The match-fixing case may be weak, but the CBI is set to ensure a ban for the `tainted'
While the cricketers found guilty of match-fixing in the CBI report may escape criminal prosecution in court for lack of evidence, the premier investigating agency, sports ministry and the Board of Cricket Control in India are taking steps to ensure that they are banned from first class cricket.



Sonepat comes to Delhi to take home its champion
India's first athletics world champion comes home; her villagers wait the whole night. There were men, women and school-children and they came all the way from Sonepat. They were not there to greet a politician or a filmstar -- they were there to take home a champion.



World is a stage for the Indian show
Koneru Humpy is no more a child prodigy; she is a Judit Polgar in the making. Humpy goes on adding titles at the world level like she adds years to her age.



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