England face uphill task Sourav Ganguly helped India to recover from a sorry-looking 11 for three and declare their second innings closed at 180 for six for an overall lead of 499 runs on the fourth day of the third Test at The Oval.
CRICKET / Follow-on issue
Borde defends decision They had bowled in the first innings and we didn't want to bring them on again, we wanted to bring them back fresh so we could try and attack the English batsmen," Borde said.
CRICKET / Athertons pat for Indian ace
Sachin, still the master Watching Tendulkar bat throughout this series has been a curious business; his decline at once obvious and yet, since that decline has been accompanied by two telling innings, there comes with it a greater admiration, Atherton wrote in a British newspaper Daily Telegraph.
Djokovic puts out Nadal; Federer wins Federer, the world No 1, took a step toward a third Rogers Cup title with a methodical 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 victory over Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the early semifinal.
Hari downs Peter; in second spot Harikrishna, languishing at the bottom for a long time, jumped to second spot following his second successive victory in Marx Gyorgy Memorial international chess tournament.
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