Let's play two finals, says Dementieva
London: In a women's game supposedly savaged by anarchy, ailing as a hard-to-market hodgepodge with the No. 1 ranking passed around like a relay baton since Justine Henin retired in May 2008, well, look here. |
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Morton: Aim is to stay positive
Gros Islet: In-form West Indian batsman Runako Morton has enjoyed two good outings so far against the Indians. And the opener, who credits the batting turnaround to positive outlook, said he was looking to stay just that way. |
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Mike Hussey helps Aussies recover
Worcester: Mike Hussey scored his first century in nine months on Wednesday and helped Australia recover to 337 for eight against England Lions on the first day of the tourists' final warm-up match before next week's Ashes series. |
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PCB refuses to sign FTP
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board PCB has refused to sign the new Future Tours Programme, for the period 2012 to 2020, unless the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI revises the draft. |
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2 Indians in AIS squad
Calcutta: Two MRF Pace Foundation players, Rahul Shukla and Nizar Niyas, feature in a 17-man Australian Institute of Sport AIS squad that has been named for the Emerging Players Tournament EPT in Queensland starting on 20 July, Cricket Australia said in a release Wednesday. |
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Dhoni lauds Rampaul
Gros Islet: West Indian pace bowler Ravi Rampaul has found an admirer in Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has praised the right-armer for his ability to force mistakes from batsmen by consistently bowling in the right areas. |
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Bengal bodies merge
Calcutta: Bengal Hockey Association BHA president J.B. Roy Wednesday claimed that the creation of an unified state body for hockey will be a step towards "fair elections in a democratic manner" to a umbrella body for hockey administration in India. |
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No silver lining is visible
After showing a lot of promise initially, the India colts finished a dismal ninth at the Junior World Cup in Singapore and Malaysia. In a month of great significance to Indian hockey this failure on the field mirrors as it were the failure off it to come up with a solution to the crisis of administration. |
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Woods plays genial host
Shortly after noon Tuesday, about 36 hours before the official start of his third ATandT National as tournament host, Tiger Woods was in a playful mood. Seated at the head of a conference table in the upstairs board room at Congressional Country Club, Woods smiled after glancing at Thursday's first-round tee times. |
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A very special day for me, says Kaka
Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka during his official presentation at the Bernabeu on Tuesday. AFP |
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Bhupathi, Knowles fail to leave a mark
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles twice erased the deficit but were still sent packing from Wimbledon following defeat in a marathon men's doubles quarter final against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman here Wednesday. |
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Brazil back on top of Fifa table
London: Confederations Cup winners Brazil returned to the top of the Fifa world rankings Wednesday for the first time since August 2007 jumping four places and knocked out Spain down to second spot. |
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Royals call back Kaif
New Delhi: Mohammed Kaif, who was sent back from South Africa before the start of the second edition of the Indian Premier League, has been recalled by the Rajasthan Royals to play against Middlesex in an exhibition match at Lord's in London. |
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Ponting is crap as captain: Thomson
London: Ricky Ponting is "crap" as captain, never deserved to get the job and has not improved a bit in the five years at the helm, said pace legend Jeff Thomson in a scathing attack on the Australian skipper just days ahead of the Ashes. |
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Eden awaits turn as BCCI cites rotation
Mumbai/Calcutta: The Eden Gardens has once again missed out on hosting a one-day International. |
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Roger slays Ivo the giant
London: Roger Federer neutralised Ivo Karlovic's huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship. |
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Memorial Bad timing
New Delhi, July 1: As Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao facilitated economic reforms and a talent that rose, against the run of play and expectation, to assume high office himself. Without Rao, there would probably have been no Manmohan Singh, the reformer-politician. |
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Petrol up Rs 4 in slick push
July 1: Petrol prices have been raised by over Rs 4 a litre and diesel by Rs 2 on the eve of the budget session and without being taken up in the cabinet. |
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'Height' of terror fight
Chandigarh, July 1: Punjab police have put together a vehicle-mounted bullet-proof cabin that can be raised to a height of up to three stories to take on terrorists perched in vantage positions. |
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Cast trouble: fear of Jaya hits CM film
The screenplay and dialogue are written by none less than the chief minister himself, but Tamil stars ' on the rise and on the wane ' are just not willin'. |
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