Short Corner 8212; Chandigarh

No way to treat sports persons
India8217;s athletes are battling not only the rest of Asia but the shocking apathy back home from sports officials that has reduced them to second-class citizens. Karnam Malleswari goes for gold in the first ever women8217;s weightlifting event at the Asian Games after surviving on a diet allowance of three dollars Rs 126 a day.

Paes pulls out
Leander Paes in crutches, hobbling around in his home in Orlando Florida, has kissed his gold medal chances at Bangkok goodbye, by withdrawing from the Asian Games tennis event. But that was expected anyway though medical reports gave some signs of hope in the intervening period.