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Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysian GP • After the event, the players have proceed to and then to , according to a press • Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber in a 1-2 finish for release from Association. Red Bull at the Malaysian Grand Prix. • Vettel passed pole-sitter Webber in the run to the Emma Bonney downs Chitra for World title first corner and held that lead throughout, with Nico • Emma Bonney claimed her fifth World Ladies Billiards Rosberg finishing third for Mercedes as forecast rain title, beating ’s Chitra Magimairaj 269-220 in a stayed away from the Sepang circuit. 90-minute final at the Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham. • Renault’s Robert Kubica was fourth and Force India’s • The results: Final: Emma Nonney bt Chitra 269-220. Adrian Sutil took fifth. Semifinals: Emma bt Hughes 448-89; Chitra bt Palmius Paes & Dlouhy beat Bhupathi & Mirnyi for title 313-186. • Third seeds Lukas Dlouhy and claimed Three medals for Santoshi their first title of the by defeating fourth seeds and 6-2, 7-5 in the final • India opened its campaign in the Asian Youth of the Sony Ericsson Open. weightlifting championships on a high note with 48kg woman lifter Matsa Santoshi winning a gold and two • The results : Finals: Women: Kim Clijsters bt Venus silver medals on the first day of the event in Tashkent, Williams 6-2, 6-1. Men’s doubles: Lukas Dlouhy & Uzbekistan. Leander Paes bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Max Mirnyi 6- 2, 7-5 . • Santoshi won gold in snatch with a lift of 68kg and added a silver in clean and jerk with an effort of 88kg. Roddick reigns supreme at Key Biscayne Negi shares second spot • used a dominating serve and a smart baseline game to beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 and • Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi drew with Iran’s Ehsan win the Sony Ericsson Open. Ghaem Maghami to share the second spot half-a-point • The results : Men’s singles final: Andy Roddick bt behind new leader Viorel Irodachescu after six rounds Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 of the Dubai Open chess tournament in Dubai. Indian Open badminton at Chennai Advani reigns supreme • The Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton Grand Prix • Pankaj Advani defended his Asian billiards title with Gold was be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium from a 6-5 victory over Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist. June 8 to 13. • At the Yeshwant Club, in front of a supportive • Nineteen countries are participating in the audience, the 25-year-old reinforced his superiority tournament, carrying a prize money of $1,50,000. over his opponent whom he had defeated last year.

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AITA to launch IPL-style Indian League • The match will be World champion ’s biggest challenge given the off-board • Inspired by the popularity and commercial success obstacles he has already faced and the strength of of the , All India Tennis his opponent. Association (AITA) is launching the Indian Tennis League (ITL) this December in five cities across the Sahara Warriors is new IPL team nation. • The Sahara India group launched the Pune team of • Corporate sponsorship is sought to develop and the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the S.P. College promote city-based franchises and tennis matches ground .The team was named Sahara Pune Warriors. will be played home and away on a team format. Former winners, Indian internationals men Chennai Super Kings rules and women (names to be announced later) will be • Chennai Super Kings tasted victory in its second attached to tennis franchises. entry into the final — this time, holding its nerve at Videocon to renew bid to own IPL team the ‘death’ to clinch the DLF IPL3 decider against Indian by 22 runs. • The Videocon group, which made an unsuccessful bid to buy the Pune team for the Indian Premier League Woods crashes out (IPL), will make an attempt to buy out a team in the • Tiger Woods crashed out at Quail Hollow, missing IPL-four season next year, group chairman Venugopal the cut for just the sixth time in his US PGA Tour. Dhoot has said. • The World No. 1 spiralled to a seven-over 79, giving Nadal’s reign continues him a nine-over total of 153 that saw him miss the cut • snapped a title drought stretching back by a shocking eight strokes. nearly a year as the powerful Spaniard made history • Billy Mayfair took the halfway lead shooting 68 to with a sixth consecutive trophy at the Monte Carlo total eight-under 136. Masters. • Angel Cabrera is one stroke behind after a 67. • Nadal roared back as a force on clay with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat of fellow Spaniard in one • Masters champion Phil Mickelson (68) is among a hour, 24 minutes. group two strokes behind. • Nadal becomes the first player in the post-1968 Open Henin wins title era to win a tournament title for six straight years and • Former World No. 1 Justine Henin gave