| Adversities brought out the best in me: Laxman |
NEW DELHI, Sep 5: The stylish V V S Laxman, India's middle order bulwark who announced his retirement from international cricket recently, reckons that his ability to come good in pressure situations was his "biggest strength" as a batsman.
The 37-year-old Laxman said he loved playing under difficult situations and adversities brought out the best in him.
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| ICC refuses to include Ajmal's name in awards? list |
KARACHI, Sep 5: The ICC has dismissed Pakistan Cricket Board’s objection on Saeed Ajmal’s omission from the shortlist for Test Cricketer of the Year award, saying it was an independent jury who cast out the off-spinner from the list.
The PCB raised questions on governing body’s selection procedure and urged it to revise the policy.
But the ICC refused to recons... |
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| Wheelchair tennis player wins 468th in a row |
London, Sep 5: It is surely one of the greatest winning streaks in all sports. Wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer won her 468th singles match in a row, a streak that dates to 2003. The latest victory by the 31-year-old Dutchwoman was a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Thailand's Sakhorn Khanthasit in Tuesday's quarterfinals at the London Paralympics.
Vergeer has been No. 1 in the wheelchair ... |
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| Roshanara prepares to shine in Sri Lanka |
Ranchi, Sep 5: Roshanara Parvin`s selection in the country`s team for ICC Women`s World T20 in Sri Lanka, beginning later this month, is the crowning glory to a teenager who started in Orissa`s little known Bolangir town 12 years ago.
The 22-year-old has been described by Odisha women`s cricket team coach Rituparana Roy as the `best orthodox off spinner of the country`.
"She (Ro... |
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| Premier League give Owen's Stoke move all clear |
LONDON, Sep 5: Former England striker Michael Owen was on Wednesday given the green light by the Premier League to join Stoke City on a free transfer. The 32-year-old, who made his name at Liverpool before joining Real Madrid, signed a one-year pay-as-you-play deal on Tuesday following his release from Stoke's Premier League rivals Manchester United at the end of last season.
Owen was u... |
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| Olympic medallist Mary Kom walks the ramp |
MUMBAI, Sep 5: On Monday evening, Olympic medallist MC Mary Kom walked the ramp at Shabana Azmi’s NGO charity fashion show. According to sources, “The show started late as it was raining heavily in Mumbai on Monday evening. The show finally took off at 11pm and was well attended by all celebrities, industrialists and people from the Bollywood industry. The moment Mary made an entry ... |
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| Del Piero confirms move to Australia |
SYDNEY, Sep 5: Italian World Cup winner Alessandro Del Piero will play next season for Sydney FC, the striker said on Wednesday, in a major boost for Australia's seven-year-old A-League. The 37-year-old was released at the end of last season after 19 years at Juventus and had been linked with moves to various clubs, including English Premier League side Southampton and Scotland's Celtic.
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| Why is Sehwag-Gambhir's form so disturbing? |
Mumbai, Sep 5: During the recent Bangalore Test against New Zealand, Sourav Ganguly, credited the batsmen for the record 11 wins away from home during his tenure as India skipper.
He also hailed the good starts which helped a great deal in winning games. In recent years, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have provided firepower at the top. The Delhi duo played a huge role in India&rsqu... |
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| Bangladesh seek confidence booster ahead of World T20 |
Port of Spain, Sep 5: The world's top-rated ODI all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, says Bangladesh is aiming for a confidence-boosting performance in this week's international T20 Tournament in Trinidad ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
Barbados, Afghanistan and Trinidad and Tobago are the other teams taking part in the four-nation Asia versus the Caribbean tournament from the si... |
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| Azarenka ousts Stosur to reach semis, Ferrer makes quarters |
Rain leaves Sharapova, Djokovic, Roddick all wet
NEW YORK, Sep 5: More than six hours of rain delays struck at the US Open on Tuesday, rescuing Maria Sharapova from a woeful start, extending Andy Roddick’s career for at least a day and leaving Novak Djokovic in limbo.
It marked the seventh year in a row that rain has caused major disruptions at the season’s fi... |
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| FIFA support India for U-17, 2022 WC |
New Delhi, Sep 5: On a day when India slumped to its worst ever rankings, world body FIFA on Wednesday extended support to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to realise its aim of hosting the 2017 U-17 World Cup and qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke and AIFF president Praful Patel signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that invo... |
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| India down to 169 |
New Delhi, Sep 5: India have gone a place down to 169th position in the FIFA rankings despite winning the recently concluded Nehru Cup football tournament here. However, India are 32nd in Asia.
India are behind neighbours Maldives (159) and Nepal (166) who also participated in the Nehru Cup.
Syria too went a place down to 148 while Cameroon are 61.
The matches against Ca... |
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| TV series to capture Yuvi's journey, victory over cancer |
Mumbai, Sep 5: His highs, his lows, his struggles and his successful battle against cancer - cricketer Yuvraj Singh's journey has been captured in a three-part series "Zindagi Abhi Baaki Hai" to be aired on national television. He says when he grows old, he will be able to recall what happened to his life
In "Zindagi Abhi Baaki Hai", which will be aired on Colors, Yuvraj will narrate hi... |
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| Recognition, job is what Girisha wants after winning silver |
New Delhi, Sep 5: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda has dedicated his silver medal winning feat at the London Paralympic to the disabled community in the country and asserted that their hard work and sacrifice was no less than the medal winners at the Olympics.
