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    Saina storms into Japan Open semis

    Saina Nehwal entered the semifinals of Japan Open Super Series badminton tournament in Tokyo after dispatching Singapore’s Juan Gu in straight games in just half an hour on Friday. The fourth-seeded Indian defeated Juan 21-17 21-13 to make the last-four stage, where she will take on Germany’s Juliane Schenk. Saina was facing Juan after almost […]

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    JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2011 Championship contenders Vishnu Prasad and Avdumber Hede to race in Polo Cup China

    by NR Indran / INT JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup drivers, Vishnu Prasad and Avdumber Hede will be a part of a driver exchange programme through which they will get an opportunity to compete with international drivers in the Volkswagen Polo Cup China to be held at Shanghai Tianma Circuit, Shanghai. Through this initiative […]

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    Young talent to be groomed by Celtic Football Club

    by N R Indran / INT Three footballers, Bishal Harizan and Jayanta Mondal from Kolkata and Mani Maran R. from Bangalore, emerged the best three footballers from the first season of the Mahindra Youth Football Challenge. After intense football action across six cities, involving 32 schools from each city, these three were picked after the […]

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    Lorgat rejects Tendulkar’s proposal of ODI format change

    The ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat in Colombo on Wednesday shot down Sachin Tendulkar’s proposed changes in the ODI format making it a four innings 25-over-affair rather than current 50-over format.   “There is no need to change the format,” Lorgat told reporters in Colombo at a breakfast interaction.  Tendulkar, a prolific run-scorer in ODIs with […]

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    Sania, Somdev slip in singles rankings

    The ranking of India’s injured singles stars has dipped with Sania Mirza slipping to 88 from 81 and Somdev Devvarman sliding to 70, a loss of five places, in the latest WTA and ATP ranking charts. Sania is out of action since US Open where she suffered a tear in her left knee and Somdev […]

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    Kolkata Knight Riders beat Auckland Aces by 2 runs

    Yusuf Pathan (2-21) and Rajat Bhatia (1-14) along with two crucial run outs helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Auckland Aces by 2 runs in the second CLT20 qualifier match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. Brett Lee used his experience to the core to ball a slow yorker on the last ball […]

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    BCCI suspends Kochi Tuskers for defaulting on payment

    The Indian Cricket Board, BCCI, has slapped IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala with a suspension notice for non-payment of dues. Top board officials told AIR that the decision was taken in the board’s Annual General Meeting after the franchise was unable to pay its bank guarantee in the stipulated time. The consortium, which was caught […]

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    Srinivasan takes over as BCCI prez; Oppose ‘Hot Spot’ technology

    Raising the ante against the controversial Decision Review System in the aftermath of the incidents on the recent England tour, the Cricket Board on Monday decided to oppose the ‘Hot Spot’ technology too along with the ball tracking system which it has consistently been against. “We were extremely reluctant to implement the DRS and had […]

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    Dhoni moves into sixth spot, Dravid retires at 118th place

    Indian captain MS Dhoni moved up the order to the sixth position, while senior batsman Rahul Dravid signed off his illustrious one-day career at 118th spot, according to the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen on Sunday. Dhoni improved three places after finishing the England ODI series as the leading run-getter with 236 runs […]

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    India go down to Japan in Davis Cup

    Vishnu Vardhan made an impressive Davis Cup debut but lost the must-win first reverse singles of the play-off tie to Kei Nishikori on Sunday, which relegated India to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and catapulted Japan to World Group for the first time since 1985. Ranked as low as 456th, Vishnu lost 5-7 3-6 3-6 after […]

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