The Indian Express -- Sports

Thursday, May 8 1997

Rubin sends Capriati packing

Monica Seles swept into the third round of the Italian Open, but the tournament came to an abrupt end for fellow American Jennifer Capriati. Seles was a 7-5 6-0 winner over Austrian Barbara Schett, but Capriati was sent packing by Chanda Rubin after dominating the first set 7-6 (7-1) 6-2.

Kasparov held in third game

World chess champion Garry Kasparov has called supercomputer Deep Blue an "alien opponent" but said it was playing like a god. He was held to a draw in the third game of their six-game re-match despite the advantage of the white pieces.

Is this the team Tendulkar wanted?

The cavalier manner in which the Indian team for the Independence Cup has been decided provokes the question: Is this the composition which the skipper of the side wanted?

Shuba Puthran passes away

Fr Agnel's go down fighting

Natekar breezes into quarters

Nothing official about it

It's going to be different, vows Vinod Kambli

Kiwis win warm up match

The advantage of being a foreign coach

Great Feats for feature

Four seeds sail into semi-finals

BPIAA to meet SBA in final

Mixed reactions to Azhar's exclusion

Three share lead