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Madrid :  Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso announced that he was retiring from football after making 114 appearances and scoring a total of 16 goals for his country. The 32-year-old issued a statement Wednesday in which he said "the most…
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Berlin :Bayer Leverkusen cruised to a 4-0 victory over Copenhagen as Stefan Kiessling produced a brace in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League play-offs. The "Werkself" secured a Champions League spot Wednesday as they overcame…
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New York :  Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Sania Mirza won their respective doubles matches to advance to the second round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here Wednesday. Men's doubles defending champions Paes and Radek…
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Washington :  Know the secret behind the world's faster sprinter Usain Bolt's mind-boggling speed? The forceful punch to the ground with his foot as he starts to run and disappears in a jiffy. According to a fascinating study, the secret…
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St.George's (Grenada) ; The Grenada government distanced itself from a decision to stop the post game party after the second One-Day International (ODI) match between West Indies and Bangladesh at the national stadium last Friday.…
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Cardiff : Hit by controversies right through their troubled England tour, the Indian team management today sought to steer clear of the media by not sending any player for the pre-match press conference ahead of the second ODI against the…
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New York :  India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam Qureshi suffered a first round defeat in the men's doubles of the US Open tennis here at the Flushing Meadows. Bopanna and Qureshi, who were seeded 13th, went down 6-7…
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Copenhagen :  Recently crowned Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap could not continue his winning run at the World Badminton Championships as he was tamed by German Dieter Domke in the opening round at the 9,200-seater Ballerup…
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Chandigarh :  Former Test cricketer Yograj Singh, who is father of Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, was arrested along with three others on Monday in a brawl case over a car parking issue, police said. The cricketer-turned-actor was arrested…
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Cardiff (Wales) :  Rocked by one controversy after another, India will be looking to hope that the spotlight shifts to the cricketing action as they take on an upbeat England side in the second one day international of the five-match…
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