herself a gives Spain its eighth winner in the last nine Roland Garros boost with the first victory on her tournaments. comeback as she won the Stuttgart WTA tournament. • Doubles (final): & Nenad Zimonjic bt • Since ending her 18-month hiatus in January, Henin’s Mahesh Bhupathi & Max Mirnyi 6-3, 2-0 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 win over ’s in Wimbledon winners to net £1million the final was her first title in her third final since coming out of retirement having last won in 2007. • The winners of this year’s Wimbledon singles’ titles will net a staggering £1million ($1.54 million) in prize Bhupathi opens tennis academy money after the All Club announced a • Inaugurating a tennis academy in his name in the significant rise in the rewards on offer at the city,of Kolkata, Mahesh Bhupathi said he was not grasscourt Grand Slam . averse to the idea of taking the help of former doubles • The total prize money for the event has been partner Leander Paes when it came to development increased by £1.175 million ($1.81 million) to £13.725 of the game. million ($21.147 million). Anand retains world title Viswanathan Anand faces multiple challenges • Viswanathan Anand retained the FIDE World Chess • Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov will finally Championship, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov sit down in the Bulgarian capital to play the first game with black pieces in the final classic game of the series of the €2 million World Championship chess match. in Sofia .

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• Anand won the 12-game match with a score of 6.5-5.5 • Chasing 148, England outplayed Australia with three to defend the title he claimed in 2007. overs to spare to triumph in the ICC World Twenty20. • Anand became the Undisputed World Chess India, Korea declared joint winners Champion after winning an eight-player tournament in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik • India and Korea were declared joint champions after in 2008. Topalov won the right to challenge Anand the cup final was abandoned a little over six minutes after getting the better of Gata Kamsky in 2009. after start in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament inIpoh. India, the defending champion, wins gold leads the pool with a tally of 13 points. • An in-form Sushil Kumar notched up his first-ever • Heavy rain forced the Tournament Committee to arrive gold medal in the Asian wrestling championship as at this unprecedented decision. This is the first time host India garnered its second yellow metal of the that the teams have been declared joint winners in meet at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex wrestling this tournament since its inception in 1983. stadium in New . Webber wins Monaco Grand Prix • Sushil (66 kg freestyle) outsmarted Korean Dae Sung Kim, a bronze medallist in the championship last year, • Mark Webber leapt into serious contention for this in two rounds (4-0, 2-0) to stamp his class. year’s drivers’ World championship when he drove to an imperious victory ahead of his precocious young • The win would ease the Olympic bronze medallist, teammate Sebastian Vettel in the Monaco Grand Prix. who had overweighed in the last edition in Pattaya () and had been pulled up by the Union • The 33-year-old Australian led from start to finish and Sports Ministry. made light of four interruptions for the introduction of the Safety Car on his way to a second comprehensive • The medal winners: Freestyle: 55 kg: win in succession, having won equally impressively in Spain last weekend. 1. Shinichi Yumoto (Jpn), • It was the fourth win of his career, his second this 2. Nasibu Kurbanov (Uzb), year and he became the first Australian victor on the 3. Woo-Joo Lee (Kor), Kyong-Il Yang (PRK). famous Mediterranean street circuit, bathed in more glamour than sunshine this time, since Jack Brabham 66 kg: won in 1959, on his way to the World title. 1. Sushil Kumar (Ind), Nadal prevails in Madrid Masters 2. Dae Sung Kim (Kor), • Rafael Nadal beat 6-4, 7-6(5) to win the 3. Ikhtiyor Navrujov (Uzb), Unurat Purebjav (Mgl); Madrid Masters, gaining revenge for the defeat he 84 kg: suffered at the hands of the World No. 1 in last year’s final. 1. Ehsan Lashgari (Iri), • Nadal collected his 18th career Masters 1000 title, 2. Semyon Semyonov (Kaz), one more than and two ahead of 3. Shinya Matsumoto (Jpn), Feng Zhang (Chn). Federer. 120 kg: • Men: Final: Rafael Nadal bt Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6(5). Women: Final: Arvane Rezai bt 6-2, 7- 1. Marid Mutalimov (Kaz), 5 2. Chluunbat Jargalsaikhan (Mgl), • Doubles: Final: & bt Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-4. 3. S.M.Azarshakib (Iri), Aiaal Lazarev (Kgz). Memorable title triumph for England 2012 Olympics mascots unveiled • Defying odds, England ambushed Australia by seven • Two ultra-modern one-eyed creatures have been wickets to win its first title in an ICC Global event at unveiled as the mascots for the 2012 the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. Olympics and Paralympics.

