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However, the women's team stayed in contention after a 2-1 victory over Romania at the Chess Olympiad.
India were ousted from the men's championship division when England beat them 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals
The Indian medal hopes in the 32nd chess Olympiad suffered a severe jolt after the men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Slovenia while the women lost 1.5-2.5 to Serbia in the eighth round in Dresden, Germany. The Indian men slipped to joint 14th spot in the standings on 11 points out of a possible 16 and now face an uphill task to keep their medal hopes alive.
The Indian men's and women's teams scored identical 2.5-1.5 victories over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy respectively, in the sixth round of the 32nd chess Olympiad now underway in Dresden, Germany. The Indian men moved to joint-third place with 10 points out of a possible 12 in the Open section and are now behind Russia and Armenia, who share the lead on 11 points each. The women took their tally to nine points and share sixth place.
The top seed proved too good for Croatian baseliner Karolina Sprem in the Family Circle Cup.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised past American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round of the Family Circle Cup.
Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first seeded casualty at the US Open after he was beaten by fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
25-year-old Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele remains unbeaten in all his eight 10,000m races including the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The Indian ace beat Russia's Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-2 in the third round in San Diego.
The former world number one pulverised Cho Yoon-Jeong 6-0, 6-0 at the Pan Pacific Open
Monga said the most difficult stretches they hoped to come across will be the icy wastelands of Siberia, Iceland and Greenland.
Davenport, who was beaten in last year's final by Serena Williams, remains on course for a quarter-final meeting with 10th seed Venus Williams or eighth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium.
After losing a 38-stroke exchange midway through the second set, Myskina responded by cracking her racket.
They beat Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-4, 6-2 in the final at the US Open.
The US sprinters finished together in 10.30 seconds yesterday, edging world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis by .03 seconds.
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The defending champion was made to sweat by Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik in the third round of the women's singles at Wimbledon.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The former world number one celebrated her long-awaited return from a serious wrist injury with a demolition job against Croatia's Jelena Kostanic in the Antwerp Open.
The Indian ace beat Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 7-6 to set up a third round clash with Elena Dementieva.
Dronavalli Harika won the world under-14 girls title, while Parimarjan Negi took the bronze in the under-12 boys category in the World Youth Chess Championships.
WGM Dronavalli Harika was held to a draw by Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia in the 8th round of the under 14 girls section of the World youth Chess Championships.
The Indian men suffered another humiliating defeat to a lowly ranked Canada by a 1.5-2.5 margin.
Berti Vogts blamed "disgraceful" personal abuse by a minority of fans for his decision to resign as Scotland coach.
Indian men faced yet another reverse in their medal quest when they succumbed to a 1.5-2.5 against third seeds Israel.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and P Harikrishna scored victories to help India post a resounding 3-1 victory over Germany.
Indian men registered a massive 3.5-0.5 win over Costa Rica, while the Indian women beat Cuba 2.5-0.5 in the second round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Spain's David Meca-Medina and Slovenia's Igor Majcen had complained that the IOC's anti-doping rules infringed their EU right to work.
We are solid, and what we are now looking for is a steady explosion of economic cooperation between India and the US, Tarun Das tells rediff.com
The Bilateral Exchange Programme for Indian Scientists for 2005-2006.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan lead the field in the category-16 Super Grandmasters Pune chess festival.
Skipper Raul scored from the penalty spot 12 minutes into the second half as Spain escaped with a 1-1 draw.
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