| Murray, Ferrer, Kohlschreiber reach Wimbledon last eight |
Djokovic flattens Troicki to move into quarterfinals
LONDON, July 3: Defending champion Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Philipp Kohlschreiber reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
World number four Andy Murray ignored the fuss over his Centre Court snub to sweep into the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a ruthless 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Croatia&rsqu... |
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| Serena downs champion Kvitova to reach semis |
LONDON, July 3: Four-time Wimbledon winner Serena Williams reached the semifinals at the All England Club on Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of defending champion Petra Kvitova.
The US sixth seed brought all her experience to bear as she punished the Czech title-holder for missing a chance to take the second set.
The 30-year-old came through her quarterfinal in an hour and 24 min... |
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| CLT20 from October 9 to 28 |
NEW DELHI, July 3: Johannesburg and Cape Town were among the four venues finalised for the fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which will be held from October 9 to October 28.
Centurion and Durban are the other two venues announced by the CLT20 Governing Council.
The event will feature a galaxy of international stars, who will be part of 14 champion teams... |
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| India eves in semis of Junior Asia Cup hockey |
Bangkok, July 3: India rallied from a goal down to beat Malaysia 2-1 in its final league match here on Tuesday and booked a semi-final berth in the Junior Women’s Asia Cup Hockey Championship. With the win, India finished second in group A behind China.
In a must-win match for India, the teams played out a goal-less first half. Norazlin Sumantri scored for Malaysia within a minute... |
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| Gayle leaps to fourth in T20 rankings |
Dubai, July 3: Big-hitting opener Chris Gayle has vaulted 12 spots into the top five of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 International batting rankings, less than two weeks after returning to the West Indies colours following a two-year exile.
In the latest rankings released on Monday, the 32-year-old Gayle was fourth behind new No.1, England’s Eoin Morgan. The mov... |
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| Sharapova stoic about losing No.1 spot |
Moscow, July 3: Maria Sharapova is calm about losing the World No.1 spot with defeat in the fourth round at Wimbledon, the Russian tennis star has said.
Either second-ranked Victoria Azarenka or No.3 Agnieszka Radwanska will emerge on top after the tournament after Sharapova’s 4-6, 3-6 defeat to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki ended her reign as No.1, which started last month with ... |
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| Sehwag, Zaheer set to return |
Mumbai, July 3: The fit-again duo of opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pacer Zaheer Khan is all set to return to the Indian squad after missing the Asia Cup when the selectors meet here tomorrow to choose the side for the upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka.
The duo, along with Zaheer’s pace understudy Umesh Yadav, sat out of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March on fitness grounds... |
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| Tsonga reels in Fish to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals |
LONDON, July 3: Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat American Mardy Fish to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the third year running on Tuesday - finally prevailing after countless rain delays.
Fifth seed Tsonga lost the opening set on Monday before play was abandoned but returned at lunchtime on Tuesday to gradually reel in Fish and claim a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory.
The m... |
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| Pankaj, Aditya suffer losses |
BANGKOK, July 3: India’s Pankaj Advani suffered a 2-5 loss to Andrew Higginson of England but still remained in contention for a berth in the knock-out stage in the SangSom 6-Red World Snooker Championship on Tuesday.
Unseeded Advani has collected two points from three matches, with two wins and a loss, the same as Higginson.
Earlier in the day, Advani defeated Thepchaiya ... |
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| Harbhajan Singh signs for Essex |
New Delhi, July 3: India discard off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been signed up by English county club Essex for the second half of the county season.
The 31-year-old, who has taken 683 international wickets, has been left out of the India squad since last summer's tour to England. Harbhajan's previous county experience have been with Surrey in 2004 and 2007.
The spinner will be... |
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| Dilshan, Sangakkara lift gloom with tons |
COLOMBO, July 3: Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara smashed successive centuries against Pakistan to light up the rain-hit second Test in Colombo on Tuesday.
The hosts, replying to Pakistan’s first innings total of 551/6 declared, took their overnight score of 70/1 to 278/5 by stumps on the fourth day at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Dilshan scored 12... |
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| France take action against four misbehaving players |
PARIS, July 3: The French Football Federation has opened disciplinary proceedings against players Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jeremy Menez and Yann Mvila for misbehaving at Euro 2012, the FFF said on Tuesday.
