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  • Australia build a sizeable lead at MCG

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    India produced a much-improved bowling performance to snare seven second innings wickets but Australia’s lead climbed to a considerable 326 runs after reaching 261 for seven on the fourth day to keep the match tantalisingly poised after another intriguing battle in the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here. Shaun Marsh’s (batting 62)…

  • Kohli & Rahane shine, but still a wall to climb

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    Virat Kohli (169) cracked his highest Test score and forged a 262-run fourth-wicket partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (147) to launch a stunning Indian fightback to end day three at 462 for eight, but five late wickets brought the contest back in balance in the enthralling third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)…

  • India seek revival of fortunes at MCG

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    India have an unenviable task of avoiding the prospect of relinquishing their grip on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy when they square off against Australia in the third Test of the four-match series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here . Having lost the first two Tests, India would be aware that another loss would help Australia…

  • Indian football re-launched

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    By Santosh Rao   Football in India will never be the same again and Indian Super League (ISL) can take all plaudits for this monumental change in the country’s sporting culture. The inaugural ISL – a tournament borrowing on cricket’s incredibly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) concept – has managed to recapture the imagination of football…

  • India go down fighting at the Gabba

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      Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series with a four-wicket win over India on the fourth day of the second Test at the Gabba here Saturday. Chasing 128 for victory, the hosts were made to sweat but ultimately got over the finishing line, scoring 130 for six, leaving India rueing the…

  • Test evenly poised after Smith’s heroics

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      Steven Smith and Mitchell Johnson’s whirlwind partnership propelled Australia to a first innings score 505 runs, a lead of 97, but India made a solid start to their second innings, reaching 71 for one to trail by only 26 at stumps on day three of the second Test at the Gabba here. At stumps,…

  • Lord’s venue for 2019 world cup final

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    Lord’s Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019. The venue will also host the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will also recommend to the ICC…

  • Bolton Boy Rocks Las Vegas

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    BY  YZ Patel Headlining the bill in Vegas. That is the main attraction. The one everyone pays to come and see, what the event gets sold on, the focus of attention. That is the pinnacle for most boxers. To have their name up in lights on the strip at no other than the MGM grand.…

  • Vijay gives India a bright start

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    Murali Vijay’s stylish 144 helped India amass 311 for four by stumps on day one of the second Test against Australia at the Gabba here . India became the second visiting team to score more than 300 runs on the first day of a Test match at the Gabba, buoyed by Vijay’s fifth hundred in…

  • Hamilton is BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014

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    Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has been voted as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014. The 29-year-old Mercedes driver won his second world title this season by taking 11 races. He won 34 percent of the vote, followed by Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy with 20 percent and athlete Jo Pavey third…

  • Pakistan edge past India 4-3

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    India ended their campaign in the Champions Trophy after being defeated by Pakistan 4-3 in a thrilling hockey semi-final match at the Kalinga Stadium here . Muhammad Arslan Qadir scored the winning goal two minutes from time to secure victory for Pakistan who will go on to face Germany in the title round. Germany beat…

  • Lyon takes India into a spin

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      India succumbed to off-spinner Nathan Lyon’s guile, losing eight wickets for 110 runs in the final session to go down against Australia by 48 runs in the the first Test despite valiant knocks from skipper Virat Kohli (141) and opener Murali Vijay (99) on the fifth and final day at the Adelaide Oval here…

  • Man City youth academy better than United’s: Scholes

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    Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has spoken of his belief that Manchester City presently have better youth academy facilities than his former team, which is the cause of extreme worry for him as a fan. “Thirty years on, and the picture in Manchester is very different and, as a United fan, it worries me.…

  • SENNA PORTRAIT TO HEADLINE F1

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    Six months before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Formula 1 fans will be able to celebrate the pinnacle of motorsport at Autosport International in January, and witness the European debut of a portrait of the legendary Ayrton Senna created by renowned British artist Ian Berry. Known as ‘Denimu’, Berry uses shades of layered denim…

  • British Olympic sailors robbed in Rio

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      British sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have been robbed at knife-point after a training session here. The 2012 London Olympic silver medallists were chased by two men while walking back to their hotel on Flamengo beach, police said Thursday, reports Xinhua. “Our delightful walk back from the sailing club to the hotel turned…

  • India enter Champions Trophy semis

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      India stormed into the semi-finals of the hockey Champions Trophy after thrashing Belgium 4-2 in the quarter finals at the Kalinga stadium here . The team will face arch-rival Pakistan, which beat the Netherlands in the other quarter-final Thursday and will be looking to take the revenge for the Asia Cup defeat. Having defeated…

  • Kohli leads India’s batting charge

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    A ton from Virat Kohli (115), his seventh, and three 50s from Cheteshwar Pujara (73), Ajinkya Rahane (62) and Murali Vijay (53) helped India coast to 369 for five at the end of the third day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval here Thursday. Australia earlier declared their first innings at the overnight…

  • SC allows BCCI to put off AGM

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    The Supreme Court  allowed the Indian cricket board to postpone its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections till Jan 31, 2015, as it was still hearing the plea into the allegations of conflict of interest and betting involving board president N. Srinivasan and his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyapan. An apex court bench of Justice T.S Thakur…

  • Srinivasan to stay away from IPL till panel decision

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    N. Srinivasan, the Indian cricket board’s sidelined chief,  told the Supreme Court that if he is re-elected, he would stay away from the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council till a proposed committee decides on the larger question of conflict of between his BCCI role and his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. Responding to a…

  • Can India buck the trend in Australia?

