| Giant-slayer
Tamarine the pride of Thailand
|
Bangkok,
July 1:
Tamarine Tanasugarn is the toast of Thailand after the veteran
dumped second-seed Jelena Jankovic out of Wimbledon to become
the first player from her country to reach the quarter-finals
of a grand slam.
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| Swimming
world records tumble at U.S. trials
|
Nebraska,
July 1:
Natalie Coughlin and Hayley McGregory blitzed to back-to-back
world records and Katie Hoff secured her second Olympic berth
at the U.S. swimming trials on Monday.
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| Malik
badly dehydrated, may not play tomorrow
|
Karachi,
July 1:
The embattled Pakistani team may have to take the field in tomorrow's
do-or-die Asia Cup match against India without captain Shoaib
Malik, who has been laid low by dehydration.
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| Kirsten
backs Dhoni on tight scheduling
|
Karachi,
July 1:
The BCCI may not think much of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's complaint
about tight schedules but coach Gary Kirsten feels the Indian
ODI captain has a valid grouse against crammed itineraries as
they are affecting players' performance.
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| Bribery
allegation rocks weightlifting federation
|
New
Delhi, July 1:
A fresh controversy today rocked the Indian Weightlifting Federation
with its secretary being accused of receiving bribe to select
dope-tainted lifter Shailaja Pujari for the Beijing Olympics.
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| Sania-Mattek
in Wimbledon quarters, to face Williams sisters
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London,
July 1:
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek set up a quarterfinal clash
with American sisters Venus and Serena Williams after getting
past the Uzbek-Belarussian pair of Akgul Amanmuradova and Darya
Kustova in the third round of Wimbledon Championships here.
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