AUGUST 2000
• August 31, 2000
• Japan deprived of Olympic 'dream
team'
• Chinese star vaults to success
• Feroz Ali holds sway
• Old timers to dominate gym events
• Italian basketball team hopes for
bronze
• Long jump row threatens Aussie-U.S. harmony
• Liverpool goalie for US squad
• FIFA help sought to solve player row
• Suspect package not seen as threat
• Mohammedan Sporting in a spot
• Canberra to replace soccer pitch
• Torch bearer dies of suspect heart
attack
• 1900 Olympics
• August 30, 2000
• Jagdish Bishnoi win javelin gold
• Australian brewers hope for Olympics
bonanza
• Brazil eyes elusive title
• Aarthie suffers shock defeat
• Cuba protests 2008 cutoff
• French Olympians fine tune in South
Pacific
• Feroz Ali shoots 6-under 64
• Haile the conqueror
• India pitches for Olympic kabbadi
• Officials hopeful of Canberra kick off
• Loner seen as main Olympics security
threat
• Not sure about Ottey, says coach
• Pitch woes could cause soccer shift
• Romanian triple jumper banned for
life
• Russians blessed by president and
church
• Australia refuse to release Viduka
• Paes, Bhupathi to play mixed doubles
• Thailand to bid again for hosting
rights
• Aussies and Americans compete for
track space
• Harrison twins eye historic relay
• Arthurs stuns Kuerten
• August 29, 2000
• Nisha, Gopichand draw loudest
applause
• Golden leap by Bobby Aloysius
• Beijing vows to fight fair
• Bomb plot untrue, says security chief
• British swimmers impressed by Olympic pool
• Cacho sidelined through injury
• Australian officials welcome EPO
ruling
• China, Japan, on 2008 shortlist
• Aus PM defends freebies
• Chinese gymnast set to fulfill mother's
dream
• Japan eves look for judo gold
• Logocops to police merchandising
mania
• Osaka vows to continue Olympic
battle
• Ottey confirms for 100 metres
• Popov trains in isolation
• Samaranch hotel to use strike-busters
• Sotomayor in "great shape"
• August 28, 2000
• Dhanraj, others will miss Arjuna awards
function
• S Korea get 'yellow card'
• Taut nerves for Aus swimmers
• A fuller Barbie debuts in Sydney
• British swimmers confident of medals
• China hopes to avoid drugs shame
• Approval likely for EPO test
• IOC approves EPO test
• Malaysia gears up for F1 finale
• Ganapathy leads team to Pro-Am
victory
• Staff to strike at Samaranch's hotel
• Thorpe shielded from Olympic hype
• Australia aims for diplomacy gold
• Sydney to be biggest Net event ever
• Samaranch confident of Sydney
security
• Japan to miss soccer star
• Christie invited to Gold Coast camp
• Tough love and turtle soup is Ma's
recipe
• Magnien appealed out of Olympics
• Aus military to get sweeping powers
• Sydney upset over nuke threat
secrecy
• Okon out of Olympics
• Taleban reject Bin Laden link to nuke
plot
• Ottey confirms she will run 100m
• Japan, South Korea look to boost Cup
hopes
• World records promise big splash in
Olympic pool
• Special honour for East Timor
• US coach happy with Greene,
Johnson
• Games constraints on websites for
blind
• August 26, 2000
• Aussie squad gets even more iffy
• China's soccer roses bloom
• Ulrich to use Tour of Spain as
Olympic tuneup
• Diet pills, not drugs: SA coach
• Greece 2004 in further trouble
• Aussie hit list of drug-prone athletes
• 116-member Indian contingent
announced
• Christie loses accreditation
• Sidneysiders demand nuclear
shutdown
• No arrests in nuclear plot
• Slovenia pick largest ever contingent
• Barcelona 3, Real Madrid 0
• Spanish 1,500m star chasing OIympic fitness
• Belgium's Steels unfit for Sydney
• Paes-Bhupathi team up for US Open
• Taskforce Gold is Sydney answer to Games threats
• Torch survives third sabotage bid
• 'Good for the boys', says Dr Paes
• 'Cycling berth for speedskater Witty
• August 25, 2000
• US hopes to mine gold on the
diamond
• Japan, Korea look to make merry at
US expense
• Drugs seized at Aussie airports
• Fireworks to light Sydney harbour
• Vijay Kumar well-placed
• The Koreas to come together
• Kunjarani appeals to Dhindsa
• The Olympics medal table
• Magic Mike hopes to cement
supremacy
• Where's the depth?