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    By Veturi Srivatsa  The entire cricket world is waiting with bated breath to see the first bouncer bowled in the India-Australia Test series after a short-pitched delivery fatally felled Phillip Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground barely two weeks ago. Former Australian bowler burly Merv Hughes wants the very first ball of the Test series…

  • Dhoni to miss first Test, Kohli to lead

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    India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the first Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia due to a thumb injury. Dhoni batted and bowled at India’s training session Sunday here, but he is not yet ready to keep wickets in a Test. Virat Kohli confirmed Monday he will lead the side Tuesday, when the four-Test series…

  • Injured Dhoni shows no discomfort

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    Injured Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni attended an intense training session at the Adelaide Oval  showing no sign of discomfort on account of his right thumb injury, raising the prospect of his participation in the first Test against Australia starting Dec 9. The injury initially forced him out of the first Test and batsman…

  • Indian team in form down under

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      The second and final two-day tour game before India’s first Test against Australia ended in a draw with the Indians well in control of the proceedings at the Gliderol Stadium here. Indian batsmen posted 375 at tea on the second day, in reply to Cricket Australia (CA) XI’s 243 and reduced the hosts to…

  • Many miss World Cup probable list

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    Five members of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning team – Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir – were  left out of the 30-member squad of probables for the 2015 One-Day International (ODI) World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s All-India Senior Selection Committee met here and preferred…

  • PHIL HUGHES: WHY THE OUTRAGE, WHY NOT GO WITH THE FLOW

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA I woke up early this morning to witness the Phillip Hughes funeral in a small town called Macksville in Australia. I don’t think anyone there or witnessing the tearful scenes on TV could have been unmoved. Even the Sydney Cricket Ground was full of hundreds watching on screen. Then I get this…

  • Cricketing world bid farewell to Hughes

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      Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes was remembered by more than 5,000 people at an emotional funeral service in his hometown of Macksville in New South Wales. The service, which was televised and broadcast nationally, paid tribute to the popular batsman who was described as a “one of a kind” and “as loyal as they come”,…

  • Mario sorry for Instagram post

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    Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has apologised for a post on social media which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references. Balotelli, 24, quickly deleted the post from his Instagram page of Nintendo computer game character Super Mario reported BBC. The Italian had tweeted to deny the text of the post was offensive before his apology.…

  • Hughes’ funeral on Wednesday

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      The funeral of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who passed away Thursday after being struck on the head by a bouncer, will take place Wednesday, Dec 3. The Hughes family Saturday confirmed funeral arrangements for their son Phillip, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement. The funeral will take place at 2.00 p.m. Wednesday in…

  • State Memorial Service for Hughes

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    Cricket Australia and Cricket New South Wales supported NSW Premier Mike Baird’s announcement of a State Memorial Service for Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, who passed away Thursday after being hit by a cricket ball during a Sheffield Shield match. “We would like to thank the premier for his decision to grant a State Memorial Service…

  • Hughes death sends Cricketing world in shock

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    The cricket world was left stunned  as Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, who was struck on the head by a cricket ball, died in a hospital here. The 25-year-old Hughes, who represented the national team in 26 Tests between 2009-2013, fractured his skull and suffered massive bleeding in his brain after being hit by pacer Sean…

  • Wenger praises Arsenal

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      Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gave all thumbs up to his team after the English club defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 to reach last 16 of the Champions League. “Overall it was a committed game. Maybe we were defensively better tonight. We are a team that likes to go forward – sometimes we feel we must…

  • Phillip Hughes dies aged 25

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      Australian batsman Phillip Hughes who was struck on the head by a cricket ball died in hospital, Cricket Australia (CA) said . The 25-year-old Hughes, who represented the national team in 26 Tests between 2009-2013, fractured his skull and suffered catastrophic bleeding in his brain after being hit by bowler Sean Abbot’s bouncer in…

  • Hughes still critical, to have scans

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      Phillip Hughes remains in a critical condition after being hit in the head by a bouncer and will have scans, doctors said Wednesday. “Phillip Hughes remains in a critical condition in St. Vincent’s Hospital after being struck in the head. He will have scans this morning and a further update will be provided when…

