Davenport takes back Pan Pacific Open crown
Lindsay Davenport beat world number one Martina Hingis to take the Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament on Sunday, regaining the title she won in 1998.



‘Split was my worst defeat’
Boris Becker has described the much-publicised separation from his wife as the worst defeat he ever had to concede. ‘‘I have no problem in saying that I have lost a game because there’s always another one coming,’’ told German weekly Der Spiegel.



Storm Again gallops to glory
Making a mockery of all pre-race speculations, Storm Again, a four-year-old colt by Alnasr Alwasheek out of Perchance to Dream, ran away with McDowell Indian Derby honours edging out overwhelming favourite Allaire by three-and-a-quarter of lenght at the wire at the Mahalaxmi Race Course on Sunday.



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