| Saina wins Denmark Open |
ODENSE, Oct 21: Olympic bronze-medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal fought through a troubling knee to clinch her fourth title of the year by lifting the Denmark Open Super Series Premier trophy with a dominating win against European champion Juliane Schenk of Germany in the final on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Saina, who was competing in her first tournament after the London Games, won 21-17, 2... |
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| Delhi knock out Perth in low-scorer |
Cape Town, Oct 21: An uncharacteristically patient 52 off 44 balls from Virender Sehwag helped the Delhi Daredevils go top off the table in Group A of the Champions League Twenty20 after a three-wicket win over Perth Scorchers here on Sunday.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) side made heavy weather of chasing down the Scorchers' score of 121 for five.
Loss of wickets at regular ... |
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| Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 6 runs |
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21: Lasith Malinga’s five-wicket haul and Dinesh Karthik’s whirlwind 74 went in vain as Chennai Super Kings eked out a narrow six-run win over Mumbai Indians in an inconsequential Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 on Saturday.
Even before the first ball was bowled, the match was rendered a dead-rubber after Lions notched up a five-wicket victor... |
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| Del Potro wins 12th title at Vienna |
VIENNA, Oct 21: Juan Martin del Potro defeated Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win his first title at the Austrian Open and improve his standing in the race to the year-end championships.
The Argentine top seed made a triumphant comeback form one month away with a left wrist injury as he spent more than an hour winning the first set against the number 70 playing i... |
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| VVS Laxman to lead Hyderabad in Ranji match |
HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Retired batsman VVS Laxman will lead Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy Group 'A' league match against a Punjab Cricket Association team in Mohali from November 2.
The 27-year-old had announced retirement from international cricket in August this year ahead of the home series against New Zealand despite being selected to play.
The other members of the Hyderabad Ran... |
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| Indian women beat Bangladesh in qualifiers |
Melaka, Oct 21: Indian women's team began their AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers round one campaign on a winning note as they defeated Bangladesh 1-0 in their opening match at Melaka in Malaysia on Sunday.
Nikhila Thumbayil scored the winning goal in the 76th minute in the Group A match at the Hang Jebat Stadium.
India dominated the proceedings from the kick-off and could have w... |
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| Wiratchant pips Ramsay in play-off |
Indian Open Golf
Bangalore, Oct 21: Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand sensationally won his third Asian Tour title this season at the Hero Indian Open golf tournament by defeating Richie Ramsay of Scotland on the first play-off hole at the KGA course here on Sunday.
Thaworn, who was playing one flight in front of Ramsay, birdied the last hole in regulation play when his seve... |
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| Defending champs Mumbai Indians to play for pride |
Durban, Oct 21: Their title defence having ended early with a whimper, Mumbai Indians will look to salvage some of their battered reputation with at least a win when they take on Sydney Sixers in an inconsequential Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Durban on Monday.
Mumbai Indians came into the tournament as one of the favourites with a star-studded squad but failed to l... |
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| Chennai hope to end CLT20 campaign on high |
Durban, Oct 21: Already out of the semi-final race, IPL heavyweights Chennai Super Kings would look to redeem some pride and end their campaign on a high when they take on a less-formidable Yorkshire in their final Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Durban on Monday.
Both Chennai and fellow IPL side Mumbai Indians have crashed out of the tournament after Sydney Sixers and... |
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| Pakistan XI beat World XI |
Exhibition T20
Karachi, Oct 21: Pakistan All Star XI demolished International World XI by 84 runs in a Twenty20 exhibition match at the National Stadium here that marked the return of international cricket in the country after a hiatus of more than three years.
Riding on quick-fire knocks from Umar Akmal (67), and Shahzaib Hasan (54) and a belligerent 29 from Imran ... |
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| Messi hits 21st Barcelona hat-trick in nervy win |
Real Madrid beat Celta 2-0 in La Liga
MADRID, Oct 21: Lionel Messi hit his 21st Barcelona hat-trick as his 10-man side edged a thrilling 5-4 victory at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.
Jordi Alba and Cristian Tello got the other goals for Barca, who had Javier Mascherano sent-off on 48 minutes, while a Pizzi double, a Alex Bergantinos strike and an Alba own goal kept the ... |
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| Rooney goes from zero to hero as ManU cruise |
English Premier League
MANCHESTER, Oct 21: Wayne Rooney shrugged off an own goal blunder to score twice as Manchester United maintained their Premier League title challenge with a 4-2 victory over Stoke on Saturday.
