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  Barcelona Midfielder Iniesta Out For 4 Weeks

  September 14, 2011 10:33 IST

  Barcelona, Spain, Sept  14: Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta will be out of action for one month after picking up a thigh injury in Tuesday's 2-2 Champions League draw with AC Milan.The club said the Spain

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  APOEL Beats Zenit 2-1 In Champions League

  September 14, 2011 10:27 IST

  Nicosia, Cyprus, Sept 14: Second-half goals from Gustavo Manduca and Ailton gave APOEL Nicosia a 2-1 win over Zenit St. Petersburg on Tuesday, the Cypriot side's first ever victory in the Champions League group stage.Konstantin

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  Hantuchova Advances In Bell Challenge

  September 14, 2011 10:20 IST

  Quebec City, Sept 14: Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Bell Challenge on Tuesday.No. 2 seed Lucie Safarova, No. 3 Tamira Paszek, No. 5

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  Federer Arrives In Australia For Davis Cup Playoff

  September 14, 2011 10:16 IST

  Sydney, Sept 14: Roger Federer has arrived in Australia to join the Swiss team ahead of its Davis Cup World Group playoff starting Friday.The 16-time Grand Slam winner arrived later than his Switzerland teammates after

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  Dominant Djokovic Says He Still Has More To Prove

  September 14, 2011 10:11 IST

  New York, Sept 14: Novak Djokovic is ranked No. 1 and is 64-2 in 2011, and sees room for improvement.He won three of the four Grand Slam titles this year—at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and

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  Yusuf Sizzles As KKR Win Practice Match

  September 13, 2011 22:50 IST

  Hyderabad, Sep 13: A quick-fire half-century by all-rounder Yusuf Pathan helped Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) by five wickets in a practice match ahead of the IPL franchisee's Champions League engagements.KKR chased

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  Form A Single Body Or Lose Oly Qualifiers Too : FIH To India

  September 13, 2011 20:28 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 13: Still reeling from the Champions Trophy shock, India could also lose next year's Olympic qualifiers if a single national federation was not put in place before the event, the International Hockey

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  Gambhir To Miss KKR's CLT20 Qualifying Matches

  September 13, 2011 20:21 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 13: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) today announced that their injured skipper Gautam Gambhir would miss the Champions T20 League qualifiers and his availability for the main tournament, if the team makes it, would

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  Serena Escapes With $2,000 Fine For US Open Outburst

  September 13, 2011 19:48 IST

  New York, Sep 13: Serena Williams escaped with a fine of just USD 2,000 for her US Open final rant, when she launched an angry tirade against the chair umpire in Sunday's title match.The American,

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  Australia, Sri Lanka Battling Injuries Ahead Of Third Test

  September 13, 2011 19:40 IST

  Colombo, Sep 13: Australia and Sri Lanka were both battling injuries to key players ahead of the third and final Test starting in Colombo on Friday.Australia's frontline fast bowler Ryan Harris was due to undergo

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  Nigerian Defender Chika Returns To Pune FC Fold

  September 13, 2011 19:30 IST

  Pune, Sep 13: Pune FC have beefed up their defense by signing up Nigerian Chika Wali just ahead of the club's campaign in the 2011-12 season-opening Federation Cup tournament commencing on September 17.The 23-year-old central

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  FC Sion Claims It Has Won Back Europa League Place

  September 13, 2011 17:55 IST

  Nyon, Switzerland, Sept 13: The chaotic case of FC Sion's exclusion from the Europa League took another twist Tuesday when the Swiss club claimed it has been reinstated by a provisional decision from a civil

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  Inter In Crisis Mode For Champions League Opener

  September 13, 2011 17:47 IST

  Rome, Sept 13: Inter Milan is already in crisis mode for its Champions League opener against Turkish debutante Trabzonspor on Wednesday.The 2010 champions lost their Serie A opener at Palermo 4-3 Sunday, allowing four goals

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  Paes To Miss Davis Cup Tie Against Japan

