| Seven-up Federer shatters Murray's Wimbledon dream |
London, July 8: Roger Federer came back from a set down to record a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Andy Murray Sunday for his seventh Wimbledon title and 17th career Grand Slam.
It was Federer’s first Grand Slam in two-and-a-half years. The last title the Swiss master won was the 2010 Australian Open, with the Briton also his victim in that match.
It was Murray’s fi... |
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| Smith wants South Africa to get to No.1 in England |
Taunton, July 8: South Africa captain Graeme Smith has set his side the challenge of displacing England as the world's number one Test side during their forthcoming three-match series.
England lead the ICC rankings by a mere point from the Proteas, who held the first net of their tour at Taunton on Saturday ahead of Monday's match against southwest county Somerset.
But South Afr... |
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| Jwala, Ashwini can do wonders: Syed Arif |
HYDERABAD, July 8: Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have the ability to topple the top shuttlers in the world, feels their coach Syed Mohammed Arif.
The former national chief coach, who is training the Olympics bound women’s doubles pair, firmly believes they can do wonders.
Arif Sahab, as he is popularly known, is working on some weak areas of the pair. He has also soug... |
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| Sachin?s records will be broken one day: Kapil |
KOLKATA, July 8: Praising Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar for his disciplined life and dedication to the game, former Indian skipper Kapil Dev Sunday said the maestro’s records will also be broken one day.
“When we were playing we used to think that whether the future will see any greater batsman than Sunil Gavaskar. But we were wrong. There have been greater players than Ga... |
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| Rajeev Shukla contributes for Yuvraj?s foundation |
NEW DELHI, July 8: IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla contributed one lakh rupees to Yuvraj Singh’s foundation - YouWeCan - at a function held in the Capital on Saturday. “It’s a wonderful thing which Yuvraj has initiated and you need a lot of courage to come forward do such a philanthropic work,” Shukla said.
Yuvraj himself was touched by the gesture. “I am thankf... |
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| India determined to make a mark in hockey |
NEW DELHI, July 8: Once the undisputed powerhouse of world hockey, India will return to the Olympic stage after a gap of eight years, determined not to end up as also-rans in London where they won their fourth of the eight Olympic gold medals way back in 1948.
The London Olympics provide the erstwhile champions with a golden opportunity to make up for the Beijing Games debacle in 2008,... |
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| Indian rowers face tough task |
NEW DELHI, July 8: Set for their fourth Olympics in a row, the Indian rowers face a tough test but would look to show that they do not just make up the numbers in the London Games beginning July 27.
India have qualified two boats with up to three rowers. The strapping 23-year-old Punjab boy, Swarn Singh Virk qualified in the men’s single sculls (M1X), while Manjeet Singh and Sand... |
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| Williams sisters win fifth Wimbledon doubles title |
LONDON, July 8: Serena Williams teamed up with sister Venus to win a fifth Wimbledon women's doubles title on Saturday, ending a perfect day after she had also claimed a fifth singles crown.
The sisters defeated Czech sixth seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-5, 6-4 for their 13 Grand Slam doubles triumph.
Earlier Saturday, Serena had beaten Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska... |
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| Fears of ?dirty bombs? loom over Olympics |
London, July 8: Security guards working for Serco, the private contractor signed to protect Britain’s borders during the Olympics, are being investigated for alleged security breaches that may have allowed vehicles to enter the UK without screening for ''dirty bombs''.
According to The Guardian, the Serco guards have allegedly failed to operate detection equipment properly.
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| Preeja, Kavita fail to qualify |
Santhia, July 8: Asian Games medallists Preeja Sreedharan’s and Kavita Raut’s Olympic dreams came crashing down after they failed to make the cut for London in the 10,000m at the FIDAL Piedmont Track Meeting at Santhia, Italy.
In their last qualification attempt before the July 8 deadline, both Preeja and Kavita had to abandon the race yesterday after 6000m as they fai... |
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| Gay says Olympic 100m open affair |
Paris, July 8: American Tyson Gay has declared the 100 metres at the London Olympics an open affair after winning the event at the Paris Diamond League.
