The Indian Express -- Sports

Friday, May 2 1997

Anand's red signal to the Amber field

Viswanathan Anand took an unassailable lead at the end of the penultimate round by defeating Predrag Nikolic 1.5-0.5 to win the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament for the second time, on Wednesday.

Gored by "da Bulls", Washington bites the Bullets

The American Capital had an imperial visitor Wednesday night. It was the man they call His Airness Michael Jordan, the basket ball superstar who has carried the game to stratospheric heights and who is now universally acclaimed as the greatest hoopster to lay a hand on the ball.

India's suicide pact shocks St Vincent

In yet another display of abject surrender, the Indian batsmen handed over victory in the third one-day international to West Indies losing the last eight wickets for only 46 runs after Saurav Ganguly (79) and Rahul Dravid (74) had laid a firm foundation for an easy win.

I was victimised, says Pandit

Global sport

Tilak emerges sole leader -- Overnight leader Bhave goes dow

Prasad gets the breakthrough

Ooty race results

...Slowly inching back to where she belongs

India file

Germany on course

Rana, Pandit boycott trials

Makarand Waingankar - different strokes for different folks

Cricket of the executive kind

Hrushida packs off Archana