| Tendulkar slams 79th first class century |
Mumbai, Nov 2: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar marked his return to form slamming a century for Mumbai on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Railways on Friday.
Tendulkar scored 137 off 136 deliveries before getting caught by Madkaikar off Anureet Singh. The 39-year-old took 103 balls to reach his 79th first class century. This is Tendulkar’s first Ranji appea... |
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| Sehwag, Gambhir flop |
Ghaziabad, Nov 2: Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir’s poor run of form continued as the formidable Delhi batting line-up put up only 235 against Uttar Pradesh on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy group league match in Ghaziabad On Friday.
Sehwag, Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Unmukt Chand were all back in the pavilion even before lunch, much to the disappointment of the ... |
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| Harbhajan goes wicketless Amitoze, Gony share six |
Mohali, Nov 2: Amitoze Singh and Manpreet Gony shared six wickets as Punjab restricted Hyderabad to 244 for 7 on Day 1 of their Group A Ranji Trophy league match at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, on Friday. It took Punjab some time to take the first wicket as Hyderabad openers Akshat Reddy (63) and D Ravi Teja (36) put on an impressive 77-run stand after being invited to bat.
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| Vidarbha dismiss Haryana for 55 Umesh Yadav grabs five |
Rohtak, Nov 2: India pacer Umesh Yadav wreaked havoc with a sensational five-wicket haul as Vidarbha shot out Haryana for just 55 runs on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match, in Rohtak, on Friday.
Yadav led the Vidarbha attack admirably and conceded just 18 runs from his 13 overs. He was ably supported by pace colleague Sandeep Singh, who took four wickets for 11 runs fr... |
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| PCB planning to send security delegation to India |
Lahore, Nov 2: Relieved they might be at the revival of bilateral cricket ties with India but that would not stop the PCB from sending a delegation across the border to "take stock" of the security arrangements for Pakistan team's tour next month.
PCB chief Zaka Ashraf told reporters that the Board welcomed the BCCI announcement that it had got clearance for the tour that begins from De... |
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| Indo-Pak series could have been longer: Zaheer |
Lahore, Nov 2: He is glad that Indo-Pak bilateral cricket is finally set for revival come December, but former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas is not particularly pleased with the short duration of the series.
While welcoming the BCCI announcement that it had got clearance to host Pakistan for a short One-day series from December 25, Zaheer said he hoped for a full series.
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| 5,000 visas for Pakistani cricket fans |
New Delhi, Nov 2: India is likely to issue 5,000 visas to Pakistani spectators to watch the Indo-Pak cricket series beginning December 25 but after framing stricter guidelines this time as several of them did not return home after watching such matches in the past.
A high-level special committee, comprising officials of Home Ministry and security agencies, will meet on Monday and frame ... |
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| Steyn takes three as SA open Australia tour |
Sydney, Nov 2: South Africa made a strong start to their tour of Australia on Friday, with Dale Steyn getting among the wickets early on, but their attack stalled later on the opening day against Australia A at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The tourists reduced the home side to 44-3 in the morning session on the first of the three-day match but a 122-run stand before tea, and another of 13... |
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| Edwards a capable replacement for Roach: Gibson |
Bridgetown, Nov 2: West Indies cricket coach Otis Gibson has described pacer Fidel Edwards as a capable replacement for fast bowler Kemar Roach who will miss the Test series in Bangladesh next month.
Roach is suffering from a knee injury and could be sidelined for about a month but may heal in time to play the one-day series.
"Fidel was a member of the squad that played in the r... |
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| Kvitova struggling to shake cold |
PRAGUE, Nov 2: Petra Kvitova hopes her recent illness will not scupper her efforts to lead the Czech Republic's Fed Cup title defence on home soil in the final against Serbia this weekend.
Kvitova pulled out of the WTA championships in Istanbul last week with a cold and had her first full training session on Thursday ahead of the opening singles rubbers on Saturday.
The world nu... |
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| Aussies use Pakistani asylum-seeker to boost spin |
SYDNEY, Nov2: Australia has an unlikely weapon as it prepares to stave off a red-hot South African bowling attack -- a Pakistani asylum-seeker who will be helping batsmen ready for the Proteas.
Fawad Ahmed, who left his home in the border region near Afghanistan to come to Australia on a short-stay visa to play cricket in 2010, is awaiting news on whether his claim for asylum has been a... |
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| Somdev in quarterfinals |
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Nov 2: Somdev Devvarman struggled past Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel in three sets to progress to the singles quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger tournament. The Indian recorded a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over his opponent in the second round of the $75,000 hard court tournament.