The former World champion was away from the blocks slowly but accelerated in mid-race to overhaul compatriot Justin Gatlin in the final metres and cross the line first in 9.99 seconds on Friday.
“There are a lot of people ... |
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| Ryan Giggs to lead British team |
London, July 8: Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs was on Sunday named as captain of the British football team at the London Olympics.
Giggs is one of three over-age players in Stuart Pearce's side at the 2012 Games.
The winger told www.thefa.com: "Obviously I have experience and there are a lot of younger players in this squad, as captain hopefully I can pass that on to the y... |
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| JOHNNY WEISSMULLER (United States, 1904-84) |
Great Olympians
He was the first athlete to break the 60 seconds for the 100 metres freestyle. In the year 1924, he won 400 and 100 metres freestyle at the Paris Olympics and retained 100 title in Amsterdam four years later. He finished unbeaten with five Olympic titles and 67 world records.
He was regarded as the finest male swimmer in the first half of the 20th century.... |
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| Pakistan hit back after batting collapse |
3rd Test against Sri Lanka
PALLEKELE, July 8: Young seamer Thisara Perera grabbed a career-best 4-63 as Sri Lanka bowled out Pakistan for 226 on the opening day of the final Test in Pallekele on Sunday.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath chipped in with three wickets after Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene put the tourists in to bat for the second consecutive match.
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| England take series with clinical win against Australia |
CHESTER-LE-STREET, July 8: Steven Finn’s four-wicket haul laid the platform for England’s eight wicket hammering of Australia in the fourth one-day international on Saturday.
England, set a modest 201 for victory, finished on 201 for two with 13 balls as they won the series, going 3-0 up in this five match campaign after Wednesday’s clash in Birmingham was washed out.<... |
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| Mark Webber wins dramatic British GP |
SILVERSTONE, July 8: Mark Webber claimed the ninth win of his career on Sunday when he swept to a dramatic and perfectly-judged victory in an incident-filled British Grand Prix.
In a race run in welcome, if rare, dry conditions, the 35-year-old Australian steered his Red Bull through 52 laps of complex tactical and strategic racing to overtake pole sitter nad lontime leader Fernando Alo... |
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| Gayle, Samuels give West Indies 2-0 lead |
Kingston, July 8: Chris Gayle struck a record-breaking 20th One-Day International century while Marlon Samuels hammered his first in six years as the West Indies brushed aside hapless New Zealand by 55 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series here on Saturday.
Sent in at Sabina Park in the second of two matches at the venue, the West Indies piled up 315 for five off their 50 ove... |
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| Midfielder Keita to leave Barcelona |
Madrid, July 8: FC Barcelona said midfielder Seydou Keita is leaving the Spanish football club.
The 32-year-old may go to Chinese club Dalian Aerbin. His departure means Barca will probably have to look for a replacement.
“Seydou Keita (has) announced he will not continue at the club next season,” a Barca statement read. “Barcelona would like to thank Keita for... |
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| Dani Pedrosa makes it three |
SACHSENRING, July 8: Sachsenring specialist Dani Pedrosa won his third successive German MotoGP to open his account for the year on Sunday.
While the Spaniard took the honours, his Honda teammate Casey Stoner, destined to take second, crashed out with two bends of the final lap remaining to dent his hopes of defending his world title before he heads into retirement.
The main ben... |
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| Britain's Wiggins takes lead |
Tour de France
La Planche des Belles Filles, July 8: With two weeks left in the Tour de France, the two-man showdown that many predicted is taking shape, with Britain’s Bradley Wiggins already in the yellow jersey — and driver‘s seat — while Cadel Evans isn’t.
The 31-year-old Briton and his Team Sky dominated the race‘s first summit fin... |
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| Messi is the best player in the world, claims Ronaldo |
New Delhi, July 8: Brazil legend Ronaldo has claimed that there is ‘no doubt’ that Barcelona star Lionel Messi is the best player in the world.
The 35-year-old enjoyed stints at both Camp Nou, and at Real Madrid, and although he admits that he remembers his time at the Bernabeu more fondly, he cannot help but admire the Argentine.
“I am more a fan of Real Madri... |
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