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All Rights Reserved. http://www.mid-day.com/images/middaylogo.gif http://www.mid-day.com/ 144 28 Visit http://www.mid-day.com/ http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/GMqP9IH2Km0/181109-ahmedabad-test-day-three-tea.htm Former captain Mahela Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 142 as Sri Lanka marched towards a big first innings lead in the first Test against India here on Wednesday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTk3J_xSrl13htC8JJC0Pde7wHc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTk3J_xSrl13htC8JJC0Pde7wHc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTk3J_xSrl13htC8JJC0Pde7wHc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTk3J_xSrl13htC8JJC0Pde7wHc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/GMqP9IH2Km0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/181109-ahmedabad-test-day-three-tea.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/hsRjocQ1CzQ/181109-ahmedabad-test-day-three-lunch.htm Former captain Mahela Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 86 as Sri Lanka moved towards a first innings lead over India in the first Test here on Wednesday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bAVHFOcWaJbxwDZIF575uJ6xbhw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bAVHFOcWaJbxwDZIF575uJ6xbhw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bAVHFOcWaJbxwDZIF575uJ6xbhw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bAVHFOcWaJbxwDZIF575uJ6xbhw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/hsRjocQ1CzQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/181109-ahmedabad-test-day-three-lunch.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/vIb49xrw6ec/161109-international-triathlon-Chandradev-Bhagat.htm India's first international triathlon scheduled in february next year in goa is being timed around the carnival to ensure that not only locals but tourists too can participate and... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TkWPFdAf9itdPSh-xM-Z6nwKU8M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TkWPFdAf9itdPSh-xM-Z6nwKU8M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TkWPFdAf9itdPSh-xM-Z6nwKU8M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TkWPFdAf9itdPSh-xM-Z6nwKU8M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/vIb49xrw6ec" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/161109-international-triathlon-Chandradev-Bhagat.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/Ddp7dfHXC0c/161109-Jose-Brasa-Hockey-India-Indian-Olympic-Association.htm Yet another foreign coach seems to have burnt his hands while dealing with India's hockey administrators in an attempt to resurrect the national game. <p><a 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height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/061109-india-australia-hyderabad-odi.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/TbehV-QzpkU/051109-Wasim-Jaffer-Harris-Shield-Sarfaraz-Khan-Harris-Shield.htm Sarfaraz Khan, who scored a quadruple hundred in the Harris Shield Yesterday, says he is proud to posses the patience quality of Wasim Jaffer, who in 1992,scored a 400 in schools cricket too <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mpj4rUqb0Si1VQDI1tmUg5ww5AU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mpj4rUqb0Si1VQDI1tmUg5ww5AU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mpj4rUqb0Si1VQDI1tmUg5ww5AU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mpj4rUqb0Si1VQDI1tmUg5ww5AU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/TbehV-QzpkU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/051109-Wasim-Jaffer-Harris-Shield-Sarfaraz-Khan-Harris-Shield.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/fZUNarywz90/041109-Karate-kids-Gojukai-Karate-Do-championship.htm Thirty students from Mumbai who participated in the recent Commonwealth Karate championship World Gojukai Karate-Do championship held in South Africa recently returned home with a stunning 53 medals in various categories. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cMaZUDCschwY5cUehi48ncRbDaM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cMaZUDCschwY5cUehi48ncRbDaM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cMaZUDCschwY5cUehi48ncRbDaM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cMaZUDCschwY5cUehi48ncRbDaM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/fZUNarywz90" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/041109-Karate-kids-Gojukai-Karate-Do-championship.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/RwrtU8aL588/031109-mike-tyson-comeback.htm Boxing legend and the youngest ever heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, has refused to rule out a comeback to the ring when asked in Las Vegas. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PYP0s8YV-qiV9rh3-hTjDYCHlSY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PYP0s8YV-qiV9rh3-hTjDYCHlSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PYP0s8YV-qiV9rh3-hTjDYCHlSY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PYP0s8YV-qiV9rh3-hTjDYCHlSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/RwrtU8aL588" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/nov/031109-mike-tyson-comeback.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/HRSW6Vst8z0/291009-queens-baton-patil.htm The Queen's Baton was handed over to India's President Pratibha Patil by Queen Elizabeth II in a glittering ceremony at the Buckingham Palace here Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sve-7mvduNWU8T7B8F_-rPi5ZDM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sve-7mvduNWU8T7B8F_-rPi5ZDM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sve-7mvduNWU8T7B8F_-rPi5ZDM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sve-7mvduNWU8T7B8F_-rPi5ZDM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/HRSW6Vst8z0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/291009-queens-baton-patil.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/9i06XQCB3qA/281009-india-win-nagpur-odi.htm India defeated Australia by 99 runs in the second One-Day International cricket match here Wednesday <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Lq5kGOmmMGRKoPt92ZxbVFAr9BQ/0/da"><img 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width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/251009-australia-india-odi.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/lfT4ZfcwizA/251009-huma-akram-death.htm Huma Akram, wife of former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram, died at the Apollo Hospital here Sunday morning after battling for life for the past five days <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8HSDziO7i010KiJR8_wxwfvMdo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8HSDziO7i010KiJR8_wxwfvMdo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8HSDziO7i010KiJR8_wxwfvMdo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w8HSDziO7i010KiJR8_wxwfvMdo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/lfT4ZfcwizA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/251009-huma-akram-death.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/cX5xZiILH5c/221009-Daniel-Vettori-Andy-Moles-New-Zealand.htm New Zealand's cricket team wants coach Andy Moles sacked, and claim captain Daniel Vettori has effectively been filling the role for the last six months, a report said on Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekSFqUdzFveSMTfZNaqvaEOlKPE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekSFqUdzFveSMTfZNaqvaEOlKPE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekSFqUdzFveSMTfZNaqvaEOlKPE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekSFqUdzFveSMTfZNaqvaEOlKPE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/cX5xZiILH5c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/221009-Daniel-Vettori-Andy-Moles-New-Zealand.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/nxujbXwTdyk/211009-aus-cricketers-strip.htm Nathan Bracken, Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich and Shaun Tait are set to leave women drooling after stripping off for a new calendar. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxGFCggpH3Tc3YkluO-eInTi8So/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxGFCggpH3Tc3YkluO-eInTi8So/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxGFCggpH3Tc3YkluO-eInTi8So/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxGFCggpH3Tc3YkluO-eInTi8So/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~4/nxujbXwTdyk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/211009-aus-cricketers-strip.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/sports/~3/H1kk5sFtLsw/191009-formula-one-jenson-button-wins-title.htm Jenson Button finally has his hands on the Formula One world title following a pulsating Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIvoDrQsF2FLU3dNfz4WRCpBgTc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIvoDrQsF2FLU3dNfz4WRCpBgTc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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