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News - October 2003

October 31, 2003

Hockey players to get Rs 1 lakh each
Uzbekistan win football gold
Mukesh Kumar wins HT Pro golf
Akhil, Jitender win boxing golds
Korea, China win shooting gold
Naren Kumar poised to win
India beat Pakistan for AAG men's hockey gold
New York marathon has annual Indian contingent
Barthez cannot move to Marseille: FIFA
Bhupathi-Sania win mixed doubles gold
AAG tennis: Kannan clinches gold
Anand is world rapid chess champion
India win one more gold in tennis
US tighten anti-doping measures
Arsenal fined heavily, four players banned
"Pretty cool" says Roddick

October 30, 2003

India win AAG women's hockey
Neelam, Shakti bag gold
Nansita Devi lifts bronze
Nisha Millet sets new national mark
All-India mixed doubles tennis final
Gangjee extends lead
India need to sharpen finishing
Anand to meet Kramnik in final
Bhupathi-Bopanna win men's doubles gold
Kuerten snuffs out Philippoussis's hopes
Barca may want to sell Overmars
Deportivo stay top despite loss
Heskey fires Liverpool
FA charges Ferdinand over missed drug test
AAG tennis: Sania Mirza wins gold
Heskey fires Liverpool, Newcastle shocked
Deportivo stay top despite loss to Mallorca
IOC look into re-testing Salt Lake samples

October 29, 2003

China, Iran lifters win gold
Golden day for India in athletics
India 'stroke out' Malaysia in semi-final
Gangjee shoots into the lead
Anjali, Rathore strike gold
India in football final
All-India final in men's doubles tennis
Anand to meet Svidler in semis
Gupta, Anand in second round
Egypt, South Africa to play for 5th-6th places
Sania, Rushmi in final
Prakash Amritraj pulls out of quarter-final
Anand, Kramnik in semis
Real Madrid claim draw at Zaragoza
Swedish era draws to close after 30 years

October 28, 2003

India in women's hockey final
Bobby Aloysius, Gurmeet Kaur win silver
Kenya, Kazakhstan score
Indians take three semis berth in tennis
Nigeria, China lifters shine
Indian swimmers pick three silver
Anjali, Jaspal win silver
Paes confident of being fully fit in two months
Anju, Bhupathi arrive in Hyderabad
Iverson could be the Answer
Dementieva clinches spot at season-ender
Athletics sinks deeper into drugs mire
Mahut takes centre stage

October 27, 2003

Indian boxers advance
Sateesha Rai, Sonia Chanu win silver
India win women's team tennis gold
Athletics sinks deeper into drugs mire
Singh second in world rankings
FIFA to consider Ferdinand case
UEFA charge Turkey and England
Gagan scores twice as India down Pakistan
Kazakh shooter records 600/600
Indian swimmers pick two bronze
Fredricks, Dibaba star attractions
India win AAG team tennis gold
Anand in quarter-finals
Shevchenko, Raul strike doubles
Fish nets first title at last
Clijsters returns to No.1 spot

October 26, 2003

Anand battles back after losing to Polgar
Gagan Narang wins India's first gold
Indonesia in women's team tennis final
Double gold lift by China
Rwanda in semis of men's football
South Africa maintain unbeaten record
Churchill win Governor's Cup
Coria wins Swiss title
Arsenal regain top spot
Russian billionaire says no buyer for Arsenal
Woodbridge ties doubles record
India clinch silver in swimming
Sudhir bags bronze: AAG
Advani aims for World Billiards title
Deportivo move top in Spain
Harrison: I tested positive for stimulant
Nalbandian, Coria set up all-Argentine final
Russian billionaire may buy Arsenal
Fulham topple Man United

October 25, 2003

India score over Nigeria
India in final of men's tennis team event
Liverpool's losing run ends
Shikha Tandon qualifies for Athens
Uzbekistan in semi-finals: AAG football
Qamar scores narrow victory
Srinivasa Rao lifts silver
Anand draws opening games
Pankaj Advani fact file
BSFI hails Advani's triumph
Africa to host 2007 Afro-Asiad
China score in first-half, enter semis
Pankaj Advani wins World snooker crown
Henman beaten in Basel
Woods ties Nelson's cuts record
FIFA, WADA divided over drug penalties
Mandela bids for 2010 World Cup
Toughest doping tests at Athens
Anand draws with Grischuk

October 24, 2003

Solid support for India's Commonwealth Games bid
Grand opening to Afro Asian Games
India expected to cakewalk in AAG tennis
Aparna Popat wins Asian Satellite title
Randhawa tied-fifth in Bridgestone Open
India beat Malaysia: AAG football
Pankaj Advani in World Snooker final
Coetzee 'trick' flattens India
Rugby World Cup to start THG testing
Woods targets 55-year-old tour record
Federer upset by Ljubicic
Alpay blames Beckham for Villa exit