Somdev, a wild card entrant, next faces American eighth seed Denis Kudla. He had lost six consecu... |
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| Adam Gilchrist to play in IPL 6 |
New Delhi, Nov 2: Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist Friday confirmed he will be participating in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
At the end of IPL-5, Gilchrist had said that the final game for the Kings XI Punjab would be his last in the Twenty20 tournament.
But on Tuesday, Gilchrist was among the 19 players whom Kings XI retained for the next season... |
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| Ivanovic, Safarova to open Fed Cup final |
Moscow, Nov 2: The Fed Cup final between reigning champions Czech Republic and Serbia will start Saturday with a clash between former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic and Czech Lucie Safarova, according to the draw made on Friday.
Saturday will also see former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia take on Petra Kvitova, the Czech world No.8, who had to withdraw from the WTA Championships last wee... |
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| Asia Cup Kabaddi kicks off in Pakistan |
Islamabad, Nov 2: The second Asia Cup Kabaddi tournament was inaugurated by former prime minister and Pakistan Kabaddi Federation president Shujaat Hussain in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The tournament kicked off on Thursday night amidst splendid fireworks and a musical event.
This is the first major sports event in Lahore after the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricke... |
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| Lee Chong Wei to play two more years |
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2: Badminton World No.1 Lee Chong Wei Friday said he will continue to play badminton at least another two years after settling down with his long term girlfriend, Wong Mew Choo.
He and Wong, a Malaysian top singles badminton player, are due to wed Nov 9 and 10 here, reports Xinhua.
“My badminton career will not change. I will be competing in the Hong Kong... |
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| New York Marathon still on despite mess left by Sandy |
New York, Nov 2: The New York Marathon, an annual event including some 50,000 runners, will take place Sunday as scheduled despite the damage left by Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
“People have asked about the marathon. There’s tens of thousands of people who’ve come from around the world here to run. We’ve decided the marathon will go on,” ... |
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| Van Persie reunion as Arsenal returns to Man U |
LONDON, Nov2: A return to the scene of its heaviest defeat since the 19th century seems to be the last thing a stuttering Arsenal side needs on Saturday.
So manager Arsene Wenger is trying to ensure the Gunners don’t dwell on last season’s 8-2 thumping at Manchester United ahead of Saturday’s return to Old Trafford.
“On the day I think the result was down... |
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| 'Messi the perfect example of a humble guy' |
Barcelona, Nov 2: Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has stressed that humility and teamwork are two of the key values at the Catalan giants, and singled out Lionel Messi as a fine example of a player who represents these morals.
Rosell addressed a group of about 100 children at a primary school on Wednesday, to explain the values at the centre of the club’s recent successes, and h... |
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| Putin to submit law against match-fixing |
Moscow, Nov 2: President Vladimir Putin is to introduce a bill into Russia’s parliament that would foresee jail terms up to seven years for match-fixing ahead of its hosting of the Olympics and the World Cup, a report said on Friday.
The bill is a sign of how seriously the Russian authorities take corruption in sport as the world’s attention turns more closely to its domesti... |
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| Playing alongside Messi would be a dream: Neymar |
Brasília, Nov 2: Santos striker Neymar has admitted that he dreams of playing alongside Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi.
The Brazilian has long been linked with a move to Camp Nou, but Peixe recently moved to quash speculation that a deal was already in place with the Catalan giants.
But the 20-year-old has once again fuelled speculation that Tito Vilanova’s side wo... |
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| I don't know what I will do after Real Madrid: Mourinho |
Madrid, Nov 2: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has conceded that he has not made plans for when he eventually leaves the club.
After helping Los Blancos to the Liga title last season, the Portuguese became the first trainer in history to win the domestic league in Italy, England and Spain.
Mourinho revealed that his hunger to constantly improve is the key to his unprecedented su... |
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| Ferguson defends referee in 'racism' row |
MANCHESTER, Nov2: Alex Ferguson said on Friday that it was “unthinkable” that referee Mark Clattenburg had racially abused a Chelsea player during Manchester United’s controversial victory last weekend.
United’s 3-2 Premier League win was overshadowed by allegations from the losers that Clattenburg, who sent off two Chelsea men, used “inappropriate language... |
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| My team-mates know I am not a little dictator: Messi |
Barcelona, Nov 2: Messi has laughed off suggestions that his Barcelona team-mates think he is too dominant on and off the pitch.
The 25-year-old has become embroiled in heated debates with Cristian Tello, Isaac Cuenca and David Villa over the past two seasons, but Messi has stressed there are no problems between him and the rest of the dressing room.
“A little dictator? I ... |
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| Soccer club offers final resting place for die-hard fans |
Madrid, Nov 2: Spain’s Atletico Madrid soccer club offers an eternal resting place for its ultra-loyal fans.
