Rios, Ivanisevic pull out; Davenport, Williams advance
Top seed Marcelo Rios withdrew from the Australian Open because of a back stress fracture, leaving the tournament without the world's best two players.

The new "challenge" before Geet Sethi
It is amazing that participation in last month's Asian Games at Bangkok has so altered Geet Sethi's perception of Indian sports, and that too after two decades of top-flight competitive billiards and snooker.

Churchill Bros rout A-I
Air-India (Mumbai) nose dived once again. A shaky and error-prone defence was exposed to its fullest by Churchill Brothers (Goa) who scored an emphatic 5-1 win in a Group A tie of the Coca Cola National Football League at the Nehru Stadium.

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  India File
  Jeev third at Alfred Dunhill
  SA inflict 5-0 whitewash on Windies
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  East hold the edge in Deodhar opener
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  Short Corner
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  Play to win
  Short Corner -- Pune
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  Short Corner -- Chandigarh
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