Ramakant Desai dies of cardiac arrest
Ramakant Desai, the former Indian paceman and chairman of the National cricket selection committee till as recently as the first India-Australia Test at Chennai last month, died in Mumbai at around 7.30 p.m. of cardiac arrest. He was 58 and is survived by his wife Anagha and son Amod.
Tendulkar advances
A brilliant string of scores at Sharjah saw Sachin Tendulkar (5217 points) climb 12 places to occupy the sixth position in the Pepsi World Cricket Ratings for One-Day Internationals (ODIs). In the list released yesterday, Australian left-hander Michael Bevan (6788) shot up to the top in batting standings, pushing Sri Lankan master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya (6659) to the second spot.
Courier packs Chang
Jim Courier extended Michael Chang's title drought outlasting the top seed and defending champion 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the final of US Men's Clay court championship.
Waugh flays two-team policy critics
Australian one-day cricket captain Steve Waugh has cautioned critics, among them Test skipper Mark Taylor, not to make rushed judgments of Australia's controversial two-team selection policy.
Coulthard wins at San Marino
Great Britain's David Coulthard driving a McLaren Mercedes took the chequered flag at the fourth race of the Formula One Grand Prix circuit at San Marino on Sunday. Germans' Michael Schumacher and Eddie Ervine, both driving the Ferrari took the next two spots behind Coulthard who finished the 62 laps (305.443 kms) in a time of one hour 34 minutes and 24.593 seconds.
Munshi in fray for FIFA post
So what if the Indian football standards are plunging to new depths? The All-India Football Federation (AIFF), the game's governing body in the country, is looking to scale new heights at the administrative level. AIFF president Priyaranjan Das Munshi has filed his nominations for three key posts in the Asian Football Confederation and the International football Federation (FIFA).
