India

New Delhi :  Midfielder Ritu Rani will skipper the Indian women's hockey team at the Asian Games to be held from Sep 19 to Oct 4 in the South Korean city of Incheon. Hockey India (HI) selectors B.P. Govinda, Harbinder Singh and Surinder…
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Birmingham : The following is the final scoreboard of the fourth ODI between India and England at Edgbaston here Tuesday. England Alastair Cook c Raina b Kumar 9 Alex Hales b Kumar 6 Gary Ballance c Rahane b Shami 7 Joe Root c Kulkarni…
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Birmingham :  Ajinkya Rahane's maiden century and his century-run stand with Shikhar Dhawan powered India to a comprehensive nine-wicket win over England in the fourth ODI here Tuesday and also sealed the series 3-0 with still a match to…
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Madrid :  There was late deadline-day delight for Valencia as the Spanish Primera Liga outfit sealed a last minute loan deal for Spain striker, Alvaro Negredo from Premier League champions, Manchester City. The 29-year-old's move includes…
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Basseterre : Veteran left-hand batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul issued a stern warning to Bangladesh ahead of Saturday’s start of the first Test when he hammered a classy hundred in the Tour Match here. The West Indies batsman carved out a…
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New York : It was a great day for Sania Mirza as she made it to the quarter-finals of women's doubles and the semi-final of mixed doubles at the US Open tennis event here. But it was the end of the road for both Leander Paes and Rohan…
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Berlin : Trinidadian Richard Thompson won the men’s 100 metres at the ISTAF athletics meet here as the Caribbean swept both sprints. Thompson, a double silver medallist at the Beijing Olympics six years ago, clocked a pedestrian 10.15…
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Berlin :  The second round of German Bundesliga season closed with two goalless draws, as spectators in Freiburg and Mainz had very little to cheer about. Neither Mainz and Hannover nor Freiburg and Monchengladbach had to offer goals…
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Paris : Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hat-trick inspired French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain to a 5-0 home victory over Saint Etienne, hours after leaders Bordeaux's winning record was ended by a 1-1 draw with Bastia. The only other game…
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New York : Tenth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated number five seed Maria Sharapova 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to book a last-eight berth at the US Open here. Sharapova was considered as one of the biggest favourites to win the title, especially…
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