  • Chelsea crush Schalke 5-0

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      English club Chelsea have entered the round of the last sixteen of the UEFA Champions League with a 5-0 rout of German club Schalke in a Group G match. Chelsea smoothed the way for the victory Tuesday with three first-half goals, as Schalke were unable to fight back on home soil, reports Xinhua. The…

  • Hughes struck by bouncer, critical

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      Australian batsman Phillip Hughes is in a critical condition after being struck by a bouncer during a domestic first class match here . The South Australia batsman, who represented the national team in 26 Tests between 2009-2013, collapsed after a delivery from New South Wales pacer Sean Abbott hit his helmet during a Sheffield…

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    The Webb Ellis Cup, the most coveted prize in Rugby, will visit Dubai this week (November 27 – 28) on the eighth leg of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. Rugby World Cup, the third largest global sporting event behind the Olympics and Football World Cup, takes place in England and Cardiff next year between…

  • Hamilton admits of no sleep the night before

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    Newly crowned Formula 1 World champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed he hardly slept the night before the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which he eventually won to clinch his second drivers’ title. The 29-year-old Briton entered the season-ending race needing a win to guarantee himself the title, and proceeded to dominate the event at Yas…

  • Sachin refuses to comment on Mudgal Report

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    Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar refused to comment on Justice Mudgal Commitee’s report on the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal. Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha member, said here that the Supreme Court will look into the case, and it was not wise for him to make a comment. “The honorable Supreme Court…

  • Carlsen retains world chess title

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    By Venkatachari Jagannathan World chess champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen retained his title, defeating Indian challenger Viswanathan Anand in the 11th round of their title match at Russia . The reigning world champion called off the exchange/sacrifice blunder or bluff of Anand on move 24 and wrapped up the 12 game in 45 moves. Interestingly Anand…

  • Hamilton seals F1 drivers title

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    British racing driver Lewis Hamilton clinched his second Formula 1 drivers’ title as he comprehensively won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the 5.5 km Yas Marina Circuit here Starting second behind Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, Hamilton had to finish second if Rosberg won the race to seal the title in his favour. However,…

  • Psychiatrist on standby if Hamilton loses F1 title

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      Formula One team and 2014 constructor standings leaders, Mercedes have readied New Zealand sports psychiatrist Ceri Evans if their British driver Lewis Hamilton, who leads teammate Nico Rosberg by 17 points going into the final race in Abu Dhabi, loses his title bid. Hamilton has 10 wins to his name compared to his German…

  • Team Dojo Creates History

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    A Karate centre in Greater Manchester under the leadership of a British-Asian Sensei is creating history by winning several coveted world titles. Recently, the Dojo Team returned with an amazing 109 Medals from the DOJO athletes competing in Italy in many age and height related divisions. Sensei Ansari, the man behind the medal hauls, said:…

  • INTERVIEW: Richard Hadlee

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    By Radhika Bhirani    As corruption in cricket continues to come under scrutiny in India, legendary New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee says spot-fixing is the “greatest crisis” the game faces and it needs to be dealt with severe penalties. The iconic sportsman, 63, met this visiting IANS correspondent at the newly-built Hadlee Pavilion of the Hagley…

  • Indian hockey coach Walsh’s ends contract

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    Indian hockey chief coach Terry Walsh, who was in talks with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to get a new improved contract, said that the meeting between him and the nodal agency did not yield the desired results, thereby ending his tenure with the national team. Tuesday marked the last day of Walsh’s tenure…

  • Tendulkar’s New Zealand connection

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    By Radhika Bhirani  Nestled in Waipawa, a small town in Hawke’s Bay in North Island, a region famous for its wines, James Laver has been carving many a cricketing dream – literally! With two decades’ experience in making customised bats and a clientele of greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara, the master…

  • BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Vengsarkar

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      Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar will receive the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) statement said . He will be handed a citation, trophy and cheque for Rs.25 lakh at the eighth annual BCCI Awards Ceremony to be held here Friday to recognise and…

  • Clean chit for Srinivasan

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      The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, which investigated the allegations of spot fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has said that sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was involved in betting. The report, however, gave a clean chit to Srinivasan on both counts of…

  • INTERVIEW: Kidambi Srikanth

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    By Sandip Sikdar   Newly-crowned China Open champion Kidambi Srikanth said he never took the victory for granted and never believed that he could pull it off until he won as he knew that his opponent in the final — two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China — could make a comeback at any point. A…

  • India-Pak cricket ties to resume

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      India and Pakistan will resume their cricket ties with a series next year, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said here. He said six series will be played between two countries till 2022. “Work has already been done in this regard,” he told reporters. The Pakistani envoy said the chairman of the Pakistan…

  • Saina, Srikanth win China Open titles

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    India’s leading shuttler l clinched the women’s singles title of the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier but compatriot Kidambi Srikanth grabbed all the headlines by pulling off the biggest upset of his career when he beat two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan to win the men’s singles title here Sunday. While sixth seeded Saina won…