October 23, 2003

Anand faces tough challenge at World Rapid Chess
India too good for Egypt
Pankaj Advani in semis
Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe score: AAG football
Abhinav Bindra pulls out from AAG
Ghana struck off AAG football
China miss women's hockey match
F1 rookies a rare breed in 2004
India whip Ghana: AAG women's hockey
Popat in Asian Satellite final
Athletics reels as drug crisis deepens
US athletes face life bans for doping
Next match could be my last: Kafelnikov
Paradorn suffers shock defeat
Beckham suffers hamstring injury
Raul header gives Real victory
AC Milan shocked at home

October 22, 2003

Rajinder to experiment at AAG
Pankaj Advani rallies into last 16
Chambers denies taking steriod wilfully
Test to catch THG cheats out
TFA win Governor's Gold Cup
Easy for Indian shuttlers
India open campaign against Egypt
India down Rwanda in AAG football opener
Paes targets Olympic gold
Dwain Chambers fails drugs test
Arsenal flop again in Europe
Lyon draw with Bayern
Inter thrashed, Juve march on
Figo to quit international soccer

October 21, 2003

Popat, Gupta get easy draws
Best African teams participating: officials
India meet Rwanda tomorrow
Indian cueists enter knock-out stage
Henin succeeds where Hingis failed
Drugs scandal threatens to rock athletics
IAAF to retest urine samples from World championships
Inter looking to maintain winning record
Blackburn lose again at home
Ferguson lands two-match ban

October 20, 2003

Popat gets top billing
Ferguson gets two-match ban and fine
Barua wins Tata International Chess
Schukin wins Belgaum ATP title
FIFA plans war on drugs
Milan keep pace with Juve
Ferrero now a man for all surfaces
Ferrero wins Madrid Masters
Henin-Hardenne takes top spot

October 19, 2003

Anjali, Rathore aim at Olympics
Indian name 17 lifters for AAG
No WADA team for AAG
India meets Rwanda AAG football opener
Inter Milan sack coach Cuper
Deportivo go top of Spanish League
Tired legs cost Liverpool
Long season takes its toll on Clijsters
Ferrero beats Federer in Madrid

October 18, 2003

Barua in joint lead
Sania to train under Bob Brett in Italy
Chelsea blunder lets Arsenal take Premier League top spot
Grand double for Arun Prakash
Yuri Schukin shocks De Voest
Strict security for AAG
FMSCI, MAI bury differences
Four Indians for Nike Jr. Masters tennis
Serena sidelined for rest of season
Ferrero, Federer to meet in semis
Clijsters, Henin storm into Swisscom semis

October 17, 2003

Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis of ATP Masters
Egypt win hockey gold at Africa Games
De Voest lone seed left in fray
Barua held, but keeps lead
AITA revamps team for AAG
Dilip Tirkey to lead hockey team for AAG
Paes-Rikl qualify for Doubles Championship
US athletes test positive for designer steroid
Clijsters in Swisscom quarters
Roddick falls in Madrid
Barthez to be loaned to Marseille

October 16, 2003

Harikrishna in sole lead
Gavaskar visits Jugraj
Punjab and Sind Bank champs
Arun Prakash beats top seed
Easy for Mohammedan Sporting
Bopanna, Mankad bite the dust
India's junior tennis looking up
Bhupathi to play in AAG: Kalmadi
Maldini rules out international return
Barca, Liverpool coast in UEFA Cup
Ferrero, Roddick edge through in Madrid
Frankie Fredericks retires
Henin-Hardenne in Swisscom quarters
Roddick sets sights on top spot
Asia gets 2 more F1 races next year

October 15, 2003

Alpay given time off after Beckham row
Advani sights knock-out berth
Harikrishna, Barua in lead
Indian Oil to meet PSB in final
Amritraj crashes out
Upsets galore in Tata chess
Pakistan also rest seniors
India, Pakistan in same group for AAG hockey
Philippoussis falls to Lopez
Hantuchova out, Schnyder through
Kafelnikov dismisses match-fixing reports
Chelsea go top in Premiership

October 14, 2003

Mankad rallies into last 8
Moya confirms for Tata Open
Advani, Merchant score contrasting wins
India's Helsinki Olympians feted
S S Ganguly shocked
Top Chinese swimmers for Afro-Asian Games
Maharashtra boys too good
ITI Sports Club to close
Dokic battles to defeat Rubin in Zurich
Barcelona, Liverpool facing UEFA Cup tests
Ferdinand has his say at FA hearing
"Schumi-mania" breaths life into hometown
Euro 2004 playoff draw opens way for favourites
ATP launches probe into match-fixing claims

October 13, 2003

Indian cueists impress: World snooker
Rule changes worked against Ferrari: Brawn
ATP vows to keep tennis clean
Playoff draw opens way for favourites
Chess ace ousted after cell phone rings
Webber is a future champion, says Jaguar boss
Joy of six will not sate Schumacher's desire
EB demand bigger NFL prize-money
Manuel Fangio greater than me: Schumi

