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ECO7 Economy British economy shrinks London, Oct 24 DPA The British economy has shrunk for the first time in 16 years, dropping 0.5 percent in the July-September quarter, the Office for National Statistics reported Friday. The figures confirmed predictions that Britain was on the brink of recession. If the economy declines in the last three months of 2008, Britain will officially be in recession. --DPA dkg 70 Words 24101540 read more
SPO15 Sports Ponting rubbishes spat rumours with Lee Sydney, Oct 24 IANS Australian skipper Ricky Ponting sought to clear the air on his spat with pacer Brett Lee during the Mohali Test, saying that the matter was blown out of proportion. "I can assure everyone there is absolutely no problem between Brett Lee and me," Ponting wrote in his column in The Australian. Detailing about the incident, Ponting said they were struggling to keep the over rate under control and at the same time were looking to curtail the Indian run flow which prompted a discussion with Lee read more
SPO14 Sports Isha in Lagos ITF semis Lagos, Oct 24 IANS India's Isha Lakhani had little difficulty overcoming Belgium's Tamaryn Hendler on her way to the semi-final of the $25,000 ITF event here. Isha, seeded third, beat the seventh-seeded Hendler 6-3, 6-2 and will now face second-seeded Slovakian Zuzana Kucova, who ended the run of India's Ankita Bhambri with a 6-4, 6-1 win. In the doubles, fourth seeded pair of Isha and Rushmi Chakravarthi thrashed Nigerian wildcards Sabath Ibrahim and Fatimah Abinu 6-3, 6-0 to enter the finals read more
SPO21 Sports Tendulkar, Dhoni inaugurate Vengsarkar's academy Pune, Oct 24 IANS Former Indian cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar Friday opened his academy in Kherwadi near here to impart 'free of cost' training to poor children. Sachin Tendulkar and Mahindra Singh Dhoni inaugurated the Vengsarkar Cricket Academy academy amidst thundering applause. The duo were felicitated with a traditional Maharashtrian turban 'pheta' and sword. Office-bearers of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, under which the academy falls, assured all support to Vengsarkar read more
SPO20 Sports Bhupathi-Knowles advance, Paes-Dlouhy falter at Basil Basil, Oct 24 IANS India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles cruised into the quarter-final, but the other Indian Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy failed to make the semi-finals of the Davidoff Swiss Indoor tournament here. Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded second, beat Spanish duo Marcel Granollers and Feliciano Lopez in 6-4,6-1. They next play Australian Jordan Kerr and Finland's Jarkko Niemen who outplayed Spaniards Oscar Hernandez and Albert Montanes 6-4,6-3 read more
SPO22 Sports Wawrinka confirms participation in Chennai Open Chennai, Oct 24 IANS The 2008 Olympic doubles gold medallist Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka will play in the $450,000 Chennai Open to be held Jan 5-11 at the SDAT Stadium here. Confirming his participation, the world no. 12 said: "This will be my first visit to India and I am anxiously looking forward to playing at the Chennai Open. I hope to give a good and consistent performance here." Chennai Open is India's only ATP tennis tournament and is expected to draw a strong field of players read more
SPO26 Sports Mohammedan Sporting edge past Mahindra in I-League Kolkata, Oct 24 IANS Nigerian Mike Okoro's late strike guided local challengers Mohammedan Sporting to a solitary goal win over Mumbai's Mahindra United in an I-league encounter here Friday. Okoro found the target in the 73rd minute to enable his side register their first win in the current edition of the glamorous soccer league at the Salt Lake stadium. The seasoned striker latched on to a sudden pass from the mid-field catching the Mahindra defenders off-guard and outwitted medio N read more
SPO3SportsAtwal finishes 30th in MiamiMiami, Oct 27 IANS Arjun Atwal had a low-key finish as he carded a final round of even par 71 with four each of birdies and bogeys on Sunday at the Miccosukee Championship. Atwal finished at three-under 281 for the week and was tied 30th.Atwal, who won the week before on Nationwide to seal his PGA Tour card, opened with two bogeys on first two holes, just as he had on first day, and later had a birdie on fifth and a third bogey on ninth to turn in two-over. On the back nine, he birdied 10th and 11th, but dropped a bogey on 12th and picked a birdie on 14th read more
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