The Indian Express -- Sports

Friday, August 1 1997

Karpov stunned

Joel Lautier of France trounced World Champion Anatoly Karpov in the biggest upset of the Credit Suisse International Grandmasters chess tournament being played at Congress Centre in Biel.

Sidhu century lifts sagging morale

Ennui was all pervasive at the Sara Stadium. The third and final day's action had academic interest and the Indians used the opportunity to gain some useful batting practice against the Sri Lanka Board XI in the run-up to the first Test Navjot Sidhu and Saurav Ganguly being the principal beneficiaries.

Torrence pulls out

World 100 metres champion Gwen Torrence has pulled out of the World Championships starting on Saturday without offering an explanation.

Seeded players have an easy first round

Centaur rally to hold Dockyard

Nobiletto best for feature

D'Assisi claim under-16 title

Dismal day for Air-India, IA

India in tough group

India file -- CAB decide not to pay security fee

Railways' shuttlers fail to turn up

Short corner -- Coaching classes for umpires

AITA washes its hands off the sponsorship issue

Gopi chand to cope with new rules at World Cup

Aslam Kader guides Papering to victory

Indian system should follow Lankan logic