Sports News for October 1, 2007

Chances for Kochi ODI bleak as rain plays spoilsport
After rain played spoilsport in the first ODI between India and Australia in Bangalore, chances of the second ODI being staged in Kochi seem bleak as heavy rains lashed the city on Monday morning. ANI

President, PM congratulates Vishwanathan Anand for winning world title
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have congratulated grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand on his becoming the World Chess Champion. ANI

Posh, Becks head back to LA after dads heart attack
David Beckham and wife Victoria have flown back to the US on his ill fathers insistence. ANI

PCB awards 130 million rupees to T20 team for reaching the final
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded the team with a cash prize of approximately 130 million rupees for reaching the final of the recently concluded Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. ANI

Warney, nothing more than a bully, says ex-wife Simone
Former Australian lag spinner Shane Warne has been described by his ex-wife Simone Callahan as a bully. ANI