The Times of India We are still in the match: Gambhir | 8 Aug, 2008 1947hrs IST, PTI | COLOMBO: India have been dumped for a paltry 249 in their first innings but opener Gautam Gamb... (photo: GFDL ) Cricket India Photos Sport Srilanka The Times of India Sufficient rainfall to benefit us, says Sibal | NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said overall rainfall in the country is pleasant so far this season and hoped that farmers would turn... (photo: PIB) Asia Delhi India Photos Politics Top Stories Ohio China tightens security in restive Muslim region | URUMQI, CHINA: Police shut down a bustling bazaar in the capital of China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang today, tightening security there after an Islamic group se... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) China Muslim Photos Police Security Ohio LeBron James says he now understands what it means to be an Olympian | BEIJING: Trying to bounce back from a disappointing 2004 showing at the Olympics, LeBron James says he understands the concept of the Redeem Team and what it means to p... (photo: public domain) Beijing Olympics Photos Play Team International Herald Tribune Sri Lanka bowls out India for 249 | : Spinner Ajantha Mendis impressive start to his test career continued with five wickets Friday as Sri Lanka bowled out India for 249 in its first innings on day one of... (photo: AP) Cricket India Photos Sports Sri Lanka Today The Daily Mail Radcliffe is still favourite for the gold medal in Beijing, insists Athens bronze medallist Kastor | USA marathon medal hope Deena Kastor insists Britain's Paula Radcliffe is still the woman to beat despite her injury concerns. | Radcliffe is defying medical advice to ... (photo: public domain / Phil McElhinney) Beijing Britain Gold Marathon Olympic Photos Lexington Herald-Leader China opens Olympics with pageantry, pyrotechnics | BEIJING -- | Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotech... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) Beijing China Human Rights Olympics Photos myTELUS Raptors all-star forward Bosh awed by U.S. team's reception in Beijing | Lori Ewing, THE CANADIAN PRESS | BEIJING - Before Chris Bosh settled in to speak to reporters, he flipped out his cellphone, stood on his tip-toes and shot video of a c... (photo: creative commons / compujeramey) Los Angeles NBA Photos Sport Star myTELUS Macau sports gaming firm shows its Olympic spirit with betting | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | HONG KONG - The popular Chinese gambling enclave of Macau opened its own Olympics on Friday as the territory's sports-book company began acceptin... (photo: WN / maryjane) Football Money Olympics Photos Sports The Times of India Health Minister Ramadoss for legalising homosexuality | 8 Aug 2008, 1711 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: Observing that India was witnessing a stabilisation of the HIV epidemic, the Union Hea... (photo: WHO/ Peter Williams) Delhi Health India Photos Politics The Times of India Asif faces ban for Dubai misdemeanor | 8 Aug, 2008 1638hrs IST, PTI | KARACHI: A Pakistan Cricket Board committee has recommended ban ... (photo: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Cricket Dubai Pakistan Photos Star The Times of India Sri Lanka recall Maharoof and Fernando | 8 Aug, 2008 1725hrs IST, REUTERS | COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have recalled fast bowlers Dilhara Fernan... (photo: AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Cricket Lanka Photos Sports Star London Evening Standard Let the games Beijing! China lifts the curtain on the Olympics | Its run-up has been dogged by protest and concerns about smog, but today the curtain finally rose on the Beijing Olympics in spectacular fashion. | At exactly 8.08pm lo... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko) Beijing China Olympics Photos Sports The Guardian I chose not to stay in Beijing for the games - it is a city drained of joy The Olympic hosts ought to be jubilant. But China is cheerless amid state fear of disruption and a flood of western criticism | The air was muggy, and a haze hung over Be... (photo: Creative Commons) Beijing China Olympic Photos Sport