The federation added that Didier Deschamps, who has just left his job at Olympique Marseille, had asked for time to think about taking over from Laurent Blanc as France coach. ... |
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| No relay team for India in London Olympics |
New Delhi, July 3: India will be without a relay team in the London Olympics as it failed to make the cut in the IAAF list released on Tuesday. The qualification period for the men’s and women`s 4x100m and 4x400m Relays at the London Games ended on Monday.
With three members of the Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-winning women`s 4x400m relay quartet -- Ashwini Akkunji, Sini Jose... |
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| Spain name three Euro winners in Olympic squad |
MADRID, July 3: Euro 2012 winners Juan Mata, Jordi Alba and Javi Martinez were included in Spain’s soccer squad on Tuesday for the London Olympics later this month.
Chelsea midfielder Mata and full back Alba, who is set to leave Valencia for Barcelona this week, scored in Sunday’s 4-0 final victory over Italy in Kiev.
The world champions became the first side to reta... |
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| Sri Lanka questions Ajmal's action |
Colombo, July 3: Sri Lanka has raised concerns over the bowling action of Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal after the first Test in Galle last week.
A former Sri Lankan cricketer pointed out that despite having a questionable action, no one was talking about Ajmal‘s action.
“Ajmal is getting away with blue murder and nobody`s taking any action,” a former Sri Lan... |
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| Chand to lead India in U-19 cricket World Cup |
Mumbai, July 3: Delhi boy Unmukt Chand will lead the 15-member Indian team at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup to be held in Australia in August. Uttar Pradesh’s Akshdeep Nath has been appointed as the vice-captain. Chand has been the man in from with the bat and also scored a brilliant 121 in the tied Asia Cup final against Pakistan.
Tamil Nadu's Baba Ap... |
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| Graeme Pollock slams BCCI and ICC for DRS non-implementation |
Johannesburg, July 3: Graeme Pollock, voted South Africa’s best cricketer of the 20th century in 2009, has blasted BCCI for yet again raising a red flag for the universal implementation of the DRS.
Pollock did not spare the ICC either as he slammed the world governing body of the game for not taking on the financial and administrative responsibility to impose the technology.
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| Bolt set to outshine all at London Olympics |
Powell and Gay in London Grand Prix showdown
LONDON, July 3: Reggae pounded and rum flowed at a darkened Shoreditch nightclub in east London during an afternoon fashion launch for the Jamaican Olympic team kit designed by Bob Marley’s daughter Cedella.
Then the audience recognized Usain Bolt. Cameramen fought for positions and the crowd surged to get within touching... |
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| Phelps gives up 200m for London Olympics |
WASHINGTON, July 3: Fourteen-time Olympic winner Michael Phelps will give up 200m freestyle in London Olympic Games. Phelps qualified in five individual events for London and is expected to swim all three relays. But his coach Bob Bowman announced on Monday that the 27-year-old will be focusing on seven events. “Michael Phelps will be removing the individual 200 freestyle from his Olympic pr... |
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| F1 test driver Maria battling for life after crash |
LONDON, July 3: Formula One test driver Maria de Villota has sustained life-threatening injuries in a crash during testing in Cambridgeshire, the Marussia team and local ambulance services said on Tuesday.
De Villota was due to carry out a straight-line aerodynamics test at Duxford airfield, and hit a team vehicle after an installation lap.
“A woman has sustained life thre... |
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| 2012 Olympic medals locked in Tower of London |
LONDON, July 3: The prized Olympics and Paralympic medals have been locked up in the Tower of London vaults.
The 4,700 gold, silver and bronze medals, made at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, near Cardiff, have been locked until required.
The Olympics medals were designed by artist David Watkins, and the Paralympics medals by jewellery artist Lin Cheung.
Rio Tinto, the min... |
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| Bozic becomes Tour de France's second rogue car victim |
ORCHIES, July 3: Slovenian sprinter Borut Bozic has hit out at Tour de France organizers after becoming the second rider in a year to be thrown off his bike after being hit by a car.
Bozic, who rides for Astana, had resumed racing after a toilet break early on Monday’s 207 km stage from Vise to Tournai in Belgium when he was hit from behind by a race officials’ car.
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| Younus Khan escapes ODI axe |
KARACHI, July 3: Younus Khan’s One-Day International (ODI) form is being questioned due to his repeated failures in this version, but his 29 and 82 in the first Test, and 32 in the first-innings of the ongoing second Test has made selectors confident about him.
