disappointing tours of Pakistan and Australia this season and his international career seemed at an end.
Bhutia back to bolster Bengal
It will be an exciting battle of skill and guts when champions Bengal meet Punjab in the second semi-final of the 54th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Nehru Stadium.
Goa strike gold, enter final
The first knock-out game of the 54th Santosh Trophy football championship went into extra-time at the Nehru Stadium. Maharashtra were knocked out by a golden goal in the second half of extra-time by Goa as they entered their third consecutive final. The goal was scored by Francis Silviera, his fourth of the tournament. He is well on the road towards collecting the highest scorer award of Rs 50,000.
Ashwini upsets second seed Judy
It was a day of upsets at the All-India Ladies Snooker Tournament at Bombay Gymkhana. While top seed Heena Khandelwal lost in the quarter-finals, second seed Judy Walia was ousted in the semis. It was sweet revenge for Indore's Ashwini Puranik who beat former national champion Judy by three frames to one in the best-of-five-frames match. It was a moment Ashwini had always waited for.
