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Karachi: Pakistan's T20 captain Shahid Afridi has backed the return of tainted left-arm pacer Muhammad Aamir to international cricket and insisted he deserved a second chance for speaking the truth. Aamir, 23, returned to the Pakistan…
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agency NEW DELHI: Indian Test captain Virat Kohli was among the few cricketers who received a higher actual salary according to the salary details of the retained IPL players listed by BCCI on Friday. Kohli's actual salary in Royal…
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London: As 2016 dawns, Premier League front-runners Arsenal go in search of evidence that they are capable of striking out on their own in pursuit of a first title since 2004. With Manchester United and Chelsea toiling, Liverpool…
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 Agency MELBOURNE: Australia captain Steve Smith and Ravichandran Ashwin of India have finished 2015 as the number-one ranked batsman and bowler respectively in the ICC Test Player Rankings, which were released today following the…
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agency NEW DELHI: Continuing his meteoric rise, Indian Test captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday named 'Cricketer of the Year', while Mithali Raj was picked for the top women's award in the BCCI annual honours to be given away on January 5…
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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has sanctioned an amount of Rs 9 lakh to badminton star Saina Nehwal for hiring a full time physiotherapist till 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The sanctioned money is for a period of 15 months, starting this month.…
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Eastbourne: Top-seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis routed the pair of Karolina Pliskova and Michella Krajicek to sail into the quarterfinals of the WTA Aegon International, here. Sania and Hingis thrashed the unseeded Czech-Dutch pair…
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Mirpur: Stung by their first-ever series defeat against Bangladesh, undefire India will look to salvage some pride and prevent the hosts from registering a rare clean sweep when they go into the third and final cricket one-dayer here…
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 AGENCY MIRPUR: Under-fire India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a sarcastic tone said that if his removal from captaincy can help Indian cricket move in right direction then he is game for it. "I am always the one who is responsible for…
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AGENCY HARARE: The Indian team's tour to Zimbabwe next month has been rendered doubtful with BCCI saying that the limited-overs series could be postponed to next year if the ongoing issues between the board and broadcaster Ten Sports are…
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