August 18, 1997
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 17: Fresh legs in torrid, hot conditions were enough to boost Swede Jonas Bjorkman and Spain's Carlos Moya into an all-Eu...
August 17, 1997
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 16: Andre Agassi's strong performance at the RCA Championships came to an end yesterday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 quarterfinal...
GOA, Aug 16: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is busy clearing barriers on the road to full convertibility of the rupee, senior central bank...
August 16, 1997
MELBOURNE, August 15: Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne needs a rest and should reject lucrative offers to play English county cricket, former...
August 14, 1997
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 13: A meeting room at the beleaguered Rio soccer club Flamengo was firebombed last night and a group of angry fans c...
PATNA, August 13: A Patna court today extended the judicial remand of the former Bihar Chief Minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, till August 27 i...
NEW HAVEN, Aug 13: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, true to form, won their doubles in straight sets, but success continued to elude the I...
August 11, 1997
TEHERAN, Aug 10: Former National champion International Woman Master (IWM) Saritha Reddy (4) scored a shocking victory over top seed Woman ...
ATHENS, Aug 10: Spaniard Abel Anton outsprinted compatriot and reigning champion Martin Fiz to win the world men's marathon gold medal on t...
August 10, 1997
TEHERAN, Aug 9: International woman master (IWM) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi of India upset top ranked Repkova Eid Eva of Lebanon to emerge th...
August 9, 1997
WINCHESTER (England): Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar walked out of Winchester Crown Court today after being cleared of corrup...
Harare, Aug 8: India qualified for next year's women's World Cup in Utrecht when they sailed into the semi-finals beating Canada 3-0 in the...
August 7, 1997
Protesting Maradona could don Iraqi shirtBAGHDAD: Diego Maradona could don the Iraqi national stripe for an exhibition match to protest the...
August 6, 1997
JALANDHAR: National hockey coach-designate Pargat Singh today said building confidence and the strength of the senior team would be on the ...
KARACHI, Aug 4: Gun battles between police and ethnic militants erupted in several violent neighbourhoods of southern Karachi early today w...
JERUSALEM, Aug 4: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put the world on notice that Israel's historic peace process with the Palestinians ...
CAIRO, AUG 4: As thousands of Palestinians waited for the lifting of the closure of Gaza and West Bank, Premier Benjamin Netanyahu said the...
August 5, 1997
August 4, 1997
Aug 3: Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June stood at an all-time high of 3.5 percent for the second consecutive month, a g...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: In a desperate bid to save its Afghan policy from total disaster, Pakistan has convinced the Taliban leadership to establ...
JERUSALEM, Aug 3: Israel today went on high alert for fear of more suicide bombings as a top Palestinian security official ruled out any im...
August 3, 1997
BIEL, Aug 2: Viswananthan Anand of India clinched the prestigious Credit Suisse Grandmasters' title, stamping his authority as the best pla...
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: At least 28 people were killed in torrential rains in several parts of the country today as normal life came to a standst...
August 2, 1997
KOHIMA, Aug 1: Two persons, including a jawan, were killed barely hours after the three-month cease-fire between the Centre and the Nationa...
