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Sania lends support to PETA campaign for homeless animals
Mumbai: India's tennis star Sania Mirza has lent her support to the cause of animal welfare, calling for adoption of homeless dogs and cats in a new ad campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Sania, who became the…
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I am predicting 5-0 Ashes win for Australia: McGrath
Mumbai:- Pace legend Glenn McGrath, who has often predicted results of Australia's Test rubbers, today forecast yet another 5-0 cleansweep by his country against England in the upcoming Ashes series.
"I am looking forward to the Ashes. I…
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Was disappointed Aaron was not in World Cup squad: McGrath
Mumbai: Impressed by Varun Aaron's speed, Australian legend Glenn McGrath today said he was disappointed at the fast bowler's omission from India's World Cup squad and predicted that the pacer will be around on the international scene for a…
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Tendulkar, Ganguly, Laxman inducted in BCCI’s advisory panel
New Delhi: Former greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman were today inducted into the BCCI's newly-constituted cricket advisory panel to guide the Board in all matters related to the game.
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur took…
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Gayle’s 62-ball-151 for Somerset goes in vain
London: Chris Gayle ended up on the losing side despite marking his debut for county side Somerset with a remarkable hundred in their Twenty20 Blast match against Kent on Sunday.
The 35-year-old West Indies left-hander, renowned as one of…
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UK banks launch FIFA probe
LONDON: Britain-headquartered banks have started internal reviews into whether they were used for corrupt payments by FIFA officials, the BBC reported today.
Barclays and Standard Chartered, as well as HSBC, were referred to in the…
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Four Indians bag gold in Int’l wrestling tourney
New Delhi: Four Indian grapplers, including Yogeshwar Dutt, struck gold at the International Wrestling tournament in Sassari City, Italy, after finishing on top in their respective weight categories in Men's Freestyle.
Yogeshwar…
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Blatter aims to ease sponsor anger over FIFA graft
FIFA is taking action to ease the fears of sponsors over corruption scandals, world football chief Sepp Blatter said Saturday as he denied authorising a $10 million payment to a disgraced official.
A US indictment says that in 2008…
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Haider makes it to Bengaluru team for Louis Phillipe Cup
Hyderabad:- 19-year-old Haider Hussain today became the youngest qualifier to book a berth in the Bengaluru Pro-Am team for the Louis Philippe Cup 2015.
Hussain scored 42 points at the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) today to be a part of…
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Terror attack in Pak but Zimbabwe will continue tour
Lahore: Dismissed as a power transformer blast initially, the explosion near the venue of the second Pakistan-Zimbabwe ODI cricket match was a terror attack but the tourists have decided to continue with the series, which ends tomorrow.…
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