National Academy, best booster for Indian cricket
After completing a three-month summer cricket coaching clinic with SAI at the Nehru Stadium in Delhi, our team of coaches and trainers were feeling fairly satisfied with our efforts.



Australia Stolle into Davis final
Mark Woodforde and Sandon Stolle locked up a 45th Davis Cup tennis final appearance for Australia with a gripping five-set doubles win over Brazilians Gustavo Kuerten and Jaime Oncins.



Anand agrees to quick draw with Deep Junior 6
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand played a quick draw with computer programme Deep Junior 6 to retain his joint lead after the seventh round of Dortmund Sparkassen chess tournament.



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