Saturday, July 18, 1998
Australia down India in Super 8s
Australia scored two wins on the opening day of the Super Max 8s Cricket Tournament yesterday to strengthen their bid for a hat-trick of titles. Australia, champions in 1996 and 1997, humiliated Pakistan by six wickets, scoring 106 for one to Pakistan's 102 all out. In their second match, the Aussies beat India by four wickets scoring 126 for four to India's 124 for four.
Rain brings anxious moments at British Open
Title holder Justin Leonard was battling to survive the halfway cut in heavy rain on the second day of the British Open Golf at Royal Birkdale yesterday.
Guerrouj misses mile mark
Morocco's Hicham el Guerrouj narrowly missed claiming his second world record in three nights when he ran the second-fastest mile in history at the Nice international athletics meeting on Thursday. El Guerrouj, who shattered Noureddine Morceli's 1,500 metre record on Tuesday, just missed taking the Algerian's mile mark of three minutes, 44.39 seconds as he clocked 3:44.60.
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