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Arabian Knight romps home

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:30:37 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 19: Favourite Arabian Knight (Samuel Fargeat up) won the Golconda St. Leger (Grade II), run over 2800 metres and the last classic

Arabian Knight romps home

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:30:37 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 19: Favourite Arabian Knight (Samuel Fargeat up) won the Golconda St. Leger (Grade II), run over 2800 metres and the last classic

Bold Blast for Deccan Chronicle Cup

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:30:51 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 19: Bold Blast, who is in fine winning form, is expected to win the Deccan Chronicle Gold Cup (2400m), the main event

Bold Blast for Deccan Chronicle Cup

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:30:51 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 19: Bold Blast, who is in fine winning form, is expected to win the Deccan Chronicle Gold Cup (2400m), the main event

Tigers nail down Hammers

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:31:49 -0400

Hull (England), Oct. 19: Hull’s Premier League fairytale shows no sign of turning sour as the Tigers roared back into third place with a 1-0

Abs Fabs in splendid form

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:28:14 -0400

By Our Correspondent Bengaluru Oct. 19: Abs Fabs, Alcmene and Archipenko impressed when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Sunday. Inner sand: 800m: Cassandra

Wednesday runners at Hyderabad races

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:28:56 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 19: Following are the acceptances to be held here on Wednesday. 1. The Anglers Paradise Plate (category III) 1400 metres, 1.40 pm: Ninja

Set Alight ridden to comfortable victory

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:29:11 -0400

By Our Correspondent Pune Oct. 19: Pesi Shroff-trained Set Alight (M. Narredu up) won the Pune Premium.Com Million, the main event of the races held here on

Nadal, Federer crash out in Madrid

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:07:43 -0400

By Scott Williams MADRID Heavyweights Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both crashed out of the Madrid Masters on Saturday leaving unheralded Frenchman Gilles Simon to face British

Ten teams vie for final spot in club golf

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:07:43 -0400

New Delhi: As many as ten teams will vie for a final spot in the McDowell’s Signature Club Golf Championship as the regional final of

Two Delhi players selected for U-16 camp

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:46:43 -0400

New Delhi: Two Delhi boys Deepak Devrani and Sumit Rawat, both defenders, along with 18 other players have been selected by the All India Football

Beckham to train with AC Milan?

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:43:39 -0400

AC Milan have said David Beckham is welcome to train with the club after revealing they had tried to sign the midfielder last year. The 33-year-old

Homecoming for Nalbandian

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:43:57 -0400

No one can question David Nalbandian’s patriotism. The Argentinean has competed in Davis Cup for the past seven years, and has given his country’s supporters

Roddick to bare all in $15k lesson

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:45:36 -0400

And it’s not with his fiancée, Brooklyn Decker. At a recent tennis event in Georgia, Roddick was offering a private, hour-long tennis lesson. For whatever

David’s affair with tennis coach

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:43:34 -0400

Tea Leoni, estranged wife of actor David Duchovny, has declined to comment on news that David is having an affair with his Hungarian tennis coach

David’s affair with tennis coach

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:43:34 -0400

Tea Leoni, estranged wife of actor David Duchovny, has declined to comment on news that David is having an affair with his Hungarian tennis coach

It’s time to go, asserts Dada

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:17:43 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent Mohali Oct. 18: Sourav Ganguly continues to confound. A double-hundred against Pakistan last year and a good start in the away series against

Windies get 2010 World C’ship

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:17:56 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent Mohali Oct. 18: The International Cricket Council on Saturday announced that the West Indies would host the third edition of the World Twenty20

Bowlers do the spadework

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:18:25 -0400

By Rahul Banerji Mohali Oct. 18: Amit Mishra made it a debut performance to savour with two crucial strikes as Australia faltered in their first innings on

Anand wins, surges ahead

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:15:23 -0400

Bonn (Germany), Oct. 18: World Champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defences of Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the third game of the world championship

Nothing against Sourav: Colonel

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:17:13 -0400

By Our Correspondent Mumbai Oct. 18: Former chairman of selection committee Dilip Vengsarkar on Saturday lauded Sourav Ganguly’s knock in the second Test against Australia, adding that

‘BCCI doesn’t dictate to ICC’

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:17:29 -0400

By Rahul Banerji Mohali Oct. 18: International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Saturday said that he and the world body were not under pressure from

Five-star Chelsea thrash Boro

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:14:28 -0400

By Angus Mackinnon London Oct. 18: Chelsea made light of their injury crisis to cruise to a 5-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday as Liverpool were forced

Shroff wins silver, Yuki bags bronze

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:14:52 -0400

By Our Correspondent Pune Oct. 18: On the closing day of the III Commonwealth Youth Games the hosts had to settle for one silver and one bronze

India end CYG on a high

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:15:06 -0400

By Sundari Iyer Pune Oct. 18: In a fitting tribute to the champion Indian athletes, who put on a sterling show, the curtains came down on the

Roy pilots AI to win over Chirag

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:11:10 -0400

By Our Correspondent Mumbai Oct. 18: Air India, piloted by Surojit Roy's lone goal in the second half, soared past Chirag United 1-0 in their I-League fourth

Arabian Knight for feature

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:11:24 -0400

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad Oct. 18: Arabian Knight, who was well prepared at Bengaluru track, is fancied to win the Golconda St. Leger (2800m), the main event

‘Near perfect’ Hamilton grabs pole in Shanghai

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:11:37 -0400

By Gordon Howard Shanghai Oct. 18: Britain’s Lewis Hamilton drove a flawless final lap on Saturday to snatch pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, where he

Yakubu double leads EB to victory

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:11:53 -0400

By Our Correspondent Kolkata East Bengal 2 Vasco SC 0 Oct. 18: Kingfisher East Bengal notched a much needed 2-0 win over promoted club Vasco SC in their I-League

Nitrous claims longest race

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:08:41 -0400

By Our Correspondent Pune Oct. 18: Nitrous won the Suresh Mahindra Cup, the longest race in the country run over 3200m on the special race day at