Short Corner — Chandigarh

Felix steers Tamil Nadu into final
His name in Tamil literally means `Divine Grace’. On Friday, Devasagayam Felix proved worthy of his name for his team by getting the finest of the nicks to a Dinesh Nayak free-hit from just outside the `D’ to steer Tamil Nadu to the final of the PSB-SBI 59th Senior National hockey championship. Felix’s effort in the seventh minute of the `sudden death’ extra-time, after the regulation time had ended barren.

Anand leads
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand shook off his indifferent form by trouncing Predrag Nikolic of Bosnia-Herzegovina to move up to joint fourth overall in the eighth round of the Amber Rapid and Blindfold chess championship last night.

Game abandoned
New Zealand, fired by openers Matt Horne and Nathan Astle, were well placed to push for victory over South Africa when rain forced their fourth one-day match to be abandoned today. New Zealand scored an impressive 257 for eight in a reduced quota of 48 overs.

TN beat Punjab
Punjab had no landing problems when they set foot, seeded directly in the quarterfinal league. But they enjoyed no such luck in the field as Tamil Nadu took on them with a measure of confidence and a touch of arrogance to fashion a 3-1 win in the Santosh Trophy football.