Thursday, July 22, 1999
Good knight end powers Sasikiran to the top
National champion Krishnan Sasikiran played a fine positional game to outwit teammate V Saravanan to take his tally to two points and share the lead after the second round of the International Open Chess Tournament.
Document delay keeps Bhutia at bay
Baichung Bhutia's trials at English first division club Fulham FC could not get under way in the club's opening friendly against Aldershot on Monday. According to information available, Bhutia could not play the match because a Department of Employment ruling in Britain had not been registered on time.
Testing time for both sides
New Zealand start the second Test against England at the Lord's today -- a match they have to win to keep alive their hopes of taking the series.
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