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F1 teams fear burnout from expanded calendarFormula One team bosses expressed concern on Saturday about the risk of burnout to mechanics when the calendar expands to 19 races next year without an August break.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:09 pm Sunitha targets Olympics medalSunitha Rao is ecstatic about playing in her maiden Olympics and is hopeful that together with Sania Mirza, they can win a medal for India in the doubles event in tennis.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:01 pm Unhappy Holding resigns from ICC Cricket CommitteeThe West Indies pace bowling legend quit the ICC Cricket Committee to protest their decision to change the forfeited 2006 Oval Test between England and Pakistan to a draw.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:39 am India will rely heavily on their batsmenWith their bowlers looking quite ordinary, India will rely heavily on their in-form batsmen to do the job when they take on a confident Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final on Sunday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 9:41 am Ponting to fly home after injuring wristAustralia captain Ricky Ponting will fly home from the Caribbean on Friday after he was ruled out of Australia's final two one-day internationals against West Indies because of a wrist injury.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 9:07 am Italian players charged after match-fixing probeFive players have been charged over alleged match-fixing in last season's home and away Serie A fixtures between Atalanta and relegated Livorno, Italy's football federation (FIGC) said on Friday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:24 am Sisters taking on sistersSisters taking on sistersSource: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:57 am India's budding players to train at Brazilian Football AcademySixteen budding Indian footballers from seven schools will fly out to Brazil for a six-day training camp beginning Monday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:31 am Sports schedule for July 5, 2008Following is the sports schedule for July 5, 2008:Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 5 Jul 2008 | 6:00 am Can't fly to Delhi, so athlete to miss world championshipChinchu Jose will miss the World Junior Athletics Championships in Poland, because her family failed to raise enough money to fly her to New Delhi, from where the Indian team leaves for the tournament.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 5 Jul 2008 | 6:00 am Silverstone loses British GP to DoningtonThe British Formula One Grand Prix will switch to Donington Park from Silverstone in 2010, the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Friday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 5 Jul 2008 | 2:57 am Ouseph glad to be backBANGALORE: British champion Rajeev Ouseph, who arrived here on Thursday, began his training stint at the Tata Padukone Badminton Academy. Ouseph, who is of Indian descent, is a former European junior champion and no stranger to the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Najer in sole leadPhiladelphia: Evgeny Najer, an East European Grandmaster now settled in the United States, was the only player to reach three points from three rounds in the five-day schedule in the Open section of the 36th World Open chess tournament here. ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Trials to select sportspersons for IAFNEW DELHI: Trials to select outstanding sportspersons for the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be conducted shortly by the Air Force Sports Control Board. Selection will be held in aquatics, basketball, boxing, cycle polo, football, ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Narayan excelsTheni: A fine century by M. Lakshman Narayan (107, 108b, 9x4, 1x6), his second successive century in two days and a five-wicket haul by I. Vijay five for 33 helped Theni defeat Tirunelveli by 10 runs, for its second win in the TNCA ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Lokesh in leadUdhagamandalam: P. Lokesh of Chennai edged out citymate S. Siddarth to emerge the sole leader in the boys’ section with eight points after the ninth round of the Tamil Nadu State sub-junior chess championship here on ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Sameera Kumar in semifinalsCHENNAI: The top-seeded D. Sameera Kumar (NLC) defeated K.R. Rohit (YMCA-Kilpauk) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 in the sub-junior boys’ quarterfinals of the Shri Vaishnavi Productions and G.V. Films Pvt. Ltd.’s fifth State-ranking table ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Worcestershire cancels deal with NehraLondon: English county Worcestershire on Friday called off a deal with Indian paceman Ashish Nehra after he demanded more money than agreed to for joining the team in its second season. Worcestershire Chief Executive Mark Newton said Nehra was ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Saina breaks into top 20New Delhi: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has broken into the top 20 in women’s singles ranking. She jumped to 18th spot in the latest rankings released by the International Badminton Federation on Thursday. — ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Crocodile Hunter well preparedBANGALORE: Crocodile Hunter, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the H.B. Gundappa Gowda Memorial Cup (1,200m), the main event of the races to be held here on Saturday (July 5). False rails (width about 4m from 1,600m to ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Dipika Pallikal books semifinal berthRitwik Bhattacharya quells Harinderpal Singh’s challengeSource: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Williams sisters continue dominationVenus and Serena Williams, who will face each other in Saturday's Wimbledon singles final, continued their domination of the championships on Friday by reaching the women's doubles final.Source: Sify.com Sports | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:08 pm Australia snatch one-run victory over WindiesAustralia staged a late-innings fightback to seal a one-run victory and a 4-0 one-day series lead against the West Indies on Friday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm Australia snatch one-run victory over WindiesBASSETERRE, St Kitts (Reuters) - Australia staged a late innings fightback to seal a one-run victory and a 4-0 one-day series lead against West Indies on Friday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:32 pm West Indies v Australia - ODI scoreboardREUTERS - Scoreboard in the fourth one-day international between the West Indies and Australia at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Friday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:04 pm Pakistan record sweeping win over BangladeshPakistan openers Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed produced an unbroken century partnership to set up a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final Asia Cup super league match on Friday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:53 pm Pakistan record sweeping win over BangladeshKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan openers Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed produced an unbroken century partnership to set up a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final Asia Cup super league match on Friday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:20 pm Ponting to fly home after injuring wrist tendonBASSETERRE, St Kitts Reuters - Australia captain Ricky Ponting will fly home from the Caribbean on Friday after he was ruled out of Australia's final two one-day internationals against West Indies because of a wrist injury.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 4:14 pm Bangladesh v Pakistan scoreboard - Asia Cup(Reuters) - Scoreboard in the Pakistan and Bangladesh Asia Cup super league match at the National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan on Friday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:53 pm Dasmunsi tells coach, state associations: 'work more, talk less'Upset at the verbal exchanges between Indian football coach Bob Houghton and state football associations, All India Football Federation chief Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Friday stressed that the two 'should concentrate on their own work by talking less'.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:30 pm Pakistan court suspends ban on AkhtarKARACHI (Reuters) - The Lahore High Court suspended on Friday an 18-month ban on Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar for indiscipline which will allow the fast bowler to return to international cricket if selected.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:55 pm NBA stars pitch in to professionalise Indian basketballThere cannot be a better advertisement for basketball than the National Basketball Association (NBA) stars, who are part of one of the richest professional leagues in world sport. Some well-known hoopsters are here to help India market the game.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:33 pm National rally championship runs into troubleThe Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), that is already running on a near-empty tank, received a further blow with the postponement, a euphemism for cancellation, of the second round of the 2008 series scheduled for July 16-18 at Nashik.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:53 am National rally championship runs into troubleThe Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), that is already running on a near-empty tank, received a further blow with the postponement, a euphemism for cancellation, of the second round of the 2008 series scheduled for July 16-18 at Nashik.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:35 am All-women's team gears up to scale greater heightsOne has a doctorate, another is an instructor with a US-based adventure club -- eleven women from diverse backgrounds with a common passion - scaling heights - have come together for a mountaineering expedition to a peak in Himachal Pradesh.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:01 am India to launch professional basketball leagueAfter football, now the professional basketball league in the country. The Basketball Federation (BFI) is ready with the blueprint for a pro league and is in the process of tying up sponsorship deal.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:01 am
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