October 12, 2003

Amritraj loses doubles final
Becker's coach for Sania
Schumacher blames Sato for crash
Schumacher's home town celebrates
Barrichello proud to have one of F1's toughest jobs
Schumacher empty, exhausted and proud
Beckham pays tribute to 'magnificent' England
Schumacher stands alone among the greats
Schumacher takes record sixth title

October 11, 2003

Wrestling legend Lila Ram passes away
England through to finals
Anjali looks to consolidate gain
Chandok confident of breaking into F1 by 2006
Prakash reaches Dharwad doubles final
Schumi targets title from 14th place
Sharan-Prakash triumph in Osaka
Raikkonen pins title hopes on weather
England fans refused entry to Turkey
Barrichello puts Ferrari on pole
Zidane eyes French 'grand slam'

October 10, 2003

Anjali wins gold at World Cup Finals
Top Korean, Uzbek boxers for AAG
Football team for Thailand
Rupesh Roy wins at love
Sania loses in semis
Prakash Amritraj in semis
Ramesh wins Parsvnath chess
Rastogi in semi-finals
Bryant's lawyers play hardball
Moment of truth awaits England
Trulli fastest in first Japan qualifying

October 09, 2003

Sania romps into last four
Prakash Amritraj in quarters
Shweta Kakhandki in final of Pak ITF event
Positive dope tests confirmed for White and Phillips
Rastogi in last 8
Montoya wants full-time stewards
Four in race for chess title
England players back down
Owen ruled out of Turkey clash

October 08, 2003

Schumacher still has a battle to win
India's top athletes for AAG
Uppal upsets Childs
Depleted men's tennis team for AAG
Sania Mirza storms into last 8
Oltmans is Pakistan hockey coach
Ramesh assured of the final GM norm
Turkish police gear up for England game
Ferdinand denies using drugs
Leander Paes returns to India

October 07, 2003

Paes returns; to be in court within 2-3 weeks
Ramesh, Fominyh in joint lead
Nobody wanted Villeneuve: Ecclestone
England drop Ferdinand
Schumacher refuses to tempt fate
Maria hops 'ova' Anna's stumbling block
Irish millionaires build Man Utd stake
'Made in Nigeria' shunned at African Games
Sol Campbell to face FA
Sato replaces Villeneuve at BAR
Collina to referee Turkey v England
Serena still the real number one: Clijsters
Girl for Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi

October 06, 2003

Randhawa, Atwal face late-hole blues
Karthikeyan in second place
Jugraj unfazed about having surgery again
Partial relaxation on gag orders
UK-based Indian footballers get a look
Humpy suffers another defeat
Rupesh Roy wins in Pakistan
Bhupathi-Mirnyi win Kremlin Cup doubles title
Villeneuve faces F1 farewell
Crespo wins it for Chelsea
Woods eases to fifth PGA title of season
Valencia back on top
Germany stun U.S to reach final

October 05, 2003

Sareen upsets Ganguly
Toney stops Holyfield
Schuettler wins Japan Open
Myskina wins Kremlin title
Sania wins sixth ITF title
Randhawa, Atwal tied 50th
Indian boxers reign

October 04, 2003

India fourth in Asian kayaking
Sania, Chakravarthy in final
Indian pair wins in Pakistan
Jones was master of the three-ball game
Shetty, Mishra stun GMs
Ex-billiards champ Wilson Jones dead
Beckham returns to training
Sharapova in Japan Open final
Ferrero pulls out of Vienna
F1 bosses overhaul qualifying format

October 03, 2003

Decision to rest seniors taken before Asia Cup: Gill
Leander returning to India on Sunday
Indian boxers charge into finals
Humpy loses in second round
India maintain good showing
Decision to rest seniors correct: Pillay
Dhanraj omitted from Afro-Asian Games probables
Roy, Gupta to clash in final
Amritraj-Voest in semi-finals
Abhinn loses in pre-quarters
Jyoti Randhawa sparkles
Germany to meet US in semis
China's World Cup exit stuns fans
Paradorn rallies from the brink
Maradona museum opens in Buenos Aires
Montoya calms down after U.S. race

October 02, 2003

Indian pugilists fail to impress
Abhinn Shyam Gupta in last 16
Malaysia sack coach Lissek
Eight-year-old Grover dazzles on the chessboard
India win two gold: Asian kayaking and canoeing
Schuettler, Paradon in last 8
Two Indian pairs in semis
Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis
Childs stuns top seed Mertinak
Olympics chances high: Anju
Schumacher to quit? Just another F1 rumour
Real shake off weekend malaise
Lagat's B sample tests negative - IAAF
Chelsea lose in Champions League
US in Women's World Cup semis
Real rally to win, United upset in Europe

October 01, 2003

3 Indian boys in ITF tennis semis
Paradorn survives to enter last 8
Capriati falls at first hurdle in Moscow
Ralf criticises 'avoidable' error by Williams
Swraj Paul backs India's Commonwealth Games bid
Australian Open date change likely
Man United still big in Asia
Tyson pleads not guilty
IOC launch disciplinary inquiry into Young case
Inter, Monaco, Juve and Sociedad maintain perfect start