Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical look at the maestro's centuries.
USA will now travel England for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where they will take on Australia and New Zealand.
He replaces Khaled Mahmud as captain and will lead Bangladesh on their tour of Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist beat Bilali Suleiman Wanjau of Kenya by a point in the light-fly quarter-finals at the Afro Asian Games.
The Namibian was regarded as one of the great African sprinters but he never won an Olympic title in his career.
Canada and Scotland also qualified for the 2007 World Cup after finishing in the top two positions in their group of the ICC Trophy.
They are now on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup 2007.
Frederik Klokker's century helped Denmark crush USA by 103 runs on day two of the ICC Trophy 2005.
Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak will back a fund raising initiative in Perth designed to raise money for conservation of the endangered Black Rhino in his native Zimbabwe.
McGrath, who is retiring after the 2007 World Cup, was not the quickest pace bowler the world has ever seen, but he was the most successful with 555 Test wickets.
The England fast bowler, who has a knee injury, will, however, play in the one-day series.
Upbeat about the success of Focus Africa programme which led to a 36 per cent rise in exports to $24.52 billion in 2002-03, Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday sought more efforts to tap the region's potential.
The Namibian doctor will become the first man to play in the cricket and rugby union World Cups.
Hrithik Roshan overshadows Abhishek Bachchan in the spectacular sequel.
Kavita Raut on Friday became the first Indian woman to win an individual medal in track events of the Commonwealth Games as she bagged the bronze in 10,000m race at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Statistical highlights of the Group B World Cup match between India and South Africa in Nagpur on Saturday.
The Olympic and world champion clocked the fastest women's 800 metres of the year with a blazing run of one minute 55.55 seconds at the Madrid Grand Prix.
The defending champions won a low-scoring ICC Under-19 World Cup game by 27 runs.
Tanmay Srivastava slammed a 76-ball 83 as India thumped Papua New Guinea by 195 runs to kick-off their under-19 cricket World Cup campaign in style in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
Statistical highlights of the third ODI between India and New Zealand in Christchurch on Sunday.
The fast bowler was operated upon in a Pretoria hospital to correct an injury he had suffered during the World Cup.
Zimbabwe's government has turned down applications by British media organisations to cover England's cricket tour.
A junior Foreign Office minister suggested on Tuesday that England's cricket team should not play in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is engaged in a political stand-off with the international community.
Defending champions Pakistan made the grade after a six-wicket victory over Australia while New Zealand got the better of Sri Lanka by 80 runs.
Taruwar Kohli finished unbeaten on 63 as India won by seven wickets and 10.5 overs to spare at the Under-19 World Cup.
The long standing rivalry between the nations, which began in New York in 1844, will resume in a three-day game in Florida on May 28.
All five gold medals India earned from athletics at the Afro-Asian Games were from field events.
Surinder Kaur scored a brace in an 8-0 victory in the opening match of the women's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
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