Atletico’s columbarium, inaugurated in 2008, has been a success and spurred Real Betis and Espanyol - and soon Barcelona at Camp Nou - to set up their own repositories.
The idea has also been taken up outside Spain, with English club Manchester City and Argent... |
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| Fiorentina get first win at Genoa in 30 years |
Rome, Nov 2: Fiorentina chalked up their first win in 30 years at Genoa with a 1-0 win in Italian Serie A football.
Manuel Pasqual scored the only goal Thursday to award the visitors their first away win this season as they moved up to fifth in Serie A.
Pasqual’s 14th-minute strike gave the visitors a lead they never surrendered in a fiery clash that saw eight players book... |
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| Anzhi impose tough security for Liverpool game |
Moscow, Nov 2: Anzhi fans will be forced to make an appointment and show identification in order to buy a ticket for their teama’s Europa League football clash with Liverpool next week.
Anzhi play their European games at Lokomotiv Moscow’s ground after UEFA banned their home province from hosting matches due to security concerns.
The matches have attracted hardcore f... |
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| Del Piero likely to be a non-starter for Sydney FC |
Sydney, Nov 2: Former Juventus and Italy star Alessandro Del Piero has failed to complete a training session this week due to hamstring problems and is an unlikely starter for Sydney FC in its fifth-round A-League match on Saturday against Central Coast.
Del Piero carried the injury into his 800th career game last Sunday but scored for the third cosnsecutive week.
Sydney coach I... |
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| Wenger wants Walcott to stay at Arsenal |
LONDON, Nov 2: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted he wanted the unsettled Theo Walcott to stay with the Gunners during the January transfer window rather than sell the England forward.
The 23-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has yet to commit himself to a new Arsenal deal.
Walcott made the most of a rare start this term with a hat-trick in Arsenal&r... |
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| WC 2018 stadium relocated |
Moscow, Nov 2: The football World Cup 2018 stadium in the Russian city of Samara is to be built on a different site to the one visited by FIFA officials before the world governing body approved the city to host the tournament, the local government said on Friday.
Samara is one of 11 host cities after three others were dropped in September.
A $29 million tender to design the stad... |
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PARIS, Nov 2: Gilles Simon thrilled home fans by reaching the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Friday as he beat Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4.
The victory in just under two hours was the first of a possible three as a record number of Frenchman played in quarterfinals of the indoor event at the Bercy arena,
Simon has been making his own luck all week after starting ... |
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| Focus on Pujara, Dhawan as Mumbai A take on England |
MUMBAI, Nov 2: Special invitees Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan would be the closely watched by the national selectors when Mumbai A take on the visiting England team in the tourists’ second three-day warm-up game from Saturday.
Pujara, a prolific run-getter in domestic cricket and scorer of a ton in the opening Test against New Zealand in August, looks a certainty for India&... |
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| East Bengal face Dempo in exciting I-League clash |
Kolkata, Nov 2 :The stage is set for an enthralling clash as Federation Cup holders East Bengal take on defending champions Dempo in I-League football at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday.
East Bengal now face the biggest challenge of proving themselves in the League, where Dempo are the master and have already set their camp on the top of the current standings. East Bengal are the... |
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| I had seven or eight offers to leave Man City, says Mancini |
LONDON, Nov2: Manager Roberto Mancini has set his sights on an important three years with Manchester City after disclosing that he had several offers to move elsewhere at the end of last season.
The Italian, who led City to their first championship for 44 years last season, signed a five-year contract in July and intends to cement City as the premier force in England.
"Last year... |
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| Not writing off Tendulkar: Cook |
Mumbai, Nov 2: Sachin Tendulkar returned to form with a century in a Ranji match on Friday and visiting England skipper Alastair Cook said they are wary of the veteran Indian cricketer.
"We are certainly not writing Tendulkar off," Cook said at an event organised by Tata Motors` Jaguar Land Rover and Castrol here.
39-year-old Tendulkar was back to form ahead of the upcoming four... |
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| Mohammedan Sporting footballer suffers head injury |
Kolkata, Nov 2: Mohammedan Sporting forward David Sunday fell unconscious after colliding with a Police AC defender during a Calcutta Football League premier league game here on Friday.
The incident happened in the 12th minute of the Salt Lake Stadium game, when Sunday attempted to intercept a cross and collided with the defender.
He was rushed to a hospital and a CT scan was d... |
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| 'No need to worry about Gambhir, Sehwag's form' |
Ghaziabad, Nov 2: Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya Friday said he was not worried about the form of his star openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir as the duo failed to make an impact against Uttar Pradesh on the first day of the Ranji Trophy tie at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.
"Viru's and Gautam's bad patch don't worry me. They are class batsmen. Gambhir looked good and confident tod... |
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