Saturday, August 22, 1998
Paes shunts out Sampras for his new haven
Indian ace Leander Paes continued his giant-killing run at the $1 million Pilot Pen International Tennis Championships at New Haven by humbling top seed Pete Sampras in straight sets in the third round onThursday. Paes beat Sampras 6-3, 6-4 in just 74 minutes in their first career meeting to move into the fourth round on a day which saw US Open champion Patrick Rafter (Australia) and Petr Korda falling by the wayside.
Inaugural Test World Championship planned for 2000
The first ever World Championship in Test cricket is being planned for the year 2000 in the wake of the huge success of the one-day World Cup. International Cricket Council president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who is the driving force behind the event, said the entire tournament would be completed in just two-and-a-half months.
Pakistan trounce Bhutan, join India on top
Lopsided results for fancied sides were the order of the day on Friday in the Group VI Qualifying Round of the 31st Asian Youth Football Championship at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Pakistan toyed around with a hapless Bhutan defence blanking them 3-0 to join India on top of the leader board with six points before Kyrgyzstan, despite a depleted line-up taught a lesson or two to Maldives while handing out a 4-0 rout.
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