Rooney gifted Stoke a surprise early opener at Old Trafford, but he recovered to equalise and further goals from Danny Welbeck and Robin van Persie extended t... |
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| Wozniacki wins Moscow title |
Moscow, Oct 21: Third seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won the WTA Kremlin Cup here on Sunday beating Australian top seed Samantha Stosur in the final.
Former world number one Wozniacki won 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 for her 20th career title and second this year to level her head-to-head record with ninth-ranked Stosur at 3-3.
Wozniacki, currently 11th in the world, broke early for a comf... |
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| Norwich stun Arsenal |
NORWICH, Oct 21: Norwich stunned Arsenal as Grant Holt punished a mistake from Vito Mannone to seal a shock 1-0 victory over the Gunners at Carrow Road on Saturday.
With Arsenal's first choice stopper Wojciech Szczesny a long term injury victim, and his back up Lukasz Fabianski damaging ligaments in training during the week, Arsene Wenger once again turned to Mannone in goal, but the It... |
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| Substitutes give Juventus win over Napoli |
MILAN, Oct 21: Serie A leaders Juventus scored twice in as many minutes late in the second half through substitutes Jose Martin Caceres and Paul Pogba to beat second-placed Napoli 2-0 on Saturday.
Caceres netted with a powerful header after 80 minutes and Pogba wrapped up the priceless victory courtesy of a stunning volley two minutes later to score his first goal for the club. |
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| Venus tops Petkovic |
Luxembourg, Oct 21: Venus Williams reached her first final in almost 2½ years at the Luxembourg Open after defeating Andrea Petkovic of Germany 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Williams, hampered for two seasons by injuries and an autoimmune disease, will play Monica Niculescu of Romania in the final on Sunday.
While Niculescu has yet to win her first WTA title at 25, Williams has won 43 s... |
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| Cermak, Mertinak take doubles title |
MOSCOW, Oct 21: Men's doubles specialists Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak beat Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali 7-5, 6-3 to win the Kremlin Cup title.
For Czech Cermak it is a second-consecutive triumph in the Russian capital after he teamed up with Filip Polasek of Slovakia to win it last year.
Cermak and Mertinak, another Slovak, were beaten in the 2009 f... |
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| Pedrosa weathers storm to claim Malaysia victory |
Sepang, Oct 21: Dani Pedrosa put on a wet-weather master class to capture a rain-shortened Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and keep the pressure on MotoGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo after notching a fifth victory in six races.
The Spanish Honda rider was clear of the field after 13 of the scheduled 20 laps at a rain-swept Sepang International Circuit when the race was red-flagged ... |
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| Arjun Atwal drops to third |
St Simons Island, Oct 21:After dropping just one bogey in 36 holes, Arjun Atwal gave away no less than three in the third round to slip to tied third position from top at the McGladrey Classic golf tournament in St Simons Island, USA. He finished with a card of one-under 69 with one more day to go in the event.
Arjun AtwalAtwal, who needs to win or finish second to get back his PGA Tour... |
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| Smriti falters, ends tied eighth |
Jakarta, Oct 21:Four dropped shots on the last four holes saw Smriti Mehra drop from tied second to tied eighth at the end of the $200,000 Enjoy Jakarta Ladies Indonesia Open.
Smriti, who led at the end of the first day, dropped to second after second round and finally finished tied eighth after a third round of 76 on Sunday.
Neha Tripathi, one of the rising stars of Indian wome... |
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| Hussey leaves Champions League for personal reasons |
Durban, Oct 21: Australian cricketer Michael Hussey made an exit from the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 due to personal reasons.Hussey’s team Chennai Super Kings said Sunday that the batsmen has left for home and won’t be part of the tournament any longer.
Super Kings are already out of contention for a semi-final place but still have a match left in the event — ag... |
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| Bayern Munich remain unbeaten in Bundesliga |
Berlin, Oct 21: German record champions Bayern Munich extended their start-record to eight wins in eight matches following a 5-0 demolition of Dusseldorf in the Bundesliga. Bayern were rarely challenged against a lacklustre Dusseldorf side that showed no interest to stage any offensive actions.
From kick-off on Saturday, the Bavarians controlled the proceedings on the pitch at the outso... |
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| Kirilenko-Petrova reach Moscow final |
Moscow, Oct 21: Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova booked the last doubles place at next week's WTA Championships after reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup here.
The Russian pair, ranked fourth in the world, completed a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears of the United States in a rollercoaster semifinal.
The win sends them to Istanbul for the season-endi... |
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