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South Africa will savour Monday's victory over England at Headingley, where they went 1-0 up in the series, though they are aware history is against them, captain Graeme Smith said.

A lot has changed since Rahul Dravid last toured Sri Lanka to play Test cricket, but still, somehow, a few things remain same.

With so much perfection and finesse expected all around, the Olympics can be a rather intimidating experience.

With just three weeks to go for the Olympics to begin, members of the Indian contingent training at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, have lashed out at all involved in organising the pre-Beijing camp for the poor facilities provided, saying the callous attitude of the administration has seriously hampered India's medal prospects.

In what had been a disappointing season until Sunday evening, one of Karun Chandhok's big achievements this year - outside of Race One podium finishes at Monaco and Silverstone - had been making it to the menu card of Khushboo, an Indian restaurant in Brackley (for those interested, the 'Karun's Special' is "naan filled with mincemeat sauce and aloo masala on top - sort of like a masala dosa").

While the introduction of netball as a discipline for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was greeted by loud cheers, the Netball Federation of India (NFI) is now split down the middle with both president Gurbir Singh and secretary-general PS Sharma claiming to have "sacked" the other.

The Sri Lankan attack is not all about Ajantha Mendis and it would be fatal to focus only on the mystery spinner ignoring others, warns former India captain Rahul Dravid.

India will still depend on the outcome of South Africa-England series even after a 3-0 sweep against Sri Lanka to rise to the second spot in ICC Test rankings.

Mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis made it to Sri Lanka's 14-member squad for the first cricket Test against India with the pace attack looking severely depleted by injuries to frontline pacers.

Ajantha Mendis might have created flutter in cricketing circles with his stupendous Asia Cup performance, but the Sri Lankan mystery bowler has failed to impress spin guru Terry Jenner, who has pointed out at chinks in his armour.

Yuvraj Singh's mother Shabnam on Monday lashed out at Kapil Dev for criticising her son's party animal image, saying the former India captain is no angel himself.

A tough draw is the last thing an Olympic-bound athlete would look for but Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal says she does not fear being pitted against top-ranked rivals in Beijing as difficult matches only bring out the best in her.

World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) will review Indian Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) decision to let off dope-tainted Satisha Rai without any punishment for a second drug offence.

The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Asian telecast rights of 2012 Olympic Games in London and 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver to ESPN STAR Sports.

Sania Mirza's poor form has begun to take a toll on her rankings and the Indian ace has slipped a couple of rungs to 35th in the latest WTA list issued on Monday.

Nathan Deakes of Australia, the 50-kilometer walk world champion, has withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics because of a hamstring injury.

Badminton ace Prakash Padukone held out reasonably good hopes for India's Beijing Olympic hopefuls Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal, saying their task of climbing the medal rostrum was difficult but not impossible.

Tyre giants Michelin has signed a three-year deal with A1GP to become the tyre partner of the World Cup of Motorsport starting with the 2008-09 season.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is counting on support from India to prevent the ICC from shifting the Champions Trophy to some other venue in view of growing security concerns.

Sports Minister M S Gill has assured archer Reena Kumari that he would look into the selection criteria adopted by Archery Association of India (AAI) which left her out of Olympic squad despite finishing first in two of the three selection trials.