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Davenport winsNEW YORK: Lindsay Davenport came up with a winning game and the word for it: awesome. ``Just an awesome way to end the year...

Davenport wins
NEW YORK: Lindsay Davenport came up with a winning game and the word for it: awesome. “Just an awesome way to end the year,” Davenport said on Sunday night after beating top-ranked Martina Hingis 6-4 6-2 to win the season-ending Chase Tennis Championships.

Stop cover-ups
MONTE CARLO: Track legend Carl Lewis has accused anti-doping officials of “lies and cover-ups” to protect athletes. “The sport is losing credibility because people know it is dirty,” Lewis said. “The only answer is to stop the cover-ups,” Lewis said, adding authorities turn a blind eye to many infractions. Lewis said sentences for athletes testing positive should be tougher.

Ronaldo out
MILAN: Inter Milan’s title hopes suffered a body blow on Sunday night when Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo was ruled out for two months with a twisted right knee. The Brazilian limped off soon after converting a penalty in their crushing 6-0 win over Lecca and tests later revealed he had suffered tendon damage.

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Races cancelled
MYSORE: The third day of Mysore Winter Meeting scheduled today was cancelled due to inclement weather.

West Bengal retained the cup
CHANDIGARH: West Bengal paddlers retained the boys and girls team titles in the 61st Stroh’s junior National and Inter-state table tennis championship today.

Results
Boys (final): Bengal bt PSCB 3-2 (Ranbir Das bt Anal Kashyap 21-17, 18-21, 21-5; Subham Chaudhary lost to S Roy 13-21, 21-19, 13-21; Sourav Chakraborty bt S Das 21-15, 21-15; Ranbir Das lost to S Roy 21-18, 18-21, 13-21; Subham Chaudhary bt Anal Kashyap 21-18, 21-15); (Hardlines): Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra `A’ 3-2 (G Vinod bt Aditya Mahagaonkar 21-14 21-19; N Senthil lost to Eric Fernandes 21-14, 15-21, 20-22; V Abhinav bt Ankur Mahajan 21-16, 23-21; G Vinod lost to Eric Fernandes 21-14, 23-21; N Senthil bt Aditya M 21-10, 21-18); (Semis): Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-0, PSCB A bt Tamil Nadu 3-0.

Girls (final): Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-0 (Poulami Ghatak bt Sherry Crawford 21-9 21-8; Mouma Das bt Shalmali Inamdar 21-17 21-15; Sushmita Roy bt Rujuta Rege 20-22, 21-9, 21-15). Semis: Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-0 (Poulami Ghatak bt M Aparna 21-16, 24-22; Mouma Das bt K Ramya 21-18, 21-14; Sushmita Roy bt S Prasanna 21-12, 21-8). Maharashtra A bt Assam 3-1 (Sherry Crawford bt Ananya Gogoi 19-21, 21-13, 21-14; Shalmali Inamdar bt Samita Roy 21-8, 21-14; Rujuta Rege lost to Prerona Prasar 21-16, 15-21, 17-21; Shalmali Inamdar bt Ananya Gogoi 21-14, 23-21).