Minnows beat giants in flood aid race
New Delhi, Sept. 1: A battle of benevolence has broken out to assist flood-wrecked Pakistan but the Asian giants have been beaten to the draw by the minnows. |
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Veena on ex, fix and hot picks
Calcutta, Sept. 1: Sachin Tendulkar and Aamir Khan, beware! The two heroes on this side of the border who Veena Malik finds hot ' purely for their abilities on pitch and on screen ' are the little big men of Indian sport and cinema. |
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Steel fortress gets ticket to ride
Jamshedpur, Sept. 1: Finally, it was Jamshedpur's turn today to flag off its city bus service as mandated by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission JNNURM. |
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Class, go to Facebook page
Dhaka, Sept. 1: A professor at Dhaka University is using Facebook as a teaching tool, uploading class notes, assignments and semester marks on the social networking site. |
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Bofors back in artillery race
New Delhi, Sept. 1: The Bofors gun is back in the competition for a record fourth time for a multi-billion dollar heavy artillery gun order from the Indian Army. |
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Same old cover-up feeling
Sept. 1: With the International Cricket Council ICC and the Pakistan establishment content with waiting for Scotland Yard to act, one gets the impression that both may not be outraged if a case can't be made out against the players alleged to have ties with bookie Mazhar Majeed. |
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Sania falls to Anastasia
New York: Sania Mirza was dismissed by Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round of the US Open, on Wednesday. |
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Bindra, Narang to lead India
New Delhi: A rat bite during the Pune trials in June cost Arjuna awardee Sanjeev Rajput a place in the 50m three-position team for the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. |
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Afridi: Trying to keep the morale high
Taunton: Pakistan ODI and Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said he was looking forward to getting back to cricket despite the "challenge" of leading a team engulfed in a spot-fixing scandal. Pakistan are due to play Somerset, here, on Thursday in their first game since several members of the side were implicated in a betting scam. |
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Tiwary is working on consistency
Jamshedpur: Mumbai Indians' batsman Saurabh Tiwary Wednesday said that he would looking for consistent performances in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 CLT20 to be held in South Africa from September 10 to 16. |
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Angry fans want ticket refund
London: Angry and disillusioned by the 'spot-fixing' allegations against Pakistani cricketers, upset fans, here, are demanding ticket refunds while sponsors are having second thoughts about their investment in the sport. |
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Indian men shine
Calcutta: Ace archer Jayanta Talukdar shot 684 points as India's men's recurve team ended the qualification round of the Stage-IV of the World Cup behind leaders South Korea with a total of 2030 points, in Shanghai, on Wednesday. |
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Team ban
Melbourne/London: Controversies seem to be a never-ending chapter of Pakistan cricket. As the cricket world was rocked with allegations of spot-fixing against some of the Pakistan players, reactions, ranging from sympathy to hatred, continue to pour in from former captains and coaches. |
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2 more reveal approach
Calcutta: Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson rebuffed approaches from the same Indian, who targeted Shane Watson and Brad Haddin, for information during Australia's tour of England last year, an Australian newspaper reported, on Wednesday. |
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Modi claim dismissed by Rajasthan Royals
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals Wednesday dismissed reports that suspended Indian Premier League IPL commissioner Lalit Modi talked their captain-cum-coach, Shane Warne, out of bidding for Andrew Flintoff in the second players' auction to 'fix' the bid in Chennai Super Kings' favour. |
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Gymnastics squad announced
New Delhi: A 19-member gymnastics squad was announced Wednesday for Commonwealth Games . The Gymnastics Federation of India GFI named seven gymnasts each in men's and women's Artistics categories. |
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Trio set to miss match
London: The meeting of Pakistan's tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer with the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB and High Commission officials here has been put back, reports said on Wednesday. |
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Warner, too, was
Melbourne: Explosive New South Wales NSW batsman David Warner is the latest to join the list of Australian cricketers who had been approached by an illegal bookmaker. |
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Vijayan walks on thin ice
Calcutta: The management of CFL Premier Division debutants Southern Samity has decided that I.M. Vijayan's future with the club will depend on the team's performance against Mohammedan Sporting on Thursday. If Southern fail to log home a point, Vijayan will be getting the boot on Thursday itself. |
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Vijender has focus back
Mumbai: Less than 24 hours after questioning the selection process for the Commonwealth Games squad, Olympic-medal winning boxer Vijender Singh seems to be mollified and has his focus back on winning the gold. |
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