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New York : World No.1 Serena Williams of the US stormed in to the US Open women's singles semi-finals with a facile 6-3, 6-2 win over Flavia Pennetta of Italy here. The American tennis star Wednesday moved within two wins from her sixth…
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London :  Newly-appointed captain Wayne Rooney scored a penalty to give England a 1-0 win over Norway in an international football friendly at Wembley here. The Manchester United skipper, who failed to have a shot at goal in the first…
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New York :  Top seeds Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares beat Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins in the US Open mixed doubles semi-finals to set up a summit clash against unseeeded pair Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez here. Wednesday was the…
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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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