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• The organisers of the Games believe Wenlock, the • Men’s doubles (final): Daniel Nestor & Nenad Olympic mascot, and Mandeville, his Paralympic Zimonjic bt 3-Leander Paes & Lukas Dlouhy 7-5, 6-2. colleague, will raise at least £15 million of the £70 • Boys singles (final): Agustin Velotti bt Andrea Collarini million they need to generate from licensed merchandising. 6-4, 7-5. • The chairman of the London 2012 organising • Girls singles (final): Elina Svitolina bt Ons Jabeur 6-2, committee, Sebastian Coe, said he hoped children 7-5 . would come to think of the mascots as “good friends”. Interesting facts and figures about FIFA World • London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton said: “For Cup our merchandising programme we anticipate royalties of between £70 and 80 million.” The following are some interesting facts and figures about FIFA World Cup Devvarman qualifies for 1. Including the 2010 edition, a total of 76 teams will • became the first Indian in 13 have taken part in the World Cup finals. This includes years to qualify for the men’s singles event of the teams which either no longer exist or have undergone French Open after scoring a 6-4, 6-1 win over Adrian a transformation. When the World Cup was expanded Mannarino. to 24 teams, five countries qualified for the finals for • Leander Paes was the last Indian to play in the men’s the first time. Since then, there have always been three singles event of the French Open in 1997 when he or four new teams, six in 2006. The 2010 FIFA World made the second round of the clay court Grand Slam. Cup will be an exception to the trend as Slovakia will • This is for the second time that Devvarman has be the only debutant. qualified for the men’s singles of a Grand Slam 2. The most successful teams are those which have been tournament. He first played at the U.S. Open last year in the FIFA World Cup the highest number of times. where he had reached the second round. Taking this into account Brazil have been in 19 WCs, • Devvarman’s victory means India will not go Italy and in 17 and in 15. unrepresented in the singles event of the second 3. Brazil is the most prolific team in World Cup history Grand Slam of the year since is giving a in terms of goals scored — 201 followed by Germany miss to the women’s singles event. (190), Italy (122) and Argentina (113). Aside from goal- Nadal lifts his fifth French Open crown scoring Brazil’s World Cup track record is impressive: 19 tournaments, 5 titles, 92 games, 64 victories and • Rafael Nadal recaptured the French Open crown, 2.2 points per game. gaining revenge over Robin Soderling with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win and, in so doing, he also retook the world 4. With regard to African World Cup history, Egypt was No.1 spot from Roger Federer. the first of Africa’s teams to appear in the FIFA World Cup. This was in 1934 when they played just one • Nadal was simply too powerful on clay for the Swede match against Hungary and were eliminated. Morocco who 12 months ago ended the Spaniard’s 31-match, was the next African participant in 1970. The first four titles win streak in Paris in stunning fashion with continental win was in 1978 when Tunisia beat Mexico a four sets, fourth round triumph. 3-1. In 1982 Cameroon was the African team to be • The win, Nadal’s fifth since 2005, put him second on eliminated after three draws. In 1986 Morocco became the first African team to qualify for the second stage the all-time list of French Open winners, one behind in 1986. Bjorn Borg whose last title came in 1981. He is now 38-1 in matches played at Roland Garros. 5. Austria’s 7-5 win over Switzerland in 1954 still tops • It was also the second time he had won the French the list of highest-scoring matches. Open title without dropping a set, having first 6. The three biggest scoring victories have been achieved that feat in 2008. matches with a margin of 9 goals. In 1954 Puskas & French Open Result:- Co. defeated 9-0. In 1982 it was Hungary again who subjected El Salvador to a similar fate by • Men’s singles (final): 2-Rafael Nadal bt 5-Robin beating them 10-1. In 1974 Yugoslavia also triumphed Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. over Zaire with a 9-0 win.

