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  Nigeria Reaches Quarterfinals Of U20 World Cup

  August 13, 2011 22:33 IST

  Armenia, Colombia, Aug 11 : Edafe Egbedi scored the second-half winner as Nigeria edged England 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday.Egbedi netted from inside the penalty area in

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  Spain Beats South Korea In Penalty Shootout

  August 13, 2011 22:33 IST

  Manizales, Colombia, Aug 11 : Spain edged South Korea in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup.Spain, one of the tournament favorites, and South

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  Russia Beats Serbia 1-0 In Friendly

  August 11, 2011 8:08 IST

  Moscow, August 10:  Pavel Pogrebnyak's second-half goal gave Russia a 1-0 win over Serbia in a friendly on Wednesday.The Stuttgart striker scored after goalkeeper Bojan Jorgacevic had failed to block Roman Pavlyuchenko's powerful shot from

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  Lee-Hesh Suffer Shock Second-Round Exit In Rogers Cup

  August 15, 2011 7:27 IST

  Montreal (Canada), August 10: Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi suffered a shock second—round exit at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament after losing to Czech Tomas Berdych and Florian Mayer of Germany 1—6,

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  Khawaja Granted India Visa

  August 10, 2011 22:54 IST

  New Delhi, August 10:  Usman Khawaja, the Australian batsman, has been granted an India visa, allowing him to play for New South Wales if selected for next month's Champion's League Twenty20 in India. Khawaja's visa was

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  England Would Have Panicked If Riots Happened In India: Gavaskar

  August 10, 2011 21:05 IST

  London, Aug 10: Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar believes England's cricketers would have "hit the panic button" and talked of leaving the series midway if the UK riots had happened in India.  England and India

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  England Dominate ICC Award Nominees

  August 10, 2011 20:39 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 10: Eight of England's Ashes winners were nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year award in a 'long list' of candidates announced on Wednesday.  Andrew Strauss, the England captain,

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  Australia Beats Sri Lanka By 7 Wickets In 1st ODI

  August 10, 2011 22:25 IST

  Pallekele, Aug 10: Mitchell Johnson's career-best six wickets and Shane Watson's aggressive innings of 69 runs led Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the opening one-day international against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.Johnson's left-arm seamers claimed

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  Spineless India Lose Number One Status And The Series

  August 14, 2011 12:09 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 13: A spineless India today tamely surrendered their number one status to a ruthless England as they slumped to an innings and 242-runs defeat to allow the hosts clinch the completely lop-sided four-match

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  BCCI Chief Manohar Appears Before ED

  August 10, 2011 16:36 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 10: Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) President Shashank Manohar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here today presumably in connection with alleged irregularities in the conduct of the cash-rich Indian

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  Man With Sachin's Debit Card Nabbed In Mumbai ATM

  August 10, 2011 11:52 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 10 : The Mumbai police was taken aback on Tuesday when they caught a man trying to withdraw money using Sachin Tendulkar's debit card, reports Times of India.At an ATM near Bharatmata Cinema

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  First Four Quarterfinalists Set In U20 Wcup

  August 10, 2011 10:18 IST

  Bogota, Colombia, Aug 10 : Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Portugal reached the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup with second-round victories on Tuesday.Home team Colombia won its fourth straight match, coming from 2-1 down in

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  It May Be Tough For Sehwag, Thinks Strauss

  August 09, 2011 20:25 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 9: England captain Andrew Strauss believes that it would be a tough test for Virender Sehwag as he embarks on his journey to lift the sagging spirits of the Indian team as they

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  Tremlett Out Of Third Test Against India

  August 09, 2011 17:09 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 9: England fast bowler Chris Tremlett was ruled out of the third Test against India at Edgbaston because of a back injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.  He

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  Edgbaston Test To Go On As Scheduled Despite Violence

  August 09, 2011 16:51 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 9: Despite the spiralling riots in London and neighbouring areas, the third cricket Test between India and England will go ahead, officials said here today.All important sporting events in London and around, including

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  London Riots: India, England Cricketers Told To Stay At Hotel

  August 09, 2011 14:12 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 9:  Instructed to stay put in their hotel rooms, Indian crickers are watching with concern the riots which hit the city last night as part of the growing unrest in London and neighbouring

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  Vaughan Predicts 4-0 Whitewash Of India

  August 09, 2011 13:54 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 9: After Ian Botham had predicted a 4-0 whitewash of the India team in the ongoing four-match Test series against England, another ex-skipper, Michael Vaughan on Monday anticipated a similar scoreline."4-0 England

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  Low In Spirit, Team India Undergoes Practice

  August 08, 2011 20:16 IST

  Birmingham, Aug 8: A dispirited and pensive-looking Indians today underwent a training session at Edgbaston cricket ground here with left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha turning up at the nets after joining the team as Harbhajan Singh's

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  Ajmal, Rehman Get PCB Central Contracts

  August 08, 2011 18:01 IST

  Islamabad, Aug 8: The Pakistan Cricket Board awarded Category A contracts to spinners Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman on Monday in a new list of 28 centrally-contracted players until the end of the year.Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's

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  Third Test: Bresnan Likely To Be Retained

  August 08, 2011 17:45 IST

  London, Aug 8: With Chris Tremlett still recovering from a back injury, pacer Tim Bresnan is set to retain his place in the England cricket team for the third Test against India starting August 10

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  Italy, Spain To Test Strength In Friendly

  August 08, 2011 17:51 IST

  Bari, Aug 8: With qualification to Euro 2012 virtually secured, the 2006 World Cup winners Italy and reigning champions Spain test their form in a friendly at Bari's San Nicola stadium.The Azzurri hold a wide

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  Tottenham To Help Rebuild London Neighborhood

  August 08, 2011 16:14 IST

  London, Aug 8: Premier League football club Tottenham says it will help rebuild the disadvantaged north London neighborhood after a weekend of riots and looting.The violence erupted Saturday evening near the club's stadium after a

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  Messi Returns To Training For Barcelona

  August 08, 2011 15:05 IST

  Barcelona, Spain, August 8:   Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has returned to training after summer holidays and should be ready to play in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup at Real Madrid on Sunday.Fellow Argentine

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  Man United Beats City In Shield With Comeback Win

  August 07, 2011 22:05 IST

  Wembley, England, Aug 7: Nani scored in injury time Sunday to give Manchester United a 3-2 win over Manchester City in English football's season-opening Community Shield, completing his team's comeback from 2-0 down.The Premier League

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  Mainz Accepts Keeper Error To Beat Leverkusen 2-0

  August 11, 2011 10:34 IST

  Berlin, Aug 7: Sami Allagui took advantage of a goalkeeping error to score for Mainz in a 2-0 home win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Sunday.An own goal from Oemer Toprak—when he deflected

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  Shweta Chaudhary Joins Heena And Annu Raj At The Top

  August 07, 2011 20:47 IST

  Pune, Aug 7: Shweta Chaudhary, eager to bag a quota place for next year's London Olympics, upstaged Games berth earner Rahi Sarnobat by finishing above the latter in the qualifying rounds of the 10m air

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  FIFA Asked To Scrap August International Matches

  August 11, 2011 10:28 IST

  Geneva, August 7:   Europe's top clubs, national team coaches and the global players' union wants FIFA to scrap international football matches in August.On Wednesday, 50 games are scheduled including marquee clashes such as Germany

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  Blow For India, Injured Zaheer Out Of Remaining England Trip

  August 07, 2011 14:52 IST

  Northampton, Aug 7:  India's floundering campaign in the ongoing series against England suffered another massive blow today as pace spearhead Zaheer Khan was ruled out of the remainder of the tour after failing to recover