Basad dominates
Basad Ali was on fire at the Classic Karnataka Golf Association Course on Thursday. Even as the rains hounded the Wills Southern Open championship, the Calcutta veteran left the rest of the field cold with an incredible five-under par 34 to grab the lead in front of a disbelieving crowd.

Team leaves
The Indian men's hockey team, led by centre forward Dhanraj Pillay left here for Kuala Lumpur this afternoon to participate in the 16th Commonwealth Games. Before departure the Indian skipper, chief coach M K Kaushik and other officials worshipped at the Parthasarathi Temple at Triplicane in the city.

Rana flag bearer
"WE have taken a step backward," was how Suresh Kalmadi, chief of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), put it to describe the cricket team for the Commonwealth Games. Addressing news men here today on the schedule of departure of teams for the Commonwealth Games, the IOA chief said that 23-year-old ace shooter Jaspal Rana will be the flag-bearer at the march-past during the opening ceremony of the Games, starting in Kuala Lumpur on September 11.

GP volleyball
A victory for Indian volleyball. That about sums up the Volleyball Federation of India's herculean effort to successfully bid to host the richest money spinner in World women's volleyaball in the form of the Indian Oil World Grand Prix championship, scheduled to open at the Jawaharlal Nehru multi-purpose on Friday.