Girisha, who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of 1.74m in the Men’s High Jump F42 event in London f... |
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| 'Tendulkar not finished as yet' |
NEW DELHI, Sep 5: With age not on his side, Sachin Tendulkar has become vulnerable to full length deliveries but he is “not finished” as yet and is still good enough to score runs at the highest level, feels former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar.
Tendulkar, 40, was bowled thrice in four innings in the just concluded India-New Zealand Test series, prompting many to announce his e... |
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| Brazil below Greece, Croatia, England |
FIFA rankings
ZURICH, Sep 5: Brazil stayed outside the top ten of FIFA’s highly questioned ranking system on Wednesday, with England, Denmark and Greece all ahead of the five-times world champions.
The South Americans, who hit an all-time low of 13th last month, climbed one place to 12th thanks to a 3-0 friendly win in Sweden.
But their placing, one below G... |
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| Ma Qing Hua to replace Narain |
Monza, Sep 5: Ma Qing Hua will become the first Chinese to drive in the Formula One Championship Friday when he replaces Narain Karthikeyan in the HRT for the first free practice session at the Italian Grand Prix here.
Since joining HRT, Ma Qing Hua has been preparing himself for the F1 challenge by testing lower category cars, working on the simulator and going through a rigorous physi... |
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| Paes' match postponed |
New York, Sep 5: Leander Paes’ US Open men’s doubles quarterfinal match was postponed after rain interrupted play here at the Flushing Meadows.
Paes partnering Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic were leading 6-2, 1-0 against unseeded Austro-Slovak pairing of Julian Knowle/Filip Polasek on Court No.17 when the skies opened up on Tuesday. IANS... |
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| Hamilton to drive in Mumbai |
Mumbai, Sep 5: Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton will be here to enthrall motorsport fans on Sep 16 as he will drive his racecar around Marine Drive.
The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver will drive his MP4-27 through the famous south Mumbai road.
The 2008 World Champion said: “I always love coming to India and I am really excited to be coming to Mumbai this time.” |
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| It is not about the money: Ronaldo |
MADRID, Sep 5: Cristiano Ronaldo said on Tuesday his sadness had nothing to do with money as the Real Madrid forward looked to head off media speculation he simply wanted for a more lucrative deal.
The world’s most expensive player hit the headlines after Sunday’s 3-0 La Liga win over Granada when he failed to celebrate his two goals and told reporters he was “sad&rdqu... |
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| Chinese fencers shine, Australian swimmer wins sixth gold |
London, Sep 5: China’s gold tally reached 53 at the Paralympics thanks to wheelchair fencing, while Australian para-swimmer Jacqueline Freney took her sixth gold medal from her sixth event to become the most crowned athlete here.
China are topping the standings with 53 gold, 39 silver, 40 bronze medals followed by hosts Britain with 23-30-26 and Russia 23-22-17.
The 12-gol... |
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| Top amateurs for golf festival |
Bangalore, Sep 5: India's top amateur golfers will compete in the three-day Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival commencing at the Karnataka Golf Association course here on Thursday.
The fourth edition of South India's largest amateur golf festival will see top-notch golfing action as the amateurs tee off for a spot in the Indian team to represent the country at the World Golfers' Championshi... |
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| Kaka, Carvalho named in Real Madrid CL squad |
Madrid, Sep 5: Jose Mourinho has named his squad for Real Madrid`s Champions League campaign, including both Ricardo Carvalho and Kaka, who were heavily linked with moves away from the club this summer.
New signing Luka Modric has been awarded a place, after his arrival from Tottenham, aswell as loan signing Michael Essien, who has rejoined his former manager from Chelsea.
Casti... |
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| Kafelnikov to play golf for Ukraine |
Moscow, Sep 5: Former tennis World No.1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov has snubbed his home country Russia to pursue his dream of Olympic golf with Ukraine, he said on Wednesday.
Since retiring from tennis at the end of 2003, Kafelnikov has taken up golf with varying degrees of success, once becoming the Russian champion but failing to make the cut at any professional international events.
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| Berdych to lead Czech Davis Cup team against Argentina |
PRAGUE, Sep 5: World number seven Tomas Berdych will lead the Czech Davis Cup team in their semifinal clash against Argentina later this month.
Team captain Jaroslav Navratil also selected Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol and Ivo Minar on Wednesday for the tie in Buenos Aires on Sept. 14-16.
The Czechs beat Argentina the last time they met in 2009 before losing in the final to Spain.... |
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| List of venues for 2018 World Cup to be announced Sep 29 |
Moscow, Sep 5: The final list of host cities for the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia is to be announced Sep 29, a spokesperson for the Russia 2018 organising committee said on Wednesday.
The spokesperson did not specify where the decision, set to be made by FIFA's executive committee, would be announced, reported R-Sport.
A FIFA delegation spent much of the spring and summer v... |
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| Bolt could play Man Utd charity game: Alex Ferguson |
LONDON, Sep 5: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt, an avowed Manchester United fan, could appear for the Premier League club in a charity game next summer, according to manager Alex Ferguson.
"Usain's a character and a big United fan," Ferguson told Inside United magazine of Bolt, fresh from his second successive triple gold haul at the London Olympics.
"But it's interesting he say... |
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| Bertrand signs long-term contract with Chelsea |
London, Sep 5: Defender Ryan Bertrand has signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea, the London side said on its website on Wednesday. The left back joined the Chelsea academy in 2005 and gained competitive experience over several seasons on loan in the Championship and lower divisions before breaking into the first team in 2011. The 23-year-old has scored one goal in 19 appearances for the ... |
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