Rusedski rallies to quell Paes' challenge
Greg Rusedski saved a match point in the fifth set and survived a marathon yesterday against Leander Paes to give Britain a 1-0 lead over India in a Davis Cup World Group qualifying round tie.

Rupesh back with a bang
Unranked Rupesh Shah returned to big-time billiards with a bang defeating Satish Amarnath, rank 30, by a margin of 249 points, happy tidings for Ahmedabad on an otherwise insipid opening day of the 1998 Florsheim World Professional Billiards Championship at the Fortune Landmark Hotel on Friday.

Slater plunders career-best 221
A career-best 221 (260b, 24x4, 6x6) by opener Michael Slater helped Australia to reach 438 for five against Karachi on the first day of the four-day match yesterday. The Waugh twins, Steve and Mark , further boosted the Australian innings.

  Spinners adopting negative theory
  Ground realities force abandonment of match
  Air-India seeded into quarters of Durrand, Gold Cup
  Act In Time appeals most
  Short Corner
  India File
  Octogonal bags feature
  Asian Games will be tougher
  India team back at full strength
  Kirti win kabbadi crown
  India bank on teen trio and the experience of Bhagyashree
  Rich harvest expected at Asiad
  Akram, Waqar in list of probables
  Rain mars play
  Milap Shah rallies, enters fourth round
  Season's third title for Stanislaus
  Short Corner -- Pune
  Symbiosis, IME enter semi-final
  Abhay loses; wins tourney
  Sumeet stars in BMCC win
  Nakul, Suvarna lift crown
  Priyanka, Ruhi in final
  SSPMS bag Vinoo Mankad Trophy
  Short Corner -- Chandigarh
  25 teams for Gurmit Hockey
  Special treatment for special children
  SGFI trials on Sept 28
  GNP-36 and SPS-41 in final
  Mizoram, Bokaro teams in final
  Gen Raj, Motibagh qualify
  Clean sweepby AFBBS
  Prithvi Nath Basketball from Oct 2