Tennis
Ajay Ramaswami halts Ivanov's run
The National Games champion put an end to the Russian's winning streak in the ITF men's Futures tennis tournament.
Paradorn looks to Buddhism for top-10 spot
The 23-year-old Thai, who rose from 120th in the world at the start of the year to 16th, says devout religious beliefs have given him the mental strength of a champion.
Keep fifth major at one place: Davenport
Davenport said no one knows what the WTA Championships event is or who is playing in the $3 million season-ending extravaganza.
Venus gets one last shot at sister Serena
The top-ranked tennis siblings take to the court this week for the season-ending WTA Championships.
Football
Manipur lift Santosh Trophy
Tomba Singh's goal in extra-time gave the hosts a 2-1 victory over Kerala in the final and the National football title for the first time. Complete coverage
Argentina recall Riquelme, Saviola
Veteran midfielder Diego Simeone and striker Gabriel Batistuta were left out from the 20-man squad for the friendly against Japan in Saitama on November 20.
Keane factor to influence Ireland's future
The Manchester United midfielder will loom large in the appointment of a successor to Mick McCarthy as Ireland manager.
Mick McCarthy resigns as Ireland manager
The 43-year-old said he was disappointed to be leaving with Ireland joint bottom of their Euro 2004 qualifying group after losing to Russia as well as Switzerland.
Robotic Kahn shows his human side
Once admired and feared for his almost robotic perfection, Oliver Kahn has demonstrated over the past few months that he is only human after all.
Trapattoni gets backing from Italian FA
Despite Italy's recent poor results, the Italian Football Federation told Trapattoni his contract will be honoured.
Chess
Anand wins Corsica Open chess
The Indian ace won his fourth title of the year as he rallied to beat veteran Anatoly Karpov of Russia in the final of the sixth edition of the tournament.
Formula One
Schumacher may be on pole more often in 2003
The German took pole seven times this year, and has welcomed the new single lap qualifying because of his ability to be quick immediately.
Golf
Woods happy with his double-major season
The 26-year-old golfing ace finished the season first on the U.S. PGA Tour rankings and equalled Tom Watson's record of four consecutive money list titles.
'The gold medal is everything for me'
'When you dream about something for this long and it actually happens, it's a feeling out of this world,' says Asian Games golf gold medallist Shiv Kapur.
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