| Determined India face stern South Africa test |
COLOMBO, Oct1: Their campaign is back on track after the morale-boosting win over Pakistan but India can hardly afford to relax as they take on an erratic but still quite intimidating South Africa in their final Super Eight match tomorrow for a place in the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20.
The fight for the second semifinal slot from group-2 is indeed intriguingly poised as both In... |
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| West Indies stay in semis hunt |
New Zealand knocked out in Super Over
Pallekele, Oct1: West Indies kept their chances alive for semifinals of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup as Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels chased down 18-run target in Super Over set by New Zealand in the Super Eight match.
The New Zealand vs West Indies Super Eight clash of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup went to the wire as both teams we... |
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| How India can qualify to semis: |
When 20 balls were left, India’s Virat Kohli took a single with two runs needed in Colombo on Sunday night. Had he hit the ball for two, India would have wrapped the match with 19 balls remaining and would have gone past Pakistan in terms of net run-rate. As things are, the men in blue are still third in their Super 8s table.
Although a marginal fraction is what separates Pakistan... |
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| Indian bowling weak, lacks variation: Aravinda |
COLOMBO, Oct 1: India might have bowled out Pakistan for a paltry 128 in the World Twenty20 here but Sri Lankan batting great Aravinda de Silva feels that the Mahindra Singh Dhoni-led side has a weak bowling attack, besides also lacking in variation.
"Whatever I have seen so far in this tournament, the Indian bowling attack seems to be weak. And when I am saying weak, it means pre... |
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| Leaving out Yuvi in four bowler set-up is impossible: Dhoni |
COLOMBO, Oct 1: All praise for Yuvraj Singh’s small but notable contributions in India’s World Twenty20 campaign so far, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the all-rounder, who returned to cricket after beating cancer, is an indispensable part of his T20 line-up.
Yuvraj, playing his first international event after recovering from a rare germ cell cancer, has been in decent fo... |
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| India lose to Pak by one run in Women's WT20 |
Galle, Oct1: Familiar batting woes came back to haunt the Indian women’s cricket team as it lost by a run to arch-rivals Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller in ICC World Twenty20’s group stage in Galle on Monday.
The defeat saw the Indians finish winless.
Set a target of a mere 98 runs, the Indians fumbled miserably and finished with 97 for 8 in their 20 o... |
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| Kohli has got 'x-factor': Kirsten |
COLOMBO, Oct1: Gary Kirsten has seen Virat Kohli as a precocious talent who later evolved into a premier batsman and that's the reason why the former India coach termed him as a "standout player" who has got the "x-factor".
"I am very pleased for Virat. He has worked a lot on his game and is a stand-out batsman in world cricket today. He is one of those cricketers with x-factor who does... |
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| Indian judokas win 5 medals in Asian Ch'ship |
NEW DELHI, Oct1: Indian judokas bagged two silver and three bronze in the Asian Youth and Junior Championships held in Chinese Taipei. In the Youth Championships, Vijay Kumar Yadav and Besto Rani Devi won a silver each in boys’ 60kg and girls’ 48kg categories respectively.
Preety and Mongjam Kabita Devi won a bronze each in gilrs’ 40kg and 44kg respectively in the Sept... |
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| Ronaldo hat-trick as Real rout Deportivo |
MADRID, Oct 1: Cristiano Ronaldo hit a hat-trick as Real Madrid kept on the trail of leaders Barcelona with a 5-1 rout of Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
The visitors took a shock lead after 15 minutes through Riki but Madrid quickly bounced back with Ronaldo hitting his first from the penalty spot after Angel Di Maria was felled.
It was Di Maria himself who put his team ahead an... |
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| Kvitova crashes out in Beijing |
Azarenka, Sharapova move ahead
BEIJING, Oct1: World number five Petra Kvitova crashed out of a WTA Tour event in round two for the second week in a row on Monday, losing in straight sets at the China Open to unheralded Carla Suarez Navarro.
The fourth seed lost 6-3, 6-2 against the Spanish player ranked 46 in the world, just over a week after being humiliated by Croatia&r... |
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| Puyol back, Thiago out for Barcelona |
Madrid, Oct 1: FC Barcelona will visit Portugal to take on Benfica in the second round of Champions League group football this Tuesday.
Barca had to struggle to beat Spartak Moscow in the first group match, coming back from 1-2 down before two goals from Lionel Messi took them to a 3-2 win at Camp Nou Stadium a fortnight ago.
Barca coach Tito Vilanova’s side have a 100 per... |
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| Murray a contender at every Grand Slam: Djokovic |
BEIJING, Oct1: World number two Novak Djokovic said on Monday his conqueror in the US Open final this year Andy Murray has the "quality" to be a contender at every Grand Slam the Scotsman plays in.
Murray's 7-6 (12/10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 victory over the Serbian was his first Grand Slam victory in five finals appearances with world number one Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal winn... |
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| Ronaldo confident ahead of Camp Nou clash |
Madrid, Oct 1: Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo said Monday that he is confident his side can go and take all three points from their visit to Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium next Sunday.
