Jayawardena props up SL
With Sri Lanka barely 26 runs away from averting follow-on with six wickets in hand against India's first innings score of 518 for seven, rain and bad light brought an abrupt end to the third day's play shortly after tea in the Asian Test Championship match in Colombo on Friday. India failed to capitalise on two early wickets including that of star batsman Arvinda de Silva as Sri Lanka rode on a chancy century by young batsman Mahela Jayawardena and another captain's knock by Arjuna Ranatunga to frustrate the visitors's hope of a collapse and reached 293 for four.Indian campaign
India ended their Fed Cup campaign on a high note by finishing second in their pool behind favourites Chinese Taipei when they beat Thailand 2-1 in the last round robin league match in Asia-Oceania Group-I qualifiers in Samutpakarn (Thailand) on Friday.
World records
Maria Mutola of Mozambique beat her been own indoor world record for the 1,000 metres on the same track where she'd set the mark three years ago running the race in two minutes, 30.96 seconds in the Stockholm Grand Prix. Nicole Humbert of Germany yesterday set a world record for the women's indoor pole vault of 4.56 metres.
Vijay leads
For the second day running, one man dominated the show. If it was Vijay Kumar's day yesterday, Delhi's Vivek Bhandari, winner of last season's Honda-Seil PGA Championship, had a four-under 68 on the second day of the Sir Padampat Singhania Open, while the rest of the field struggled.
Not disappointed
The Indian hockey thinktank will have a lot on its hands when it sits back to assess the Test series against Pakistan.
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