• Russian gymnasts target five golds
• SA coach caught with suspect drug
• SA denies drug seizure report
• Injured star jinxes Aus soccer hopes
• And on the seventh day, he rested
• Student tries to douse Olympic flame
• Zidane voted Euro 2000 best
• August 24, 2000
• Pakistan face uphill task
• For flag, country and cause
• Controversy surrounds amateur
boxers
• Despondent Bulgaria see gold in
lifting
• Vladimirov, Sasikiran emerge joint
leaders
• Organisers play down soccer pitch
woes
• India banks on tennis for medal
• Thorpedo ready to explode
• Williams sisters to turn out in Sydney
• Premium tickets to go public
• Taiwan seeks first gold
• China's rural folk eye sporting lifeline
• Games spirit helps out African nation
• Kanu, Babayaro in Nigeria's soccer
squad
• Raguz fails to overturn ban
• 71 names sent for government
clearance
• Australia fears hack attack
• Greece sits for 2004 Olympics test
• Queens become kings for a day
• Romario to miss Sydney
• Australia defends appeals process
• August 23, 2000
• Church groups denounce 'gay'
Games
• Drag queen row erupts over closing
ceremony
• Hackett backs away from pre-Games showdown
• Looking for lost lustre
• Jewish community happy with
Olympic security
• Name squad or else, Nigerian coach
told
• Vintage Popov hopes for golden
goodbye
• Drag queens drag macho Aussies
forward
• Thieves sour Games for African
nation
• Russian coach loses shirt over star
• Triathlon set to steal show on debut
• Big screen TVs get hot
• China hopes to vault on luck
• The week in Indian sports
• August 22, 2000
• Asians limber up to defend badminton
reign
• Bosnia announces joint team
• Doping set to dominate Olympic
buildup
• Hindu-Open launches new golf
season
• Greenpeace kicks off anti-Olympics
protest
• India, Pak hope to revive hockey
magic
• Indian Olympic hockey team on
expected lines
• Aussies make way for Hollywood and
Games
• Horses touch down in Sydney
• Baseball makes Games big in Japan
• Jones sees visions of Owens
• Baywatch revisited in Sydney
• UK to decide Christie case
• Hike in cash incentives for Olympic
medallists
• No oversized contingent, says
Kalmadi
• 'Kunjarani's best is not good enough
for medal'
• Help at hand for C P Singh
• Leander Paes is India's flagbearer
• Hockey team will do well: Aslam Sher
Khan
• Paes-Bhupathi team returns with a
win
• August 21, 2000
• Fears subside over wind problems
• Taiwan lift ban on two athletes
• Sydney cool to Summer Games
• Soccer sells, Rivaldo or no
• Singapore stars focus on personal goals
• Rowing's weed menace uprooted
• Rivaldo happy to be out of Sydney
squad
• Pak to field woman runner in Sydney
• Officials clash over transport delays
• Sydney unveils mammoth media centre
• Hattori injury hits Japan's plans
• Medal design sparks row
• Embattled Indonesia dreams of gold
• Cadogan, Walker, Christie guilty
• Host nation look to mine gold
• Edwards leaps year's best
• Don't be a dope, this is the Olympics
• Cuba gives Thais fighting chance
• Gurevich is Lost Boys champion
• Aussies side shoot blanks
• Airport hit by road worries
• Aboriginal flag to fly at Olympic
venues
• August 19, 2000
• Taleban reports end of Olympic suspension
• Indonesia eyes badminton golds
• Freeman runs year's fastest 400m
• British trio to learn fate on Monday
• Bula thrilled with World record
• Ghadge brothers also swim Gibraltar Strait
