Match-fixing shadow on team -- Azhar, Jadeja and Chopra axed
Dropping of Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and Nikhil Chopra from the probables list for the ICC knockout tournament in Nairobi has a familiar ring to it. The BCCI has finally caved in to pressure from the Govt.



Anand opens with a flourish
Top seed Viswanathan Anand of India opened his Fide World Cup chess campaign in style, outwitting Mohamed Tissir (Morocco) in his Group D first round encounter at Shenyang on Friday.



Testing time for the seeds
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams shrugged off a first-set scare and stretched her win streak to 22 matches on a muggy Friday where seeds struggled to advance at the US Open.



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