Badminton
Seeds get bye into second round
All the seeded players got a bye in the second round of the singles event in the 66th National Badminton Championships being held in Lucknow.

Basketball
Michael Jordan's wife seeks divorce
Juanita Jordan cited "irreconcilable differences" with Michael Jordan the former Chicago Bulls star.

Tennis
Grosjean suffers shock defeat in Sydney
Paradorn Srichaphan pulled off the biggest upset of the year when he beat Grosjean 6-3, 6-4

Davenport withdraws from Australian Open
Davenport pulled out because of a recurring knee injury she suffered last November.

Hingis starts new season with a win
Playing her first competitive match since undergoing ankle surgery in October, the 21-year-old Swiss claimed victory in just 46 minutes.

Mixed fortunes for Sania
The Hyderabadi lass won the doubles match but lost the singles in the quarter-finals of the Victorian Grade II girls championship.

National Tennis Academy to be set up
The All-India Tennis Association will set up a National Tennis Academy at Gurgaon in Haryana by September 2002.

Soccer
Twin World Cup challenge for Germany
Rudi Voeller expects his team to reach the quarter-finals while playing an attractive brand of attacking football.

Chess
Harikrishna, Sasikiran and Barsov share title
The trio tallied 6.5 points from nine rounds in the Premier event at the 77th Hastings International Chess Congress.

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