The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, presented a cheque for Rs.1 crore to C.B.N. Reddy, honorary secretary, Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, towards the conduct of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament in January 2012, a press release said on Monday.
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TN Govt. chips in for Chennai Open
Posted by Sri (#3) 525 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)SAFF Championship: India starts favourite
Posted by Jenni (#1) 537 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
It is about good and weak teams, tactical and seminal football. It is also about fierce competition, as expounded by the coaches, with some banter thrown in to signify the spirit in which the SAFF Championship will be played at the Nehru Stadium here from Friday.
Windies will hope openers Pollard come good
Posted by Jenni (#1) 537 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
A miss is as good as a mile, and despite dominating India in phases the West Indies still searches for its first win on tour going into the second ODI, to be played at Visakhapatnam on Friday.
Time for Ponting to quit, says Cairns
Posted by Jenni (#1) 538 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Describing Ricky Ponting as the “elephant in the room”, former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns has said that Cricket Australia (CA) needs to end his 16—year long Test career in order to move forward.
Getting it wrong about pitches
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known for being captain cool, for rock-solid assurance in tight situations and for his astute leadership that resembles that of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Too early to worry about Olympics, says Sania
Posted by Jenni (#1) 539 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The upcoming London Olympics may have changed a lot of equations in the world of doubles in tennis and shuffled the priorities of the sporting fraternity in general, but Sania Mirza was candid enough to say that it was too early to think about the quadrennial Games yet.
India scampers home in thrilling finish
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Rohit Sharma's brilliant 72 and useful contributions from the lower-order helped India battle back from the brink and script an exciting one-wicket win against the West Indies in the first One-Day International at the Barabati Stadium here on Tuesday.
Mithun replaces Praveen Kumar
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Abhimanyu Mithun of Karnataka will replace Praveen Kumar, who is down with a chest injury, in the Indian squad named for the first three ODI against the West Indies.