A href="http://www.business-standard.com/general/newbsvideo.php?videoid=2561">CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO/A>R>R>In a glittering ceremony held on Tuesday, February 6, in Mumbai, Ranadeb Bose (Bengal)

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The results of the Bosch BSM Mileage Run 2007 which was held yesterday are out and they reveal some incredible fuel efficiency figures for various automobiles in real world conditions. The Ford

Bosch BSMotoring Mileage Run 2007 Results

Virender Sehwag is the surprise inclusion in the 15-man Indian team selected for the World Cup to be held in the West Indies in March-April 2007. Despite a string of poor performances, Sehwag

Sehwag in Team India for World Cup

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A href="http://www.business-standard.com/general/newbsvideo.php?videoid=3121">CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO/A>R>R>Diageo India today presented the Johnnie Walker "Keep Walking"award to Dilip Vengsarkar,

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A href="http://www.business-standard.com/general/newbsvideo.php?videoid=3221">CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO/A>R>R>Pepsi organised a farewell to Team India for the ICC Cricket World Cup, and also

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Inclement weather continued to play havoc with the Unitech Cup cricket tri-nation series as the match between India and Sri Lanka was today called off due to wet ground conditions at the Premadasa

Cricket Update: India-Sri Lanka ODI rained off

The match between India and Sri Lanka has been called off due to rains.


Cricket Update: India-SL match called off

The first one-day international between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo was called off due to heavy rains on Saturday. The outfield had already taken a battering

The India-Sri Lanka three match one-day international (ODI) series has been called off, according to reports. A prolonged spell of bad weather has not allowed much cricket over all of last week

Cricket: India-Sri Lanka ODI series called off

India scored the required 162 runs in 32 overs for the loss of five wickets to defeat Pakistan in the one-day match at Multan, Pakistan today, and won the series 3-1. After bowling out Pakistan

India beat Pak, win ODI series 3-1

India thrashed Pakistan by eight wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International in Karachi on Sunday, to clinch the series 4-1.


India thrashed Pakistan by eight wickets

Protein supplements can help you bulk up at the gym, Rrishi Raote discovers, but it&rsquo;s very easy to make mistakes.

Powder power

Magnus Carlsen finished with (+5,=4,-1,) and 19 points (soccer scoring) in Biel. His TPR was 2835. Morozevich (+4,=5,-1) scored 17 with a TPR of 2821 to confirm that he's recovered his health and form. Shirov and Vachier-Lagrave both scored 12 (both had +2,=6,-2) while Caruana and Pelletier trailed with 10 and 5 respectively.

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Indian hopes at the World Junior in Chennai rest on 14-year-old Girish Koushik. Koushik, rated just 2309, shares third-fourth place with Darius Swiercz of Poland. Both have 7 points after 9 rounds. The Armenian duo of Robert Hovhannisyan (8) and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (7.5) and are in first and second. Koushik has a GM norm and 4/5 against GM opposition.

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In a meeting with Business Standard some years ago, Kapil Dev had said that the reason why we see so few all-rounders like him in the game today is because the current crop of cricketers does not have his mental strength, stamina and fitness. Sanjay Manjrekar in his latest column on www.cricinfo.com made a similar observation about Kapil Dev. He wrote: &ldquo;Kapil was a superb athlete, and admirably, it was an advantage he never took for granted. He may not have given you the impression of being a thinking batsman, but when it came to his bowling, fielding and general approach to fitness, there was no one quite as sharp.&rdquo; Dev had a long career which lasted close to 16 years; he played 131 Tests and didn&rsquo;t miss a single match because of injury.

Wear and tear

Diabetes research in India hasn&rsquo;t quite kept pace with the epidemic proportions the disease has assumed. But efforts are on to look for alternatives to the insulin injection.

Trial by ordeal

Polish GM Darius Swiercz took gold in the World Junior with a last round win to catch Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan who only managed a draw. Both scored 10.5 from 13 rounds but Swiercz had the better tiebreak. Sahaj Grover took clear third with 9.5 and a 13-round GM norm. Early leader Girish Koushik fell away, scoring only 0.5 in the last 4 rounds.

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The first to introduce tiebreaks, the first to pay equal prize money to men and women &mdash; A Seshan on what sets the US Open, the season&rsquo;s last Grand Slam, apart and who are the contenders.

Grand finale

The last time Colonel Gaddafi appeared in public, he played chess with his buddy Kirsan Ilyumnzhinov. Apparently the Libyan strongman is still in touch with Ilyumnzhinov, who has assured everyone that the colonel is alive and well.

Abhinav Bindra is in Munich till the end of February. His family cannot reach him. The instructions from the young shooter are clear: don&rsquo;t call me, I will call you. &ldquo;For Abhinav, his fitness regime is above all else,&rdquo; says his father, A S Bindra. &ldquo;He is in Germany preparing for the 2012 Olympics and does not want anybody to distract him.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the stuff Olympians are made of.Contrast him with Samaresh Jung, who doesn&rsquo;t have a coach and whose fitness seems to be on the decline. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Jung won five golds, a silver and a bronze. He got the David Dixon Award for &ldquo;Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games&rdquo;, and was dubbed &ldquo;Goldfinger&rdquo;.

Cut the flab

The Tata ended in triumph for Hikaru Nakamura. The 23-year-old American GM won his first super-tournament with 9 points (+6,-1,=6) and a tournament performance rating (TPR) of 2879. This adds 23 points to his January 2011 rating of 2751. &ldquo;Naka&rdquo; scored 5.5 off the bottom six players with calculated risk-taking.

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