  September 13, 2011 17:42 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 13: Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes was today ruled out of the upcoming Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Japan as he has not recovered from the back injury, he

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  It's A Shame That The Indians Did Not Attend : Lorgat

  September 13, 2011 17:03 IST

  London, Sep 13: The ICC today squarely laid the blame on BCCI for the Indian cricket team's absence at the Annual Awards function last night, saying it's a “shame” that the Indian players skipped the

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  Team India's Absence From ICC Awards Raises Eyebrows

  September 13, 2011 17:55 IST

  London, Sep 13 : In what has become a nightmare of a tour, the Indian cricket team found itself at the centre of a fresh controversy by skipping the ICC Annual Awards despite having a

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  Tendulkar Lone Indian Amongst Five Englishmen In ICC Test XI

  September 13, 2011 14:41 IST

  London, Sept 13: The Indian cricket team's summer of discontent in the longest format of the game was reflected in the ICC 'Test Team of the Year' in which senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar was the

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  Champions Trophy To Be Held In New Zealand Now

  September 13, 2011 12:51 IST

  Lausanne, Sept 13: Shifted out of India due to the dispute related to hockey's governance in the country, the high-profile Champions Trophy will now be held in Auckland, New Zealand from December 3 to 11.“New

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  Victorious Indian hockey Team Returns Home

  September 13, 2011 10:50 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 13: The victorious Indian hockey team received a rousing welcome when it returned home in the wee hours today after claiming the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China.Even though the crowd

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  Broad Out Of India ODI Tour With Shoulder Injury

  September 13, 2011 10:48 IST

  London, Sept 13: England paceman and Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad was ruled out for several weeks on Monday after tearing a shoulder muscle during Sunday's tied One Day International with world champions India. The 25-year-old

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  Cazorla Leads Malaga To 4-0 Win Over Granada

  September 13, 2011 9:56 IST

  Malaga, Spain, Sept 13: Santi Cazorla and Joaquin Sanchez each scored twice to give Malaga a 4-0 win over Granada on Monday for its first victory in the Spanish league after its offseason spending spree.Malaga

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  Federer Due In Australia Wednesday For Davis Cup

  September 14, 2011 13:56 IST

  Sydney, Sept 14: Roger Federer has arrived in Australia to join the Swiss team ahead of the Davis Cup World Group playoff starting Friday.The 16-time Grand Slam winner arrived Wednesday, later than his Switzerland teammates

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  Azharuddin's Son Still In Critical Condition

  September 14, 2011 12:00 IST

  Hyderabad, Sept 14: The condition of Ayazuddin, son of former cricketer and Moradabad MP Mohammad Azharuddin, who was grievously injured in a road mishap here, continued to remain ‘critical' for the fourth day today, Apollo

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  Team India Skips ICC Awards Function Because Of Delayed Invite

  September 13, 2011 9:02 IST

  London, Sept 13 : Team India missed out on the ICC awards ceremony  here,  after the ICC strangely failed to send out the invite till Monday afternoon. When the team got a belated call from

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  Dhoni Lone Indian To Win ICC Award

  September 13, 2011 8:55 IST

  London, Sept 13 : Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  won the Spirit of Cricket Award while  Sachin Tendulkar  missed out the Cricketer of the Year honour at a glittering ICC Awards function on Monday. Dhoni

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  Djokovic Beats Nadal To Win 1st US Open Title

  September 13, 2011 8:46 IST

  New York, Sept 13: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic returned brilliantly and swatted winners from all angles to beat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 on Monday night and earn his first U.S. Open

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  HI Confident Of Getting Back Champions Trophy Hockey

  September 12, 2011 23:39 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 12: With FIH chief Leandro Negre all set to meet Sports Minister Ajay Maken tomorrow, Hockey India today expressed confidence that it will able to convince the world governing body of the

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  Sania Breaks Into Top-10 In WTA Doubles Ranking Chart

  September 14, 2011 11:01 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 12: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Monday broke into the doubles top-10 for the first time in her career as she gained a place after the US Open, where she made