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7. A total of 2,063 goals have been scored in the 708 emerging triumphant in the $1,20,000 Yonex Sunrise- matches that have been played so far — an average Grand Prix gold badminton championships of nearly three goals per game. The 1954 tournament . in Switzerland had the greatest average of goals • The women’s top seed and World No.6 overcame a scored — 5.4 per match. This is compared to 2.2 goals stiff challenge from Choo Wong Mew of , per match, the lowest ever, in Italia’90. the second seed, to win 20-22, 21-14, 21-12 in 56 8. Brazil’s Ronaldo is not only the best ever scorer with minutes in the singles final. 15 goals but also the player who has scored in the most number of matches, 11. He is followed by • While (with ) lost in Germany’s Jurgen Klinsmann who scored his 11 in 10 the women’s doubles summit clash, she made it up different matches. The record for a single tournament with a victory in the mixed doubles final (with V. Diju). is held by Frenchman Just Fontaine who incredibly • The results (finals, Indians unless otherwise scored 13 times in 1958. Kocsis has the best goal mentioned): score average with 11 goals in five games. • Men: Yunus Alamsyah (Ina) bt 7-Gurusaidutt 21-13, 9. Pele is the only player with three World Cup wins to 21-18; doubles: Fairuzizuan Mohd. & Zakari Abdul his name (1958, 1962 and 1970), although in 1962 he Latif Mohd (Sin) bt Rupesh Kumar & did miss most of the games through injury, including 21-12, 22-20. the final. His compatriot team member Cafu is the only player to have played in three consecutive finals • Women: 1- bt 2-Choo Wong Mew (Mas) (1994-2002). 20-22, 21-14, 21-2; Doubles: /Mulia Sari Shinta (Sin) bt Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa 21-11, 9-21, Hat-trick of gold medals for Poonia 21-15. • accomplishing a hat-trick of gold • Mixed doubles: Jwala Gutta/V. Diju bt Yao Lei/ medals in discus throw. Triyachart Chayat (Sin) 23-21, 20-22, 21-7 . • Krishna Poonia, a chief welfare inspector with the Saina clinches Singapore Open title Railways based in Jaipur, was happy with the result but pointed out that it was still way behind the 63.69 • Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal clinched the she recorded in training at Santiago (California). second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game win over India wins men’s recurve gold qualifier Tzu Ying Tai in the final in Singapore. • India won the men’s team recurve gold medal beating • Top-seeded Saina took just 33 minutes to beat Chinese the United States by 218 points to 214 in the final of Taipei’s Tai 21-18, 21-15 at the Singapore Indoor the Archery World Cup (Stage II) at Antalya in Stadium. Kolkata. • The World No. 6 bagged her maiden Super Series title • The Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh in June last year when she claimed the top honours at Champia and Jayanta Talukdar, showed steel like the Indonesian Open. nerves to keep the lead throughout the 24-arrow each • In the men’s singles, India’s P. Kashyap lost to side final to win the first gold medal of the series. seventh-seeded Indonesian Sony Kuncoro 19-21, 20- India had lost the gold medal to Italy at the Porec 22 in a hard-fought semifinal that lasted 48 minutes. World Cup (Stage I) in May. Sony went on to beat Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana • Interestingly, both India and the U.S. had met for the 21-16, 21-16 in the final. sixth time in World Cup competition and each time India clinches series the Indian team came out victorious. The U.S. had Brady Ellison, Richard Johnson and Vic Wunderle in • Skipper Surinder Kaur led from the front, converting their team. two penalty corners as India trounced Canada 4-1 in the third hockey Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead Saina Nehwal rallies to clinch title in the four-match series at Tamanawis Park. • India’s Saina Nehwal kept her growing legion of fans • India thus won the India-Canada Cup having beaten at the Nehru indoor stadium (CHENNAI )on the host in the opening game while the second match tenterhooks, teasing and taunting them before was drawn.