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Chief Selector Iqbal Qasim, who was unhappy with the former captain’s perf... |
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| Seven Russian fans remain in Polish custody |
MOSCOW, July 3: Seven Russian football supporters remain in the custody of Polish police from the two dozen detained during Euro 2012 clashes in Poland last month, the head of the Russia fan club said on Tuesday.
At least 162 Poles and 25 Russians were arrested after Polish hooligans attacked several thousand Russian supporters marching to celebrate a national holiday before the two sid... |
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| London trip denied, SAI officials fume |
BANGALORE, July 3: Top officials in Sports Authority of India (SAI) are upset with the government’s decision to keep them away from the Olympics after the sports ministry recently rejected their proposal to send a contingent to London.
SAI director general Desh Deepak Verma had proposed a team of 15 officials for the Games but the ministry included only his name in the official co... |
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| Mughal Road Car Rally navigator dies of injuries |
SRINAGAR, July 3: Another participant of the Mughal Road Car Rally injured in an accident on Sunday died in a hospital here on Tuesday. “Ashish Mahajan, the injured navigator of the car rally who was admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura, died today,” said Aamir Ali, disaster management cell in-charge at the provincial headquarters. “Earlier, the driver, ... |
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| United targets ?25m rated Portuguese midfielder Moutinho |
LONDON, July 3: Manchester United is closing in on FC Porto 25 million pound rated attacking midfielder Joao Moutinho after getting fed up of Tottenham Hotspurs’ tactics to retain star midfielder Luka Modric. Modric was believed to be United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s number one target after they relinquished their title to local neighbours Manchester City last season. United were rea... |
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| Arsenal?s Campbell to join Betis |
SAN JOSE, July 3: Arsenal’s Costa Rican international striker Joel Campbell will spend next season on loan at Spanish club Betis. “It is a great opportunity for my development, I will be playing in the best league in the world and am determined to play and show what I am made of,” said Campbell. Campbell, 20, moved to Arsenal from local side Deportivo Saprissa a year ago but spen... |
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| AVB set for 3-yr-deal as Spurs' new manager |
LONDON, July 3: Former Porto manager Andre Villas-Boas flew into London on Monday to sign a three-year deal with Tottenham Hotspurs to become the club’s new manager. Just four months after he was sacked by Chelsea, Villas-Boas has agreed a deal to succeed Harry Redknapp who was dismissed last month. Villas Boas, who will now be tasked with eventually creating a younger team as well as helpin... |
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| Boca goalkeeper provokes Corinthians before Copa final |
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3: Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustin Orion has attempted to provoke Corinthians on the eve of Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores football final by claiming Brazilians fear playing Argentinian clubs. Corinthians will be aiming for its first Libertadores title at the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo while Boca is vying for a record-equalling seventh winner’s trophy.. The clubs... |
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| Roma secures Brazilian defender Castan |
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3: Brazilian centre-back Leandro Castan has reportedly agreed to a four-year contract with Italian Serie A club Roma. Castan will join the Giallorossi later this week after playing his final match for Corinthians in Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores decider against Boca Juniors. The Brazilian club will receive 5.5 million euros for the deal, which is yet to be officially ann... |
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| 'Ibrahimovic will 100 per cent remain at AC Milan' |
MILAN, July 3: AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani insists that there is no chance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic being allowed to leave San Siro this summer. Having resisted the temptation to sell Thiago Silva to Paris Saint-Germain for €46 million, it has been reported that the allegedly cash-strapped Rossoneri are considering cashing in on their 30-year-old Swedish striker. Ibrahimovic’s agent clai... |
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| Rupee rises to seven-week high of 54.36 against dollar |
MUMBAI, July 3: The rupee rose to a seven-week high of 54.36 against a dollar on Tuesday as some clarity on taxation rules and the measures announced by the government to attract overseas investments boosted confidence in the Indian currency.
The partially convertible rupee rallied for the fourth trading sessions in a row. It closed 1.07 per cent higher at 54.36, the highest level in se... |
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| Air India pilots' strike nears end |
NEW DELHI, July 3: A 58-day-long strike by a group of Air India pilots seemed coming to an end on Tuesday as the agitating aviators assured the Delhi High Court that they will call off their stir within in the next 48 hours and join duty.
Appearing for the pilots, senior advocate Geeta Luthra told Justice Reva Khetrapal that the pilots would immediately call off the strike and join duti... |
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