US OPEN / Easy for Federer; Serena, Venus march ahead
Sania advances to second round Sania Mirza overcame a dropped set to beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 and moved into the second round of the womens singles event at the US Open tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
ATHLETICS / World Championships
Anju ends up ninth, Russians dominate Anju Bobby George was far from her best and finished a dismal ninth in the long jump final at the World Championships here on Tuesday.
India must address woeful fielding It will be silly to write off India from the ongoing seven-match one-day series because this team is very much capable of staging a comeback.
ICC recognises only BCCI, says Speed The International Cricket Council (ICC) threw its weight behind the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on Tuesday in the latters stand-off with the Indian Cricket League (ICL), saying the BCCI was its only recognised body to administer the sport in India.
ONLY THREE FIGURE IN ICC AWARDS FIRST LIST
Poor Indian presence Only three Indian men have found it to the preliminary list of candidates in the running for the International Cricket Councils annual individual awards for 2007 and significantly, captain Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly do not find a place in it.
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