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World champion knocked out in the women’s event this year and is now just one Wimbledon title behind Venus. • Italy exited the 2010 World Cup after suffering a 3-2 defeat to Slovakia in a pulsating Group F game at THE RESULTS Ellis Park in Johannesburg. • Women’s singles: Final: 1- bt 21- • This is the second time Italy has crashed out at the 6-3, 6-2. first round as defending champion. The 2006 • Doubles: semifinals: Vania King & Yaroslava champion also exited at this stage in 1950. The other Shvedova bt 5- & Bethanie Mattek- two teams that share this dubious distinction are Sands 6-4, 6-4. Brazil (1966) and France (2002). Italy finished last in Group F, with only two points from three games. The • Men’s doubles: Final: Juergen Melzer & Philipp last time the Azzurri went out at the first hurdle was Petzschner bt 16- and Romania’s in 1974. Horia Tecau 6-1, 7-5, 7-5; Saina completes a hat-trick • Girls singles: final: 9-Kristyna Pliskova bt 10-Sachie Ishizu 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 . • Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging form as she completed a spectacular hat- Nadal reclaims Wimbledon crown in style trick of titles by clinching the Indonesia Open Super • Rafael Nadal reclaimed the Wimbledon men’s singles Series with a three-game triumph over ’s Sayaka title, putting in a classy performance to beat Tomas Sato. Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in the final. • Unbeaten for the past three weeks, the top-seeded • In securing his eighth Grand Slam, Nadal went level defending champion defeated her unseeded, but with Andre Agassi, , Ivan Lendl, Fred resolute rival 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in a rollercoaster Perry and . encounter that lasted 45 minutes. • Finals: Men: 2-Rafael Nadal bt 12-Tomas Berdych 6- • This was Saina’s third successive title, having won 3, 7-5, 6-4. the Indian Open Grand Prix at home and the Singapore Open Super Series tournament. This is also the 20- • Doubles: Jurgen Melzer & bt 16- year-old World No. 3’s third Super Series title overall. Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau 6-1, 7-5, 7-5. Pawar takes charge as ICC President • Women: Doubles: Vania King & Yaroslava Shvedova bt & Vera Zvonareva 7-6(6), 6-2. • Sharad Pawar assumed office as President of the • Boys: 13-Marton Fucsovics bt Benjamin Mitchell 6- International Council (ICC) at its annual 4, 6-4. conference in Singapore. The Union Agriculture Minister and former President of the Board of Control • Girls: 9-Kristyna Pliskova bt 10-Sachie Ishizu 6-3, 4- for Cricket in India succeeded David Morgan after 6, 6-4 . serving as the ICC Vice-President since 2008. Paes, Cara win mixed doubles title • Mr. Pawar is only the second Indian, after Jagmohan • Leander Paes and won the Wimbledon Dalmiya, to have become the highest executive of mixed doubles title, beating South African-American the world cricket body. pair of and in the final. • Soon after taking over as the seventh President of the ICC for a two-year term, Mr. Pawar said at a press Germany regains Hockey Masters conference that he was “chosen” for this post during • With a display that reflected authority and an a “challenging” period. intelligent professional approach work, Germany regained the Masters Trophy-last won in 2008- with Serena Williams reigns supreme a convincing 5-1 victory over the Netherlands. The • Defending champion Serena Williams won her fourth home team led 3-0 at half-time. women’s singles title at Wimbledon with a crushing • The three match victory sweep gave Germany the 6-3, 6-2 victory over Russian 21st seed Vera top spot with nine points, The outcome helped Japan Zvonareva in the final. to finish with a silver in its first ever appearance in • Serena, who pocketed £1million ($1.5million) in prize the competition after accruing four points followed money, has been by far the most impressive performer by the Netherlands with three, and India one.

