Salgaocar, Mahindra win: Fed Cup
Surukumar Singh's early goal gave Mahindra victory over ITI while Salgaocar beat Punjab Police via the tie-breaker.

Late goal gives Bharat Petroleum win
Sabu Varkey's goal in the last second saw the Bombay team beat a fighting Tamil Nadu Colts in the Murugappa hockey tournament.

Penalty-corners need improvement, says under-21 coach
Olympian Rajinder Singh expressed satisfaction with the team's performance at the just-concluded Poznan tournament.

India second in Poznan hockey
Germany won the six-nation under-21 tournament while England finished third.

Key events axed: Afro-Asian Games
The organisers have dropped the decathlon, heptathlon and 20-km walk in athletics, and the diving and water polo events.

Humpy suffers shock defeat
The Woman Grandmaster lost to Gu Xiaobing of China in the fourth round of the World Junior chess championship.

Milkha plans to meet President
Rachna Govil, one of the Arjuna awardees for lifetime contribution, clarified that she was indeed a national athlete.

Another title for Anand
The Indian world champion won the two-day rapidplay event at the Villarrobledo Open in Spain on Sunday.

Bhupathi-Lareau go down in final
The duo lost a hard fought match to Mark Knowles-Brian MacPhie 6-7(5), 7-5, 4-6.

Karan Rastogi loses in final
The Indian junior was beaten by Anuwat Dalodom of Thailand in the final of the Damascus International tournament.

Uma Bharati denies PMO interference
'Reports that the PMO has interfered in deciding the awardees are not correct,' she told Parliament.

Doubles troubles for Indians
Four Indians -- Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Syed Fazaluddin, Rushmi Chakravati and Sai Jayalakshmi -- lost their doubles matches at various international tournaments.

Shiv Prakash triumphs
The 44-year old golfer proved that experience, and not age, matters, while winning the inaugural Cotton City Open.

Global sports doping code by 2004
The World Anti-Doping Agency hopes international standards will be in place by 2004.

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