Italy faces France in final after penalty shootout victory
Italy will meet France in the European Championship final, after beating co-host The Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out on Thursday after the team teams wound up 0-0 after extra time.



Pierce, Kafelnikov given the boot
French third seed Mary Pierce, who won the French Open amidst huge publicity about her rediscovery of the Catholic faith and the Lord, crashed to 21-year-old Spaniard Maria Luisa Serna.



At last, Dhanraj Pillay gets his recongnition
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is probably in recognition of that and I'm honoured by this,'' an elated Dhanraj Pillay told The Indian Express from his Stuttgart base in Germany, reacting to the announcement of the award here on Friday.



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