Defeats away to Sevilla and Getafe, as well as a home draw against Valencia have been expensive for Madrid, who never recovered an eight point deficit from their main rivals.
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| Messi wants more than just accolades |
MADRID, Oct 1: Lionel Messi wants to be remembered as a good friend and colleague to his team mates rather than as the best player in the world, the unassuming Argentine said in an interview on Monday.
The 25-year-old Barcelona forward has won three consecutive World Player of the Year awards, and is expected to be in the running for a fourth this year, after scoring an unprecedented 73... |
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| Tiger Woods lets America down in Ryder Cup |
CHICAGO, Oct 1: Europe produced the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history to reel in the United States and retain the trophy at Medinah Country Club on Sunday.
Trailing by 10-6 going into the closing 12 singles, Jose Maria Olazabal’s men thrillingly won the first five matches out and went on to make sure of victory when Martin Kaymer defeated Steve Striker 1 up in the penultimate... |
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| Monaco wins Malaysian Open |
Kuala Lumpur, Oct1: Juan Monaco of Argentina survived a battle with France`s Julien Benneteau to win the Malaysian Open tennis tournament in a three-hour battle here. In the longest match of this year`s tournament, Monaco eventually outplayed seventh seed Benneteau 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday.
World No.11 Monaco, the second seed, captured his first hard-court title after previously winning ... |
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| Wozniacki to get wildcard for Kremlin Cup |
Moscow, Oct 1: Former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki is to be granted a wildcard for the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here next month.
Wozniacki ended last year as World No.1 but has slipped to 11th after a disappointing 2012 season in which she suffered first-round exits at Wimbledon and the US Open and did not win a tournament until the Korea Open earlier this month. “The titled... |
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| Darren Bent secures Aston Villa draw against West Brom |
BIRMINGHAM, Oct1: Darren Bent came off the bench to rescue a point for Aston Villa in their 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Bent, Villa’s club record signing, was among the substitutes as Paul Lambert started with Gabriel Agbonlahor and Christian Benteke up front.
The England striker, with national manager and ex-Baggies boss Roy ... |
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| Former Fulham star Bullard retires |
London, Oct 1: Former Fulham and Wigan midfielder Jimmy Bullard announced his retirement on Monday after conceding defeat in his battle to recover from a series of knee problems.
Bullard had never fully recovered from rupturing the cruciate ligaments in his knee twice in three years while playing for Fulham and then Hull.
The 33-year-old made just two appearances for League One ... |
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| Sri Lanka beat England to move semis with WI |
Pallekele, Oct1: Sri Lanka completed hat-trick win in the Super Eights stage of ICC World Twenty20 by defeating defending champion England by 19 runs with the help of Lasith Malinga’s 5 wicket haul at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
With this result England out of the championship and West Indies entered the semis with the host from this group.
After sco... |
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| South Africa not chokers, says de Villiers |
COLOMBO, Oct 1: South Africa’s limited-overs captain AB de Villiers insists his side are not chokers despite tottering on the brink of elimination in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
“I would not say we choked, we were just pretty much outplayed from ball one onwards,” de Villiers said after an eight-wicket thrashing by Australia in Colombo on Sunday night.
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| Air India, Punjab to contest in National Hockey final |
Bangalore, Oct 1: Air India and Punjab knocked out last year's finalists, Karnataka and Haryana, respectively, in the two contrasting semi-finals of the men's National hockey championship here Monday.
While Air India authored a great escape script by defeating Karnataka 3-2 after trailing 0-2 with 20 minutes left of an ill-tempered semi-final match with Vinaya Vokkaliga netting the winn... |
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| Mr Olympia Heath to participate in Sheru Classic |
New Delhi, Oct 1: Mr Olympia Phil Heath will be participating in the second edition of the Sheru Classic Professional Bodybuilding Championship to be held here Saturday, the organisers said.
Heath bagged his second consecutive Mr. Olympia title in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Heath is also the defending champion of Sheru Classic that was held in Mumbai last year.
Mr Olympia is t... |
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| Pujara's unbeaten 158 in vain as India A book final berth |
RAJKOT, Oct1: A stunning late assault from Cheteswar Pujara (158 not out) went in vain as India A rode on a fine century from opener Shikhar Dhawan (152) to beat India B by a narrow four runs and book a berth for the final of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy on Sunday.
Dhawan stroked his way to 152 from 139 balls with the help of 20 fours as India A scored a huge 335 for four from their ... |
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| Chandigarh beat Assam 23-0 |
Junior National Women's Hockey
Sonepat, Oct 1: Manjeet Rawal and Karishma Singh scored eight goals each as Chandigarh raced to a 23-0 win against Assam in their opening Pool C league game of the second Hockey India Junior Women’s National Championship at the Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai on Monday.
Karishma Singh secured a double hat-trick while Manjeet Rawal ... |
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