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Journalism of Courage
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This is an archive article published on October 23, 1998
Short Corner 8212; Chandigarh
Shakti betters his own national recordNational record holder, Shakti Singh hurled the iron ball to a distance of 19.38 metres creating a ...
Shakti betters his own national record
National record holder, Shakti Singh hurled the iron ball to a distance of 19.38 metres creating a new National mark in the shot put event of the one-day fourth National Circuit Meet at the Priyadarshani Park here today. Shakti8217;s effort not only ensured his chances of qualifying for the Bangkok Asian Games in December, but also a booty of Rs 20,000. It was the only record of the meet which saw some splendid performances by Jyotirmoy Sikdar and Amit Khanna.
Afridi deadly
Eighteen-year-old Shahid Afridi made a dream Test debut for Pakistan today, snapping up three wickets in 13 balls to restrict Australia to a total of 207 for six. He marked his country8217;s call for the decisive final match of the series by dismissing the Waugh twins in three balls. Ten balls later he bowled Darren Lehmann8217;s for a first day haul of three for 37.
Srinath in semis
Indian Davis Ccupper Pprahlad Ssrinath despite running temperature ended the dream run of qualifier Saurav Panja at 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and crawled into the semi-final of the ITF GVK Indian Satellite Ccircuit Ttennis second leg tournament played in Hyderabad today.
Archana ousted
The same fate that had halted the progress of Archana Venkatraman in the Ahmedabad leg awaited the top seed and WTA 660th ranked girl here as well. If it was Shruti Dhawan who had put the brakes on Archana in the quarters of the first leg, then this time it was fifth seeded Rushmi Chakravarthy who became the architect of a similar ouster for the top seed in the BPL Mobile-second leg ITF women8217;s tennis tournament in Pune.
Punjab struggle
After being dismissed for 116 in 58.1 overs in their first innings by Punjab, hosts Himachal Pradesh bounced back into the game in the Pepsi North Ranji Trophy as they captured five visitors8217; wickets for 79 runs in their first venture on the first day of the four-day match in Mandi today.
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