Nirupama in last eight Archana crashes out
India No 1 Nirupama Vaidyanathan stormed into the last eight of the $25,000 ITF Women's Tennis Championship defeating Marina Caiazzo (France) 6-1, 6-3.



Murali plots Zimbabwean fall
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ripped through the Zimbabwean batting order to take four for 16 and help Sri Lanka to a 98-run win in the third One-Day International in Harare on Wednesday.



EB come good in second half
East Bengal registered their first win in the fourth edition of the National Football League, defeating a depleted Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Bangalore, 3-1 in their second encounter.



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