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• The results: • The 38-year-old Muralitharan began his Test career against Australia in Colombo in 1992. The man with • Germany 5 (Florian Fuchs 2 Moritz Furste 2, dexterous wrists, supple fingers and enormous strength Christopher Zeller,) beat Netherlands 1 (Tim Jenniskens). HT 3-0 of mind is the highest wicket-taker in Tests with 800 scalps in 133 matches at an average of 22.72 with an • India 4 (Amir Khan, Danish Mujtaba, Sandeep Singh, incredible 67 five-wicket hauls. Bharat Chikkara) drew with Japan 4 (Hiroki Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Tsubochi 2, Nagasawa). HT 2-1. • The bowler with flight, dip and vicious turn is also the foremost wicket-taker in the ODIs, with 515 victims in • Final positions: 1. Germany, 2. Japan, 3 The 337 matches at 23.07. Netherlands, 4. India. Khel Ratna for Saina Nehwal • Special awards: Player of the tournament: Maxmillan Mueller; • Khel Ratna for badminton star Saina Nehwal and recognition for football after eight years were the • Top scorer: Christopher Zeller; highlights of the recommendations for the Rajiv • Most Promising player: Florian Fuchs (all from Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards made by two Germany); specially-constituted panels. • Best goal-keeper: Katsuya Takase (Japan) . • Hockey coach A.K. Bansal was recommended for the Dronacharya Award. SPAIN CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION • Saina’s was obviously a popular choice as she edged • A late goal from Andres Iniesta gave Spain victory out Ramesh Kumar and shooter . over the Netherlands at the death of a cynical and ill- Among the titles Saina won in the last three years tempered final. were the Indonesian Open (2009), Syed Modi Grand Prix (2009) and World junior title (2009). She climbed Mark Webber wins British Grand Prix to No. 2 in world rankings recently following three major titles in a row in Chennai, Singapore and • Australian Mark Webber cruised to his third win of Indonesia. the season when he dominated the British Grand Prix for Red Bull. • She also became the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the All England and Asian • It was a special win for Webber, not only the fifth championships. victory of his career, but coming after an in-team row over favouritism when Vettel was given a special front • Deepak Mondal is the footballer recommended along wing part taken from his car. with two athletes, Krishna Poonia and Joseph Abraham. Hockey also has two awardees in Sandeep • Home-favourite Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 champion, Singh and Jasjit Kaur. Others recommended by the finished second for McLaren ahead of third-placed panel headed by athletics legend P.T. Usha are Dinesh German Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes. (kabaddi), Rehan Poncha (swimming), Sanjeev Rajput • Hamilton’s McLaren teammate and fellow Briton, (shooting), (volleyball), Dinesh Kumar defending champion Jenson Button, came home (boxing), Parimarjan Negi (chess), , fourth after starting 14th on the grid. Rajesh Choudhary (yachting) and Jagseer Singh (Paralympics). Dinesh beats Jasveer in thriller • In boxing, the verdict went in favour of Dinesh Kumar • In a fascinating battle of equals, World Cup medallist ahead of Suranjoy Singh and Jitender Kumar. Dinesh and Commonwealth champion Dinesh Kumar beat won a World Cup bronze in 2008 and made the former National champion Jasveer to regain the 81kg quarterfinals of the World championships next year. title in the 57th Sahara National boxing championship He also won an Asian championship bronze the same at the Talkatora Stadium. year. • The recommendations for Dhyan Chand awards were Murali scales Mount 800 Satish Pal (athletics), Kuldeep Singh (wrestling) and • Muttiah Muralitharan ended his Test career in a blaze Anita Chanu (weightlifting). of glory. The off-spinning legend reached an Sachin make a new record astonishing 800 wickets while playing a crucial role in ’s emphatic 10-wicket victory over India • The year was 1989 when a precociously talented 16- on the final day of the first Test. year-old made his Test debut in Karachi against a

