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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 08 February 1998   Kilshannig hot favourite for feature Speedy Kilshannig is at her best and should claim the Dr S C Jain Sprinters' Gold Trophy, 1200 m, a graded and feature event of the 24th day of Mumbai meeting scheduled for Sunday at Mahalakshmi.   Neelakantan pulls off shock victory over Hungarian GM Seasoned N Neelakantan scored a sensational victory over Grandmaster Csaba Horuath of Hungary in the second round of the ninth Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament being played at Gorky Sadan at Calcutta. Narain drives brilliantly to victory Narain karthikeyan, the 22-year-old from Coimbatore, came up with a brilliant drive to win the first leg of the ELF Formula Campus car race in the McDowell Grand Prix at the Irungattukottai track yesterday. Parthiv Suresh, another enthusiastic youngster driving for JK tyres managed to impress the stands with an oustanding perfomance finishing next only to the veteran Harish Samtani. A-I continue smooth flight over Churchill Churchill Brothers defence's looked in total disarray. ``Total strangers,'' was how their technical director, Armando Colaso put it, after they went down 0-2 to unbeaten Air-India in the Philip's National Football League (NFL) at the Nehru Stadium, Margao.   Simpson not available for series against Australia Australia's former coach Bob Simpson yesterday categorically denied that his role as the Indian cricket coach will not pressurise him into plotting his country's downfall as the leading Test cricket team. Simpson, who coached Australia from 1986 to 1996 is likely to be in India to hold talks with the Indian board to finalise the details of his role. Soccer coaching detrimental to health, says study Football coaches -- at least those in the German Bundesliga -- are living dangerously, according to a study by medical researchers. The permanent stress of watching their teams from the sidelines is leading to stomach ulcers, metabolic disorders and a weakening of the body's immune system. Life expectancy of the Bundesliga trainer is considerably shorter than the average persons, says the Aachen-based sports physician Dr Joachim Kugler.     Kanetkar, Ratti knocked out   No ulterior motive, says Pak board   Gandhi leads run feast with century   Haryana bowlers shatter Baroda   Raju sends Bihar batsmen spinning   Global Sport   Agnel, Shweta top   Paramjit wins 11th title   Four Indians qualify   Fraser trouble for West Indies   Easy victories mark semi-final encounters   B'lore results   Punjab face defeat