• Strongwomen carry China's hopes
• Footballer threatens to return Arjuna
award
• August 18, 2000
• Four Barcelona players make Spain squad
• Two frames up, Ritesh Shah loses
• Ferreira lauds late Shroff's temperament
• Shooter Vedpathak makes it
• Maharashtra to give Rs 10m for gold
• Olympics holds out against random tests
• Gopi makes Malaysian Open quarters
• Shamed China hopes to make big splash
• Ravi shocks GM Persson
• Brazil coach faces Olympic dilemma
• Leeds United strikers in Aussie team
• Blame it on the Aussies
• First Aboriginal gold medallist qualifies
• August 17, 2000
• Bhaskaran, Ramandeep confident
• Paraguay holds Argentina
• Aus athletes urged to give blood to
fight dope
• Ramesh eyes elusive GM norm
• Corbett misses SA Olympic berth
• Norman calls for Olympics golf
• Hong Kong windsurf queen bids for
glory
• Sydney anticipates invasion
• Australia's javelin medal hope injured
• South Korea banks on Taekwondo gold
• Samaranch washes hands off
Montalvo
• Broke Russia dreams of Olympics riches
• Salas could play for Chile in Sydney
• Ritesh Shah scores exciting win
• Sotomayor short of Sydney standards
• Sprayed, sniffed and searched in
Sydney
• Taleban hope to get ban revoked
• Thomas blasts British selectors
• Thomas may yet get to run in Sydney
• Walker hopes to avoid drugs ban
• Cereal thriller
• August 16, 2000
• If things go right we should be there in the final: Gill
• Chile gives Brazil soccer shock
• Raman, Das reign supreme
• Asia unable to turn people power into gold
• China on anti-doping offensive
• August 14, 2000
• The week in Indian sports
• Serena extends Williams's streak
• Mithilli stuns Paulami Ghatak
• Chinese runners face surprise dope test
• Fight turns into farce as Holyfield takes title
• More prize-money for 2000-01 golf season
• Hakkinen wins Hungarian GP
• August 12, 2000
• What's in an age?
• Martina Hingis in avenger mode
• Olympics medals released
• August 11, 2000
• 8 wild cards for Asians
• Bengal paddlers have field day
• August 10, 2000
• Kaveri Thakur swims English Channel
• Mass falsification of ages in Nat TT
• Rafter carries Olympic torch
• August 09, 2000
• Bhupathi-Knowles make early exit
• Knee injury forces Baboor out
• China face uphill battle in Sydney
• Hock will play at Sydney
• August 08, 2000
• Abhinav Bindra to be felicitated for world record-equalling effort
• The week in Indian sports
• Taiwan loses Olympic medal hope
• Baumann plans to run marathon
• Aussies beat Pakistan
• August 07, 2000
• World chess championship in Delhi
• Africa row with Asia over football vote gets
worse
• South Africa abandons hopes for a re-vote
• Venus Williams unstoppable
• August 05, 2000
• Top seeds to clash in final
• Ratti shocks Shyam Gupta
• Kidambi finally gets his IM title
• August 04, 2000
• Kidambi keeps IM title hopes alive
• Nirupama finds winning ways
• Bhupathi-Knowles in last eight
• August 03, 2000
• Paes-Bhupathi get direct Olympics entry
• Paes has hope for singles wildcard
• FIFA's executive to consider SA's arbitration
demand
• Hockey camp ends abruptly
• Waugh inspiration for Kookaburras
• August 02, 2000
• NRI boost for Kerala women's football
• August 01, 2000
• Mixed fortunes for Indians at Biel
• Heil Pele!
• Chandok-Lal win South India rally
• The week in Indian sports
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