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Vol. 5 Num 339 Thu. May 12, 2005  
   
Sports


Bhutia released from hospital


Soccer star Bhaichung Bhutia, suffering from thyroid and liver ailments, was on Wednesday released from a private hospital in the city with hopes that he would come back stronger next season.

"I'm feeling much better now. The medication is working. I hope to come back stronger next session," the star striker said before getting into a car along with wife Madhuri on his way home from hospital.

Gastroenterologist Mahesh Goenka, leading the team of doctors treating Bhutia, said that the way in which Bhutia was responding to medication, he could start practising in three weeks.