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fast and furious Pakistani pace attack. Sachin India triumphs in Asia zone qualifier Tendulkar did not flinch. • India swamped Sri Lanka 84-44 to win the four-team • Now, the little big man with phenomenal achievements Middle Asia Zone qualifying round for the 21st FIBA is poised to become the most-capped cricketer in Asia Cup basketball championship to be held at Tests. will surpass Australian great Sana’a (Yemen). Steve Waugh’s mark of 168 Test appearances when Matt Kuchar tops the leaderboard the third Test between India and Sri Lanka gets underway at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. • In his mind’s eye, Matt Kuchar is still the same fresh- faced kid that graduated from the US college ranks • Along the way, Tendulkar has built monumental full of promise and eager to learn the ropes on the edifices. In 168 Tests, the legend has 13,742 runs at a PGA Tour. stunning average of 56.08 with 48 hundreds. No cricketer has made more runs in Tests, no one has • “It is going by so fast,” said Kuchar, who shot a notched up more centuries. The multi-dimensional three-under 69 to seize the clubhouse lead in the Tendulkar has also scalped 44 batsmen with his second round of the 92nd PGA Championship. assorted spin. Kaymer pips Watson to title • Steve Waugh scored 10,927 runs at 51.06 with 32 hundreds. Beginning his career essentially as an all- • Germany’s Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson in a rounder who could send down clever medium pace, three-hole play-off to capture the 92nd PGA the Aussie picked up 97 wickets in his long and Championship after a shocking penalty knocked illustrious career. Dustin Johnson out of contention. Tyson Gay outruns Bolt • The 25-year-old made a two-foot bogey on the final hole to win his first Major championship. • Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt in the 100 metres at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium Murray retains Toronto Masters title where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. • Scotsman showed steely nerve to • The American always looked in complete control shatter a career finals jinx against Roger Federer, against World record holder Bolt, who was second in defeating the stylish Swiss 7-5, 7-5 to defend his title 9.97s. at the ATP Rogers Cup. Bengal rallies to win Santosh Trophy • Murray, who remains fourth in the ATP rankings while Federer moves back to second behind Rafael Nadal, • Denson Devadas did the star turn for Bengal with had lost to Federer during prior trophy bids in 2005 two brilliant goals to help the host overhaul a goal’s at , the 2008 U.S. Open and last January’s deficit and beat Punjab 2-1 in the final of the 64th final. senior National football championship at the Salt Lake • The results: Stadium. • At Toronto (ATP Rogers Cup): Final: Singles: Andy • Bengal fired up an inspired performance to regain the Murray bt Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5; Doubles: Bob & Mike Santosh Trophy after a break of 11 years. This was Bryan bt & Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3. the 30th occasion the State had registered its supremacy in the championship. • At Cincinnati (WTA Cincinnati Open): Final: Kim Clijsters bt 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2. Sports Ministry asks FIH to recognise IHF, not HI • Western & Southern Financial Group Masters: First round: bt Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-5 . • The Union Sports Ministry reiterated its appeal to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to SC permits HI to send women’s team for World recognise Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) as the Cup in Argentina National Sports Federation (NSF) for hockey in India. • The Supreme Court permitted Hockey India (HI) and • The Ministry’s plea came following FIH’s continued the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to send the support to Hockey India as the “sole and only body women’s hockey team to take part in the World Cup compliant with FIH statutes.” in Argentina beginning on August 26.

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