Rivals, but hardly foes! Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are about as similar as a wedge of Emmenthal and a slice of mozzarella.
AQUATICS / Making waves
Young lasses hold promise aplenty The girls Group III and Group IV Sub-junior individual swimming titles won by Karnatakas Prathima Kollali and Prajwala S at the 24th Sub-junior aquatic Nationals in Margao recently prove a point -- that things could be changing, with two inspired swimmers raring to go.
Sympathetic Prost wowed by Hamilton Lewis Hamilton who surprised four-times World cha-mpion Alain Prost proves that he is already at the very top level in the sport and destined for greatness.
On a tremendous upswing Anirban Lahiri , the Secunderabad lad who has made Bangalore and Eagleton his second home, kick-started the new season with back-to-back titles in the last two weeks.
This Tyson too packs a knockout punch American sprint sensation Tyson Gay put on history's most impressive 100-200 metres show at the weekend in booking his trip to August's World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer are fierce rivals on the tennis court, but off it, they are as close as two men going hammer and tongs to earn the right of the best tennis player in the world can afford to be.
The State government has been recovering hundreds of acres of encroached lands, especially in and around Bangalore, and disposing them off through auctions, inspite of not getting a good price. Is it the right move or are there better options?
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