India beat Japan to stay alive
Dilip Tirkey scored once in each half from penalty-corners in a 2-0 victory in the men's World Cup hockey qualifier.
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Tyagi bags gold at Asian jr. athletics
Indian athletes returned with won one gold, six silver and three bronze medals from the four-day meet in Brunei.

Shikha Tandon swims 100m freestyle in under one minute
At 16, the Karnataka girl is only the second Indian woman to go below the one-minute barrier in the prestigious sprint event.

HC intervenes in doping allegations
The Delhi high court ordered the appointment of a committee to look into allegations that some Indian athletes took performance-enhancing steroids.

Re-draw for Indonesian Open badminton
As per the new draw Gopichand will now face Jens Roch of Germany in the first round, while Chetan Anand meets Fung Permadi of Taiwan.

Thorpe, Phelps set world records
The 18-year-old Thorpe claimed his third gold medal and set his second world record in three days at the World swimming championships.

Honduras stun Brazil in Copa America
The last-minute replacements for Argentina reached the semi-finals of the competition where they will meet hosts Colombia.

Houston is Knicks's $100 million man
Allan Houston becomes the highest paid player in New York Knicks.

Record for Sludnov and title for Ervin
Sludnov cracked his own world record and Ervin added a world crown to his Olympic gold at the world swimming championships.

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