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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday called upon officials of the state government to accelerate the pace of development and adopt result-oriented measures as the city gets ready to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2010.

Mumbai entered the final of the Ranji Trophy tournament by virtue of their 258-run first innings lead over Saurashtra in the drawn semi-final at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Wednesday.

Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis with a 6-3, 6-3 win against American Kevin Kim here Tuesday keeping Indian interest alive as in the $450,000 tournament.

A team of the vigilance department raided the office of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) Monday, three days after a corruption case was registered against the sports body, a senior official said.

Skipper Wasim Jaffer notched his fourth hundred of the tournament while Ajinkya Rahane struck a half-century as Mumbai put themselves in commanding position in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Saurashtra here Sunday.

The following is the final scoreboard of the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Mumbai and Saurashtra at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Wednesday:

Flavio Cipolla of Italy advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis with a stunning 6-4, 6-1 win against second seed and World No. 16 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland here Tuesday.

The Punjab Police is planning to slap a bill of nearly Rs.14 million (Rs.1.38 crore) on the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) towards providing security at the Mohali stadium during the last two Test matches and one One-day International.

Scoreboard on the first day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal between Mumbai and Saurashtra here Sunday:

Legendary athlete Milkha Singh feels that his golfer son Jeev is the new face of Indian sports and has made the country proud with his extraordinary performance last year.